My 4001st Post = Facebook Advertising Tip

by WillR
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Boy oh boy... time surrrre does fly around here. I don't know how these posts keep adding up but they do. It wasn't all that long ago I was wondering how someone could ever reach the 1000 post mark!

Anyway, in light of reaching another nice round number, I thought I'd give back just a little tip I have been using lately with success on Facebook.

We all know the image you use in a Facebook ad has a huge role to play in your CTR (click through rate). Well, here are a couple of small things I have been testing on my ads and have had great results with:

1. Don't use the typical image ad dimensions everyone else is using. I believe the standard image for a Facebook ad is around 110 x 80. I have started using an image of dimensions around 85 x 80. They still get accepted at this size and will make your image stand out more than the others above and below them.

2. I have found the color red is great at drawing attention to things on a page. It's the reason why we all use those big red arrows on our squeeze pages and big red headlines on our sales page. So how can we use this to our advantage in our image ad?

The first thing you can do is to use the image color function in Google images. Let's say I was looking for a tennis related image. I would search Google images for the word 'tennis' and then select the color red in the options down the left hand size of the page (see image below). What this does is shows you only images that have a high proportion of the color red in them.



Once you have done this you then want to look for an image that really stands out. You can't beat an image that has a body or face inside it so you can see the image of the female tennis player in red will be perfect for our Facebook ad.

3. The final step is to add a nice red border around this image to help it stand out even more. You can see from the screenshot above just how much of a difference a simple red border can make to an image. It commands attention.

So here are some images I might use for a Facebook ad related to tennis:



I hope that helps and thanks everyone for your support!
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  • Profile picture of the author stevenjacobs
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    I never noticed that cool tip
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    • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
      Dang Will, 4,000 posts. And plenty of good ones.

      It didn't take me long to figure out you add a lot of value here and were worth paying attention to.

      Keep up the good work.

      ~Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    One of your posts must have been deleted because right now it reads 4,000. Somebody is messin' with ya!

    Congrats on another milestone, keep up the good work.
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by Bill Farnham View Post

      Dang Will, 4,000 posts. And plenty of good ones.

      It didn't take me long to figure out you add a lot of value here and were worth paying attention to.

      Keep up the good work.

      ~Bill
      Thanks Bill - it's appreciated. It's amazing the people you see around the forum, like yourself, that you only ever really talk to inadvertently through replies to other people's threads. You are one of the very few Warriors I despise. I'm sure you know I love a good argument but it's very hard to have one with you... you talk too much common sense!

      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      One of your posts must have been deleted because right now it reads 4,000. Somebody is messin' with ya!

      Congrats on another milestone, keep up the good work.
      I noticed that also. Paul must be playing his tricks again. (this post oughta fix up the numbers)

      I also noticed you are closing in on me - I must run faster.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by WillR View Post

        I also noticed you are closing in on me - I must run faster.
        LOL - not to worry ... you got there in just over a year, I'm going on 4 years and I'm not there yet. If you do run faster though, you might just catch Steven Wagenheim. When that happens, you're buying the beer!
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  • Profile picture of the author Suthan M
    Cool tip,

    I have seen a number of those "colored borders" in the ads, and yup, it does stands out. The trick is to contrast it with the overall color of site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zanti
    Hey Will,

    Looking forward to the next 4K.

    Your tip has implication outside of facebook, thanks.

    Brian
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