For 10 years I have seen businesses thrive and businesses die from what they do online and a lot of it comes down to the online marketing company they hired.
Here’s what you should watch out for when hiring an online marketing agency. I hope this guide will help you because the odds are not in your favor.
But first, a small disclaimer. There are such things as bad products and services. Even though a marketing company does everything right, not all products and services are equal.
Also…
A good online marketing company is not going to save a tanking business. If you have internal issues or no budget, an online marketing company is not going to save you. It doesn’t work that way.
There are always exceptions but this guide is going to point you in the right direction.
Does all of this happen overnight? No, it does not. Online marketing is extremely competitive and takes time, money, expertise, and patience.
Whether big or small, all companies need to have an online presence. If someone is going to buy your product or service they need to be able to look into your company and see some type of online presence.
We created a simple lead gen campaign for a body sculpting company. We were able to generate leads and free consultations at an excellent price, but there was one problem: our leads were setting up consultations and not showing up. Why were we losing them?
Because we were just doing a lead gen campaign. There was no nurturing campaigns, no remarketing, no followup, and no case studies. The company needed a full marketing campaign.
It builds trust.
Once you have established the fact that you do need to be online, the next question is…
Do you hire an in-house marketing team or do you hire an outside agency?
Hiring an in-house agency is a really good choice if you yourself know enough about online marketing. That way, you can manage a team and track the numbers.
But this is usually not the case.
What I have seen companies do is hire interns or hire a low wage employee that does not know what they are doing.
It’s not fair for new hires but they are expected to learn about online marketing and run a successful campaign without ever learning the basics.
You may have done this already.
We love competing against these types of companies. By the time the new hires learn enough to be dangerous, they have moved onto another company. Or they abandon their plans too quickly because they get pressure from above.
Plus, most of the hires just want a paycheck. Their performance is not tracked because nobody knows what they should be tracking.
If you want to compete you need to have good players.
A larger established business is in a little different situation. They can afford to hire the best. Bringing everything in-house could be a good solution. They’re the best suited to hire a full online marketing team and pay for their expertise.
Some of the most successful campaigns have come from in-house marketing teams being directed by a legit online marketer.
Doing this may not be in your budget. A team could cost hundreds of thousands a year, if not millions.
Big companies may find it to be more beneficial to hire an outside agency to train and run your campaigns.
At least until the in-house team gets caught up to speed.
Which brings us back to the start.
What things should you look out for when hiring a digital marketing agency?
Let’s get started.
The 5 Online Marketing Agencies to Watch Out For
1. Fooled By The Lowest Price And Size Of Company. (DexYP, network solutions, yellow pages, radio stations, etc.)
These agencies are a dime a dozen. They pitch a $300+ a month package to get you to page one of Google. The salesman’s job is to get you to pay as much as possible and stick you in a long-term contract. I have seen some of these contracts go as high as $9,000 a month.
A lot of dentists, plumbers, HVAC companies, and small local businesses get pulled into these contracts.
Who do they hire to manage your account? How many clients does that new hire take on?
My first hire was a young college kid that turned out to be a rock star. She loved online marketing. After 2 years she moved away and was hired by a company called Fusion.
She called me to ask a couple of questions about a client. I asked her, “How many clients are you handling?”
89 was the answer.
She said it was a total mess and she felt bad. But it was her job to try and keep them on as long as possible.
They have a client relationship manager (title may be different) that is in charge of talking with the client. Their job is to do everything possible to keep the client on board. If you go to cancel they will remind you that you have a contract that cannot be broken.
There will be a couple of weeks where they focus on your account until the next person complains.
When something on the campaign needs to be changed they will have the PPC person make the change. Who is that guy?
You don’t know. And you have no idea how many clients or accounts he is managing. It’s a terrible system.
Every marketing campaign requires quality time.
I think you can see the problem.
Better yet, just go read the reviews of these companies. Minus out the fake reviews and you should get a good idea of who you are hiring.
