- Are you tired of social marketing?
- Have you spent months uploading videos, blogging, tweeting without making any money?
Perhaps you’ve invested heavily into social marketing but it’s left you tired, frustrated and broke. Facebook advertising is a fast and highly effective method for generating immediate traffic to your website or landing page.
What is Facebook Advertising?
This is where you pay for an ad to be displayed on the right column (public area) of people’s Facebook Pages or within their Newsfeeds (Facebook Post Area). For example you can get “likes” to your Facebook page by creating an ad that generates clicks.
Why is Facebook such a powerful marketing platform?
- 1.19 billion active Facebook users
- 4.5 billion likes generated daily
- 728 million people log onto Facebook daily
- 874 million mobile active users
- Average time spent per Facebook visit is 20 minutes
- One in five page views in the United States occurs on Facebook
- 16 Million local business pages have been created
- Among U.S. Internet users, 73% with incomes above $75,000 are on Facebook
- Nearly 75% of U.S. Internet users have had at least some education in college
- (May 2013 Stats)
How can Facebook Advertising benefit your business?
- Generates a large amount of traffic
- Quick and easy to set-up an advertising campaign (approx 10 minutes)
- Inexpensive compared to Google AdWords (can be as low as 0.02 cents/click)
- Target people based on demographics
- Target people based on their interests
- Target people based on their socialgraphics
- Ability to advertise to desktop or smartphone users or both
How to create a Facebook Ad in less than 3 minutes
1. Know your purpose and goal
Don’t make the mistake of creating an ad without understanding why you are doing it and what your desired result will be.
In this example your goal is to get people to like your fan page (page likes)so you can post offers or collect subscribers. Every time someone likes your page from your ad your Facebook posts will appear in their Newsfeed.
2. Create your ad
- Log in to your Facebook account or visit facebook.com/advertising
- Click “Create An Ad”
- Select the results you want for your ads (page likes)
3. What kind of results do you want for your ads?
- Enter the URL you wish to promote (Facebook Page)
4. Select images
Upload 6 different images. This will generate 6 new ads however it enables you to quickly see which ad (image) performs the best.
The best size image to upload is 1200×627 pixels with a minimum width of 600 pixels for images appearing in News Feed. Depending on what type of ad you’re creating, there also may be a recommended image size in the Ads Product Guide.
If the image is larger or smaller than the dimensions specified, it will automatically be resized.
Tip: If you click “find images” you can select free images from shutter stock.
5. Edit Text and Links
- Create a headline
- Enter your ad description
- Check “sponsored stories
- Under “advanced options” select Newsfeed (for ads to appear in the newsfeed) or select right column if you only want your ads to appear in the right column. Usually I select both.
6. Create your audience
- Location (select country)
- Age (select age range)
- Gender(select all)
- Interests (select interest of your target market)
- Connections (select “only people not connected to your page)
- Interested In(select all)
- Relationship Status(select all)
- Languages (English)
- Education(select anyone)
- Work Status(leave blank)
- More categories (select a category to reach
people with similar interests or traits
7. Campaign & Budget
- Name (give your campaign a name)
- Budget (how much you want to spend/day..$10 is fine)
- Schedule (select a start and end date)
8. Bidding & Pricing
Bidding
You have the option to select page likes, clicks or impressions.
- Select “bid for page likes”
Pricing
You can choose automatic or manual bid pricing.
Select “automatic” to allow Facebook to optimize your bids since this is what they do best.
9. Review order
- Click “review order” to check Facebook is displaying your ad correctly
- If not, you can easily edit your ad
10. Place Your Order
Select a funding source..credit card or paypal. After your ad has been ordered and payment source specified wait for your ad to be approved. You can check the status in your ad manager at: http://www.facebook.com/ads/manage
11. Monitor the performance of your ad campaign
Monitor the performance of your ad every few hours using the Ads Manager tool. You’ll be able to see the number of “page likes” you’ve received and how much you’re paying for each like.
You always have the option to edit your ad or create a new one.. After a day or 2 you’ll know which image receives the most likes and highest CTR (click through rate). Once you know this pause the other 5 ads so your campaign is optimized for the best performing ad.
Do you want to reach millions of targeted customers?
Facebook Advertising Guide will show you how.
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