There’s a reason why over 6 million businesses use Facebook ads to reach their target audiences,[1] but there aren’t many companies figuring out the art and science of using the platform within your vertical to reach the 50+ demographic. We actively study the Facebook advertising landscape, analyze our results, and try creative ways to format [...]
As social distancing measures prevent people from seeing their friends and family and lead to a sense of isolation, more Facebook users are messaging, posting, and consuming content. Facebook is currently experiencing record usage but decreased advertising demand. What does this mean? Opportunity. The travel and film industries have made major cuts to their marketing [...]
Digital advertising practices were already changing at record speed and are changing even more during the coronavirus crisis. Financial advisors must adapt quickly to a world where traditional dinner seminars and mailers are going the way of the dodo. Luckily, Lone Beacon has been steadily expanding its Facebook advertising practices for years and is prepared [...]
At Lone Beacon, we provide our clients with timely, quality, relevant content, as well as strategies for how to use it. We recently used short and long-form content in a three-tiered funnel campaign which pushed people down the marketing funnel from the awareness stage to the decision stage. We knew that funnel campaigns are effective [...]
Remember the story of Rip Van Winkle? He fell asleep and woke up 20 years later with a long beard in a very different world. Now imagine you were advertising on Facebook just 3 years ago, fell asleep, and woke up today – it would also be a very changed world. This is because [...]
In our quest to bring down the cost of leads and make full use of our high-quality content, we decided to run Facebook campaigns targeting high net worth individuals turning an age significant to financial advisors – 59 ½. The idea was simple: At 59 ½, anyone with a 401(k), IRA, or other qualified retirement [...]
Check out John's latest video where he discusses Facebook Advertising and why it's important to include in your media mix.
Apr 27, 2018 By John Capuano and Stephanie Sjoblom As the digital landscape forces traditional media consumption habits to change, it’s more important than ever to employ a “media mix.” Since radio is so routinely used among financial advisors, we want to illustrate how the use of Facebook in concert with radio is effective. Advertising [...]
Facebook is one of the newest platforms in the wild wild west of digital marketing. The potential to capture and convert qualified prospects is enormous, but you must be prepared to strategically compete. (Published as: Four Facebook Advertising Lessons for Advisors) Written By: Don Kwak, Digital Marketing Manager at Lone Beacon Lone Beacon is a sales, [...]
By now, we’ve all seen the story about how Cambridge Analytica bought records of 50 million Facebook users and is being accused of violating Facebook’s privacy protection policies. So, what’s really going on, and what does it mean for Facebook as an advertising platform? The Story So Far There are two main parts to this [...]
