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Newsflash!(?) Facebook either introduced some seriously radical targeting features to Power Editor or Power Editor is being a bit wonky. We’re hoping for the former, because with this new targeting feature (?) marketers can now target Precise Interests AND Broad Categories. At the SAME TIME. Read the rest of this entry »

At a valuation of about $50 Billion Dollars, with oodles of advertising revenue marching through its doors every day, we’re concerned that Facebook is not effectively servicing advertisers. We think the newly launched “Facebook Global Marketing Solutions Team” is a downgrade-wolf in the suit of a buzzwordy-sheep. From our own experience, we can vouch for that fact that speaking for millions of dollars of media spend does not rate a dedicated account rep’ any more. WTF? Read on for the gory details.  Read the rest of this entry »

With such huge modifications rolling out in the Facebook UI, little or no attention is being paid to quiet changes taking place in Facebook Ads. Thanks to our friend Julie Gallaher for bringing us notice of the apparent loss baffling change to Facebook Ads Birthday targeting.

Birthday targeting allowed marketers to push psychological buttons with users specifically on their birthdays, a technique that was colorful and worked in some situations.  Now Birthday targeting has been stripped of of it’s true strength and stashed in Broad targeting, as a subcategory of Events. The focus has been neutered because Birthday targeting can no longer be matriculated with Precise Interests. Bummer! I liked the old way because it was an effective lever to grab users’ attention. Any edge helps, right? In 365 days you could cover everybody on their special day and speak directly to users’ interests. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last couple of days, Facebook Ads quietly deployed a targeting feature that consolidates some social inventory. Think of the new hashtag operator as a social segment phrase match concept that rolls up tightly related interests (“Topics”) up under one expression.  The new capability, available in the stock Web UI,  should prove useful to advertisers’ workflow and the organic demographic research process. Read the rest of this entry »

Well friends, it’s that time of year again. SMX Advanced is all set to take place in soggy lovely Seattle next week, June 7-8, and we’re just stoked. The aimClear team is heading westward to participate in this hallmark event– Lauren (yours truly) will be churning out live coverage (via @beebow) and full write-ups right here in aimClear blog, and our own Marty Weintraub (@aimClear) will storm the stage at 10:30 am PST on Wednesday, June 8 to tag-team the Facebook Ads, Meet Search Ads panel.

SMX Advanced means two days jam-packed with top-shelf sessions, but even when the main event wraps up, we’ll rest easy knowing there’s still a ton of awesomesauce in store. aimClear’s Facebook Marketing Intensive Workshop is back on the SMX landscape, and we’re looking forward to hosting marketers for a full day of soup to nuts training in all-things Facebook. From organic optimization hacks to paid Facebook advertising, and harnessing Facebook’s massive online community to achieve KPIs, it’s an all-you-can-eat brain chow buffet. Read on for a closer look at what we’ll be serving up… Read the rest of this entry »