Comments on: Facebook Advertising

By: Kevin Barnes

Kevin Barnes — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:24:05 +0000

Keith, I too have spent now over a few thousand dollars testing on Facebook only to find little if any ROI. Are you getting any results yet?

The only thing I have found somewhat effective is posting notes about current trends and linking those notes to offers… direct linking has not yet worked for me.

By: Patrick Powers

Patrick Powers — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:15:08 +0000

I completely agree with you Keith, Facebook advertising blows. Its our worst performing PPC campaings. Have tried all kinds of graphics in the ads, but so far almost no clicks and they are not even that cheap. And hey I appreciate your honesty.

By: Keith Baxter

Keith Baxter — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:12:52 +0000

There are a million ways to sell (online).

I love stories and incorporate them into everything that I do.

Keith

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:52:35 +0000

I just happen to be running my FIRST Facebook Ad today using a $50 coupon
Here’s the promotion: http://twitpic.com/1yy6aa

Also happens to be Ryan Deiss latest promo telling the story of Kate and the $10K she makes using her cellphone. I’ve never seen Ryan sell anything but himself and then he markets his wares using stories.

Ryan has what’s known as a “gift” and those who hate him, don’t. They want to BE him but haven’t got a chance in China and they know it. That’s what they hate. You do haters a favor by not exposing them as fools in public. They should Thank-you for that.

By: Blue Fire

Blue Fire — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:55:05 +0000

I also think before that Facebook would be a great help to promote but as you’ve said only few leads from there. We can do a lot of advertising not only focusing Facebook. Thanks for the great post.

By: Marty Paquette

Marty Paquette — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:41:12 +0000

Hey guys. I can guarantee you that making money on FB is possible. I’m actually having good (but not giant) success with facebook promoting cpa offers. But I have to say one thing : don’t go in the US or similar countries. Not that you can’t make monnies but it’s hard. CPC is very expensive and if you want to pay less, you have to target young people (below 18 years old) and your offer should not have nothing to do with spending money or stuff like that. So, go international. Hire a swedish blonde student to translate your swedish offers (you get the point!)…you’ll be amaze how easy it is. Split test age groups and pics. Collect data. Spend a little bit. You’ll soon find a winner.

By: marshall | genverters.com

marshall | genverters.com — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:28:37 +0000

Keith,

Now I know why my paid IM mentor likes your stuff! I became aware of the FB stuff last week, but have been busy creating my first product. Finished it Yesterday, yea! Anyway, I’m now looking into how to promote it, and was thinking about trying the FB advertising first to get ahead. Big mistake, will stick with the “old school” methods on this first offering. Will recommend your site to others!

Thank you kindly,
Marshall

By: Dman

Dman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:05 +0000

Thanks for the heads up…..I am experiencing all the same whoaa’s as everyone else….. Just recently decided to try facebook traffic and it is very hard to make conversions with it…..I heard that there ad approval teams are people from other countries (mostly women) that they have hired out for cheap, and it shows! I had one ad that I submitted twice with only keyword changes which should’nt matter, and it was once approved and the next time rejected…..go figure! I have made a few conversions…..but no profitable campaigns as of yet…..I will try till my free code runs out….but it is not looking good. Google must be getting wind of all the frustration a lot of affiliates are expressing cause they have sent me two free 100 dollar coupons in the last three months if I open a new adwords account….is anyone else experiencing this….I also thought it was against there rules to have more than one account anyway…unless you used one of there in house services ( cant think of the name of it) that allows you to open multiple adword accounts…..

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:51:49 +0000

Keith, your integrity is second to none.

I have tried Facebook advertising and simply couldn’t make it profitable, no matter how I structured my campaigns, and I spent a lot of moolah trying. I would love to know the secret voodoo behind the guys claming to be killing it with Facebook. I mean come on, if so few people are making even a decent return on their investment, then what’s the catch? I agree with the poster above who wrote that Facebook users don’t buy.

Recently I have unsubcribed from a LOT of lists. I have become so sickened with the sales and promotion practices of most marketers, and the sheer amount of emails and promotions that is going back and forth. It’s a total joke to see the same old tactics being used over and over: wrong link, server was down, card processing didn’t work right, my programmer made an error, the list of lame excuses to re-promote goes on, and I’ve had it. Anyone who markets with integrity does not use any of these tactics.

Keith, you are one of a select few that I subscribe to now, always first class stuff.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:05:42 +0000

Keith,

Thanks again for being so candid, especially since Ryan is your friend and I suspect you take somewhat of a risk.

I have found some of Ryan’s info to be outstanding and I have respect for him and have gained tremendously from him as well.

Shame that some of us jump to casting dispersions upon Ryan himself.

Not his fault that some marketers hype his product without having success with the content themselves.

Easy to see though how this over hyping can lead to some thinking it’s a panacea or “holy grail”, later being disappointed and blaming the info seller.

I think FB ads being hard to make profitable makes his product in ways that much more valuable if he’s figured it out. Obviously it won’t work as well for all markets and all offers.

Thanks again Keith

~ Shane