It’s possible that you haven’t heard of F8. (followers on facebook)  However, the eye-catching architects behind many of your top ad platforms, plugins, and cool gadgets certainly have. The annual Facebook developer conference is where throughout two days more knowledgeable than I listen to people better than I discuss the latest innovations Facebook is working on.

The media, in general, has been quick to latch on to Facebook’s Match-killer (the popular online dating platform’s stock plummeted yesterday after Zuck and co.’s relationship-centric app was launched). Enhanced features that aim to stop instances of bullying and overturn the system of democracy. A few exciting announcements could likely change how you promote your company.

Interested? Good.

Let’s get started.

Keep track of your performance (Even while on the go) using Facebook Analytics.

“People-first analytics for an omnichannel world.”

Oh, that’s cool.

Facebook Analytics (check on the site, even if you’re not interested in reading it right now, it’s fascinating to browse through) is a brand new feature created by Facebook created to assist businesses in getting a better understanding of how their customers interact with their company resources (website, Facebook page, application) to aid in optimizing. Although some of the featured features aren’t brand new but are repackaged under the Analytics umbrella, they’re handy for both paid and organic social advertising.

Facebook f8 new advertiser features

A note of caution: since it’s 2018, and there was the Cambridge Analytica thing, this data is only aggregated.

 We don’t share personally identifiable information like telephone numbers or email addresses… The majority of the metrics that you can see within Facebook Analytics are based on anonymized, aggregated data.”

This is similar to what Google Analytics data you’re probably already working with. Still, you’re enjoying the benefit of two billion people floating through a sea brimming with psychographic and demographic snark this time.

The new features that Facebook Analytics has added to its platform, highlighted at F8, were…

• A new mobile app. Check out critical metrics on the go using your overview tab and customized dashboards.
• Auto-detected funnels. Utilize machine learning to identify regular routes users take on your app, website, or Facebook properties before becoming a client, helping break through barriers and increase the most efficient parts of your customer’s journey.
• Customized insights. Incorporate events into Analytics to create customized insights, such as areas of your site that correspond with the purchase of a particular group or the relationship to promo codes, as well as the average purchase value to assist in optimizing your efforts.

Alongside these exciting new tools that will help you know more than the typical last-click attribution model, Facebook Analytics will also give you the possibility of creating funnels, dashboards, and segment groups of prospects to track the progression through their process from initial contact until the final sale and more than additional features that I haven’t found (yet).

Facebook analytics overview tab dashboards

For you to begin using these tools and those Facebook already offers the user, all you have to do is set up your Pixel on your site…

Facebook business manager report tab and measure tab

Then, you can go to the “Analytics” tab in your Business Manager account.

In addition, privacy enhancements at the rear of their heads!

Facebook is developing a new tool dubbed “clear history.” Its function is pretty easy to explain.

Although it sounds like a victory for us all, it could cause many problems with how we select people on Facebook, especially when using custom audiences. (buy followers on facebook) Although you’ll be able to access basic demographic information, There’s a chance that the more user-specific targeting parameters you rely on might be affected.

It is important to note that the Facebook experience for each user is enhanced by feedback from user actions and behavior in the app and across other sites. If a user chooses to erase their past, Facebook will lose the data it utilizes to offer a personalized experience; this decision could make it even more annoying, particularly concerning advertisements. Facebook will not discontinue serving ads to those who erase their past. Instead, they’ll see less relevant advertisements. That could lead to less engagement or more expensive CPCs.

This feature won’t be released for several months, and the vast majority of the population values privacy over convenience; the fact that clearing your history will instantly log users out of sites and applications that they can access using their Facebook logins means that the majority of users will not do it often.

Improved Groups Functionality for Fostering Unpaid Engagement

Facebook is working to make Groups an essential element of user experience.

To encourage users to spend more time in the community rather than looking through their News Feeds, Facebook aims to influence their lives positively. This will be accomplished by launching a brand new Groups tab and, possibly more intriguing, the embedded “Join Group” button.

Facebook groups tab

Marketers are enormous for advertisers.

The Groups tab will enable users to browse between the Facebook groups they are part of from one area, making it much easier for your followers to keep track of the content you’re sharing organically without going through the hassle of adding your content to their feeds of news.

In allowing users to engage with the content shared by the groups they are part of, You can build communities and gain knowledge of people’s habits and preferences that can help guide your advertising creative later on.

As third-party data is being removed from Facebook to protect privacy, we must take advantage of every advantage in targeting we can find. Incorporating the embeddable “Join Group” button on your site allows you to connect people who click the button to create custom audiences. Pairing it with Facebook Analytics will allow you to create distinct audiences for individuals who have visited specific pages on your site and interact with your Facebook group.

Community-Based Curation (and AR) Come to Instagram

Speaking of audiences that are engaged…

There are still a lot of users who fail to be aware of the connection that exists between Facebook and Instagram, and Instagram. Many of the adverse reactions that afflicted the latter in the past two months left the other unchanged. This is why Instagram has been thriving.

The Explore feature lets users “discover new ideas, people, and experiences.” The new design will take this mission to the next level and organize personalized recommendations into topics based on your interests. It will make it simpler to research any case you are interested in on your desire.

Instagram community Explore feature.

Why should you be concerned?

Since you’re likely to build an unnatural following through Instagram to build brand awareness, The new Explore feature allows you to use hashtags to cram your images into the abovementioned categories. Remember that interactions could be utilized to generate an audience for advertising. By boosting your post and then tagging it to be displayed in classes that may be available within the apps of your potential customers, You can increase the likelihood of engagement and create a second option to build customized audiences.

The brand new Explore tab will be available sometime within the coming weeks. Make sure you are prepared.

Instagram Spotify integration with Spotify

The most notable of Instagram improvements is the capability to share stories via apps such as Spotify! You can upload the song you’re listening to your Story by using the camera on your phone and add a clickable hyperlink without connecting both accounts. So cool!

Not to be left out, Facebook Messenger is getting several new features that could be essential in how you utilize the platform to conduct business.

Facebook messenger and integration with ar

The two most significant Messenger improvements that Messenger staffers made public were a real snooze.

Let’s say that you own an online business and someone is using Messenger to inquire about your product. This integration will enable you to invite the prospective buyer to open the camera, allowing them to visualize the product before purchasing it by using customized filters and AR effects. While the feature is currently in closed beta and will only be made available to select brands in the coming weeks, Facebook plans to roll out the part to all businesses once the testing goes well.

The next step is that Facebook has launched a new feature for translation to assist users in communicating in languages other than their native.

Facebook messenger translation functionality

Currently, M will assist users with “translations from English to Spanish (and vice-versa) in Marketplace conversations taking place in the US.” We believe that Facebook is using Marketplace as a testing ground. If the translation function is successful, it’s only a matter of time until language barriers disappear altogether, such as for businesses across the globe.

Beyond F8

While they’re not enough to cover the cost of free third-party targeting information integrated into the advertising interface, these tools provide a lot of potential for business for Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger from an organic and paid angle. While we see the Cambridge Analytica fallout continues and these features go live for all users on a Facebook property, It will be fascinating to see how companies of all sizes can benefit from these tools in all stages of the selling process.