Social Media Strategies Summit Chicago - Facebook Retargeting
3 likes1,349 views
The document outlines best practices for Facebook advertising, covering audience targeting, bidding strategies, and campaign optimization. It emphasizes the importance of using Facebook's pixel for tracking user behavior, creating custom and lookalike audiences, and the significance of refreshing creative content to avoid audience fatigue. A dual strategy of prospecting and retargeting is recommended for successful ad campaigns.
Social Media Strategies Summit Chicago - Facebook Retargeting
- 1. FBRETARGETING&ADOPTIMIZATION Clark Boyd & Ximena Sanchez
- 2. AGENDA INTRODUCTIONS POWEREDITOR& ADSMANAGER PIXEL AUDIENCES AUCTION PROSPECTING RETARGETING CREATIVE CAMPAIGNSETUP
- 4. INTRODUCTIONS Ximena Sanchez 2 years in digital marketing Croud USA’s first employee Loves travel, exercise and puppies Clark Boyd 7 years in digital marketing Moved to NYC in early 2016 to launch Croud USA Loves travel and puppies, not exercise
- 5. OURAPPROACH
- 10. THREEMAINCATEGORIES AWARENESS CONSIDERATION CONVERSIONS Brand Awareness Local Awareness Reach Traffic Engagement App Installs Video Views Lead Generation Conversions Product Catalog Sales Store Visits
- 11. AWARENESS:REACH To reach the maximum number of people in your audience
- 12. CONSIDERATION:TRAFFIC Watch out for click bait! Send people to your website, messenger, or app
- 13. CONSIDERATION:APPINSTALLS Drive app installs to iOS or Android
- 14. CONSIDERATION:LEADS Gather emails or other info from your audience
- 15. CONVERSIONS:CONVERSIONS Drive actions on website or app
- 16. CONVERSIONS:PRODUCTCATALOGSALES Promote your products and target interested individuals
- 17. PIXEL
- 19. THE(IN)FAMOUSPIXEL Communicator between Facebook and your website Can track full journey of site behaviors One piece of code across your entire site, with events Double check with FB Pixel Helper Chrome Extension
- 20. FACEBOOKPIXELIMPLEMENTATION New FB Pixel - Site-Wide Visited Sun Protection Page Add to Cart Entered Payment Info Completed Checkout
- 21. AUDIENCES
- 22. HOWTOTARGETONFB CUSTOM LOOKALIKE SAVED Upload own CRM list Create pool from website traffic Gather app users Create a list of people who have engaged with your FB Create people that are similar to a custom audience Choose country Create most similar (1%) to broadest (10%) Create a mix from custom, lookalikes, interests, and behaviors Choose geo, demographics
- 23. DEEPERDIVEINTOLOOKALIKES STEP1 Choose source STEP2 Choose country/region STEP3 Choose percentage STEP4 Double check audience overlap
- 24. SEEDAUDIENCES Segmented from your CRM CORECUSTOMERS Highest LTV Highest AOV This is your very best customer SPECIFICPURCHASERS People who bought x category People who bought x products HOLIDAYS People who bought during holiday seasons People who bought last Mother’s Day
- 25. DEFININGAUDIENCES Growing seed audiences to target highly qualified individuals SEEDAUDIENCES Need to understand current implementation - Top customers 1%LAL Taking the seed of 1000, and targeting lookalikes of that subset 2-10%LAL Based on success and using the same principles we’ll then look a broader lookalikes from 2-10% USE INTEREST&BEHAVIOUR Using FB we’ll use interests and behaviors to build prospecting pool PARTNERLISTS Tapping into more granular third party audiences from Axciom, Datalogix & Experian, Bombora etc. CUSTOMAUDIENCES (Retargeting) Based on site behavior and CRM lists, we’ll retarget and re-engage customers at certain points in the funnel
- 26. AUDIENCEOVERLAP Should not be >30% HIGHOVERLAP Sometimes not as different as you would think Always check to make sure not speaking to same people E.g. Cat vs Dog Owners
- 28. CAMPAIGNSETUP OPTIMIZEPERADSET Organize on campaign level Optimize on ad set level as FB will BUDGET:BIDRATIO If using manual bid, ensure budget is 5x bid If on automatic, analyze how much you are paying per action AUDIENCEEXCLUSIONS Avoid audience overlap Should not separate if high overlap 3-4ADSPERADSET Should have 3-4 ads per ad set Let FB optimize
