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Facebook Ads Are Still The Best Way For Most Businesses to Advertise… When Done Right!
Forget Instagram, Pinterest, or newspapers (even old radio ads)! Your ideal customers are browsing Facebook and updating their feeds minute by minute! Facebook marketing is now the marketing norm and the future. That’s the opinion of Facebook marketing experts and organizations like eMarketer. In 2021, 91.9 percent of U.S. marketers in companies larger than 100 employees were expected to use social media for marketing purposes. It’s clear that Facebook will remain a powerful platform for businesses of all sizes to reach their target audiences. Consumers spend more than 58 minutes per day on average, according to a study by SimilarWeb.
In this blog you’ll learn:
- Why Facebook Ads are the future
- 3 Ways To “Spy” On Your Competitors
- How To Optimize Your Facebook Ads Beating Out Your Competition
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3 Ways To “Spy” On Your Competitors and Make Your Facebook Ads Better
So, how do you stay ahead of the curve? Simple. Learn to “spy” on your competition and take note of the way they write their ad copy, present their products, and which ad sets they publish the most.
- Use the Facebook Ad Library
One of the best ways to design a great Facebook ad (and observe your competitor’s ads) is to use the Facebook Ad Library. The library shows just how your ad will look to different people, and it helps you see how people will respond to the ad and what kind of reaction you’ll get. It also helps you understand what other ads people respond to and it gives you an idea of the direct competitors you have.
The Ad Library is a place where you can search for ads that are running across Facebook Products. You can use it to get information about the ads you see.
Transparency is important for Facebook and this is a great form of competitive intelligence for you to leverage as inspiration to improve your own ads. Facebook stores these ads in the library for 7 years.
You can view and use the Ad Library at https://www.facebook.com/ads/library. Then look up your competitors to see what ads they are currently running and then look for their oldest ads that are still running as they are most likely the best performing.
Tips for success:
- Ensure you’re looking at the correct competitor and product
- Browse which ads your competitors are currently running
- Make sure to filter towards a view that shows you which ads are oldest (and still currently being served)
- Follow your competitors FB & IG pages (and visit their website)
It’s helpful to have a working knowledge of what your competitors are doing to improve your business. Chances are they’re making the same mistakes you are, and if you can implement a few changes, you’ll be giving yourself a competitive edge. In order to do this, you need to know what their social media accounts are and what they have published. This way when you have a peak period, you’ll be able to use that knowledge to your advantage.
You don’t just follow your competitor’s pages to see their organic posts but also to see their retargeting ads and how well their engagement is going with this content. This can inform your copywriting and design as you mull through how to best connect to your followers and prospects. This activity can save you so much time as it can tell you what they are focusing on and how they are promoting their products or services.
- “Why You’re Seeing This”
It’s important to follow your competitors on social media because you can learn a lot about them and build up a strategy for attacking them. It helps you to learn about their strengths and weaknesses and what you need to compete. You can also use them as an example and see if their tactics and practices work.
When you’re developing a strategy, and you’re building and refining your tactics for social media, observing your competition is crucial. It lets you know what you’re up against and how you can turn the weaknesses of your competition to your own advantage.
Be sure to follow these steps:
- Keep an eye out for your closest competitor’s ads and social posts
- When you start seeing the ads from your competitors click the 3 dots in the upper right-hand corner to see why you’re seeing this ad
- Next, review the detailed targeting info that’s shared with you there for targeting options you may not have thought of.
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Hiring Problem Solvers Consultants will help you:
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