By Rebecca Stewart

The number of advertisers using Facebook has doubled over the past two years, with 3m brands now using the platform to promote their goods and services.

More than 70 per cent of businesses buying ads are from outside the US, with the site noting the largest increase in interest from Southeast Asia.

According to the social network, the “vast majority” of marketers using the site are small businesses and as such its laid bare some plans to court more small companies and monitise the 50m firms that have established Facebook Pages.

With predictions from eMarkerter estimating that the social behemoth will capture Read full story ›

Source: The Drum