{"id":2129,"date":"2010-05-08T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T06:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/denim-brands\/denim-brands-international\/levis-uses-facebook-social-buttons-to-improve-sales\/"},"modified":"2010-05-09T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T05:16:56","slug":"levis-uses-facebook-social-buttons-to-improve-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/brands\/denim-brands-international\/levis-uses-facebook-social-buttons-to-improve-sales\/2129","title":{"rendered":"Levi&rsquo;s Uses Facebook Social Buttons To Improve Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"levis facebook like \" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"155\" alt=\"levis facebook like \" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/image-thumb1.png\" width=\"204\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Social media has become a very important component of marketing efforts of&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/02\/23\/fortune-100-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">top companies&#160; worldwide<\/a>.&#160; With hundreds of millions of people around the world connected through various social media sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> (400million+ subscribers) , <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(65+ million subscribers) , <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and a host of other sites,&#160; it is only natural that companies would like to convert the visitors on these sites to their customers. Many brands have already taken the social media route to promote their brands. With new tools being provided by the social networking sites, it is becoming&#160; easier for various companies to develop a community around their products \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which helps the companies to get sales through peer recommendation.&#160; <br \/>Facebook has introduced new social plugins which can be easily incorporated in the websites to create user experiece which is more personalised and social. Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s has announced that it will be using the Facebook plugins , specially the<strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLike Functionality\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/strong> to provide innovative shopping experience to their buyers on their site <a href=\"http:\/\/levi.com\" target=\"_blank\">Levi.com<\/a> . They are also building a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFriend Store\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 which would be visible to the logged in users of Facebook. <\/p>\n<h2><font color=\"#808080\"><em>How does these Social Plugin Work On Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Store<\/em><\/font><\/h2>\n<p>Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s has&#160; paired the <strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/strong> button alongwith their products. As a result , visitors can see how many facebook users actually like that particular product. One can add one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like to this list by just clicking on the button and logging in with the facebook login details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/facebook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"facebook levis jeans\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"326\" alt=\"facebook levis jeans\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/facebook-thumb.png\" width=\"404\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As in the example above, this particular jeans has been liked by 138 facebook users. And if you click on the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 button, you will be able to login to facebook and add your liking to this jeans.&#160;&#160; And once you click on the button, there will be a pop-up message poster to facebook from where you can add comments to this liking which your friends can see those comments on your facebook page .    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"levis jeans facebook button\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"262\" alt=\"levis jeans facebook button\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/image-thumb2.png\" width=\"404\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Not only this, you would be able to see the images of your friends who have liked this particular product on the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.levi.com\/#store\/friends\" target=\"_blank\">Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Friend Store<\/a>. So , it becomes a nice recommendation tool where facebook users can see which of the Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jeans their friends like and (maybe) why ! . Its like meeting friends&#160; in college cafetaria and discussing ones favourite jeans . <\/p>\n<h2><em><font color=\"#808080\">How is Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Going To Benefit From This <\/font><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s , with its substantial customer base around the world will get&#160; great&#160; benefits from this Facebook tool. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They will get <strong>more sales<\/strong> since peer recommendation is a powerful incentive to&#160; purchase a product. <\/li>\n<li>They will get <strong>great feedback on all their products<\/strong> and will be able to generate seasonwise, productwise liking report which will help them to forecast their sales better and to build more customised products for their users. <\/li>\n<li>They will be able to know <strong>region wise liking of their products<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which will again be a great customer&#160; input for future marketing campaigns and product directions. <\/li>\n<li>For the customers, there is the comfort of knowing that their friends have already used or liked a particular Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s product and they will be more&#160; at ease buying the same. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With all these benefits, it is not surprising that Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s has gone with the Facebook&#160; \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 functionality plugin&#160; and taken it a level up by creating their <strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc<a href=\"http:\/\/store.levi.com\/#store\/friends\" target=\"_blank\">Friends Store\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a><\/strong>.&#160; They may adapt some of the more social plugins which are coming up&#160; if they find it useful to promote their products on the net.     <br \/>Some of the other early adopters of this Facebook application include <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/europe\/05\/08\/uk.elections\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a> and movie site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMDB<\/a>.&#160; And there is no reason why other denim brands , or for that matter any apparel brand, should not follow suit. <strong>Already major retailers have their own <a href=\"http:\/\/retailindustry.about.com\/od\/retailbestpractices\/a\/us_retail_companies_on_facebook_complete_list.htm\" target=\"_blank\">facebook accounts<\/a><\/strong>. However, for this particular functionality to be useful ,an important&#160; requirement would be&#160; that the brand needs to have a respectable online store which gets sizeable traffic . 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