Just a word of caution on bad reviews. A few bad reviews are not a problem. Online marketing does not have a 100% success rate. 60% of businesses are going to succeed which leaves 40% disgruntled businesses.
So bad reviews happen.
The warning signs should go off when you see a consistency of bad reviews and mad businesses on complaint boards.
Run!
Paying the least amount possible is a great idea. I am all about bargain shopping, but you have to pay to play.
No legit marketing company is going to do what is necessary for $500 a month.
Stay away.
2. Fooled By The Lack Of Transparency. (Mystery Agency Where Everything Is Hidden And Secret)
Lack of transparency is one of my biggest issues with Online Marketing Agencies and it should be a big concern of yours.
You should have access to all the numbers and accounts behind your business. There should be a total transparency. If you want to see it, they should show it.
Why wouldn’t they?
Because…
Most do not want you to see how much money is actually going into their pocket vs how much is being spent on ads.
They will also try to hold you hostage, if you leave them.
Any marketing company that really cares about transparency gives clients full access to all accounts. It’s your business and you are paying money.
A word of warning. Don’t let these marketing agencies put your assets in their name and make sure they drive traffic to your website not some landing page that they create.
I am amazed at how many businesses turn over their domain names, website, Google Ads, and channels over to these agencies.
If you try to leave them, you will have a hard time getting everything back.
3. Fooled By Shiny Objects And Promises
Getting on page one of Google is not easy. Optimizing a Google ad campaign is hard. Creating quality content that people love takes a lot of time.
With online marketing…nothing is guaranteed and everything is a battle.
Marketing agencies that make crazy promises about how successful your online marketing campaign will be should be avoided.
How long does a good SEO campaign take? 6 Months to 2 years is a good time frame.
How long does it take to optimize a PPC campaign? Months.
There are exceptions. I don’t want to scare you away from Online Marketing. You can get customers quickly through ads.
Some businesses just need a few simple adjustments to start generating traffic and sales. Others need a full overhaul of everything.
Just depends.
Case in point.
A couple months back we took on a plumbing business. They had 3 different websites being run by 3 different marketing people.
One of the agencies (it’s a popular one) took their original website and placed it on their platform. They had years worth of awesome content that ended up being duplicated on a different website.
It was a total mess.
The 3rd agency was running their PPC campaign which was using another website for PPC. This agency didn’t even find out we switched the website for 3 months.
Meaning…
The account had not been checked in 3 months.
Don’t be fooled.
4. Fooled By The Agency That Doesn’t Practice What They Preach
This has to be one of the number one things to consider when hiring an agency. Do they themselves have a good online marketing campaign?
Do they have a good blog? Do they have a followup email sequence in place? Are they running ads? Do they eat their own dog food?
We have a couple of online marketing companies in my town that create sales through cold calling. They have no idea how to generate leads online. So they cold call the business and sell them on their online marketing packages.
Do you see the problem?
If an agency had a junky website and a terrible social media campaign, what makes you think they can do better with yours?
Why hire an agency for SEO help if that agency doesn’t seem to have their own SEO figured out?
If that agency cannot even get themselves positioning for their own organic phrases, then do you really think they’re going to be able to help you do so?
Be careful. Do a simple check and see what the online marketing agency is doing for themselves.
5. Fooled by Family, Friends, And Buddies
We have all heard this one.
The family’s neighborhood friend learned some coding and they are now in control of your digital marketing campaign.
I was in meeting with some attorneys last month that said this…
“My father-in-law likes to build websites and we have been waiting for him to build ours.”
Building a site and marketing a website go hand in hand. Once your family or friend builds your website then what?
One of the worst episodes I have seen was a couple of years back when I presented to a company that had their friend running their marketing.
He was charging them $15,000 a month and not doing the work. How did we know this?
The PPC account, emails, and campaigns had not been touched in weeks. The “friend” had been enjoying a monthly income without doing much work.
It’s good to hire family, friends or neighbors as long as they do marketing for a living.
Watch out!
Here are some of the questions you should ask when hiring a digital marketing agency.
