1. How To Use Facebook Ads To Promote Your Page And Business Cards
2. How To Use Facebook Ads To Promote Your Page And Business Bureau

Social media has transformed the ways in which businesses of all types and sizes network with their customers and clients. Although we might not typically think of interacting with construction companies in the same place we post cute pictures of our dogs or share statuses about a fabulous weekend at the beach, Facebook is a valuable marketing tool even for the construction industry.

A major benefit of Facebook advertising is its ability to reach your exact audience. Facebook is the most targeted form of advertising. You can advertise to people by age, interests, behavior, and location. If you really know your customers, you can use Facebook advertising to engage them. Facebook's Marketplace Ads allow you to promote your page right on Facebook, and Facebook provides a number of tools to help you do this effectively. In fact, Facebook's own 'Guide to Facebook Ads' walks you through the entire advertising process, including planning, creating ads, testing, and understanding insight statistics.

In order for commercial construction companies to take full advantage of the growing importance social media plays in our society, they need to understand how to use it to promote their business. Facebook in particular is an ideal social network for construction companies to jump on given its versatility for content publication, the large number of users, and the connections it offers to other businesses.

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1. Create a Company Page

First things first, establish a branded presence on Facebook. If your construction company does not already have its own company page, you can easily create one by clicking on the “Create Page” button here. It’s free to create an account and to post to it, so why not?

Start by choosing which category your business falls into and work from there. As a company in the construction industry, your business is likely to be categorized as either a “Local Business” or as a “Company.”

Quick Tip

If you choose the “Company, Organization, or Institution” option, you’ll find the category appropriate for your business by scrolling down the alphabetical list to “Engineering/Construction.”

2. Build a Following

Once you’ve set up your company page with an eye-catching cover photo and a profile picture that reflects your company (your logo is usually a solid choice), you’re ready for step 2: establishing an audience base.

In order to build your following, start by inviting your current customers to like your page. You could send them an email with a link to your page or even connect with them directly through Facebook by:

• clicking on the “Share” button in the navigation under the cover image for your company page. You can share the page on your own Timeline or on a friend’s Timeline.
• clicking on the ellipsis (…) button near the top right of the page in the cover photo are and selecting to “Invite Friends” the page.

Additionally, encourage your employees to share the company page through their personal Facebook account to gain more Likes. Consider Following and Liking other businesses in your industry on Facebook as well to get a feel for your competition and see what sort of content they post and share. As a commercial construction company, following other businesses on Facebook that may need your services one day could be useful as well. If you reach out to them, they may reach out to you whether they’re in need of a remodeling job or an expansion of their current business.

Quick Tip

Don’t spend too much time worrying about the number of Likes or Follows your page is receiving. Focus your energy on connecting with key customers and supporters of your business to help grow it in a genuine way.

3. Create and Share Stimulating Content

While your expertise may lie in creating quality buildings, creating valuable and quality content for your Facebook account is a very important step in the promotion process. But don’t let this intimidate you! You’re already doing great things as a business that people are interested in; you just need to capture those things in shareable ways and post!

Content Examples for Construction Companies to Post on Facebook

• Share photos of your projects as they transform (before and after project pics).
• Post pictures of satisfied customers in their newly constructed environment.
• Brag about awards and recognitions your company has received.
• Post visuals exemplifying the services you offer.
• Upload videos of a finished project showcasing your skills as a construction firm.
• Link to press releases or project updates on your website or company blog.
• Feature a construction worker of the week to add a personal touch to your business.
• Countdown to the grand opening of a client’s business.
• Introduce new (or old) members of your team.
• Pose questions to encourage potential customers to learn more about your company.

4. Advertise on Facebook

In addition to beefing up your company page with visually engaging content, consider setting a Facebook advertising budget for your company that would allow you to:

• boost your posts to a larger audience, or
• create and share ads with target audience members to gain likes.

Advertising on Facebook is a fairly easy process. You choose a budget for however much you want to spend on the ad and set how long you want the ad to run. Your ad will stop running after the entire budget has been used or at the end of the campaign date, whichever comes first. If you notice your advertisement is doing well, you can increase the budget and extend the campaign period. If you see that it’s not doing so well, you can change the budget, update the Facebook ad with a better headline or image, or stop the ad from running at any time.

Although Facebook only requires you to spend a minimum of $1 per day on Facebook advertising, bidding this low will make it hard to attain visibility for your campaign since you’ll use up your budget while only reaching a handful of people.

Facebook wants their users to have an enjoyable experience while on the site, so they limit how many ads people are exposed to. Because of this, you must go through a bidding process for your ad. This process is either done by cost per click (CPC) or cost per 1,000 ad views (CPM). According to an article on FitSmallBusiness.com, “the average click costs advertisers $0.24 and the average CPM cost $0.66.” In other words, spending $24 dollars would get you 100 clicks on the advertisement or get the advertisement shown 36,364 times. Keep in mind that these costs can change drastically depending on:

• they type of business you have (industry).
• the size of your business (small local business vs. national corporation).

Side Note

While targeting your audience on Facebook as a small local business may seem easy to do based on city location or zip code, remember you are competing for the same audience members as other local businesses on top of the national advertisers. That being said, even if you spend a decent amount on your Facebook advertising, there’s a good chance other businesses are trying to reach the same audience members as you are with their advertisements.

