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CMO Jeff Hennion said it's more cost-effective to drive people there via email, direct mail, or even TV ads that show a link to the Facebook fan page.

A ComScore report last July said 32% of P&G's internet display impressions were "socially published," most of which occurred on Facebook.

Facebook ads need a clear message, a promotion or call to action to be effective. "Delivering traditional brand-building or product messaging simply doesn't work. At all," he wrote in an email.

Problem number one: Building a relevant and engaged audience on Snapchat is difficult, compared to other social networks.

Issue number two: Snapchat has its own vibe. It may be difficult for many companies to achieve Snapchat credibility without some help from the cool kids.

the third issue is, the challenge of creating continuous, credible, snap-worthy content that disappears can be significant.

After Facebook Watch, Lasso, and IGTV failed to become hits with teens, the company has been quietly developing another youthful video product. Multiple sources confirm that Facebook has spent months building LOL, a special feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips.

LOL is currently in private beta with around 100 high school students who signed non-disclosure agreements with parental consent to do focus groups and one-on-one testing with Facebook staff.

Facebook confirmed it is privately testing LOL as a home for funny meme content with a very small number of US users. While those testers experience LOL as a replacement for their Watch tab, Facebook says there’s no plans to roll out LOL in Watch and the team is still finalizing whether it will become a separate feature in one of Facebook’s main app or a standalone app. Facebook declined to give a formal statement but told us the details we had were accurate.With teens increasingly turning to ephemeral Stories for sharing and content consumption, Facebook is desperate to lure them back to its easily-monetizable feeds.

Nicheworks with more than 6,300 social media influencers ranging from comedic personalities to photographers to foodies to fashion bloggers. Among the more than 100 brands and agencies it has worked with are Hewlett-Packard Co., Coca-Cola Co. and the National Football League. Hewlett-Packard’s HP Home & Home Office Store is No. 35 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide while the National Football League is No. 151.

As a part of Twitter, Niche aims to build more tools, platforms and ways to help influencers link up with brands, write Niche co-founders Rob Fishman and Darren Lachtman in a blog post.

By acquiring Niche, Twitter will be the rare social network that stands to directly profit when an influencer works with a brand. But it won’t be alone. Tumblr last month launched Creatrs Network,

what are some of the things you can A/B test with your influencer marketing campaigns? All the same things you test in your other channels…

xperiment with different types of content and track which resonates best with their audience for your goal. For example, images may drive better social engagement, while videos are better for leads and signups. Alternately, you may find certain content performs better on some channels over others.

Don’t forget all the types of content you have at your disposal – podcasts, live stream videos, tweets, Instagram Stories, webinars, long-form blog posts, short-form blog posts, and much, much more.