- 31. WHATMATTERSONFACEBOOK AUDIENCES Targeting BIDDING Setting the right bids, selecting the right ad format CREATIVE Text, video, image
- 33. WHYTHEAUCTIONEXISTS CREATESVALUEFOR ADVERTISERS 1 PROVIDESPOSITIVE,RELEVANT EXPERIENCESTOFBUSERS 2
- 34. HOWTOAUCTIONWORKS MAXIMIZES ADVERTISERVALUE OPTIMIZES CONSUMEREXPERIENCE BID Bid value for the desired outcome Estimated action rate Relevance & quality
- 35. HOWTHEAUCTIONWORKS Two types of bid: • Automatic • Manual • Average • Maximum TIME COSTPERRESULT $10 $8 $4 $2 $10 $12 $12 BUDGET5XBID
- 36. HOWTHEAUCTIONWORKS CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE BRANDAWARENESS CONVERSIONS LEADADS PRODUCTADS CLICKS Why Cheap impressions to reach a broader audience Identify people most likely to complete purchase Easy way to collect emails and phone numbers at very reasonable prices Bottom of Funnel - high conversion rates Bring cheap traffic to your website Targeting Interests, behaviors, demographics Retargeting, look-a-likes Retargeting, look-a-likes Retargeting Interests, behaviors, demographics Creative Video, carousel, canvas Video, carousel, standard ads Lead ads Dynamic Product Ads Video, carousel, canvas, standard ads 25ACTIONS/ ADSET/WEEK
- 38. ABC’SOFFACEBOOK AUDIENCES How to properly target and segment BIDDING How to find the right bid with rising CPMs CREATIVE How to create Facebook-friendly, “thumb-stopping” assets
- 39. AUDIENCES
- 40. AUDIENCES:THREEMAINPROBLEMS ADSSTOPSHOWING Correct bid and budget, but delivery is not there... Check website, CVRs, pixel Check negative comments Check audience fatigue AUDIENCESTOPSPERFORMING Are your audiences competing for one another? Is there overlap? Check audience overlap tool to ensure under 30% Correct CRM data HYPERTARGETINGISMAKING PERFORMANCEWORSE Are you too granular? Or simply do not segment... Only segment when truly necessary Better to give Facebook more data per ad set
- 41. AUDIENCEEXAMPLES Before After Used LALs and interest targeting but segmented by: ● Device ● Gender ● Age ● Placement LALs were of all customers and website visitors. Interests were very broad. Used stronger LALs and did not segment unless absolutely necessary Example of where it makes sense to segment: 30 day website visitors vs cart abandoners. Example of strong LAL seed audience: Subscribers who have been with the company for over 2 years.
- 43. TESTINGAUDIENCEFATIGUE • Something we like to do is have audience fatigue reporting • Systemized approach to identifying creative fatigue via frequency and reach metrics. • Once you run for a while, you’ll understand when you’re audiences start to become fatigued • It’s very easy to burn through top audience quickly if not controlled
- 44. BIDDING
- 45. BIDDING:THREEMAINPROBLEMS OPTIMIZINGGADATA Why are they so different? Decide on a company attribution We would say the actual value is somewhere in the middle. RISINGCPM’S Told to bid “true value” but simply not competitive enough Test other forms of objectives - e.g. link clicks Use FB to find relevant audience and use retargeting in more expensive campaigns Paid media as blended channel PIXELPROBLEMS Implementing it correctly is key, especially for conversion campaigns Use the FB Pixel Helper Chrome extension Tag events properly
- 46. GA.VSFACEBOOK:CONVERSIONLIFTTESTS This same logic applies for comparing ad groups within Facebook 10,000 Total Purchases 20,000 Total Purchases Users not targeted with FB ads Users targeted with FB ads 200 conversions that can be estimated to be affected by the advertising 800 conversions were directly attributed to Facebook ads
- 47. BIDDINGEXAMPLE BLACKFRIDAY 2-3WEEKSBEFORE CPMs for conversion campaigns were at $23, meanwhile link clicks at $8 Most competitive time of the year. DURINGBLACKFRIDAY Continue prospecting campaign. Targeting website visitors from the last month with a link clicks campaign and a compelling offer EXPERIMENT Idea is to test new ways to use the platform. Find a better way when the algorithm is too expensive to use. Launched a link clicks campaign Getting people to the website at a cheaper cost.
