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Anyone ever paid to "boost" a post on FB?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:19 pm
If so, what kinda results did you get from it? I just did it for the first time. Did a 7 day boost, $100 total. Paying .19 per click. Seems pretty decent. Already got a few new "likes"
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:20 pm to Schmelly
What was the post? Link it. We all want to 'like' it.
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:23 pm to Schmelly
I've done it for our business. Got around 300 likes so it worked but I can't see continuing to pay on a daily basis. When I have a new post with (imo) a good message, I'll do it again.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:24 pm to Schmelly
What is the purpose of a "boost"?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:25 pm to DLauw
quote:pretty much same here. It's a new campaign we're running for 2015. I'd be more than happy with 300. Thanks
I've done it for our business. Got around 300 likes so it worked but I can't see continuing to pay on a daily basis. When I have a new post with (imo) a good message, I'll do it again.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:26 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:on a business page, it helps you find interested people. You can refine your search to your demographic target
What is the purpose of a "boost"?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 10:53 pm to Schmelly
I'll give you some advice, and you don't have to take it, but it is worth what you make it.
Facebook advertising is great to an extent, but do not get caught up in the "likes" you have on your page. Paying to "Boost" a post is one thing, paying to "boost" your page for likes is another.
DO NOT DO THE LATTER.
In case that doesn't make sense. DO NOT PAY TO BOOST YOUR PAGE.
Here is why...
When you pay to boost your page to get some more likes so that your business looks legitimate, you will get more likes and your business WILL look more legitimate. However, what you don't realize is that you just put a permanent paper (money) shredder onto your page. Let me explain.
There are these things called "click farms" which are really rooms full of poor people in other countries desparately trying to find new shite to "like". They get paid pennies to like hundreds of pages a day. How all this works is another thread. When YOU pay Facebook to find you new likes, you will get them. However, you will get them from the all of the wrong people, specifically these people working at click farms who have no interest in your business whatsoever and are just trying to like things to get paid.
What's the problem? You have a bunch of new likes and now your business looks legitimate. You are happy... right?
WRONG. Now that you spent $300 and generated 2,000 new likes on your page, it is time to actually get people to start buying some of your stuff. Well now there is a problem. You make a post, and after an entire day, only 30 people have seen it. How is this possible? You have 2,000 likes? The reason is that of the 2,000 people that liked your page, only 20 were legitimate people who are interested in what you have to say. The other 1,980 were done by people who are getting paid to like shite they don't care about.
Want to get a message out to your followers? Now you have to pay to "Boost" your post. To reach 1,000 people costs $5, but the problem now, is that when you "Boost" your post, it is showing it to 1,000 people, but 990 of them don't give a shite about your product because they are from a click farm. Suddenly, 99 cents of every dollar you spend is wasted advertising because it isn't going to a legitimate customer because you tried to boost your numbers by paying for likes. Bad idea, bad returns. Grow your page organically. Don't pay for it. Pay only to boost your own posts to the people that follow you. Do not pay for new follower, because you can NEVER get rid of them, and they will always eat up your future advertising that you pay for when it could be going to legitimate customers.
TLDR: Don't pay to boost your page for likes, only pay to boost your posts to your current followers. Thank me later
Facebook advertising is great to an extent, but do not get caught up in the "likes" you have on your page. Paying to "Boost" a post is one thing, paying to "boost" your page for likes is another.
DO NOT DO THE LATTER.
In case that doesn't make sense. DO NOT PAY TO BOOST YOUR PAGE.
Here is why...
When you pay to boost your page to get some more likes so that your business looks legitimate, you will get more likes and your business WILL look more legitimate. However, what you don't realize is that you just put a permanent paper (money) shredder onto your page. Let me explain.
There are these things called "click farms" which are really rooms full of poor people in other countries desparately trying to find new shite to "like". They get paid pennies to like hundreds of pages a day. How all this works is another thread. When YOU pay Facebook to find you new likes, you will get them. However, you will get them from the all of the wrong people, specifically these people working at click farms who have no interest in your business whatsoever and are just trying to like things to get paid.
