If you’re managing a Facebook community, you may have felt pressure to devote dollars to advertising. But is it really necessary? Facebook has admitted that on average, only 16% of your community sees your content in their newsfeeds organically. Reliably reaching more of your community requires a targeted Facebook advertising strategy.
How Facebook Ads Work
There are several different types of Facebook ads, including more typical display ads that you might be familiar with from the web as well as the adored ‘social ads’ that let you to tout messages from your own page or promote interactions that other users have with your content.
Facebook ads can be paid as pay-per-click, which requires that a user click on your ad before you are charged. Similar to Google ads, each advertiser is competing against others as they bid for placements against demographic data. Prices vary depending on the audience you are targeting, but you...