facebook ads don't suck
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Facebook Ads Don’t SuckTips to Leverage Them for Your Small Business
by @MassimoCw
• Facebook ads vs. Google PPC ads• Ad design & placement• Facebook interest targeting and custom audiences• Bidding guidelines, CPM & CPC• Find and target your customers in Facebook ads
Meet the speakers…
Andres ThomasCustomer Success, Kabbage• MODERATOR
Massimo Chieruzzi CEO, AdEspresso
Massimo ChieruzziCEO, AdEspresso
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So… Do FB Ads really suck for
Small Businesses?
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That’s me here,disagreeing.
Everyone else agree :(
…Suckers !
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Facebook Ads don’t suck.They can be great for your business but…
It’s tough to get them right.
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People don’t go to Facebook to make decisions. They go to Facebook to avoid
making decisions!
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Facebook vs. GoogleDifferent Channels. Different approaches.
• Google is great for demand fulfillment: Need -> Search -> Buy
• Facebook is great for demand generation: Discovery -> Engage -> Buy
• Complex to get it right. Lower conversion rate. Bigger opportunity.
• Google’s lifecycle: SetUp, Test, Fine-tune, Forget
• Facebook’s lifecycle: SetUp, Test, Fine-tune, Repeat… You constantly need to test different ad designs and audiences to target
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Facebook vs. GoogleWhy is Facebook the bigger opportunity?• Imagine you’ve just invented a new, revolutionary razor and
want to market it.
• Most men use and buy razors frequently. It’s a huge market but…
• How many of them actually search Google for ”shaving” or ”razor” before buying?
• Not many, I’d guess! The addressable market on Google would be incredibly small!
• Alternately, with Facebook you can target any man in the world older than 14…
THAT’S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY!
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The Ad’s Design
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Designing Facebook Ads
Create Buyer Personas. For each persona, highlight specific Value Propositions
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Designing Facebook Ads
Social proof & clear, not spammy call-to-action
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Designing Facebook Ads
Landing page should be consistent with the Ad’s wording and design
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Designing Facebook Ads
Creating visual contrast can be bad branding but it often works (at first…)
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The Ad’s Placement
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Facebook Ad PlacementWhere should you display your ads?
NewsfeedHighest CTR & EngagementGreat to drive Sales & LeadsCan generate additional organic results
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Facebook Ad PlacementWhere should you display your ads?
Right-Hand ColumnLow performances & priceGood for retargeting
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Facebook Ad PlacementWhere should you display your ads?
Mobile NewsfeedGreat for Mobile App Installs & EngagementTough to get website conversions
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The Ad’s Targeting
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Targeting Facebook Ads
• CountryHuge price & performance differences. Never mix in same AdSet.
• Custom AudiencesBest targeting right now! Require a big email list. Great for b2b startups.
• InterestsUsed to be the best option. Less effective due to spam & like buying. Still relevant.
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How do we find which interests to target?
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Graph Search is awesome!
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Bidding for Ads
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Bidding Guidelines
• Always track conversions!
• Optimized CPM nowadays is usually the best choice
• Use CPC or CPM when you’ve already nailed down your perfect audience
• Don’t bid too low. You may not reach enough people and, generally, you get what you pay for
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oCPM Best Practices
• Daily budget should be at least 5x your bid
• To train oCPM, conversion goal should generate at least 25 conversions per day with >0.5% conversion rate
• If the conversion rate is not high enough, move to a higher funnel conversion pixel
• Targeted audience size must be bigger than when using CPC. Around 1 million is optimal!
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Custom Audiences
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Custom Audiences
• Upload a list of eMails, phone numbers, user IDs and create an audience of people you’ll be able to target with ads
• On average 50-70% of the contacts are matched.
• Facebook creates a BIG audience of users very similar to yours.
Lookalike Audiences
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Lookalike Audiences
Custom Audiences from Website
• Add a Facebook’s pixel and create an audience with anyone who visits your website (or specific pages)
• Extremely effective. Analyze up to 180 days of data.
• Add the pixel immediately!
• The more users you have in your audience, the better the lookalike will be!
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Some ideas to try
• Convert Newsletter subscribers into customers
• Retarget people who put a product in their cart but never checked out
• Exclude from your targeting, users who are already your customers
• Create a Lookalike audience of users very similar to your customers
• Promote your mobile app to your website’s users and vice versa
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Key MetricsWhat you should keep an eye on…
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You won’t grow your business with Likes…
Track: Cost per Conversion, Revenues & ROI
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More Metrics to monitor
• CTR & Conversion Rate: Quickly understand if the problem is the Ad or the Landing Page. Optimize for greatest impact
• Frequency: Number of times, on average, a unique user has seen your ads. After a while either they’ve clicked or they don’t care. A high frequency can increase your costs by 163%. Try to keep the frequency below 5.
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I’ve tried everything. Yet, they’re not buying!
Already tried everything and still no sales?
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Move…
• Move your goal higher up the funnel and generate Leads.
• Do some Lead nurturing via email to close sales
From Here
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Leads
Sales
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