Do you have case studies?
Do you have digital marketing for your own company?
Do you track everything in Analytics?
What failures have you experienced and why did the campaigns fail?
Do I have full access to all accounts?
Do I own the accounts when I quit using you?
Do you use Google Webmaster Tools and follow their guidelines?
How long will it take to see results? (run if they say a couple weeks).
Will I be able to see actual spend within AdWords?
How do you measure ROI?
Do you take my calls and are you available when I need you?
Start there.
I hope this helps. Just be careful because digital marketing is war and you want to have the best. Don’t go into battle with mediocre. It’s not worth it and you will lose a lot of time and money.
Time that you cannot get back and money that could have been spent the right way.
Not all digital marketing campaigns are going to be successful. The key is, to hire a company that gives you the best chance to win.
Last week we created Part 1 of scaling a business and within 10 days we immediately ran into a problem. Which forced us to scale back our ad spend and make adjustments to our sales force.
That didn’t take long… 🙂
That‘s business for you. Just when you think you have figured something out, another bottleneck arises. I have a feeling this is going to happen a lot on this Journey. Originally, I was planning on creating a 4 part series, but I think this is going to turn into a 10 part series. It’s important that you guys see our roadblocks and challenges.
Scaling a business, by increasing ad spend, is not as easy as everyone thinks. There are roadblocks, traffic issues, offer issues, funnel problems, shipping, etc.
So do not get discouraged when things pop up. That is to be expected.
The Problem With Our Sales Team
Each Friday I have my sales guy send me the total number of leads, new opportunities, wins, and losses. This last Friday was not great.
We have gone from producing 100 leads a week to 275+.
You would think if the leads more than doubled, the opportunities would more than double.
This was not the case. We had a slight increase in opportunities from the prior weeks but nothing like it should have been.
We overloaded our sales guy with leads and he did not have a system in place to keep track of everyone. New leads were not getting a called right away, and he didn’t have time to follow up.
That is bad.
High-ticket sales don’t just happen.
When selling a higher ticket item, you have to have a sales force that can call immediately and say the right things. For this, we needed a strict sales script.
Curtis and I have shied away from a sales script. Our policy was listening to the prospect, identify the problem, and give the solution. We were there to help.
This works great when you have years of experience. It doesn’t work so well when you have a new salesman.
Once the script was completed, it was important for the leads to be called immediately.
Value per lead drops every minute that passes after the lead is generated. You want to reach them while they are looking at your website.
Why?
Because your ability to create an opportunity diminishes as time passes. Contact rates drop over time and lead qualification rates drop over time. Plus, it’s harder to catch the lead at an available time.
As time passes, that individual may forget or look for other solutions.
This is where my competitive spirit kicks in. I can’t stand the thought of someone going to one of our competitors just because we did not follow up.
I have found that Insidesales.com does a great job of educating sales teams. Here is a link to one of their ebooks, The Ultimate Revenue Engine.
How Sales Reps Are Failing
Sales are not easy and we all appreciate what they do. They are the life-line of the company. Here’s some great insight from a marketer at Inside Sales.
“The average lead response time for a sample of 3,068 sales teams at 38 hours 30 minutes. The same study showed that the average number of contact attempts was just 1.36.
There is a reason why this level of response is inadequate.
Lead response research done by Dr. James Oldroyd, shows that the odds of reaching a new sales lead drop over 10x if you wait longer than the first hour of shown interest, and the odds of qualifying that lead decrease 6x.
InsideSales.com shows that at 1.36 contact attempts, a business only contacts just over 40% of leads.
Sales Reps, have to do better if you are going to scale up on leads.
This was our problem. We increases count form 100 to 275. This caused an overload.
Here’s how your sales force can fix the problem.
1. Use your CRM software
We use Infusionsoft as our CRM. They provide a lot of tools you can use to keep track of leads, opportunities, and closing. Use it.
2. Take Notes
When dealing with a large number of opportunities you have to take notes and keep track of conversations.
