{"id":377,"date":"2016-10-03T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T20:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2025-11-16T23:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:04:05","slug":"instagram-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/instagram-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"INSTAGRAM ADS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ads-header-ani-off.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-392\" src=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ads-header-ani-off.gif\" alt=\"blog-instagram-ads-header-ani-off\" width=\"635\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram advertising allows you to reach a large and targeted market, using a variety of media, and with options for calls to action and objectives.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an initial, one-time, set up phase which takes considerable time and work.\u00a0 This is a project for <a href=\"mailto:johnp@metapix.us\">John!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll get the opportunity to consider your objectives which is a great way to solidify your goals and help you set in stone what will make Instagram advertising a success for your business.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll have you choose one objective from the choices below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-378\" src=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-1.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram Ad Objectives\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-1-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These objectives will allow Instagram to funnel you to the best ad choice for your business.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll then ask you to go through the targeting list below to be sure you are not paying for ads for people out of your targeted market.<\/p>\n<p>City, state, region, country? 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Language?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also be able to target with user interest keywords.\u00a0 For example, this sample ad we are setting up is for a pickleball lifestyle products company, so we are targeting anyone who has shown a social media interest in pickleball.<\/p>\n<p>You may also narrow down your targeting by selecting mobile or desktop devices or both if that&#8217;s relevant to your ad and\/or business.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s some general book-keeping:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ad start and end date\/time,<\/li>\n<li>do you wish your ad to run all the time, or at just specific times each day,<\/li>\n<li>how much do you wish to spend,<\/li>\n<li>do you wish to be billed by impression or by click?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the ad options:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379\" src=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-2.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram Ad Objectives\" width=\"640\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blog-instagram-ad-2-300x69.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carousel ads which scroll images or video upon which you may put a text caption.\u00a0 We selected carousel for our pickleball client and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s shown in our header graphic.<\/p>\n<p>Static, single image ads with text overlay.<\/p>\n<p>Video ads, which can be a set of images with captions as a slideshow, or full video, up to 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly done!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need a landing page.\u00a0 We recommend a page on your web site which is customized to your Instagram ad.\u00a0 It will be more effective and will allow you to better track your ROI.<\/p>\n<p>What would you like your call to action to be? Apply Now, Book Now, Contact Us, Download, Learn More, Shop Now, Sign Up, Watch more?<\/p>\n<p>Because Instagram is owned by Facebook, ads are actually set up through Facebook&#8217;s business portal.\u00a0 You may also run these exact ads on Facebook which can be a big time-saver.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll walk you through every step of the way.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll also ask you how you would like to see reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram advertising allows you to reach a large and targeted market, using a variety of media, and with options for calls to action and objectives. There&#8217;s an initial, one-time, set up phase which takes considerable time and work.\u00a0 This is a project for John! 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