Google Ads vs. Facebook Ads: What’s the Difference?

As you think about how to divvy up your organization’s ad budget, it’s important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your options. In the world of digital advertising, the two most popular platforms are Google Ads and Facebook Ads. If you and your organization haven’t used them in the [...]

2020-07-23T17:55:12+00:00

Which Is More Effective: Stories or Your Newsfeed?

It’s not just you. Facebook’s newsfeed is becoming less effective for brands. It’s getting harder to reach your audience for free. At the same time, an alternative to the newsfeed is continuing to gain traction and see engagement: stories. On Instagram and Facebook, stories are short posts that last for [...]

2020-04-23T20:18:06+00:00

Why You Should Test Facebook’s Carousel Ads

Facebook’s carousel ads have been around since 2014, but many brands still aren’t familiar with them and don’t understand what makes them effective. These ads let you use multiple images and calls-to-action (CTAs) on a single ad. You can even link to multiple pages on your website. But digital advertising [...]

2020-04-23T20:18:12+00:00

Why Video Captions Are a Must

Creating videos is expensive. Even relatively low quality videos can take up a ton of time and resources to produce. A high-quality video could take weeks or even months of time from producers, directors, camera crew, editors, motion graphic artists, and actors, not to mention the costly equipment and software [...]

2018-11-28T18:03:32+00:00

How Long Should Your Facebook Video Ad Be?

Facebook’s video ad specifications aren’t all that helpful when you’re trying to decide how long to make your ad. The minimum is one second. The maximum is 240 minutes. Your ad could be longer than The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition (235 minutes) and still fit [...]

2018-10-24T20:41:04+00:00

Banner Ads Not Cutting it? Try Video

When your ads aren’t getting results, there are a lot of things that could be going on. Maybe you’ve targeted the wrong audience. Maybe your message is off—or too hard to understand. Maybe it’s just not visually appealing, or your images are competing with your message. A lot of issues [...]

2018-11-14T22:30:59+00:00

4 Keys to Optimizing Your Facebook Ads

Optimization is about ensuring you’re getting the best possible result for the least amount of money, and it’s an essential part of digital advertising. It can make the difference between a campaign that costs you money and one that makes you money. And whatever your goals are, it’s hard to [...]

2020-10-14T22:20:48+00:00