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Facebook Marketing: Organic Reach and Paid Advertising

Social Media College via FutureLearn

Overview

Create effective free and paid Facebook marketing that engages your audience

Facebook, with over 2.1 billion users worldwide, provides enormous marketing opportunities for businesses. It can help build relationships, attract new customers, and generate sales. However, billions of users mean an influx of content, and it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd.

This is part 1 of a 4 part series. Part 1 will provide you with strategies from specialists in the field to get your content seen by the right people.

You’ll explore the differences between organic (free) and paid advertising, and the best practices for using them in your marketing strategies.

Explore the features of Facebook

You’ll first examine the different features available on Facebook to identify where, and how, your content can be displayed.

From here, you’ll learn about the placements of Facebook ads as well as the three key advertising platforms so that you gain a comprehensive understanding of the Facebook ads network.

Learn how to crack the Facebook algorithm

Exploring the benefits of advertising on this popular platform, you’ll learn how the Facebook algorithm works.

This understanding will help you master the algorithm to ensure that your content is prioritised.

Become a pro at advertising on Facebook

You’ll learn the five buyer stages to understand your customers’ journey. This will help you tailor your content to help them reach the purchasing stage.

With this knowledge, you’ll complete a paid strategy template based on easy-to-follow steps to creating effective Facebook ads.

This course is for people who want to understand how to do organic and paid advertising on Facebook.

  • Business owners who want to ramp up Facebook engagement to build brand loyalty and turn followers into customers
  • Marketing professionals who want to up their game
  • Social media newbies who just want to know what they need to do to get started

You’ll need to have the Facebook app on your phone, but who doesn’t?

Syllabus

  • Facebook Essentials
    • Introducing Us, Learning to Learn, Introducing You
    • Facebook Essentials
    • Facebook Core Features
    • Facebook Tactics
    • Facebook Essentials Quiz
  • Facebook Marketing Strategy
    • Facebook Platforms
    • Facebook Advertising Tactics
    • Paid Advertising Strategy
    • Developing a Paid Advertising Strategy
    • Facebook Marketing Strategy Quiz

Taught by

Neil Von Heupt

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