The most shared sectors on Facebook is FMCG.

Fashion-savvy brands have the strongest and most social communities on Facebook, according to an infographic from Socialbakers.  They arrived at this by Measuring activity from 5,000 Facebook users during one month, the graphic shows that fans of fashion, automobile, and e-commerce pages take the top three spots when it comes to total interactions, total “likes,” and total comments.

Not surprising, as new lines & products are introduced virtually every day in these categories, however, what did interest me was that when it comes to total shares, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) led the pack, followed by the nonprofit and travel sectors. FMCG brands a reason to smile on their FB walls.

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How to get your content shared.

Came across this Infographic that I thought was really neat. 

View the original here

Customer Journey to Online Purchase (for CPG / FMCG brands)

The customer journey has grown more complex. Before making an online purchase decision, a customer may engage with your brand through many different media channels over several days. 

However, for all the focus on "social", it is interesting to note that "email" as a marketing channel plays a more effective role in "assisting" the customers in their purchase.  Assisting channels build awareness, consideration, and intent earlier in the customer journey or “purchase funnel.”

The chart below looks at CPG (FMCG) buying behavior.

The info above is part of Think Insights of Google.

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"Call to action" on FMCG print ads.

A number of daily essential brands (FMCG & CPG) have started experimenting with integrating the benefits of the AaramShop platform into their digital assets and also in creating viable "call to action" on their traditional advertising initiatives like print adverts and product packs. However, some confusion persists and hence this post. 

Brands have traditionally been used to creating advertising & communication campaigns which are predominantly focused on increasing awareness & recall. 

While consumer durable print ads normally have a dealer panel where customers / readers can visit and buy or a website where the purchase could be done, FMCG / CPG ads are completely devoid of any "call to action". 

The assumption is that the consumer would be able to recall the advert in his / her next visit to a store and then will proceed to buy - leading to a gap between interest and action, and thereby inaction.

AaramShop now enables consumers to add brands that they love directly to their shopping lists - which can be used both online and offline. Once the brand is within the consumers' shopping list, re-purchase becomes effortless. 

Try the above mentioned example and write to us for more details on how we can help you modify your next advert into a shop and convert your reachability into shoppability.    

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