I can’t tell you how many times I get a phone from a prospective client asking me to recall our conversation 3 months earlier.
Notes make you look good.
3. Set a follow-up date and make them commit
Make sure that each and every conversation you have ends with some type of challenge/commitment.
“People change no faster than they make and keep commitments.”
Meaning as people commit to the next phone call or the next action, they are that much closer to becoming a customer. The more time they with you and your product, the better it is.
4. Make 6-10 Contact Attempts (lots of touches)
I am busy, and I am a businessman. When I am looking to purchase a new product, I have found it takes about 10 to 12 touches.
This might be too much for some people, but all I know is my purchasing behavior likely matches a lot of others.
For example, I’ve been looking to buy a new couch for my office. I found the perfect couch 45 days ago on Amazon. But I kept shopping. I wanted to find something that was a little lower in price.
I have looked at that couch online at least 7 times, I read the reviews, I compared, and I looked for other deals.
This is a normal buying cycle for me. I do it with everything.
Finally, yesterday morning I woke up and bought the couch.
You never know what the buying cycle of a prospective buyer is. So it’s best to follow up 6 to 10 times.
Or better yet…go until you get a definite Yes or No.
5. Call The Leads Within The First 5 Minutes
The quicker you call the higher your chances to turning a lead into an opportunity.
I can’t tell you how impressed people are when you follow up quickly. If you can call the prospect while he is searching for your product or service, you can answer any of his questions and resolve his doubts.
So there you have it…
This was the first roadblock we faced with scaling our business. It is not completely fixed, but we will get there.
Until next time…
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Fixing Our Sales Team. Scaling A Business With Facebook, Adwords, and Instagram Part 2
I did not see this one coming, but I am sure glad it did.
Instagram has announced that we will no longer be strapped to a 30-second Instagram Video ad. We now have the ability to run 60-second Instagram video ads. This will give marketers a little bit longer to deliver their message.
It’s a great move.
In the coming days, I am going to run a couple of tests to compare a 30 and 60-second video ad.
Since the launch of Instagram in 2010 Instagrammers have taken the world by storm.
According to Statista.com in January 2013 there were 90 million users and that number has skyrocketed to over 400 million as of September 2015.
Aside from the number of users alone, Instagram is a unique and progressive choice for marketing your brand. You need Instagram video marketing for your business.
What makes IG so great for brand marketing is the way that IGers relate to each other. Instagramming is all about showing your personality which allows brands to reach out and connect with their followers on a personal level. Instagram video marketing is your best bet.
Structurally, Instagram was built to be mobile and to give its users the ability to have a visual social media “diary” documenting their life on the go.
Now its essential for a lot businesses and Instagram video marketing is a huge key to their success.
Due to the intimate connection brands have made with their followers, Instagram was named the most effective social media platform for business in 2013 by Mobile Marketing Magazine.
That’s exactly why you need to be doing Instagram video marketing to run a more successful business.
In 2013 Instagram gave us the ability to share videos which does much more than just put an ad out there, it portrays the identity of your company.
Instagram has been mainly a hot spot for the tech savvy and “in touch” crowd, unlike Facebook where everyone has a friend like their cat lady Aunt Edna and of course, their Mom.
Considering this, brand marketing via IG takes on a new spin. Brands illustrate “who they are” and how their identity relates to their followers.
Producing a marketing video for Instagram is relatively simple due to the mobile intent of IG. Capturing a video doesn’t require fancy cameras and sound equipment, it can be recorded on any smart phone or tablet.
Keeping that in mind creating a video for your brand has endless possibilities. For instance, if you are a coffee company a quick video of coffee being brewed in the morning would be brand representation.
Starbucks has perfectly demonstrated dynamic marketing with their followers. As a powerful entity which has a store on what seems like every corner, their online presence has followed suit.
An impeccable example of an Instagram marketing video is a simple panning view of a Starbucks location with a line out the door and the Baristas doing amusing tricks while serving up a beverage.
That video has over 58 thousand likes.
Once you have your video ready to gram adding hashtags is a great way to increase your views.
