{"id":4790,"date":"2017-04-07T18:25:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:02:09","slug":"promote-posts-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/promote-posts-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Worth Paying to Promote Posts on Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Is-it-Worth-Paying-to-Promote-Posts-on-Facebook\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To promote content on Facebook, or not to promote content on Facebook – that is the question on every marketer\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n

Whether your goal is to raise brand awareness, drive traffic to your website, earn loyalty or increase sales, I believe Facebook, above all other social media platforms, offers the most potential and I\u2019d bet I\u2019m not alone.
\nIn this article, I hope to prove to you that it is 100% worth your time and money to not only share content organically on Facebook, but to increase your brand exposure through Facebook Ads.<\/p>\n

Before I prove the value, I first want to establish the context and explain what Facebook ads are. To do that, we’ll let Facebook themselves tell us.<\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n

Facebook ads are increasingly an important part of Facebook\u2019s community and according to BrandWatch, 75% of brands<\/span><\/a> pay to promote their content.<\/p>\n

As brands see a steady decline in organic reach<\/span><\/a>, its left marketers with one option. Today, there\u2019s simply too much content and noise to break through organically. There are 510,000 comments posted, 293,000 status updates, and 136,000 photos uploaded every 60 seconds on Facebook<\/span><\/a>. Research from Social@Ogilvy suggests that roughly 2% of your fans<\/span><\/a> will actually see your posts organically. Fewer people seeing your Page’s organic posts on Facebook means fewer clicks, comments, and shares. Not what we want to see, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

To make matters even more complicated, Facebook is constantly making tweaks to their newsfeed algorithm. One month they favor photos and the next they favor video content. Once you think you\u2019ve figured out a strategy, Facebook goes and changes the rules to the game again. That\u2019s quite the arena to play in without some sort of added advantage and that\u2019s where Facebook Ads come into play.<\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n

Benefits to Running Facebook Ad Campaigns<\/h2>\n

1) Reach a larger audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Facebook is simply too huge to ignore. People are spending more and more time on social media, specifically Facebook. Facebook Ads open the opportunity to find potential customers you never would\u2019ve known about otherwise. You\u2019ll want to be careful to not make your audience too broad though that your ad doesn\u2019t register with those viewing it.<\/p>\n

2) Reach the right audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Facebook advertising is a lot more targeted than you may think. While a large audience has its benefits, you\u2019ll want your audience to be more targeted for optimum results. With Facebook ads, you can be sure your content is being seen by the right people, down to the demographics, income, interests, job titles, etc. You have the ability to target exactly who sees your ad. You can build an audience that matches your ideal prospect and serve your ads to them.<\/p>\n

3) Increase brand awareness:<\/strong>\u00a0Like I mentioned earlier, the competition to get noticed organically is fierce. Facebook is home to billions of engaged, active users that check their newsfeed multiple times per day. This gives you a preferred audience that gets repeated exposure to your ads. If they\u2019re not clicking through upon the first or second viewing, it\u2019s okay. You\u2019re still building that brand awareness we all covet. It usually takes a handful of times for someone to view an ad before they click. Your ad\u2019s continued visibility helps you build trust and also creates opportunities for retargeting later down the road.<\/p>\n

4) The pros outweigh the cost:<\/strong>\u00a0Facebook ads can be a powerful asset when done right, but that can come with a cost, especially when you\u2019re targeting a large community on a national scale. I\u2019ve even seen where Facebook will charge you more per click to serve an ad to your current fans than the same exact ad served to non-fans. You can set your daily or lifetime budget anywhere from $50 to $500 depending on your strategy and objectives.<\/p>\n

Facebook Advertising Tips & Tricks<\/h2>\n

1) Define your target audience:<\/strong> This is one of the most critical factors to running successful ads. There are several options for building an audience that let you choose exactly who you want to display your ad to.<\/p>\n

