Retargeting in today’s social climate is absolutely critical. If you’re already doing it, you’ll know so. If you’re not, this is something quick and easy to implement, that can have a colossal impact on your business. Generally, retargeting can increase your inflow by 15%+.
Retargeting is a separate form of marketing that’s exclusive to people that have already seen an offer of yours, been to your website, subscribed to a list, engaged with your page, anyone that’s taken any form of action whatsoever. Retargeting can be used across the internet but for now, we’re going to stick with an example for Facebook retargeting.
Let’s say you’re selling an amazing new shampoo. You have 1,000 website visits last month. Putting sales aside, let’s say 250 out of those 1,000-people added your shampoo to their cart, but they didn’t complete their purchase. With retargeting, you could then show ads specifically to those people on Facebook, reminding them about their cart, and even offering them a discount code AND/OR with the people that visited but didn’t add to cart, you can have a separate campaign “hey thanks for visiting our site! We’d love to have you back, use code OFFER20 at checkout for a 20% discount on your order, shipping is free too! Look forward to the best smelling hair in town”.
You can do this with people on your email list, people that liked a particular post on your page, watched a particular video on your website, it’s the most accurate form of marketing around, and because you’re targeting such a small set of people, it’s cheap too!
When you have your FB pixel installed, it tracks all your website visitors, meaning you can set up specific campaigns targeting certain people. FB Pixel Aside from the data gathering is the super intelligent beast behind Facebook ads. The pixel is both tracking code you install on your website/sales funnels/pages, and it is also the hub where Facebook stores your advertising data.
Your pixel is unique to your ad account, and it has a number of different triggers that can be fired, like “visit” “purchase” or “sign up”. When someone visits a website with a pixel installed, it will fire as a “visit” from that person, and a “purchase” should they buy anything.
Facebook ads (or Instagram/LinkedIn/Youtube), is interruption marketing. You’re appearing in a news feed, in between video content, or wherever else, and trying to grab their attention, build their interest, and encourage them to take an action. It’s more common for impulse purchases, viral content, or broader offerings. Google Adwords is very different, it’s search traffic, so people are specifically looking for what you’re offering. Although you can also appear in other places if you’re smart.
With certain products/services, you’ll find you can have a higher ROI with Adwords. It’s typically the case with higher-ticket products/services, niche offerings, or anything B2B. For example, let’s say you’re a company that builds exhibition stands for businesses. In this instance, Adwords will be more effective because you’re going to be appearing when people search for terms like “exhibition stand builders or “bespoke exhibitions stands”. Whereas on Facebook, it would be difficult to narrow down your audience.
A combination of Adwords and Facebook retargeting is often a highly effective approach for B2B and higher ticket products/services. The skill in Adwords is knowing what terms to bid for, whether to be broad or exact and optimising the campaign with the data you get, ensuring your ROI is as strong as possible.
Youtube ads run from within the Google Adwords platform and is arguably the hottest platform right now. With Youtube ads a) most of the time watchers will have the volume switched on, and b) it’s compulsory to watch the initial part of the ad before they can skip it. So, you have a pretty sizeable window to get their attention and capture their interest. Youtube is also highly targeted, not only can you show up on specific videos and channels, but you can target people based on the specific websites they have visited…
Finally, LinkedIn functions VERY similar to Facebook ads, but it’s more suited to professionals and the B2B market. Another aspect of LinkedIn that isn’t available on FB is “Inmail” marketing. This is guaranteed delivered and read emails, so it can be really effective when used well.
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