Since the rise in use of social media is practically undeniable, marketing your practice on Facebook is key to increasing awareness of your business and services. Creating a Facebook ad allows you to advertise to certain users based on their activity on and off Facebook, demographic information, device use information, location, and advertising and marketing partner-supplied information. Meaning users that are likely to be interested in your services are more likely to see your ad and act upon it.
Though there are many good reasons to advertise on the Facebook platform, perhaps Facebook Ads newest feature is the best reason of all. A recent update to Facebook created a tab on everyone’s Facebook menu called “Recent Ad Activity.” It allows users to see any ads they clicked, liked, commented and shared in the last three months. This feature also allows users to save ads, making it that much easier for your product to be accessed by the user at any given time. To view this option, simply click the menu on Facebook then “Recent Ad Activity” and a list will be shown of ads that you have interacted with.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU
Facebook has always tracked ad activity but now, we are able to look at ad “revisits.” Someone that has looked at your ad two to three times is likely a stronger prospect. (Source)
Before, if the user wanted to go back and find an ad they saw on Facebook; the chances of finding it again were slim. They would then have to turn to Google to search for the services you provide- paired with even more results that likely aren’t yours. Not to mention, it attributes your web traffic to Google and not to Facebook. Why is this bad? Because if the data shows you are receiving the most business from Google when you are actually being found on Facebook, you could be spending dollars advertising on the wrong platform!
