I have been wanting to boost/promote a post on my Facebook page and I finally did it. I don’t know why I waited so long (over a year), but I wanted to share my trial run with you.
I recently wrote a blog post on 21 Conversations you should have with your butcher. It was shared in my normal areas: Facebook page, personal Facebook profile, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google+. I decided this was the post to boost/promote on Facebook.
I selected my audience: friends of friends (I thought that would be a good simple place to start) – men and women, I selected my budget ($5 – just wanted to test the waters), I selected it to target people with the interests of meat and cooking, and I selected the USA as my target country. It said it would run for 24 hours (I started it at 2:56 p.m.) – which seemed like a very fair amount of time for the amount I paid, and it told me the range of people I could expect my $5 to target (over 1,000!).
Facebook statistics indicated this post reached 1,125 with my payment and 156 organically (or though my own promotional efforts). Facebook indicated there were 38 likes, comments, and shares as well as 35 post clicks. 80% of those views were women with the majority in the 25-44 age range and 20% were men in the 45-64 age range. My Facebook page also received eight new likes and my blog had two new likes during this campaign.
My WordPress stats indicated that this blog post is now the 10th most popular (viewed) post — and it is only 1 week old!
I thought my first time boosting/promoting a post went great. I would definitely do it again for targeted posts, this isn’t something I would want to do every single time I do a post, but there are some posts that are better than others and should be boosted/promoted. And next time I will expand my reach and try some new things, and maybe expand my budget a little.
Have you boosted/promoted a post? How did it work out for you? What would you do differently next time?
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Thanks for sharing your experience with this. I have been curious. 🙂
Glad you liked it. Good luck and let me know if you try it. 🙂
I boost posts all the time. I’ve actually found great benefit to even doing $1 posts. I typically wait until the post has a few likes before adding the boost. Seems to had some added benefit according to the facebook gurus.
Shannon, I like the $1 idea too! Will certainly have to try it. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I have always been curious if the boost worked! Thanks for sharing if it really worked for the money spent! 🙂
Lauren, it seems to work for me. I would definitely do it again! If you try it let me know how it works for you.
Thanks for being a “guinea pig” and then being willing to share your experiences. It’s definitely something to think about.
Hi Kim, I will usually try anything once 🙂 In the above comments, I like the $1 a post idea too. May have to give that a shot. If you try it, let me know how it goes for you.
Reblogged this on Power of Business and commented:
A common question for business owners is whether or not they should promote their Facebook page. This blog, although not from a business owner, does give some perspective on how hard it was and if it was worth it. The real test comes from your own trials. Pick some of your best material and see what happens. And note that you can control how much you want to pay.
Thanks for the reblog! Yes, it was very easy and worth it for me. I agree, try it out for yourself and see what happens. Thanks for stopping by.
Good stuff.
I’m almost a little nervous and cautious about who it will attract. I’m putting our business out there, but….ya know?
Jen I totally understand your concerns, and I can’t blame you. However, if and when you decide this is something you want to do start small (that is what I did).