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Factors influencing popularity of branded content in Facebook fan pages
Ferran Sabate a,*, Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent b, Antonio Cañabate c, Philipp R. Lebherz d a b c d
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya • BarcelonaTech, Department of Management. C. Jordi Girona, 1-3, Edifici C5. 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Department of Economy and Business Organization. C. Inmaculada, 22, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya • BarcelonaTech, Department of Management. C. Jordi Girona, 1-3, Edifici C5. 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kaiserstraße 12. 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Article history:
Received 22 October 2013
Accepted 11 May 2014
Available online 27 May 2014
Keywords:
Content marketing
Social networking site
Consumer engagement
Social media optimization
Facebook brand page
1 Introduction
Social networking sites (henceforth, SNS) have become very popular and have been increasingly attracting the interest of marketers. They account about 6% of all website visits done and 19% of all time spent online (Radwanick, Lipsman, & Aquino, 2011; Tuten,
2008). Social media is achieving more and more importance as a channel for gathering information about products and services and to take profit of new opportunities (Verhoef & Lemon, 2013).
SNS have stimulated new ways of interacting, shaping new forms in which people communicate, make decisions, socialize, collaborate, learn, entertain themselves, interact with each other or even do their shopping (Constantinides & Fountain, 2008; Hanna, Rohm,
& Crittenden, 2011; Hansen, Schneiderman, & Smith, 2011; Mangold
& Faulds, 2009). Consequently, the study of social media and its effects on consumers and organizations is increasingly attracting academic attention while it opens new research avenues for strategists and marketers (Bughin & Manyika, 2009; Constantinides &
Fountain, 2008; Fischer & Reuber, 2011; Urban, 2003).
Among others, benefits arising from a well-designed social media marketing strategy may materialize in a better grasp of consumers’ behaviors and preferences, making consumers share the brand’s message as word of mouth to their peers, connecting to consumer for improvement and R&D processes, increasing brand
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