{"id":805,"date":"2017-10-06T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cjni.com\/?p=805"},"modified":"2017-11-02T21:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:55:57","slug":"facebook-vs-news-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cjni.com\/facebook-vs-news-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Vs. Your News App"},"content":{"rendered":"
prednisone 10 mg purchase Maybe it\u2019s just me. But I don\u2019t get it.<\/span><\/p>\n
hurtfully Why do some TV stations continue making Facebook their primary platform for breaking news and especially breaking video instead of their own platforms? Why not make sure the content gets on the station\u2019s revenue platforms?<\/span><\/p>\n
Facebook is a marketing platform. Sure, use it to tell people you have a big live story. If there is critical public safety information, use Facebook as a tool to communicate. Maybe run a video clip. But it should be no more than a tool to drive people to YOUR sites.<\/span><\/p>\n I see more stations putting content on Facebook, especially live video content and never putting it on their site. Here are two examples that happened within hours of each other.<\/span><\/p>\n The first is from Kansas City using Facebook to push me to watch a live breaker. And I\u2019m not picking on KCTV \u2013 this is something that\u2019s all too common.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s great to use Facebook to tell users about the story. \u00a0But when you look at the stations revenue-producing platforms (the news app and the mobile website), there was no sign of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are screen shots of their app and their mobile site \u2013 no sign of the breaker.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n As a user, why should I clutter my phone with apps when I know the station will send me a Facebook notification and I can see it live on my Facebook feed?<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s another instance just a short time later. This time the story was a chopper crash in Tampa. I was sent Facebook notification for a WTSP live feed. They rang up a great number of views, but it was mostly great for Facebook since Facebook gets all the user data for sales.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Now, you have to give WTSP credit for linking to its site for more info. But what I didn\u2019t get as a user was video. Why was there no video on its revenue platforms? Even on its app there was no video.<\/span><\/p>\n