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Nov, 2017

Facebook Ad image rules suck, but….

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When I’m talking to clients about Facebook adverts, most want to get as much information into the image that goes with the advert as possible, however Facebook limit the reach of your ads (or worse, it won’t run at all) if the image has too much text in it, it’s necessary to change your thinking when you (or your design team) are creating images for Facebook ads. If you’re running ads that will have a link (to a sales page, opt-in form or specific link on your website), the image […]

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Nov, 2017

Is Facebook becoming pay to play for businesses?

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If you’ve read that Facebook will become a pay to play platform due to the news of moving page posts to a new Explore feed (which is currently being tested in Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Cambodia) – please note that this only applies to PUBLISHERS right now in those countries, for example newspapers, viral meme sites etc., and I believe the publisher posts in the new explore feed will roll out to other countries before it affects business pages. I’ve often spoken about my belief that eventually that […]

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Nov, 2017

Streaming your live events with Facebook live to maximise reach and revenues

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It’s a simple fact of life, we’re much busier than we’ve ever been, and getting to live events isn’t always the easiest, as we need to add on time and expense for travel and perhaps overnight accommodation. And whilst the non-millennials amongst us enjoy face to face interactions far more than our counterparts, it’s a good idea to consider streaming your live events to make them more accessible, which then gives you an opportunity to increase your revenues and reach from each of your events. With over 2 billion active […]

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Dec, 2016

Complete the FB accelerator audit to prepare for converting business in 2017!

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Are you ready to convert business through your FB page in 2017? Wait, what? Yes, you really can generate business through Facebook (if you haven’t already, and you can grow your revenues if you have already)…. No matter whether you’re selling your products and services to consumers or other businesses! Take the FB accelerator audit HERE today to discover what you need to put in place ready for 2017 COMPLETE THE FB ACCELERATOR AUDIT What’s your score, and what are your next steps?

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Aug, 2016

5 ways to use FB ads to accelerate your promotion plans

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Ever felt like you just can’t reach enough people with your promotions/offers? FB ads provide you with 5 ways of accelerating your promotion plans – so consider adding FB ads to your marketing budgets and strategy. There are now over 1200 demographic FB ad targeting options, and with custom audience lists and website audience lists, you can unleash a whole new audience via the power of the “lookalike” audience. Already using FB ads but not getting the results you’d like? Targeting people on FB via the “interests” option can be hit and […]

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Jun, 2016

Facebook to make changes to your business page

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Facebook are making more changes.  This time they are changing the layout of the desktop version of your business page. A spokesperson for Facebook has said “We’re testing a new design for Pages on desktop to make it easier for people to learn about and interact with businesses on Facebook, including a larger cover photo and more prominent call-to-action button” Over the last couple of days, we have noticed other pages getting special treatment and having their business pages updated to the new layout. We have been waiting patiently hoping […]

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Jun, 2016

Facebook has changed the 20% text rule for ads

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During March and April, we noticed something going on with Facebook adverts. It seemed ads that showed more than 20% text on the image were being approved. Normally they would be declined. We looked further into this and we discovered Facebook were running tests that allowed more text on adverts.  At the time it was only in the UK and just a small percentage of pages were allowed to do it. Our page was one of the lucky ones. We spent time testing and measuring the results. Some ads with […]

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Jun, 2016

New Business Tools from Instagram

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At long last and after a lot of speculation Instagram have officially announced their set of business tools. They have interviewed hundreds of businesses to find out what they really want from them and they have listened. Here is a rundown of the three new tools coming to an Instagram app near you! Business Profiles You can turn your current Instagram profile into a business account. This option isn’t available to everyone though. You will need to have a Facebook business account to ensure you can enable it. They are […]

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Jun, 2016

9 reasons to start using Facebook LIVE

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Facebook LIVE gives you the facility to broadcast live to your Facebook friends from your personal FB profile and your FB business page. Using Facebook LIVE for your business gives you the following benefits: Your video appears in your page fans/friends newsfeed. Videos capture attention in the newsfeed as they are on autoplay so movement is easily noticed. It shows that you’re broadcasting live, so people are more compelled to click on your video so that they can hear what you’re saying (if they don’t click through, they can’t hear […]

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May, 2016

The right and wrong reasons to boost Facebook Posts

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If you’re an admin on a Facebook Business page, you’ll have seen Facebook encouraging you to boost posts, and you might have tried this for yourself, but wondered if you’re getting the best results. What’s a boosted post? It’s a Facebook feature where you pay to get your Facebook posts seen by more people. Why are boosts useful? With the organic reach of your Facebook posts decreasing (organic reach means that you haven’t paid for it), it can feel like marketing your business on Facebook is getting harder and harder, […]

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