- 48. CREATIVE
- 49. CREATIVE:THREEMAINPROBLEMS CREATIVEFATIGUE Found an ad that works well but is slowing down? Have you tested it on another audience? Recommend refreshing creative every 2-4 weeks LACKOFCREATIVERESOURCES Difficult to create assets List of available apps Don’t need a huge production to create something that will work ADSNOTRELEVANT Having irrelevant ads will cause negative feedback Need to ensure creative resonates with audience Need to make it FB friendly
- 51. CREATIVEEXAMPLE
- 52. CREATIVEEXAMPLE Croud took over (may 11) Introduced new video (july 28) Introduced new creative (june 24) 1 2x 364% 240%ROI target Increase in monthly revenues from fb in 3 months Increase in overall revenues Facebook is only Paid channel
- 55. CREATIVEEXAMPLE CAPTURE Your audience's attention quickly. Make sure there are moving parts and captivating moments, so they can identify your brand early on. DESIGN For sound off. 85% of video is watched without sound. Use captions, and split screens with subtitles to communicate via words as well as video. FRAME Your story in creative ways. Create visual surprises to keep the user engaged and watching longer EXPERIMENT and make it fun. Keep using creative ways to present your products and story. Using visual effects, vignettes and gifs.
- 56. CREATIVEAPPS
- 57. CREATIVEAPPS
- 60. PROSPECTING BRANDAWARENESS CONVERSIONS Cheaper traffic to get in front of people Using interests and behavior targeting Telling FB directly what you want from these people; e.g. purchase Strong lookalikes, e.g. 1% best customers Assuming they have never heard of your brand...
- 61. WHATHAVEWESEENWORKBEST? Across different spend levels and verticals... SOCIALPROOF Using other’s reviews Any publication STRONGCREATIVE Dual images: showcasing your product along how it is used Strong video that is eye-catching DON’TJUSTSELL Engage the user by asking questions Show how service or product will help Customer-centric not product - centric PROMOTIONS Doing a first time customer offer Careful not to become discounted brand
- 65. RETARGETING TIMEFRAME PAGESVISITED Visitor within 7 days vs 30 vs 90 days Relevant, timely content Did someone bounce off home page? Viewed content? Added to cart? Speak to them dependent upon where and when were on site
- 66. WHATHAVEWESEENWORKBEST? Speak to them dependent upon where and when were on site TAILOREDCREATIVE Treat each retargeting pool separately E.g. Ask questions to cart abandoners DIFFERENTCREATIVE Don’t use the same creative as prospecting They have already seen it DON’TOVERDOIT Ensure to have a clean funnel Don’t target them for 90 days with the same ad DYNAMICPRODUCTADS Showing what people want to see High ROAS, even on GA
- 69. SEQUENTIALSTRATEGY FIRSTTOUCH Prospecting Ad. Awareness-driven only targeting new users - clear message directed at custom audience. Video Ad would be ideal REMINDER Reminder about services to audience in week 2. Carousel ads showing the whole campaign. SOLUTION Retargeting ad focussed on services, benefits and solutions. Targeting those who have not yet converted. PERSONAL Retargeting continued based on site activity. Ads they have seen and locations they’re based in.
- 71. GAvsFB GOOGLEANALYTICS ● Full credit to last click within a single session ● FB does not share impression data ● Not able to track cross-device Will always be drastically different, why so? FACEBOOK ● 1 day post view, 28 day post click ● Tracks people, not cookies ● Want it to be the end of last-click Decide on company attribution
- 72. WHATCANYOUDOABOUTIT? Different ways to look at data to prove your point ASSISTED CONVERSIONS Where was FB involved but not the last click? TIMELAG How many days does your sale cycle on a click-basis last? CONVERSIONPATHS What do these conversion paths look like? The longer, the more difficult PATHLENGTHS What is your average conversion path length? Holistic Approach
- 73. CAMPAIGNSETUP
- 74. CAMPAIGNSETUP ORGANIZATION CAMPAIGNOBJECTIVE Recommend splitting out by retargeting and prospecting and show value to people who have never heard of you before AUDIENCES Use creative to resonate well with the audience you are speaking to; e.g. basket abandoners are very different from website visitors 90 days ago SEGMENTING Only segment where it makes sense and have different messaging Set the campaign objective to the end goal of the campaigns; e.g. link clicks is not the best to drive sales
- 75. FEWQUESTIONS When do you want to segment your audience? How many actions should you get per week? What should you do if you are not receiving that many? If you wanted to drive a CPA of $30, what budget/bid should you use?