Facebook has started rolling out Promoted Posts for Brand Pages, a new feature that allows businesses to pay for posts to be more predominantly displayed on news feeds.
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Earlier this year, Facebook shared the statistic that a Brand Page's content is only seen by 16% of the fans. Facebook's slew of ad tools and these new Promoted Posts are geared to help businesses reach and engage more of their fan base.
A brand can now pay $5, $10, $15 or $20 to "get more people who like your Page to see this post."
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“Promoted posts help increase the people you reach for any eligible post. It’s an easy and fast way to reach more of the people that "like" your page and your friends,” says a Facebook spokesperson in an explanatory video.
Facebook users will see promoted posts labeled with “Sponsored” in the news feed (not in the right rail where Facebook ads live) both on desktop and mobile. Promoted Posts have the same targeting ability that regular posts do, so you can geotarget just to your company's area to get the most bang for your buck.
We walked through the process of creating a Promoted Post and the insights that assess their efficacy, so check out the gallery below for the step-by-step guide. Will you use this tool, and do you think it'll be more effective than Facebook Ads? Let us know in the comments.
Want to Promote a Post?
Click "Promote" to open this drop-down menu. Clicking on the denomination pulls up another drop-down menu.
Click here to view this gallery.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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