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21 New Customers

You know your customers are on Facebook and Instagram every day, so you know it’s where you need to advertise. But how do you know your ads are working? The answer is simple… ask your customers!

My ad client Deb, the owner of Half Moon Handwerks, recently told me that in December she had seen a significant increase in customers who told her they “saw her shop posts on Facebook.” Then she started 2020 with her annual Clearance Sale and told me “we had 21 new customers, most mentioning they saw the notice on Facebook. Yea!!!” 21 NEW Customers, think about that for a minute. 🤔 What could that do for your business?  Deb has been consistently growing her fans and engagement with Facebook ads the past few months, couple that with an awesome sale and Cha-Ching! 💰To obtain awesome data and feedback, all she had to do was ask!

So yes, ADS WORK!! Various ad campaigns have increased Deb’s social media following and her Most Recent ad campaign promotes her new posts daily. She is staying IN FRONT of her customers, and getting in front of new customers leading to an increase in recognition and thus an increase in sales!  MONEY in the bank. The best and easiest way to track these successes is by simply asking your customers where they heard about your store. Share in the comments your ads success stories!

If you’re inspired by the results, you’re in luck because we’re opening 5 spots for our Facebook and Instagram Ads Management tomorrow, if you want to snag one schedule a call, here.

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How Three Retailers are Driving Traffic and Sales with Facebook Ads: The Modern Marketing Show, Episode 82

Are you using any kind of social advertising? If not, then you should be! Running Facebook ads is one of the most cost-effective ways to drive traffic directly to your store. We manage ads for a handful of retailers and the results they are seeing are amazing. They’re selling more product and spending less money by utilizing this tool.

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Retailer #1: ZaZu (Reach Ads)

We started running reach ads in November for ZaZu Gifts that targeted audiences interested in jewelry and the specific brands she wanted to promote. We shifted to audiences interested in Christmas gifts as well as continuing the jewelry push for December.

  • Average people reached weekly grew 260% during November, the first month we ran ads. That number continues to grow by 12% during December.
  • Sales for the two product lines targeted increased by 13% and 14% from the previous year’s November and December

The client told us: “My sales were up 23% for the month of December! I do feel a big part of it is because of the social media presence.”

Retailer #2: Mary Todd’s Hallmarks (Video View Ads)

We coached client Mary Todd’s Hallmark in a 12 Days of Christmas campaign using video to promote the daily specials and sales.

In November, they saw in total 2,603 video views, received 7,777 post engagements, and the cost per video view was $0.04. Then in December (when they started using video view ads) they saw a total of 7,184 video views, 13,728 post engagements, and the cost per video view dropped to $0.01. That means…

  • Video views increased by 175.9%
  • Engagement increased by 75.6%
  • Cost per Video View decreased by 75%

Retailer #3: Revolutionary Concord 

The client told us: “Someone came in and said they saw our Facebook Ad. They live 5 towns away but clicked on the ad, went to the website and Facebook page and said, ‘that’s a place I want to go.’ They came into the store, bought $200 worth of merchandise and signed up to become a frequent shopper.”

This is a great example of the ripple effect ads can have on your business. By driving in new customers, you’re able to grow other parts of your business at the same time.

If you’re overwhelmed by ads or simply feel like you don’t have the time to learn, we can help. We offer Facebook and Instagram Ads Management, click here to learn more.

You can catch new episodes of The Modern Marketing Show every Monday at 10 a.m PST on our Facebook Page. Replays will be available on the blog each week.

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The Modern Marketing Show, Episode 6: Why Facebook Ads are a MUST, Not a Maybe

Have you ever felt discouraged after posting on Facebook or Instagram because of lack of engagement your post received? Do you ever feel like you’re constantly talking to yourself because nobody ever likes, comments, or shares your posts? Are you often wondering why you can’t get more people to your business both on and offline? Well, here’s some good news! The answer to all of these question can be solved by implementing Facebook and Instagram ads into your marketing strategy.

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If you follow us, you know we talk about Facebook and Instagram ads A LOT. We strongly believe they’re one of the best tools small businesses should be using to market and grow your business both on and offline – especially coming on the heels of Facebook’s recent announcement and changes. Let’s face it, they’re not going anywhere, anytime soon.

Need more reason to start using ads? Here are a few things to consider:

  1. Not everything to post online is being seen, only about 0-6% of your audience is actually seeing what you share on social media. By advertising to your followers you’re targeting people who want to see your content you can increase engagement.
  2. Ads help grow your overall exposure, help build your email list, and increase online web and offline foot traffic. You’ll start to build dependable audience groups, groups that you own and can market to in order to increase sales.
  3. Ads are more cost-effective and have a higher ROI than most traditional forms of advertising like radio, tv, and print. We’ve seen small businesses spend less to get much better results.

Once you implement ads into your overall social media marketing strategy you’re not going to know what you ever did without them.

Registration for our Facebook and Instagram Ads Masterclass is open until February 19th. Join us for this two-session workshop covering everything you need to know about running Facebook and Instagram ads, click here to save your spot!

You can catch new episodes of The Modern Marketing Show every Monday at 10 a.m PST on our Facebook Page. Replays will be available on the blog each week.