Instagrammers often search hashtags to find new accounts to follow, so if you hashtag correctly you can acquire new followers.
Being responsible with your hashtags is very important.
Because of the way hashtags are constructed the words flow together and sometimes can be misconstrued.
Make sure it reads easily, one bad example of a hashtag is #susanalbumparty which was etched into the internet forever to promote the album release party of Susan Boyle.
Being a brand on Instagram is all about keeping followers engaged through a personal conversation.
With that being said your followers want to be a part of your process, not just a receptor for ad campaigns.
Whether your video content is an exciting new product reveal or a peek behind the scenes, you can say a lot with so little in the short 3-15 second time limit.
If you want to read more about instagram, check out this article
Since October of 2015, we have been creating, running, and testing Instagram Sponsored ads. It’s now 2019 and we are still running Instagram Ads.
I’ve become obsessed because I think the platform is the perfect way to advertise certain products or services. It’s not just for branding. We have used Intagram ads for Plumbers, Body Sculpting, Helicopter Tours, Marketers and more.
Intagram has worked for all of them. This post was orginally created back in 2015. We are now going to update it with the latest information on Instagram.
Here’s your 2020 Instagram Marketing guide.
Instagram has come out with Stories and all the new features, it’s becoming a great tool for businesses.
Here’s a quick screenshot of the most popular social media networks.
Instagram ads are one of the most powerful tools we have as business owners.
Our path has not been all roses, but we have been able to achieve a huge ROI. Whether you’re looking to spend $5 a day advertising to a single zip code or $50,000 a day reaching fans everywhere, you can find your ideal target audience.
Make sure you give us some love and comment if you have any other ideas or suggestions below. I want articles to be the go-to place for Instagram Ads.
Before we get started I want to explain something about Instagram.
Instagram was purchased by Facebook for an obscene amount of money.
They control Instagram advertising. The way you advertise on Instagram is through the Facebook ads manager. When I show you how to create ads I will be using Facebook’s Ad Manager.
I have had some people get confused in the past and have no Idea how the 2 of them are connected.
Let’s jump into the top 7 things I have learned running Instagram Ads.
1. Instagram does not scale perfectly. There is a sweet spot.
What do I mean by this?
Let’s say you are spending $20 dollars a day on ads and your cost per conversion is $1.89. Common sense would tell you that if you increase your daily spend to $100 your cost per conversion should stay at $1.89 or close to it (assuming you have a big enough audience).
This has not been the case. As you will see, by the image below every time I increase my Instagram daily spend, my cost per result increases. Often times it will triple the cost. How do you overcome this?
You create more ads. Instead of increasing your daily spend, I suggest you create more ads. For now, that has been my workaround and it is working.
Instagram Sponsored Ad Results
Over the past 3 years there has been a big change in this. It is more scaleable, but the cost of Instagram leads are higher than Facebook.
Here is a screen shot of our Facebook Ad Manger where we show you the cost per. You will see that Instagram is a lot higher, but we have found the quality to be better.
2. Lookalike Audience or Custom Audience will give you excellent results.
Facebook (Instagram) is under pressure from Wall Street to produce earnings. They can not do this unless advertisers are spending money. Advertisers will not spend money unless it is working. The more our ads produce for us, the more we will spend on Facebook and Instagram.
It’s a vicious cycle but one that benefits all of us. Facebook has taken everything they have learned from Facebook ads and applied it to Instagram ads.
Facebook/Instagram wants you to be successful, and their algorithm is extremely good at finding your ideal customers, as long as you give them the parameters.
Custom audiences and Lookalike audiences offer a simple and automated way to put your message in front of an audience that you know will perform well.
Here is how you will do that.
A. Create a custom audience from your Conversions. Meaning, place your conversion pixel on your Thank You page.
B. Create a Lookalike audience from your Conversion audience.
3. Instagram Does Work For Direct Response Advertisers
When Instagram Sponsored Ads appeared in 2014, it was for brand awareness. Now, we are seeing direct response advertisers getting big results.