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  1. Conversion Tracking<\/span><\/a>: Track the actions of site visitors after viewing your Facebook ad.<\/li>\n
  2. Custom Audiences<\/span><\/a>: Target Facebook ads based on your email list.<\/li>\n
  3. Lookalike Audiences<\/span><\/a>: Target Facebook users similar to your customers.<\/li>\n
  4. Audience Insights<\/span><\/a>: Learn about your existing Facebook audience to better target your ads.<\/li>\n
  5. Website Custom Audiences<\/span><\/a>: Target Facebook users who have visited your website before.<\/li>\n
  6. Facebook Exchange<\/span><\/a>: Place retargeted ads on Facebook for users who\u2019ve visited a certain product or service page on your site.<\/li>\n
  7. Lots and Lots of Customizable Reporting<\/span><\/a>: Create reports based on metrics that matter most for your business.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Building an engaging and loyal audience can only be achieved through trial and error and some necessary patience.<\/p>\n

    2) Determine which ad placements work best:<\/strong>\u00a0You\u2019ll have a few selections to choose between or can select all depending on which type of ad you are placing:<\/p>\n

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    1. Facebook: Feed, Instant Articles, In-Stream Video, Right Column<\/li>\n
    2. Instagram: Feed and Stories<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      47% of Facebook users<\/span><\/a> only access Facebook via mobile, making mobile a key placement for ads.
      \nIt\u2019s still in the early stages, but it\u2019s interesting to see Facebook now allows you to place ads on Instagram, through Facebook, without requiring you to have an Instagram account. This could be a simple way to test and determine if your brand could make a name for itself on Instagram if you don\u2019t already have a presence there.<\/p>\n

      3) Be visual:<\/strong>\u00a0Create visually stunning images that engage people<\/span><\/a> on a personal level. I personally use Canva<\/span><\/a> (I use the free version) to create every image I share on my website, in blog articles, and on social media. You\u2019ll want to test different images to see which your audience reacts to better.
      \nIt\u2019s important to note that Facebook has a 20% text rule on images used in advertising. In the early days, Facebook would automatically deny any ad that included an image with more than 20% text. Today, they\u2019ve become a little more relaxed, but even though you can get away with an image that displays more text, that ad will be served to fewer users…and ultimately underperform expectations.<\/p>\n

      4) Test, test and test some more:<\/strong>\u00a0You\u2019ll never want to stop experimenting and tweaking your ads for maximum ROI. Facebook now allows advertisers to split test their campaigns<\/span><\/a>. According to Facebook, it\u2019s an easy way to \u201csimply and accurately<\/span><\/a>\u201d test different components of ads across devices and browsers, providing results that are easy to digest and that lead to on average a 14% improvement in cost per acquisition.<\/p>\n

      5) Analyze results:<\/strong>\u00a0You can use a tool like Report Garden or other tools<\/span><\/a> to measure how well your ads are performing, and compare ads month to month or year over year.
      \nBack in 2015, Facebook’s Chief Product Officer, Chris Cox publically spoke about the mindset on what goes into their algorithm:<\/p>\n

      \u201cIf you could rate everything that happened on Earth today that was published anywhere by any of your friends, any of your family, any news source\u2026and then pick the 10 that were the most meaningful to know today, that would be a really cool service for us to build. That is really what we aspire to have News Feed become.”<\/em><\/p>\n

      At the end of the day, it\u2019s important to remember that Facebook wants to serve their users with the best experience, and that\u2019s providing them with useful and relevant content that\u2019s of interest. The opportunities are there to be had. People spend a ridiculous amount of time on social media and Facebook specifically. Having a solid understanding of how Facebook advertising works, will help ensure you don\u2019t end up wasting hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on poorly optimized Facebook ads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      To promote content on Facebook, or not to promote content on Facebook – that is the question on every marketer\u2019s mind. Whether your goal is to raise brand awareness, drive traffic to your website, earn loyalty or increase sales, I believe Facebook, above all other social media platforms, offers the most potential and I\u2019d bet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":4450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFacebook Paid Promotion: Is It Worth the Investment?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is Facebook's paid promotion worth it? 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