To-Do List for Facebook and E-Mail Integration
Recently, Facebook began to give individuals the ability to replace their regular Facebook URLs, which show a user number instead of a name, with a "vanity" URL of their choosing. (For example, I changed my URL on Facebook to http://www.facebook.com/ed.henrich .)
Few of the Internet's leading retailers have taken advantage this opportunity. In this post, I'll cover a quick survey of the top 20 Internet retailers Facebook presence and websites.
Of the top 20, I found that 17 had a presence on Facebook, but only 8 have adopted the new vanity URLs that make it easier for customers to find these pages.
Most of these "microsites" are still small. Only Apple and Victoria's Secret have attracted over one million fans.
| Home Page | Vanity URL | Facebook Landing Page | # of Fans |
| Amazon |
| Wall | 58 |
| Staples | www.facebook.com/Staples | Application | 7,943 |
| Dell | www.facebook.com/Dell | Wall | 31,587 |
| OfficeDepot |
| Wall | 96 |
| Apple |
| Wall | 1,361,913 |
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| Sears | www.facebook.com/Sears | Boxes | 24,643 |
| CDW |
| Wall | 554 |
| Newegg |
| Wall | 2,056 |
| BestBuy | www.facebook.com/BestBuy | Wall | 20,163 |
| QVC |
| Wall | 15,596 |
| SonyStyle |
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| Walmart |
| Wall | 677 |
| Costco |
| Wall | 52,480 |
| JCPenney | www.facebook.com/JCPenney | Application | 11,940 |
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| CircuitCity |
| Wall | 4,559 |
| Netflix | www.facebook.com/Netflix | Boxes | 36,765 |
| Victoria's Secret | www.facebook.com/VictoriasSecret | Application | 1,428,143 |
| Target | www.facebook.com/Target | Wall | 451,528 |
If you'd like to compare the Facebook pages to the Home Pages of the top internet retailers check out these two albums.
Facebook Fan Pages - Top Internet Retailers
Home Pages - Top Internet Retailers
Email Signups on Facebook
The top ad on the Sears Facebook landing page says “Become a fan today. Click here to get your free $10 Sears coupon now.” Clicking on this add leads you to another page where they collect email address.
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Lenovo has email address integrated into their Facebook landing page.
Here's a demo for how to create an Opt-In form for Facebook.
Links to Facebook Pages on Home Pages
Of the 20 sites I checked, only two had links to their Facebook pages on their website home page.
- J.C. Penny in top nav
- Circuit City bottom right
Circuit City also uses their email to send consumers to their Facebook page.
SWYN - Share With Your Network
Within the top 20, only J. C. Penney and HP asked consumers to share the email with their network. (J. C. Penney coded directly, HP used 3rd party Share This), which allows the company to reach out to all of the customer’s Facebook “friends”. This reaches a much larger group than the usual “share with a friend” button.
Thank you Chad White and the Retail Email blog for sharing several emails.
J. C. Penney
HP
I've included several additional examples in this Picasa album.
