Powerful Tips for Creating Ads

Facebook is one of the most powerful platforms for advertisers.

HubSpot Blog Research found Facebook is the most popular social media network for advertising in 2022, with 62% of companies currently leveraging it.

Additionally, Facebook has proven to be the social media platform that generates the biggest ROI. 

But getting started on Facebook advertising can be intimidating — particularly with a limited budget.

Let’s dive into three tips for getting the most out of your Facebook ad strategy.

1.) Keep it simple.

When it comes to Facebook ads, you might feel overwhelmed by the number of options available. Just make sure don’t get too complex when you’re first starting out.

In other words: Don’t try to do too much, too quickly.

Start by identifying your objective — awareness, traffic, engagement, leads, app promotion, or sales. And, rather than creating a more complex video or carousel, start with a boosted post, which is an easy opportunity to start discovering your target audience.

From there, consider taking the time to explore the resources that can help you create an optimized ad. New Facebook Ads users take the time to take the Meta Blueprint training.

2.) Know your audience properly.

It’s important you understand the audience you’re going to target — in other words, who is most likely to become a consumer. And, equally importantly, you need to be willing to iterate over time to ensure your target audience becomes more refined.

Facebook ads can help you identify a more specific and niche audience to target. As you begin to discover who your true consumer is, you can refine your ads strategy accordingly.  

Once you’ve identified your target audience, you can also leverage Facebook’s Lookalike feature to ensure your ads are capturing the attention of people who match the same characteristics as your current buyers.

3.) Pay attention to the creative.

One of the first things users notice and react to is going to be your creativity, so it’s important you pay attention to how you’re designing your ad.

For context, an ad creative is the visual attributes of the advertisement, whether it be an image, video, or another format. If you’re unsure what type of creative will resonate best with your audience, try A/B testing different styles to identify what works best.

Additionally, the type of ad you create is equally important to consider. For example “Video always performs best because it’s the most engaging. But you don’t need a big budget or sophisticated equipment for video. If you’re a small business and you only have pictures, you can actually convert those pictures into a video in our Ads Manager through our partnership with Vimeo.”

Whether you’re ready to get started with Facebook Ads or take your ads strategy to the next level, hopefully, these three tips have enabled you to focus in on what matters most.

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