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Using microsoft graph to Retrieve user by ImmutableId

You can use Microsoft Graph API to access the Azure Active Directory resources. For the given scenario we used the onPremisesImmutableId property to retrieve the user. To test this out, you can use Microsoft Graph Explorer as well and test it by granting the right set of permissions in it. Here’s the query that i…

Using Microsoft Graph API to get all the rules for the given users inbox

You can use Microsoft Graph API in order to get all the messageRule objects defined for the user’s Inbox.

It’s straightforward. You can try one of the following:

Request: GET /me/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules

Response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-type: application/json

{      “@odata.context”: “https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadat…

Azure AD – Graph API

Azure AD can be controlled via the front end GUI or via Graph API. In short, this is what API means:

In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, communication protocols, and tools for building software. In general terms, it is a set of clearly defined methods of communication among various components. A good API makes it easier to…

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Facebook admits cheating brands for the third time

Facebook is free for everyone; however, it uses all the posted information to serve the relevant ads that you see popping up, over your timeline.  Brands use the platform to market their products and to convey their message to the target audience.

Facebook, for the third time, has admitted that the company is facing discrepancy in the count of the like and shares through its Graph API when compared with the likes and shares, the users get through a URL in search bar of the Facebook Mobile App.

The Like and Share buttons on Facebook pull:

The number of likes of a URL off Facebook

The number of shares of a URL off Facebook (this includes copy/pasting a link back to Facebook)

The number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about a URL.

However, after a long time, Mark Zuckerberg owned social media giant has finally admitted that there is a drastic difference between the metrics that are showed on the web; as compared to the ones’ that are shown through the mobile search query.

If you manage a Facebook page and you like to see how people are engaging with your content you’re probably a big fan of the Facebook Page Insights. It allows you, among other things to:

View metrics about your Page's performance 

Learn which posts have the most engagement

See data about when your audience is on Facebook 

One of the most useful metrics over there is the Engagement Rate that in a certain way allows you to see how popular or viral a post was.

According to their help center the Engagement Rate is:

The number of people your post reached who then liked, commented, shared or clicked on your post.

If you do a quick google search you’ll find different ways to calculate Engagement Rate being the most common one, and the one thats sticks more with the Facebook definition:

    fig. 1 - engagement rate formula

But if you go to your Page Insights and apply that formula to the data you retrieve from there your results don’t match the Engagement Rate.

For example, take a look at one of our post data:

    fig. 2 - 57 Post Clicks + 28 Likes, comments and shares

    fig. 3 - 9% engagement rate

Putting these values into the formula you get:

    fig. 4 - putting the values in the formula

But 16.3% is quite different from the 9% they show on the page insights, so what’s wrong?

What we found is that Facebook calculates Engagement Rate using other variables that are available in their Graph API. The formula that we use at Viur, and that matches Facebook results is the following:

    fig. 5 - the real formula!

Engaged Users is “the number of people who clicked anywhere in your posts” (post_engaged_users in the Graph API ) Post Reach is the “The number of people who saw your Page post” ( post_impressions_unique  in the Graph API)

With this formula we can get to the same results that Facebook (except we use decimal places in our results) :)

    fig. 6 - the correct values!

We hope this post clarified your understanding about the Engagement Rate and it’s calculation. Shoot us an email if you have any questions, we always answer! 

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How To Get Customers On Facebook Through The Graph API

To a lot of people, Facebook is nothing more than a social network that was once loved by college students and other young folks the world over but is now the hodgepodge of kids-to-adults-to-grandma with a smartphone.

Facebook ranks as the 2nd most popular website in the WORLD according to Alexa and understandably so.

And of course, with it being the 2nd biggest site globally, breeds the most fertile ground for anyone wanting to make a profit for their business.

There are different ways to do this like investing in ads to appear on time lines and that right-side bar thingie, or creating your own fan page and promoting it with ads; but there’s also a more cost-effective way to get customers for your business…

Facebook Graph API.

What is Facebook Graph API?

Well, what is the driving force behind any business?

Customers.

How do you get customers?

You pay to advertise to them.

But what if you can advertise to them without paying for it? What if you can take the ol’ “direct-sales-marketing” approach akin to the old door-to-door salesman tactic by visiting Facebook user after user and pitch your product or service to them?

Well… you might say “yay” or you might say… “That sounds like a lot of work.” Plus, you don’t want to be spammy. Understood.

So I’m going to show you a little trick that will help you get the right customers without coming off as spammy or scummy or whatever else that would make people want to knock you over the head with an ice pick!

BUT I do have to warn you…

In order to be successful in this, you must NOT use this technique in a way that’s abusive. If you do, you’re obviously going to suck and not make any sales. Use with caution.

How To Find Your Customers With Facebook Graph API

On top of your Facebook page is this:

See that search bar on top? Yeah, that’s the Graph API.

That search bar is all there is to it. Embedded in there is the ability to locate people by interest. So this will work depending on your niche and how many people you are connected with.

The beauty of this is you not only have a connection to your own friends, but the friends they are connected to as well!

So let’s say your niche is in cat food (odd, but whatever)…

Where it says “Search Facebook”, type in something like:

“Friends of friends who like cat food”

(Again, ODD, but this serves as just an example) 

Type out your query and you’ll get some suggestions

So as you see in the image above, when I type out my search query, I get a few search suggestions which may have come from previous search attempts or key phrases that are popular.

Anyway, I type that in, hit enter, and…

Faith in humanity: Restored.

Search shows up with no results. Nobody on Facebook is willing to admit to liking cat food. That’s good to know! I’d be concerned if it actually did turn up some results.

But, you see my point? If you were to play with this feature and fine-tune your search based on what your company offers and your niche market (of which you have to know before hand through avid research of the market place) you can pull up a list of potential customers who are ALREADY qualified for your product!

Because you are searching based on your niche, the people you pull up are highly targeted and thus are already interested in what you have… the rest is up to you!

Once I Find My Customers, How Do I Sell To Them?

That will be the discussion for my next article In my next article, I’m going to show you how to engage with your potential customers and turn them into BUYERS!

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