In a time of ever-changing social media algorithms, constant updates, and digital obstacles, it’s inevitable you’ll be tempted to dip your toes into the waters of paid advertising. But is it worth it? Can you afford it? More importantly, can you afford not to do it? In a presentation geared specifically for brands with an existing social media presence, Josh Krakauer of Sculpt (that's us) helped answer the question that has existed far longer than Facebook’s “Boost” button: “How do I make the most out of social ads without throwing money away?”
This easy-to-digest talk provided valuable tools to both business owners and marketers alike. In a nutshell: Arm yourself with the knowledge to build, manage, and optimize Facebook and Twitter ad campaigns that get better results, for less coin.
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LET’S TALK AFTER, IF YOU’D LIKE ME TO:!
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a) Make the case for social
b) Explain how to setup your ads account
c) Talk about best practices and social media strategy
d) Discuss the viral video
e) Explore paid social media platforms outside of Facebook/Twitter
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• Only one ad at a time
• No placement targeting
• Limited interests targeting
• Broad friends of fans targeting
• Reach based, not objective based
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• Driving in-store traffic
• Referring website traffic
• Acquiring new customers or leads
• Generating brand and top-of-mind awareness
• Building an engaged audience of customers
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PLACEMENTS:!
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- Desktop (News Feed)
- Tip: Better for non-mobile links and contests
- Mobile (News Feed)
- Tip: Better for social engagement and direct response
- Right Column
- Tip: Optimize for clicks — it will get fewer
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a) AD NAME
b) SPEND
c) AGE/GENDER OR PLACEMENT
d) IMPRESSIONS & FREQUENCY
e) # OF ACTIONS (ex. “website clicks”)
f) COST PER (DESIRED ACTION)
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PATRICK, THE COMPUTER GUY
The Computer Guy serves the home and home office computer
user with reasonable rates and reliable service. We specialize in
virus removal, home networking and data recovery.
My audience tends to be females in a 50 mile radius of
Hampton, Iowa who is between 40 - 75.
- Drive website traffic
- Acquire new customers or leads
- Generate brand and top-of-mind awareness
- Build an engaged audience of past and prospective customers
TARGET AUDIENCE
OBJECTIVES
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I want to know how to best run an ad campaign
that will draw customers to my Facebook page,
website and cellphone.
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Gender: females
Location: 50 mile radius of Hampton, Iowa
Age: 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+
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TARGETING
• Limited time offers for maintenance or routine services
• Direct Response link posts (free / low-risk offer) with CTA buttons,
that track submissions or downloads
• Promote most engaging posts to fans only, and target audience
• Page Lookalike Audience targeting for new fans
• Target email list (custom audience) and lookalike fans