What's the problem? You have a bunch of new likes and now your business looks legitimate. You are happy... right?
WRONG. Now that you spent $300 and generated 2,000 new likes on your page, it is time to actually get people to start buying some of your stuff. Well now there is a problem. You make a post, and after an entire day, only 30 people have seen it. How is this possible? You have 2,000 likes? The reason is that of the 2,000 people that liked your page, only 20 were legitimate people who are interested in what you have to say. The other 1,980 were done by people who are getting paid to like shite they don't care about.
Want to get a message out to your followers? Now you have to pay to "Boost" your post. To reach 1,000 people costs $5, but the problem now, is that when you "Boost" your post, it is showing it to 1,000 people, but 990 of them don't give a shite about your product because they are from a click farm. Suddenly, 99 cents of every dollar you spend is wasted advertising because it isn't going to a legitimate customer because you tried to boost your numbers by paying for likes. Bad idea, bad returns. Grow your page organically. Don't pay for it. Pay only to boost your own posts to the people that follow you. Do not pay for new follower, because you can NEVER get rid of them, and they will always eat up your future advertising that you pay for when it could be going to legitimate customers.
TLDR: Don't pay to boost your page for likes, only pay to boost your posts to your current followers. Thank me later
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:07 pm to LSUTigahBait
Thanks for the info. I totally get it. I have an old page that hasn't been updated in close to 3 years. Since FB won't allow me to delete the thing (or I just don't know how), it just sits there. About once a month or so, I'll get a new like from BFE some where. Even though I'm not boosting anything, this sounds like what you're talking about.
Question: will you still get likes from randoms even if you've refined the boost to a pretty particular area & demo? I don't really give a shite about likes, but it does kinda let you know if people are interested(if it's legit). Just did it a few hours ago & have gotten a few likes. Pretty sure they're all people from our area
Question: will you still get likes from randoms even if you've refined the boost to a pretty particular area & demo? I don't really give a shite about likes, but it does kinda let you know if people are interested(if it's legit). Just did it a few hours ago & have gotten a few likes. Pretty sure they're all people from our area
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:30 pm to Schmelly
No, it is not just people in your area. It also targets people who "like" things in your area.
For example, some people like "City of Baton Rouge" and "City of New Orleans", so when you target Louisiana they will fall in that category. Same with the click farms. Even if you target something similar people like, you will get a bunch of fake profiles of people that "like" stuff in your area that is similar that are fake, thus diluting your actual "base" of fans.
Boosting is great, just boost only to your fans who are grown organically. You can grow your "likes" on your page, by encouraging your current fans to share your page with others. You get your current fans to do that by boosting the posts you ask them to share so that they actually see it.
For example, some people like "City of Baton Rouge" and "City of New Orleans", so when you target Louisiana they will fall in that category. Same with the click farms. Even if you target something similar people like, you will get a bunch of fake profiles of people that "like" stuff in your area that is similar that are fake, thus diluting your actual "base" of fans.
Boosting is great, just boost only to your fans who are grown organically. You can grow your "likes" on your page, by encouraging your current fans to share your page with others. You get your current fans to do that by boosting the posts you ask them to share so that they actually see it.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:33 pm to LSUTigahBait
Gotcha. Hey man, thanks a bunch
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:46 pm to Schmelly
Why? You wanted everyone else to see it so bad you paid for it... Troll or not this is gay and I didn't even know one could do this so im about to blow the shite up OT $tyle.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 9:44 am to RBWilliams8
Cause I own a business & I'm promoting an ad you fricking simple minded twit. Forgot to include that in the OP so the short bus kids could grasp it
This post was edited on 12/18/14 at 9:47 am
Posted on 12/18/14 at 10:10 am to Schmelly
I brings a significant amount of traffic into your site
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