Facebook ad targeting only works if the ad’s messaging is just as targeted as the ad itself. Just before Valentine’s day I found this on my Facebook page. And note that it was MY page: Now, normally I’m a pretty good...
Facebook Ads: Fan Pages vs Landing Pages
Facebook recommends you send your ad traffic to your fan page — they want to keep you within the FB eco-system. And there are some solid reasons for that: People who have decided to get on Facebook, generally want to...
Facebook Ads: Don’t Bury the Lede
Take a look at this ad I found on my wife’s Facebook page: Ok, so, the picture is great, because it’s instantaneously and unmistakeably recognized as a wedding shot. And a fairly interesting or artsy shot at that. But the...
Video Ads the Next Big Thing for Facebook?
If you’ve followed this Ads in the Wild column for long, you’ll know that I’m a fan of both sponsored stories and video functionality. I like sponsored stories not only because they lend social credibility to the ad, but because...
Keep Your (Ad’s) Promises!
If you sell lots of different stuff, and your ad prominently features one item — even if that item is merely a stand-in for a whole category — guess what prospective customers want to see after they click your ad...
Facebook Ads: What’s Your Angle of Approach?
Does anyone remember the DeBeers Right Hand Ring campaign from like, 10 years ago? Instead of continuously pitching diamonds for engagement rings, DeBeers thought they’d try another angle of approach for their product: why not pitch the “I bought it...
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The Easiest Part of A Facebook Ad to Optimize
When BoostCTR first started optimizing Facebook Ads, we were delayed for a few months on our ability to optimize images. Which left us with just headlines and copy. Now, if you talk to most people, they’d be apt to say...
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The Two Most Powerful Words in Discount
I saw this really pretty solid ad on my Facebook page and thought it was worthy of analysis: This ad does one thing well and one thing extraordinarily well. The picture is solid and interesting, because it’s a high quality...
The Power of Before-and-After Photos
“It pays to illustrate the end-result of using your product. Before-and-after photographs seem to fascinate readers. In a study of 70 campaigns whose sales results were known, Gallup did not find a single before-and-after campaign that did not increase sales.”...
Choose an Unusual Angle For Your Facebook Ads
The nature of Facebook Advertising dictates that advertisers don’t get the luxury of commissioning a custom photo, making vast majority of ad images either stock or client-supplied photos. But that hardly means you have to settle for boring or lame...
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Beware Black & White Photos for Facebook Ads
I love great black and white photos. Texture seems to come to life in black and white and older photos of the past just seem to belong to the world of black and white. But I hate them when it...
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Your Image Should Be As Targeted As Your Copy
Facebook allows for a breathtaking sophistication of targeting. With Facebook’s ads, you can make sure your ad gets seen by people of the right, sex, age, geography, marital status, parental status, interests, education, etc. Of course, saying the wrong thing...
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