You\u2019ve built your company\u2019s Facebook page, and hopefully you found the tips in last month\u2019s VISION useful as you begin or enhance your social media presence. But did you know for pennies a day, you can boost the amount of exposure your company gets on Facebook?<\/p>\n
One of the most effective tools on Facebook is a button that allows you to \u201cboost\u201d a post or geo target specific customers with specific messages. Once you have created a post, you can click the \u201cboost post\u201d button, which allows you to create parameters to target a very specific audience including:<\/p>\n
LOCATION<\/strong>: You can add the specific town or zip code you want to target, drop a pin or add multiple towns, say if you were hosting producer meetings in multiple locations. Once you have a location added, you can add a radius between 10-50 miles around the town or area you want to target.<\/p>\n AGE & GENDER<\/strong>: You can target only men, only women or both. You can target ranges of age groups between 13 to 65+ years old. Even though you can target 13-year-olds remember, Facebook does not allow you to target sales to anyone under 18-years-old. However, if you were hosting a youth livestock clinic, you might want to target 13-21, since that would be the group most likely to participate.<\/p>\n TARGET GROUP<\/strong>: Search by keyword to find a very specific target audience. Are you trying to promote Vitalize\u00ae<\/sup> to horse enthusiasts in your area? Type \u2018horse\u2019 in the keyword search, and the following will appear: horse, horse training, horse breeding and horse riding. You can click and select the groups that fit your needs, and anyone who has shown interest in those groups, who match the age, gender and location target you have selected will see your post. They don\u2019t have to be your current customers or even like your page.<\/p>\n COST<\/strong>: Remember you set your budget, and you determine how much you want to spend. You can spend $10 for a post to show up for a month or you can spend $10 for the same post to only appear for a day.<\/p>\n \u201cThe more money you put toward your post, the more opportunity you have in reaching a larger percentage of the selected audience,\u201d said Caitlin Tye, Content and Social Media.<\/p>\n If you are a dealer, and there is a cattle show coming to your town, you might create a post to promote you have Sure Champ\u00ae<\/sup> and Sure Champ Climate Control on hand. When you type \u2018cattle\u2019 in the keyword search, the following appear: Angus, Hereford, National Cattlemen\u2019s Beef Association, cattle rancher, Cattlemen\u2019s Steakhouse. You would select all of those except Cattlemen\u2019s Steakhouse, because you would more than likely get someone who is a beef eater, and not a show participant seeing your post, which does not encourage engagement.<\/p>\n Boosting a post is an efficient, inexpensive way to reach a large group of potential customers who have a core group of interests. If you have more questions about how to create a targeted post, contact Kristi Stevens, Marketing Project Manager, at (816) 596-8795 or email her at kstevens@biozymeinc.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"