10 hacks to supercharge your social advertising
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Today’s Speaker: Larry Kim
Who Is Larry Kim?
• Founder & CTO of WordStream
• Voted Most Influential PPC Expert
• Super Power: Mind-Control
@LarryKim &
Launch
Poll
Why Paid
Social Ads?
@LarryKim
#1: Ridiculous Amount of Time on Social Media
28%28% of online
time is spent
social networking.
#2: Facebook Organic Reach Plummeting
#3: Most Content Goes Nowhere
WordStream Published 1600 Articles in 6 Years.
5% of Content = 56% of Page views
Half of Content got less than 500 Page views each.
#4: Low BrandRecall for SEO
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#5: Search Ads Are Great, But ExpensiveTOP COST PER CLICK ON BING ADS
#6: Typical Conversion Rate Via Content <1%
Traffic Generation
Activities
Engage with Content
Captured Lead
So, Many Content/Social/PPC Marketing Efforts Actually More Like …
How Does
Content Marketing
Really Work?
@LarryKim
This (almost) never happens!
How it actually works...
Repeat Step 1
and 2 many
times until
something sticks.
Step 3 is a myth. Instead, visitors
who have a positive experience may
remember your brand and be biased
to come to you in the future.
A B
How to make:
STEP 2 (Promotion)
& Step 3 (Sales)
Happen with greater
magnitude & frequency?
Paid Social Ads: Highly Scalable Content Promotion
CREATEProduce content
& share on social
AMPLIFYSelectively promote top content on social media
TAGBuild remarketing
audience by tagging site visitors with a cookie
ADVERTISETarget your
audience with display & social ads
promoting offers
FILTERApply behavioral and demographic filters on audience
CONVERTCapture qualified leads or sale
Social Ads Turn Visitors into Leads
& Customers
The Top 10 Paid Social Media Advertising Hacks of All Time!
We’re Focusing on Facebook & Twitter Today
Apologies to Google+ Fans…
SOCIAL NETWORKINGOn Google+
Larry’s #10 Social Ads Hack:
HIGHER POST ENGAGEMENT
Higher Relevance Score
HIGHER RELEVANCE SCORE
More Impression Share and
Lower Cost Per Engagement
“Relevancy Score” in Facebook
=
=
“Quality Adjusted Bid” in Twitter
HIGHER Relevance, Resonance, Recency =
HIGHER Quality Adjusted Bid =
MORE Ad Impressions at Lower Cost
RESONANCE: Are consumers
engaging your Tweet? Do they
retweet, favorite, or reply often?
RELEVANCE: Is your Tweet
related to things a user is
interested in?
RECENCY: Is your Tweet fresh?
Twitter is about what is
happening now. Fresher Tweets
get priority.
Higher Engagement Rate = (Much) Lower Cost Per Engagement
Engagement Rate
Cost per engagement
$.01 $.02 $.03 $.08
68%
7%
21%
37%
1% Increase in
Post Engagement
5% Reduction in Cost
Per Engagement!
“Quality Adjusted Bid” in Twitter
=
Quality Score & Ad Impression Share
A TYPICAL TWITTER CAMPAIGN
FEWER AND FEWER AD IMPRESSIONS
AS THE CAMPAIGN AGES!
High QS (Great!)• High Ad Impression Share
• Low Cost Per Engagement
Low QS (Terrible!)• Low Ad Impression Share
• High Cost Per Engagement
Get a High Quality Score! (Duh) High Post Engagement = High Quality Scores
Tweet More Often and Only Promote Your
Best Posts (Unicorns!)
Just Say NO to Promoting Junk Updates
I DON’T PROMOTE EVERY TWEET
How to Find High Engagement Posts? (Unicorns!)
Promote Your BEST Stuff Instead (Top 1-2%)
RETWEETS
1,488
FAVORITES
1,284
6:15AM – 7 Mar 2015
Paid Social Ads ROI Analysis:
Larry’s Organic & Paid Social Network Sharing/Posting Pyramid Scheme
1. Post Lots of stuff (organically)
to Twitter
2. Boost Top stuff from Twitter,
and share Organically to
LinkedIn & Facebook
3. Pay to Promote the Unicorns
on Facebook!
What’s The Biggest Difference??
Organic Social = Be Picky!
Cast a Narrow Net, Maximize Engagement
Rates.
