How To Keep Your Facebook Holiday Campaigns Off The Naughty List

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This year, nearly $650 billion in holiday revenue will be up for grabs, with social media playing a larger role than ever to influence what people decide to purchase, and with whom to do their shopping. To help you drive your sales home for the holidays, we've broken down some of the most important strategies that marketers can employ to keep their campaigns off the naughty list, and on the path to success.

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Holiday Advertising for Retailers on Facebook

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How to Keep Your Campaigns Of the Naughty List

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In 2013, holiday sales rang in at $601.1 BILLION.

This year, they’re projected to increase another 8%.

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That’s nearly $650 billion up for grabs this season.

To stay on their companies’ nice list, marketers will need to snag their fare

share of these seasonal dollars.

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E-COMMERCE WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE

Average e-commerce order value increased by

13.96% to roughly $166

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, 33% more

purchases were made on leading retailers’ websites

LAST YEAR:

3x166$

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YOUR NAME YOUR NAME YOUR NAMEYOUR NAME YOUR NAMEFacebook accounts for 55.18% of upstream traffic from

social sites to retailers sites

30% of Facebook users have

purchased an item in store after sharing or liking it

And 28% have purchased an item online after sharing or liking it

Facebook boasts an average order value of $102.59

E-COMMERCE FUELED BY FACEBOOK

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practices for your seasonal Facebook campaigns.

To help you DRIVE RETAIL SALES HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS,

we’ve created a list of

Naughty & Nice

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LAUNCHING ADS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BLACK FRIDAY,

THEN STOPPING CAMPAIGNS WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER

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Create early awareness and drive

traffic to your site. Track and re-market to these visitors later

on.

Be ready to address potential issues

and opportunities. Adjust ads later in the day, when hot items have already

sold out.

Revert back to an always-on strategy

to continually promote products

and sales.

Roughly 3/5 of people receive holiday gift

cards. Keep campaigns rolling after the

holidays to target these late spenders.

HAVING A PLAN BEFORE, DURING, & AFTER THE HOLIDAYS

1-2 MONTHS PRIOR TO BLACK FRIDAY

THANKSGIVING & BLACK FRIDAY

BLACK FRIDAY THROUGH

THE HOLIDAYSAFTER THE HOLIDAYS

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USING THE SAME PRODUCT IMAGERY & COPY THAT YOU’VE BEEN US-

ING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

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SKIMMABLE CONTENT

Group products in a way that’s easy for

overwhelmed shoppers to digest. For example: “Gifts for her,” “Steals

under $15,” and “Seasonal Sweaters.”

TAILORING COPY & CREATIVE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOLIDAYS

SEASONAL CONTEXT

Dress your content in it’s “holidays finest.”

Sympathize with seasonal stress, and embrace the spirit of “giving” rather

than “buying.”

EXCLUSIVE OFFERS

Free shipping and online-only discounts (68% and 58%) drive users to buy online. Let user’s know why now is the time to

get the best deal.

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ONLY RE-MARKETING TO USERS WHO PLACE AN ITEM IN THEIR

SHOPPING CART, OR VISIT YOUR CHECK-OUT PAGE

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Sweaters You’ll Love!

Watches 25% of now!

Place Website Custom Audiences pixels on the landing pages for each product vertical you

offer, then pair your ads with unique targeting and creative.

CAPTURING & REMARKETING TO USERS THROUGHOUT THEIR ONLINE EXPERIENCE

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ASSUMING CUSTOM AUDIENCES ARE REACHING A LARGE ENOUGH USER BASE

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FINDING LARGER RELEVANTAUDIENCES WITH LOOKALIKE AUDIENCES

Extend the reach of lookalike audiences by matching them to the top 10% of Facebook users.

Then, layer interest and behavioral targeting on top of this wide initial user base to trim size.

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FOCUSING ALL OF YOUR EFFORTSON DESKTOP SHOPPERS

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Use images designed for the small screen, reduce copy, and drive to mobile-friendly sites. Prevent lagging load times by

targeting 3G users or higher for link or video posts.

OPTIMIZE CAMPAIGNS FOR MOBILE & DESKTOP SHOPPERS

Cyber Monday mobile traffic

jumped 53.19% last year

Since 2012Black Friday

mobile traffic to retail sites is up 89.46%

2013 Mobile sales were

over $1B for Thanksgiving - Cyber Monday

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MANUALLY MANAGING ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR CAMPAIGN

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Email Actions: Whenever a user receives, opens, or clicks an email - serve them a similar ad.

Product Surplus: This years “hottest” toy isn’t selling as fast as you thought it would. Trigger ads that show mom what she’s missing.

In-store Traffic Drop: Use geo-targeted Unpublished Page Posts to scale messaging to markets with low in-store traffic.

USING AUTOMATION TO REDUCE WORKLOAD & CREATE GREATER CONTEXT

FOR YOUR CONTENT

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Even the “nicest” of advertisers still need a little help creating holiday magic on Facebook.

For even more tips and tricks to help you drive holiday sales with Facebook, download our

complimentary ebook : The 2014 Ultimate Guide to Holiday Advertising on Facebook

DOWNLOAD The Ultimate Guide to Holiday

Advertising on Facebook

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