Shahid Beheshti University Journal of Business Management Perspective 2251-6050 16 32 2018 02 20 Evaluation of the factors influencing popularity of the brand’s fan pages in social networking Evaluation of the factors influencing popularity of the brand’s fan pages in social networking 96728 FA Journal Article 2016 09 27 Regarding the high potential of social networks and consequently increasing demand brands to advertise on social networks as well as the lack of adequate research in this field, in this paper we are trying to introduce a conceptual model in the form of 11 research hypothesis to examine the factors affecting the popularity of brands post in social networks. In order to collect data on the number of 380 questionnaires were distributed among brand fans of three Iranian famous brands. After collecting the questionnaires, to analyze the data, SPSS and Amos Graphics software was used to test the hypothesis. The findings suggest that factors such as "entertainment post", "vivid images ", "use of hashtags", "interactive brand post", "positive comments ", " vivid videos " and "putting educational materials on brand posts", "competition in the form of posts" on Instagram could have a positive effect on brand posts and factors such as the increasing popularity of "negative comments "based on the popularity of their posts are ineffective. Regarding the high potential of social networks and consequently increasing demand brands to advertise on social networks as well as the lack of adequate research in this field, in this paper we are trying to introduce a conceptual model in the form of 11 research hypothesis to examine the factors affecting the popularity of brands post in social networks. In order to collect data on the number of 380 questionnaires were distributed among brand fans of three Iranian famous brands. After collecting the questionnaires, to analyze the data, SPSS and Amos Graphics software was used to test the hypothesis. The findings suggest that factors such as "entertainment post", "vivid images ", "use of hashtags", "interactive brand post", "positive comments ", " vivid videos " and "putting educational materials on brand posts", "competition in the form of posts" on Instagram could have a positive effect on brand posts and factors such as the increasing popularity of "negative comments "based on the popularity of their posts are ineffective. https://jbmp.sbu.ac.ir/article_96728_efed3156ef1159ed235e57934657d81d.pdf