As always, I answer one of your questions this week. However, I received so many great questions that I’m going to answer a few more separate of the video above.
The Featured Question
First, the featured question rom Vanessa Lewis:
Would love a step by step video on how best to create a page post likes ad optimised for mobiles and desktop using custom audiences (and how to create those based on the likes of similar audiences) on power editor Jon… ;-)
Since this is a complicated question, my answer is broken down into multiple parts.
1) Go to Facebook.com/powereditor, a free bulk ad editing browser plugin. If you’ve never used it before, read my tutorial. Also make sure you read about all of the benefits of using Power Editor.
2) Create a Custom AudienceThis is the group of people who can potentially see your ads. You help influence this by adjusting age, gender, location, detailed targeting (interests and behaviors), custom audiences, and more. More. This allows you to upload your email list into Power Editor to target those people in Facebook ads. For more on Custom Audiences, read my tutorial.
3) Create a Lookalike AudienceLookalike audiences allow advertisers to reach people who are similar to an audience of people already close to you. Lookalike audiences are based on custom Audiences, which tend to include your current customers or people who have engaged with your business. More. This allows you to target Facebook users similar to your subscribers. For more on this — you guessed it — read my tutorial.
4) Target Users in the News Feed. This is done under PlacementA placement is a location where your ad is shown. Examples include Facebook's mobile Feed, Messenger, Instagram feed, Audience Network, right-hand column, and more. More, which allows you to target users in the desktop News Feed, mobile News Feed or both. You can even choose specific mobile devices to target.
Make sure you watch the video above for all of the details.
And now a few more…
From Mushki Deitsch:
How to strategize who your demographic is for advertising. And the best ways to go about targeting them.
My Answer: I take a very close look at the demographic information in my Insights to get a better understanding of who my Fans are, who I reachReach measures the number of Accounts Center accounts (formerly users) that saw your ads at least once. You can have one account reached with multiple impressions. More and who creates stories about my content. Read more about how to find this here.
With that information, you can better understand tone, content ideas and best time of the day to post based on time zones.
From Efrat Dekel:
if ads in news feed get much higher CTR than ads on the side bar, in what circumstances do you recommend still using side bar ads?
My Answer: Yes, this is true. However, those News Feed ads are also at a much higher CPMCPM measures the cost per 1,000 impressions. It's a good metric to evaluate competition level and costs to reach your audience. More. Granted, they tend to be worth it, but not always. You should split testSplit testing (or A/B testing) allows you to test changes in Facebook variables like ad creative, audience, or placement to determine which approach performs best. More to see what is most efficient for getting you the best possible cost per desired action.
There are also simply times when you won’t be able to target users in the News Feed, so you’ll need to focus on the sidebar.
From Matthew Vinson:
How do I get my ads served more if they are not meeting the daily budgetA budget is an amount you're willing to spend on your Facebook campaigns or ad sets on a daily or lifetime basis. More set?
My Answer: This tends to be because your bid is set too low or the potential audience that can see your ad is too small. Increase one or both of these.
Also, if an individual ad isn’t being shown in a campaignThe campaign is the foundation of your Facebook ad. This is where you'll set an advertising objective, which defines what you want your ad to achieve. More, I’d recommend running that ad in a campaign of its own.
From Aaron Crisler:
hey Jon, Do you use a scheduler for your posts or do you use the Facebook scheduler?
My Answer: You bet. I have been using PostPlanner (aff. link) more and more lately. I do this for many reasons — read more here.
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