Facebook Inc (FB) Probably Shouldn’t Be Bragging About This

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A change of tune?
I’m left wondering exactly how Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will convert a larger percentage of freeloading businesses into paying customers. More robust advertising tracking technology could help convince the bigger advertisers with deep marketing budgets, but what’s going to incentivize businesses that are perfectly content running a free Fan Page?

With Facebook’s massive scale, the company does have pricing power, and could begin charging business pages a monthly fee if they have more than a specified number of likes. If other efforts to grow its base of advertisers fail, I wouldn’t be surprised if this last resort becomes a reality.

After the world’s most-hyped IPO turned out to be a dud, many investors don’t even want to think about shares of Facebook. But there are things every investor needs to know about this revolutionary company.

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