Facebook Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson is no stranger to the auto industry, having a hand in the social network’s efforts to bring back General Motors as an advertiser. Everson will now turn her attention to the rental side of the industry after being elected to the board of Hertz Global Holdings.
Lisa Raphael (left), the social media producer at Katie Couric's daytime talk show Katie, is one of our featured speakers in Mediabistro's upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, an online event and workshop starting June 6, 2013. Lisa will share a case study on how the hit show uses Twitter to build interest and buzz around upcoming segments. Learn more about our our twelve event speakers and register here. 
So General Motors is back on Facebook. Less than one year after its very public split from Facebook, right before the social network’s initial public offering, the old-school advertising behemoth is back and is looking to Facebook — specifically Facebook mobile — to help add luster to the launch of its new Chevrolet Sonic, aimed at young people. So why? And why now? What’s changed since May 2012? Has GM adjusted its opinion of the potential of Facebook as an advertising vehicle? Or has Facebook learned from the experience and figured out how to sell its advertising story to brands with deep pockets like GM?
A few days before Facebook’s initial public offering last year, General Motors pulled its $10 million advertising campaign from the social network, unhappy that it didn’t have the control over ads it sought. But now it appears that the two sides have reconciled their differences. Ad Age reported Tuesday that GM is back in the mix as a Facebook advertiser.
Despite the fact that social media has been a major component of recent editions of the annual South By Southwest gathering in Austin, Texas, social software company Expion found that sponsors of SXSW 2013 did next to nothing to maximize their marketing opportunities on Facebook.
Unlike General Motors, many automotive brands have been supportive of marketing via Facebook, and it shows. New statistics from social benchmarking platform Unmetric show that Audi and Mercedes Benz USA have been two of the most effective automotive companies on Facebook, while Infiniti is the fastest-growing car company on the social network.
Discussions are continuing between General Motors and Facebook with the hopes of bringing the automaker back into the fold of paying advertisers on the social network, according to reports.
Facebook Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson is still holding out hope for a reconciliation between the social network and automaker General Motors, telling Business Insider at its Ignition 2012 conference in New York last week that the two companies are talking.
Facebook Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson spoke with Detroit Free Press Business Columnist Tom Walsh prior to speaking at a luncheon hosted at Cobo Center by women’s leadership group Inforum, and their conversation focused on the social network’s relationship with the auto industry.
In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg touched on several topics, including the social network’s initial public offering and share price slump; the company’s mobile issues; skepticism over advertising on social networks; new business opportunities for Facebook; privacy; and the economy.
Facebook recruiting solution Work4 Labs Wednesday announced an expanded suite of social recruiting products, a free version of its product targeted toward small and midsized businesses, and the closing of $11 million in series-A funding from Matrix Partners and other investors.
