[500distro] converting with facebook: how to optimize ads, target audiences & boost your roi

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FACEBOOK ADS For External Conversions MATTHEW BERMAN August 2014 @matthewberman | [email protected]

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Page 1: [500DISTRO] Converting with Facebook: How to Optimize Ads, Target Audiences & Boost Your ROI

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

FACEBOOK ADSFor External Conversions

MATTHEW BERMANAugust 2014

@matthewberman | [email protected]

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WHO AM I?(Matt)

MATTHEW BERMANDistribution Hacker in Residence

Distribution for media companies

Affiliate marketing (shhh)

Distribution for startups

PREVIOUSLY:

Spent lots of $$$ on Facebook

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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THE PROBLEM

CONCLUSIONBased on many blog posts by reputable sources, most would think facebook isn’t a good channel to market on….FALSE!

FRAUDULENT CLICKS NO CONVERSIONSClick farms, low quality clicks etc Facebook users never buy anything!

Facebook Sucks!!!…NOT.

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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FACEBOOK ADS TACTICS

What your ad looks like Who sees your ad General tips and tricks

Creative Targeting Best Practices

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CREATIVE What Your Ads Look Like

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BANNER BLINDNESS

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REDUCING BANNER BLINDNESS

keep your ad images & copy fresh (specifics to come)

blend your ads into the organic content (don’t be misleading)

(exception) you have an extremely well known brand name/logo

(exception) you have a beautiful, physical product to show off

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VSnewsfeed sidebar

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more inventory, less expensive

not available on mobile

SIDEBAR ADS

lower CTR and conversion performance

around for many years

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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less inventory, more expensive

available on mobile & desktop

NEWSFEED ADS

higher CTR and conversion performance

much newer than sidebar ads

newsfeed has had better performance for me in most cases

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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IMAGE BEST PRACTICES

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OBVIOUS IMAGESEasy to understand

Example A Example B

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what do they sell?

children’s books? food?

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OBVIOUS IMAGESEasy to understand

Example A (Bad) Example B (Good)

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online classes!? food!

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5 FOOT TEST

stand 5 feet back from your computer, can you clearly see and understand the image?

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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FACES…ON FACEBOOK

don’t use woman eating a salad laughing!! use real photos, not photoshopped

Faces blend into organic content

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

* ask your customers for images or take them yourself

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COPYWhat your ads should say

general structure of your copy should include:

1 or 2 value propositions

price and/or discount

call to action (more than just the button)

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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TARGETING Who Sees Your Ads

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PASSIVE VS INTENT ADVERTISING

VS

Intent Based Advertising - More expensive, higher conversion rates, target people at their intent to do something Passive Advertising - Less expensive, lower conversion rates, target people who may be your customer

Passive Advertising Intent Advertising

I love my dog! Buy Dog Food

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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SEGMENTS TO ALWAYS USE

COUNTRY

Different countries respond differently to creative and products

and the prices are different in each country

GENDER

Males and females respond differently to creative and products

AGE

Segment ages into ranges: 25-35, 36-45

etc.

If you have a mobile experience, separate desktop and mobile

DEVICE

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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AFTER THAT…IT’S UP TO YOU

schoolcity/state/zip

3rd party data (acxiom)

languagerelationship status

life events

employer

interest keywords

education level

behaviors

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LOOK ALIKE MODELSWOW!!

current customers

potential customers

magic

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segment “current customers” by engagement level (paying customers vs. others)

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BEST PRACTICES General Tips & Tricks

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CAMPAIGN STRUCTURE

Campaign

Ad Sets

Ad Ad

campaigns for completely different testsads within an ad set compete against each other (only test text + images)

ad sets for everything else

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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SPLIT TESTINGIsolate Everything

US

18-24

25-30

Male

Female

Male

Female

Img1

Img2

Img1

Img2

Img1

Img2

Img1

Img2

Country

Age

Gender

Creative

isolate each variable

test the most impactful segmentations first

rigorous testing

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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LAST QUICK TIPS

use oCPM bidding - optimize for conversions to websiterefresh your ads frequently - keep frequency under 2

focus on CTR - facebook rewards you with lower prices

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

sweet spot audience size is around 500k-1.5m

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RECAP

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RECAP

reduce banner blindness

prioritize using newsfeed ads

use clear, concise images

blend ads into organic content when possible

target country, age, gender, and device first

use look alike models when possible

test all variables separately

Matthew Berman | @matthewberman

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THANK YOUMATTHEW BERMAN

@matthewberman | [email protected]