New trends in internet marketing communication -- social network Facebook

Theme of my bachelor thesis is "New trends in internet marketing communication -- social network Facebook". Theoretical part is focused on describing those new trends -- like viral marketing, Web 2.0 and it's major tools (social media, RSS, wikis, social networks). And also I try to set the shift from old to new media into context of wider economical changes. Important source of information were books and works of Mark Earls about "herd" substance of human behavior as well as Seth Godin's PULL principle. On those two, I wanted to show important features of internet and how it is changing the communication between people and companies. In practical part I went through possible ways of marketing communication on platform of social network Facebook. Important role play banners, Facebook Beacon and in the future Engagement Ads. Their biggest strength is the ability to target commercial messages to audience very precisely. But there are also indirect forms of communication channels like Facebook Pages or Facebook Groups on Facebook. These are based on enthusiasm of fans of the brand and for companies they offer great source of insights and data for marketing research or even place for co-creation with their loyal customer core. Last, but according to many marketers very potential, forms of marketing on Facebook, are applications with incorporated brands. These applications are very fast growing business. Facebook seems to be very popular and engaging medium to address especially young audience, that doesn't pay so much attention to old means of communication.