Turn Low Engagement Updates Into High
Engagement
Larry’s #9 Social Ads Hack:
Keyword Targeting Not on Facebook (Just Use Interest Targeting Instead)
Keyword Targeting: Google Search vs. Twitter
infant clothes Julian’s first birthday
lawyer auto accident Some dumbass hit my car
pink dress I have nothing to wear for the concert!
online dating Emma just broke up with me
mobile landing page tools #mobilegeddon
OMG 10X Higher Engagement By Targeting #alphabet
Generates Valuable PR Exposure & Links
Precise Ad Targeting Boosts Engagement Rate
Larry’s #8 Social Ads Hack:
Increase Commercial Intent (Chance of People Buying Your
Stuff) Using “In-Market Segments”
Website H.I.T.S.(How Idiots Track Success)
Precise Ad Targeting Boosts Engagement Rate
“Partner Audiences” in Twitter
Larry’s #7 Social Ads Hack:
Further Increase
Commercial Intent
Using Demographic
Targeting
Demographic Ad Targeting in Facebook
Demographic Ad Targeting in Twitter
Larry’s #6 Social Ads Hack:
Social Media
Remarketing
I’LL BE
BACK
Typical Website Remarketing Ads Often Never Seen!
56.1% of Display Ads are
never even seen.
Custom Website Audiences in Facebook
Tailored Website Audience in Twitter
Power of Social Remarketing
So Push HARD OFFERS (Sign-Ups,
Consultations, Downloads, etc.)
Engagement
Rates!
Conversion
Rates!
3X2X
Combine Remarketing With Product Ads on Facebook!
Larry’s #5 Social Ads Hack:
Ridiculously Powerful
Social Ads Strategy:
Combining Remarketing +
Demographic + Behavioral
Targeting + High
Engagement Content
Layered Remarketing
Behavioral & Interest Targeting =
They’re interested in your stuff
Remarketing = They Recently
Checked Out Your Stuff
Demographic Targeting =
They Can Afford to Buy Your Stuff
Target a Narrow
Audience That Meets
all 3 Criteria = $$$
Larry’s #4 Social Ads Hack:
Custom Audiences
The Evolution of Display Ad Targeting
5. Website Targeting
(e.g. Inc. Magazine or
Home & Garden Weekly)
3. Interests & Market Segments
(e.g. Business Services, Photography)
4. Keyword Targeting
(e.g. Articles
containing “Health
Insurance”)
2. Remarketing
(e.g. People who
visited the “buy”
page of your website)
1. Identity
(e.g. Specific emails
or phone numbers)
New “Tailored Audiences” or “Custom Audiences”
People-Based Marketing is LikeEmail Marketing But Better
Email Marketing
Limit number of blasts to
reduce unsubscribes
.5-2% unsubscribes each blast
People Need to opt into your list
Tons of unqualified emails on the list
People-Based Marketing
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Identity based marketing opens up a TON of
new and exciting advertising use cases!
Identity Marketing Using Custom Audiences in Social Ads
This is a True Story
Shared the Article on My Social Media
Promoted Post to My List of Influencers
Story Picked Up in Marketing Land in 2 Hours
+500 Press Pickups in 48 Hours
SATURDAY MONDAYFRIDAY
Custom Audience Social Ads ROI Analysis:
• 500 High Value Press Pickups + Links
• Massive Brand Exposure
• +100k Site Visitors
Total Cost: $50Total Time 10 minutes
Larry’s #3 Social Ads Hack:
Leverage Insanely Powerful New Ad Formats
You can
bypass this
funnel
entirely!
This Stupid Marketing Funnel is a Ridiculously Dated Concept
Facebook Call Buttons
Call Buttons are Game Changers
Desktop Search Conversion Funnel
Mobile Conversion Funnel
1. Sees Ad
2. Clicks on Ad
3. Vists Website Landing Page
4. Lead Captured
1. Sees Ad
2. Calls Business
3. Lead Captured
No Leaky Landing Page!
Golden Rule of Mobile: “Calls to businesses are worth +3x more than clicks to websites”
+Half Billion Use FB on Mobile Only
80% of Twitter Users are Mobile
New Facebook Social Direct Response Ad Formats
Twitter Lead Generation Card Format
User’s Name, Email
and Twitter Name are
automatically emailed
or posted to you!
Larry’s #2 Social Ads Hack:
The Flywheel Effect of
Social Media Marketing
Engagement Snowballs As You Go
Because Paid Social Ads Generate Fans!
Larry’s #1 Social Ads Hack:
Get Free
Clicks!
Buy 1 Retweet/Like, Get 3 Clicks Free!
$0.00 Cost Per Engagement?!
RETWEETS
10,603FAVORITES
6,117
2:10 PM – 1 Jul 2015
Review from TodayQuality Score in
Social Ads
Post More, Promote
Best Stuff
Keyword Targeting &
Hashtags
In-Market Segments
= Commercial Intent
Layer Demographic
Targeting
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Do Social Media
Remarketing
Custom Audiences =
Incredibly Precise Targeting
Use Insanely Powerful
New Ad Formats
Leverage Flywheel
Effect of Social Media Ads
Free Clicks!
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