No city is the same city for all who live there. Everyone has different favorite restaurants, different commutes, different neighbors, hobbies, and so on. So while being “local” might mean being in the same city, being hyper-local doesn’t necessarily mean...
Continue Reading Facebook Ads & The Art of Hyperlocal Advertising
Facebook ads don’t give you much room to play with when it comes to the image, think 80×120 pixels. And yet, the image remains pretty much THE make or break element of your ad. Without a great image, you just...
Continue Reading Ads In the Wild: Use Close-Ups in Small Format Images
My wife is a former professional dancer and a huge fan of So You Think You Can Dance. In other words, she’s the perfect prospect for a new TV Show centered around professional dancing. that’s been created by the producers...
Continue Reading Targeting the Messaging: An Ovation TV Case Study
The sticking point on a pitch — you know, the part that might kill the deal or that drives some customers away — that part doesn’t go away when you ignore it. This is obvious in face to face sales...
Facebook offers what is arguably the most targetable advertising platform that has ever existed. The ability to slice and dice demographics, sociographics, interests, and indicated psychographics is truly impressive. But a highly targeted ad will never benefit from that targeting...
Continue Reading Your Messaging Should Be as Targeted as Your Ad
Last year my friend and mentor, Bryan Eisenberg, exposed the biggest lie of pay-per-click marketing: “Keywords don’t fail to convert!!! It’s we who fail to convert visitors from those keywords.” Bryan’s point is that as long as: the keyword phrase...
There are a lots of ways to make your image visually prominent or striking: Bright colors or borders that cut through the blue and white Facebook backgorund Close-ups of human faces or products Sex appeal, Dynamic Angles and/or Foreshortening Visual...
Given the attention-grabbing challenges that Facebook ads face, some companies go with the straightforward strategy of making a deal that’s simply too good to ignore. Unfortunately, if a deals too good to ignore, it’s assumed to be too good to...
“Plan the sale when you plan the ad” — Leo Burnett First, I should say that I DO believe that Facebook ads can have a branding effects simply from exposure — that the unclicked ads can still prove valuable in...
So, I couldn’t help but noticing this ad on my Facebook page: So far so good, right? I mean, if you can’t help but notice an ad, it’s at least doing something right. And what was so conspicuously noticeable about...
Continue Reading Mr. Clean is All Wet When it Comes to Facebook Ads
I spotted this ad on my wife’s Facebook page and a few thoughts flashed through my mind: 1) Boy is that photo a jumbled, hard-to-look-at mess! 2) “Secret Photo Skills”? Color me suspicious… 3) I wonder if there aren’t more...
Continue Reading Using and Testing The Images You Already Have
What good does it do to hyper-target your market if you don’t tailor your messages and offers to reflect the targeting? If you’re going to send all your segmented target audiences the same or almost the same messages and offers...
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