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Facebook '"boosting" posts advice

by akira1424
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We have had our page for a few years and use it to communicate with our martial arts students and have noticed a significant drop in views per post, we would happily pay for boosting the posts because it would benefit us to reach more people that like our page.

I tried to 'boost' a post that was created to advertise the club as a way to get fit has been rejected 4 times because it contains a reference to age, physical ability.

Im not really interested in an advert that is displayed on everyones timeline regardless of if they like the page or not I would just like to reach more of the followers we have (around 960) or am I barking up the wrong tree with the boost option?


Looking to lose weight, get fit and build confidence? Our **** Classes on a Saturday morning are available to all ages and abilities whether you are a complete beginner or experienced martial artist we have the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your goals!
Visit our website **** for more details and to book your Free trial class!

We have further classes on a Monday evening at **** and on Thursday evenings at ****
Existing students can train for FREE at **** until the end of Feb!

Contact **** on **** for more details
#advice #boosting #facebook #posts
  • Profile picture of the author choother
    try swap "ages and abilities" for "everybody" in your ad
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  • Profile picture of the author akira1424
    nope

    Your Post wasn't boosted because it violates Facebook's ad guidelines by including profanity or language that refers to a person's age, gender, name, race, physical condition or sexual orientation. The post is still published, but it is not running as an ad.
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    Looking to lose weight, get fit and build confidence? Our **** Classes on a Saturday morning are available to everybody whether you are a complete beginner or experienced martial artist we have the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your goals!
    Visit our website **** for more details and to book your Free trial class!

    We have further classes on a Monday evening at **** and on Thursday evenings at ****
    Existing students can train for FREE at **** until the end of Feb!

    Contact **** on **** for more details
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    • Profile picture of the author Brothers13
      If you post has a photo with a bunch of writing in the photo, then it will get denied.



      Originally Posted by akira1424 View Post

      nope



      Boosted post -
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  • Profile picture of the author irfanmaverick
    Try contacting Facebook and explain them the issue. I once tried to run a boost post ad of a restaurant which contained pics of their decor and FB's "advanced" algo thought that it contains images of alcoholic drinks lol :-P
    However after contacting their support and clarifying that, they approved it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      Try running something similar as an ad instead of a boosted post and see if you get the same message. You can choose your own followers to show the ad to
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  • Profile picture of the author markeeter
    The best bet is to contact the support I think. As most of the posts are checked by automated systems, perhaps some wrong flags are being raised in your content even though its legit.
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  • Profile picture of the author akira1424
    Hi

    Thanks for everyone's replies and suggestions

    I know its a stupid thing to say but we would just like to reach more of our members that like the page rather than outsiders, I realise that the above post was a bit contradicting to what I am saying but we would rather the posts showed up at least in peoples news feeds rather than as 'an advert' if that makes sense. We have a lot of people who follow the page because of their interest in the sport who aren't members so to start with its those people we want to reach out to.

    We would probably be better off changing it to a group rather than a fan page but we like having the box on the website that says how many 'likes' we have etc

    I'll have another couple of goes at writing a post that advertises the classes in such a way it does not 'target' peoples physical abilities.

    Thanks again everyone
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  • Profile picture of the author miklanderson2
    Get rid of the "lose weight" portion of the ad. That's targeting people's physical condition.
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