How to see everything Facebook knows about you
Looking for Facebook Advertising for your Business? Facebook is free. Yeah right! If your Facebook account is free, then you’re the product.
Let me rephrase that. The information which you give to Facebook & your digital activities like posts, likes, shares & uploads on Facebook are mined into structured data which is used by advertisers to show you targeted ads.
This is the digital age where data is precious. Computer programs and machine algorithms are getting better and better to show us relevant ads. I see a day when the system will know things in advance about what we need next!
If you are an advertiser this post will help you discover all targeting options that are available on Facebook. This information will help you plan & reach the right audience and make your marketing more effective. Your imagination on how to use this information is the only variant*
Learn more about the people that matter to your business with Facebook Audience Insights
The more customer insights you have, the better you’re equipped to deliver meaningful messages to people. That’s the thinking behind Facebook Audience Insights, a new tool designed to help marketers learn more about their target audiences, including aggregate information about geography, demographics, purchase behavior, and more.
5 - 6 million active monthly users in UAE. 3 - 3.5 million active in Dubai alone are active users on Facebook
It’s amazing the different targeting options that are available on Facebook Advertising Business. It’s better than the so-called email marketing where you are not sure about the data. In fact, you can upload your email list database on Facebook and it can match what % of the database has a Facebook profile with that email. You can then use that list to advertise. This is called Facebook Custom Audience
Age & gender:
- Overall only 28% of women & 72% of Men in UAE use Facebook.
- From the Overall UAE stat - 50% of the users are in the age group 24 - 34 years old. Male: female (51%:49%) - Real data below
- 47% married, 41% single, 8% in a relationship, 4% engaged
- 77% completed college, 15% high school & 8% graduated school
Job title & industry type:
- Likely industries where people work based on self-reported data on Facebook.
- You can see that 16% are from sales, 12% work in production, IT & Administration.
Sort by job title - small office / corporate
- Sort by the financials like their income level & net worth
- Sort by homeowners, renters, and home values. These are mathematicians :)
- Parents - Whether parents or expecting, 1 child, 2 children…
You can find people based on their online behavior like:
- Their Digital activities like - gamers, online spenders, event creators, photo uploaders, operating systems, and more.
Residential profiles like - Expats or Indian Expats only (1
- 1.5 mil Indians are online on Facebook in UAE)
- Travel - Frequent travelers, business travelers, commuters, currently traveling, Planning to travel (destination-wise) used travel apps, returned from a trip, and much more.
You can find people who are interested in:
- A particular business or industry type like - advertising, banking, small business, retail…
- Entertainment like - games, movies, music, events, and more.
- Family & relationship like - friendship, parent, dating, mothers, marriage, wedding…
- Fitness & Wellness like - gym, exercise, dieting, yoga, nutrition.
- Food & Drink like - food, cooking, restaurants, beverages.
- Hobbies & Activities like - pet, travel, vehicle, home garden, sports
- Shopping & Fashion like - beauty, clothing, fashion accessories, toys.
- Technology like - computers & consumer electronics.
Some other targeting options on Facebook
- Target by Language English, Arabic, and French speakers on Facebook from UAE / Dubai.
- Single, Married, Engaged, or In a Relationship - you can find this for any city, language, interest, or gender.
- Facebook has something called life events like - a new job, new relationship, recently married, recently moved, upcoming birthday, or anniversary.
- Device owners like - new smartphone or tablet users, iOS/android owners…
So you see all these features are for a reason. the more data facebook has on you the better targeting it provides to advertisers. Target people who are connected to your facebook page. You can learn more about facebook insights here
Use your imagination and see how well you can leverage this information to reach the right audience just like Facebook Advertising Business
Next, we will cover how LinkedIn uses data to sell advertising.
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