Instagram is a direct response advertiser’s dream. You can create highly visual static ads or video ads and drive traffic to your landing pages.
It’s extremely easy to communicate your message which is what direct response marketers need.
Here are a couple of examples.
4. Your Target Audience Is Most Likely On Instagram
If you are searching for Lawyers, Doctors, CEOs, CMOs, Mothers, Fathers or Teenagers you are going to find them on Instagram.
Instagram currently has 300 million active users. Your target audience will be there.
The money is made in the audience. The most common mistake is people do not spend enough time researching their audience. Spend a couple of hours creating the perfect audience. Not 5 minutes!
5. Video Ads Create Better Engagement
A little unknown fact about Instagram ads is that you can run 60 second sponsored video ads. You are not limited to the 15-second video post.
Instagram has increased the amount of time you can run a video as long as you are running an ad. This is a nice little benefit. A 60-second ad is that it gives us a chance to deliver our message.
With video, you are able to deliver your message with words, images, and music. It’s much more entertaining and useful for your future customers.
It’s kind of a no-brainer.
These last two lessons are more for encouragement and motivation and might be the most important.
I have added a whole section to the bottom of this Articles where I give you a simple guide on why kinds of videos work.
6. Don’t quit too soon. You are going to screw up and lose money
Like everything that is worth doing, Instagram ads take money and endurance. If you have zero budget, don’t plan on running Instagram ads. If you’re a whine bag and expect instant results, try the yellow pages and Radio ads. Their ads always work…haha
And another thing…
I can’t tell you how many times I get people wanting to run ads with zero budget. If you can’t pay, you can’t play.
If you do have a budget, be prepared to make mistakes that will cost money. Keep moving forward. As long as you have a good product that produces value, you will get buyers.
7. It Is Only Going To Get Better
Since we started running Instagram ads in October, Instagram advertising interest is skyrocketing. Costs are going to increase, but at the same time, it is only going to get better.
Facebook is losing traction and Instagram is gaining. I can’t believe the amount of time and energy wasted on scrolling through Instagram posts.
Even though I want to advertise to 30+-year-olds, my ads are still being shown to 15-year-olds. Things like that will get adjusted.
Instagram will improve their platform and their targeting options are going to also get better. Instagram wants to get the right ad in front of the right people.
Don’t miss it.
Instagram Case Study
45 days ago we took on a Click that does HD Body sculpting. It’s a type of liposuction that gets rid of fat in a couple of hours.
Within a day we created the website, built out the social media account, and started running ads.
You can see by the screenshot below that Instagram produced 123 Consultation in a 30 day time period.
I have created video tutorials on How to Run Instagram Ads. There are also other blogs that will give you some tips.
I have put their links below.
If you’re looking for a marketing company to help you generate leads, request a FREE Marketing Proposal.
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The struggle is real. It is Jan 13th and I have yet to put my first post out. But I have a great excuse, #ydrawcruise2016. Each year around this time we take our employees and their spouse on a cruise. This Instagram post sums it up.
I have so much I need to show you, so let’s jump in.
You’re about to read the absolute best information on Instagram Video Ads for 2016. A guide on YouTube and Facebook is coming later. I will share this information in 3 separate posts (hopefully, they all will be done in the next 7 days).
This year is going to be a big for my companies! What about yours? Have you set your goals? Are you using Instagram, Facebook and YouTube ads? Are your ads in place? I am about to show you a marketing plan you need to have in place.
Enjoy!
Instagram Video Ad Update.
Instagram ads became available to the public toward the end of 2015. We were prepared and had been waiting for the time when we could start running ads on Instagram. Facebook was already working well so we were excited for this new platform.
When that day arrived, we were ecstatic to hear that we can run 30-second video ads. We quickly took action and created 30-second Instagram Video ads for Ydraw and a couple for our dental clients.
Here’s what they look like:
(You’re seeing the full version of the dental video.) The Video ads were cut from our YouTube and Facebook videos. YouTube and Facebook allow for longer ads. Once you have the video in place, you can start running Instagram Video Ads.
