I get it. Nobody has the time or money to waste on advertising. It’s expensive, and the results aren’t guaranteed. But, it doesn’t have to be a nightmare. If you do things the right way, you will find yourself getting way more than what you paid for. There are five things you need to know before launching a successful Facebook ad campaign.
The content of your ad post has to be quality.
Good content helps you not only maximize the cost efficiency of your ad, but outperform even Facebook’s projections for your campaign. In short, Facebook ads work in accordance with the tender system(bidding). But let me tell you a secret: good content will always outperform the projections, no matter how low the bid. Facebook puts up the ads that users respond to. Put out catchy, highly shareable, highly “taggable” stuff.
You can get a lot more than what you pay for.
Research! You need to find your “marketing niche.”
Your marketing niche is made up of people you think are most interested, no matter what you offer. You can customize your target in the way you want. A good rule of thumb is to work your way from small to broad instead of the other way around. If your target range is too big from the start, Facebook will really eat your budget quickly to get a trivial return.
Test your theoretical niche before plunging head first with all your money.
Run the campaign for a week. You just want to see if you were right about what your key demographic was. Next, you evaluate your results. Ask yourself what is an acceptable amount you would pay for one engagement (or page like, or click, etc.)
Your budget should be the last thing you increase.
Spend wise and spend little over a longer period, relying on effective marketing research to hit the people most likely to respond.
When do you know it’s time to increase your budget?
If you met or exceeded your expectations, then expand your target, but don’t think you have to increase your spending just yet. Run another campaign. Were the results better or worse? Keep doing it until the results get worse. Then increase your spending.
If you fell short of your expectations, go back and reexamine your niche. Then run another campaign. Continue repeating this process until your cost efficiency meets your expectation.
One more thing: don’t be so eager to be a multi-platform advertiser.
Don’t spread yourself too thin. Facebook likes to place advertisements roughly 50/50 between FB and Instagram. For those who are using ads to guide traffic to the site, I recommend that you uncheck Instagram in the “Placements” section of the ad manager.
Hope that in a few short words, this article can make the entire Facebook advertising process easy so you have the confidence to promote your small business. You got this!
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