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Want to gain more Facebook Likes? Strike a deal with one of your rivals.<\/p>\n

That’s what the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska did in connection with their Nov. 25 football game (the schools’ first meeting since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference).<\/p>\n

On Aug. 18, the University of Iowa challenged Nebraska<\/a> to see who could get more Facebook Likes before kickoff of their game. <\/p>\n

Iowa won the contest, but both schools clearly won big. Iowa increased from 15,052 Facebook Likes to 51,833. Nebraska climbed from 18,718 to 51,250.<\/p>\n

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You can see from the chart<\/a> that each school saw a huge change in from their normal growth on Facebook (and has continued to see growth after the contest ended).<\/p>\n

And because of the nature of the contest (you’re probably only going to Like a school if you really want to help it win), it’s realistic that the majority of the Likes are from people who actually want to get updates from the school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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