Facebook Ads From the Ground Up

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Facebook Ads From the Ground Up

With Facebook now past a total of 500 million users worldwide, the topic of Facebook ads is worth looking into. Here, we'll outline how to create one of these pay-per-click/pay-per-impression ads, along with the arguments for and against using them for real estate.

To begin with, you'll need to decide what to include in your ad. Facebook ads are based primarily on text, so strong copy is essential. Because your ads are going to be displayed down the right-hand side of the screen, a snappy, attention-grabbing headline is also important. In the body of the ad, you're limited to 135 characters, so spend some time refining your copy to get as much information in as possible.

An enticing picture of the area you represent is also worth considering before you upload a picture of yourself. Remember: home hunters are primarily focused on where they're going to live rather than who's going to help them find their new home.

Now that you have a catchy headline, engaging body text, and a great picture, it's time to choose who's going to see your ad. Facebook lets you refine viewers by country, state, city, age, gender, keywords, education level, and even whether it's the user's birthday or not when they see the ad.

If those options weren't enough, you can go on to limit viewers by the name of their workplace, relationship status, whether they're interested in men or women, their languages, connections (pages, events, groups or applications), and friends of connections.

After all that, Facebook gives you an estimate of how many users are going to see your ad. The final step is to set your daily budget, and choose whether you want to pay for impressions or clicks. Once you've entered the amount you're willing to pay per-click or per-impression, Facebook will give you an estimate of the number of clicks or impressions you can expect to receive.

The question is, do these ads actually work for real estate agents? Making the case for Facebook ads is business2.com.au contributor Charlie Gunningham, who paid just over US$3,500 over 11 months to get his ad seen 22 million times.

For the negative, we have 4realz.net, which argues that Facebook is too quick to take down non-performing ads and says the ads would only be useful if Facebook could allow agents to target people who are likely to move to a particular area.

But just because the jury is still out on whether Facebook ads are a worthwhile investment doesn't mean you can't give them a try. If you do decide to use them, remember to track your results, and adjust your ads accordingly.

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Source by Alice Allan