Promoted Posts can maximize your fan reach, here are few tips to maximize it even more!
You can promote any post type including photos, status updates, links, questions, offers or videos. You can either create them specifically for the purpose of Promoted Posts or choose a post from your brand´s Timeline which is no older than 3 days.
According to Facebook, these posts have proven to be the most successful when promoted:
Pin your Promoted Post to the top of your Page to make it more visible and accessible. Posts are promoted for up to 3 days so try having it pinned during that time to further maximize your reach.
Promoted posts can be targeted by language or location just like a normal Page post. Click on the public button when creating the post to select the country, state/province, city and language you want to target.
If you are a small business and you are not sure how much money to invest into promoting posts, select the smallest budget, evaluate the benefits and work yourself to bigger budgets as you go. Plus you can always pause the promotion!
To do so, click on the Promoted for $x at the bottom of the post, right below where people can add a comment. Then select the Stop Promotion option in the gear drop-down. Your promotion will then be updated and the button will say Promotion Paused. If you decide to resume your promotion, click on the Promotion Paused button and select Resume Promotion in the settings. You will only pay for the portion of your budget that is used to promote your post.
As the Facebook Help center says: “If you pause a promotion or delete the promoted post, your promotion will no longer run and you will no longer be billed. If you decide to resume a paused promotion, you will continue to pay until you’ve used the total budget you originally set.”
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