{"id":2068,"date":"2013-03-07T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2013-03-07T10:31:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:31:19","slug":"promote-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/07\/promote-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"What I got for a $7 post promoted on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now, we all understand that when you post something on Facebook, it will only be seen by a fraction of your friends. For more on why, read about <a href=\"http:\/\/edgerank.net\/\">Facebook Edgerank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But did you know that you can <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/10\/03\/us-promoted-posts\/\">pay $7 so that more of your friend see your content<\/a>? Facebook calls this a promoted post. To activate, just click on &#8220;Promote&#8221; under one of your posts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2069\" alt=\"facebook-promote-post-$7\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/facebook-promote-post-7-300x60.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/facebook-promote-post-7-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/facebook-promote-post-7.png 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Facebook says will happen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2077\" alt=\"promoted-post-$7\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-71-500x198.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-71-500x198.png 500w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-71-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-71.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not something I would normally do, but since I&#8217;m selling my house I gave it a try. Notice that Facebook now list my post as &#8220;sponsored&#8221; \u00a0(trust me, that&#8217;s what the arrow is pointing to).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2073\" alt=\"sponsored\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sponsored-500x352.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sponsored-500x352.png 500w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sponsored-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sponsored.png 1218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What I wasn&#8217;t sure about was if I would get any analytics from Facebook, but two days after paying the $7, I did. Here&#8217;s what Facebook shows me:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2074\" alt=\"promoted-post-stats\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-stats.png\" width=\"316\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-stats.png 316w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/promoted-post-stats-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I don&#8217;t get actual numbers, but I do see that my post was viewed nearly twice as much.<\/p>\n<p>Was it worth $7? Not sure. But if my house sells quickly, I would have gladly paid $8!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, we all understand that when you post something on Facebook, it will only be seen by a fraction of your friends. For more on why, read about Facebook Edgerank. 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