Using Your Budget to Drive Sales on Facebook and Instagram With so many objectives available on Facebook and Instagram, it’s important to know which ones are best—and most efficient—at driving sales. Here are two key objectives you should be spending your media dollars on. Website Conversions Of all...
With so many Facebook and Instagram ad options available—plus all of the new ones constantly being rolled out—it’s important to do your homework before you jump into creating your ads. Without the proper research, you could be creating ads that that won’t help you meet...
December is a busy time for us advertisers as we’re looking to spend budgets by the end of the year. This benefits us in a few ways. It’s important to (wisely) spend the entire budget to demonstrate that you need a similar budget in the...
In an age when buying locally is highly valued, it’s more important than ever for national retailers to communicate with consumers on a local level. On Facebook, this can be easily done through location pages where retailers can create pages for specific storefronts. Here are...
It’s almost time for the holidays, or as us media folks like to call it, “the fourth quarter.” For us this means increased prices as advertisers are looking to spend their budget before the end of the year. But just because it’s high-demand time for...
The key to a successful paid media campaign is targeting, but that’s easier said than done. There are many nuances to it, and if you target the wrong audience you’ll be spending time on people who aren’t interested. Luckily, Facebook has numerous targeting options that...
Imagine a world where computers make decisions about where and who to target on traditional and non-traditional media. They handle the entire media-buying process, from building and maintaining relationships with vendors, to setting up insertion orders, to placing and optimizing ad buys. This may seem...
As more media dollars are going to social, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are constantly rolling out new social media ad formats to meet unique business needs. Here are some proven and upcoming formats that are expected to bring great results for retailers. Facebook Carousel...
Although the school year doesn’t typically start until September, most back-to-school purchases are made months before. Most U.S. parents are making the majority of their back-to-school purchases in July and August, so brands need to make sure to have their paid media strategy on lockdown...
With the New Year comes new clients, assignments and budgets. To make the most impact with your social media buying budget this year, here are some tips and tricks both timeless and new. Select platforms that make sense with your audience. Just because you’re...
Targeting all one billion Facebook users may seem like the right way to get your brand out there, but you’d be wasting your money by reaching people who may not be interested in your message. Not only are you reaching users who are less likely...
Back in March 2015, Twitter announced their partnership with big data partners Acxiom and Datalogix to give advertisers access to partner audiences based on online and offline behaviors and characteristics. Now that behavioral targeting has been around on Twitter for a few months, we’re starting...