Open up your Facebook ad manager and create an ad
Create a target audience. (Spend a lot of time on this step. The money is made in your audience creation.)
Select where you want that ad to run. Pick Instagram.
Upload your video and write the text for your ad.
Run the ad **At the bottom of the post there’s a question and answer section with detailed instructions. **
I put together a simple tutorial on how to run Instagram Ads. You can gain instant access by filling out the form. I created this just for you guys because I am so nice… 🙂
This is where everything gets really exciting. Just yesterday I called my sales rep and asked him how many new Ydraw clients came in from Instagram. On Monday, we closed $18,000 in sales just from our Instagram ads. If I spend $18,000 on ads, that would not be that impressive.
I didn’t!
I spent…
$120 dollars that day on Instagram ads. Do the math. Those are some scalable numbers. Meaning I will be able to up my ad spend drastically and get a lot more sales.
That is the key to scaling any business. You find a source that will generate a lot of leads and traffic, make sure the numbers work and increase your ad spend quickly. Here is a screenshot on one of the ads that I am running.
Spent: $2989.89
Reach: 135,402
Comments: 89
Likes: 3031
Sales: $58,000+
Shares: 72
*People Taking Action: 55,796 (The number of unique people who took an action such as liking your page or installing your app as a result of your ad. For example, if the same person likes and comments on a post, they will be counted as 1 unique person.)
Here is the actual Instagram Video Ad. One of the reasons the ad is so successful is the fact that whiteboard animation videos work great and it helps that our video is entertaining. When creating your video you have to remember to entertain first and educate second. If you do it right, people will comment, like, and share you post. The power of Instagram comes from the comments and shares. It’s not just about the traffic and leads. If you need a video you are always welcome to visit Ydraw.com. We will do everything for you.
For those of you with a very tight budget, you can start running ads for $5 dollars a day. We have a couple of clients that spend $5 and get great results. Here are some numbers from one of our Dental Clients. He spends about $5 a day on this ad. You can see he got 46 website visitors for $36.62.
Now that you see how effective Instagram video ads can be are you ready to get started? You can choose to do this for yourself, or we would be happy to run your ads for you. Click here if you would like to sign up.
Here’s a list of different targeting options you might want to consider (this list does not include everything).
Remarketing: Anyone who visits your website
Conversion Lookalike Audience: Track your conversion and then create a lookalike audience.
Standard Audience: Your ideal client (soccer mom, 38 years old, San Diego, etc…)
Customer Audiences: We can target your customers
All Contact: We like to take all of your contacts and run Instagram Ads to them.
Once your audience is nailed down you will need to create your ad. Just follow the tutorial or the instructions below.
Good luck and let us know if you have any questions. Keep an eye out for our next posts. This is part one of a three-part series. In the next couple of days, you will find a guide on Facebook Videos Ads and YouTube Video Ads.
If you found this information helpful, leave a comment or share it. This helps me know what type of material is helping your business.
Have a great day! Thanks for reading the…Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook Marketing 2016.
Instagram Sponsored Ads Question and Answer
Q. How Do I Add My Instagram Account To My Facebook Page?
A. Go to your Facebook page and in the top-right of your page click Instagram Ads. To add an existing Instagram account to your page, click Add an Account. Enter your Instagram account’s username and password, and click next.
Go to your Facebook Page and in the top-right of your page click Instagram Ads. If you need to create a new Instagram account, click create a new account, enter an email username for the Instagram account, and click next.
An email will be sent to the email address specified. Follow the directions in the email to set the password for your new Instagram account.
You should now have an Instagram account connected to your Facebook Page. Whenever you use your Facebook page to create ads that will run on Facebook, you can use your new Instagram account to show those same ads on Instagram.
Q. Should I Run Ads On Both Facebook and Instagram?
A. Yes, but make sure you create 2 separate ad sets/campaigns. Facebook and Instagram will tell you differently but they want you to spend more money…