Also remember that larger businesses likely have bigger budgets to test the performance of their ads and optimize them for better reception, so they may get more clicks and likes than your small business ad that hasn’t been tested for optimal engagement.

5. Evaluate Your Impact

Some people think of measuring the success of your Facebook presence as the last step in the social media marketing process. While this can be true, the process is very cyclical, meaning evaluating the success of a past campaign can be the start of creating a new campaign.

The purpose of evaluating your impact is so you can do better at promoting your construction company in the future. Figure out what strategies worked well, what type of content your followers responded to best, and then apply that knowledge to the approach you take for your next Facebook endeavor.

For more help getting started with promoting your business through social media, download our free Intro to Facebook E-Book.

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Welcome to the Facebook Marketing Strategy series in which we share the best practices for how to use Facebook for business! This is part 11 of the series.

• Part 1: How to craft effective Facebook intro copy
• Part 2: The secret to designing click-worthy Facebook Ads
• Part 3: 5 tips for A/B testing your Facebook posts
• Part 4: How to craft killer Facebook headlines that leave readers wanting more
• Part 5: How to pick the right image for your Facebook post
• Part 6: 5 ways to increase your Facebook engagement
• Part 7: 4 ways to use Facebook’s algorithm to your advantage
• Part 8: 7 next-level Facebook marketing tactics to increase your readership
• Part 9: 6 Copywriting Tips to Drive More Facebook Shares
• Part 10: The best ad types for B2B Facebook Advertising
• Part 12: The winners and losers of Facebook’s News Feed changes in 2018

As more businesses invest in Facebook advertising, the social giant began to offer additional ad placement opportunities: Instant Articles, The Audience Network, and now Messenger. With 1.3 billion people currently using the app, Facebook Messenger ads open up a new opportunity for companies. In this post, we’ll show you how to promote your business on Facebook with Messenger Ads to drive online traffic, engage your target audience, and increase revenue.

Facebook currently offers three different types of Messenger ads:

Messenger Destination ads: These ads show up in the News Feed, and when clicked on, send readers into a conversation inside Facebook Messenger (instead of sending them to an external URL).

Messenger Home ads: This Facebook Messenger ad option allows you to place your ad directly in the Home screen of a reader’s Messenger app.

Sponsored Message ads: When a reader engages with your business page, you can target him/her with a custom message directly in his/her inbox.

Now that you’re aware of the capabilities of Facebook Messenger ads, how do you leverage them?

How To Use Facebook Ads To Promote Your Page And Business Cards

We’ve listed a few tips below to help you get started.

How To Use Facebook Ads To Promote Your Page And Business Bureau

1. Increase Brand Awareness with Messenger Destination

Facebook gives you the option to deliver destination ads to individuals who have never heard of your brand. Hence, they can be used to raise awareness and, once people engage with you via Messenger, acquire subscribers through sponsored messages.

The key here is to create an ad that sparks curiosity or prompts conversation. Jon Loomer, for instance, created a destination ad that encourages people to initiate a conversation with him.

Instead of asking potential customers to “sign up” or “shop now” for his training course, he asked them to “send message” and talk about it directly with him. The visual and description indicate that he’ll help people to see if the training is really a viable investment, instead of expecting them to know immediately and sign up.

2. Send Special Offers/Deals Via Messenger Home Ads

Messenger Home ads bring you front-and-center into the message inbox of your prospects and customers. These ads feature the same kind of advanced targeting capabilities as Facebook or Instagram ads, allowing you to pinpoint the users who are most likely to turn into conversions and sales based on the types of offers you promote – from buy-one-get-one free offers to shipping discounts to seasonal sales.

Original Coast Clothing is one of the pioneer brands to test out Messenger Home ad capabilities, which Facebook rolled out globally in mid-2017.

To promote their new fall line, Original Coast Clothing offered free shipping on orders over $20. When users click the ad, they’re taken to the top-selling fall items for customers to begin shopping.

3. Use Sponsored Messages to Bring Visitors Back

Create a re-engagement campaign that delivers sponsored messages to readers that have visited your blog/website in the past but didn’t follow-through with a subscription or purchase. Instead of losing the visitors who don’t come back, you can reach out directly and try to get them to take another look at your site.

CNN’s use of sponsored messages serves as a great example. For readers who still have an active Messenger conversation thread, CNN can reach out to them with an invitation to check out the latest news and editorials.

The benefit of using a sponsored message ad over a conventional ad (such as a sidebar or News Feed ad) is that your readers will get a notification in their Messenger inbox when you reach out to them with a new piece of content.

Through its new ad capabilities, Facebook Messenger is helping to usher in a new era of connecting brands with consumers. Messenger’s Head of Product Stan Chudnovsky said, “We believe experiences that are opening [conversational] threads are going to convert better if you put enough care into building those experiences.”

Regardless of which ad you opt for, having the right strategy and messaging format will help you to build stronger relationships with customers while driving your revenue to new heights.

Plant a Facebook share button on your posts

Shares are crucial to Facebook success. The more people share your content, the more your posts will be seen. That’s why it’s so important to place a Facebook share button on your website.

With our social media buttons, for instance, you can just pick your channels, choose your alignment, and customize your design.

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