Did you know that Facebook allows you to target your ideal customer where they are right now, in real time?
Facebook knew they had a good thing going when they realized they had an endless amount of data that their users were willing to share with their platform.
Facebook took advantage of it quickly and realized that they could become an advertising force in the marketplace, so they began offering ads to marketers and business owners.
To our surprise, many of our clients never knew they had the opportunity to advertise on Facebook in a way that decreased their marketing budget waste while increasing their qualified leads.
Facebook Ad Targeting allows you to target the customers you WANT, not the customers you HAVE to advertise to get to those who you need.
How does Facebook Ad Targeting allow you to do that without costing you a crazy amount of money?
Here's how it works.
Facebook Ad Targeting allows you to break down your customer to the nitty gritty stuff including:
- Demographics—age, gender, marital status
- Career—education, income, job title
- Location—where they are now, where they will be, where they want to go
- Interests—books, sports, hobbies, entertainment, etc.,
- Activities—traveling, what they purchase online, etc.,
- Life Events—getting married or engaged, new job, just moved
Now that you know what Facebook Ad Targeting is, how should you use it for your own ads?
It's as simple as inputting the information you have on your ideal customer and letting Facebook do its magic!
Any time you go to set up an ad on Facebook Ads Manager, you will have the option to create your own audience or use an old audience. If you've never created an audience before this is how you use Facebook Ad Targeting to identify who you want to reach with your advertisement.
Here's an example of a Homebuilder and Contractor audience we use here at LeadCrossing:
Income: $75,000 to $250,000 annually
Age: 35 years and up
Job Title: Contractor, Homebuilder, Owner
Interests: National Association of Home Builders, builderonline.com, probuilder.com, sports (football/baseball), family
Education: Some College, College, MBA
Marital Status: Married
Life Event: Owns their own house
*Any Facebook profile that meets one or more of these criteria will be tagged by Facebook to see your advertisement!
You don't have to fill in all of the options available to you to create an audience. Only fill in the information Facebook needs to find your audience, anything extra will have a hard time reaching your ideal prospects if the search is too big or too small.
Facebook Ad Targeting is that easy, but almost every Facebook ad beginner or novice marketer misses this important aspect when advertising.
It's as easy as filling in the blanks and hitting submit. Next thing you know you'll have QUALIFIED leads in your inbox!
If you're not sure how to set up your Facebook ad account, we've got you covered! Check out our Facebook Ads Manager How To Guide below. Let us know if it helps you get started or if you need help along the way.
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