Since it first launched in 2007 as Facebook Flyers, Facebook Ads has grown into one of the biggest online advertising platforms in the world. It has also grown more and more expensive every year, with CPMs rising as more businesses flock to Facebook Ads as a way to generate leads, sell products and strengthen their brands.
Almost all social media marketers see an overpowering need to optimize their ads for a higher click through and conversion rate. Ads that performed well a couple of years ago, for example, might fail to produce a positive ROI today due to the rising cost of advertising on Facebook.
Increasing your Facebook Ads CTR has secondary benefits beyond a lower Cost per click (CPC). With an optimized ad you also achieve:
In short, making a few small changes to your ads that increase CTR can have multiple benefits for your campaign.
Let’s look at three best ways to improve your Facebook Ads:
For example, if you sell digital language learning courses, you can target a broad audience to promote your entire catalog. Or you can specifically target English-speaking expats in foreign countries to promote your course for the local language.
The use of social media and digital devices in general has led to multitasking and eventually reduced attentions spans. A study pegs the average attention span of humans, at 8secs, which is now lesser than that of a goldfish!
So if you want to capture the attention of your target customer make sure your messaging is what he wants to see, where he can see it and highly relevant
“People feel better after they spend a week traveling the mountains in Himachal.
You will feel better after you spend a week traveling the mountains in Himachal.”
This is the difference between an ad that talks about something, and an ad that talks directly to a specific audience. Instead of visualizing someone else enjoying the pristine nature in Dharamshala, you visualize yourself doing what the ad describes. The most effective ads, speak directly to their target audience.
Lets look at both the images below. Which one will grab your attention when you scroll through those numerous feeds on your Facebook wall?
Because the first ad looks so professional, it blends in with the other content most users see on Facebook and likely won’t attract much attention.
The second ad, on the other hand, immediately stands out from the other content most people share on Facebook. Anyone with a damaged Macbook (the ad’s target audience) will recognize the image and understand the purpose of the service being advertised.
Facebook users are largely immune to obvious, traditional advertising. Replace the typical stock photo with an eye-catching, “real” image and you’ll stand out from advertisers while getting more traffic from every 1,000 impressions.
If you’re new to Facebook Ads, deselect all other placements so that your ad set only displays on the Desktop News Feed. You can add other placements later, once you’ve optimized your campaign and achieved a positive ROI.
As well as achieving the highest CTR, Desktop News Feed ads tend to convert better than other ad types thanks to the longer description. They’re also more engaging, letting you rack up more conversions from small audiences that are easily exhausted using other ad types.
All of Facebook’s ad placements have value, but optimizing for the sidebar or on mobile is much more of a challenge than optimizing for Desktop News Feed.
The only way you’ll know if your Facebook ads are working is if you know how many Facebook clicks turned into sales.
If you’re not capturing leads from Facebook, you’ll want to start immediately. It may be cheaper and easier to run Facebook ads that link to your Facebook page; however, to gather leads who are interested in your marketing, send people to your website. This way you can offer them something of value in exchange for their email address.
#1 – Ad frequency: We’ve all had those moments when a superbly performing ad campaign suddenly stops delivering. So we’re left wondering what might have happened to this superstar. One of the most common problems in that your ad campaign has reached a high ad frequency, meaning that Facebook has shown the same ad more than 3 times to the same person.
Regularly checking your ads’ frequency is a must if you want to avoid ad fatigue and stop annoying your audience with the same ads all over the place (that is, their Facebook News Feed).
Example : AdEspresso analyzed how ad frequency affects the click-through rate, cost-per-click, and cost-per-conversion of ad campaigns
# 2 – Relevance score: Does your audience love your ads? What if they hate them instead?
The Relevance Score is a calculated metric that helps to understand how your audience is reacting to a particular ad. It’s a great beginner-level metric to learn about your audience’s preferences and adjust your ad campaigns accordingly.
A higher relevance score raises Facebook’s willingness to display the ad in users’ News Feed and lowers the cost-per-click
# 3 – Click-through-rate vs. Conversion rate (The real ROI of your ads)
Your ads might be having an awesome click-through-rate, but if they don’t convert, you won’t get any new customers. It is wiser to let go of the click bait and use a clear message that explains what you expect people to actually do (a call to action like “Sign up” or “learn more”)
Facebook wants users to see the content they like. The most recent news feed algorithm change is designed to show people the stories they’ll personally find most informative.
Engagement breeds engagement. So give your fans content that they can’t help but engage with, and then watch the resulting impact.