1/ Everyone says your creative is your targeting on FB, and the same is true on TikTok.

But what does that actually mean? Here's a real-world example...
2/ We used this creative angle to increase our AOV on the platform by 32.9% in the last few weeks...
3/ To be transparent, we got about a 15% bump by changing our funnel structure to one much more conducive to the TT customer's psyche...
4/ If you're curious, I wrote about this in my latest newsletter:

getrevue.co/profile/codypl…
5/ But creative, without further testing of landers, targeting, or offers, has gotten us another 18.9% bump, which isn't so bad either
6/ We have a good amount of backend data to show that our 50+ customers have a higher AOV and LTV. I'd bet the same is true for most brands, especially in beauty.
7/ It wasn't intentionally done to improve AOV, but we simply called out people over 50+ by shooting a video reply answering the question "Makeup for 50 and older."
8/ This is what Dan Kennedy calls Dog Whistle Copy. If you're 25 and not interested in makeup, you'll skip right over the ad.
9/ The algo learns the persona that is engaging with this creative, and goes and finds more people like this because it wants to keep people on the platform by providing them value. So it finds more people like this, who just happen to be 50+.
10/ I don't even know if you can see age breakdowns in TikTok, but if you can I bet we'd see that most of the spend has gone to 50+.
11/ I also GUARANTEE that if we launched an ad with a "Makeup Hacks For Gen Z" hook, we'd see an AOV 20% lower than average with the exact same offer, targeting, and funnel.
12/ It's not because the ad is not as good, or as compelling. It's because your creative is your targeting!

So if you really want to "target" your ads to different avatars or audiences, you no longer do that with interest targeting or Lookalilikes..
13/ Go broad, and make hooks that speak to that avatar, while optimizing creative for Thumbstop and Watch Time.
14/ If you found this thread helpful, please consider retweeting the original tweet.

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17 Dec 21
After a month of testing TikTok ads (with some decent success), I think our quiz ads are gonna be our main offer and funnel type there.

A few reasons why I think so, and you should test it too...
1. TikTok is definitely a TOF platform. We are using it to reach a new, younger audience who is not as familiar with us. They may not be ready to buy right away. It's essential to get their email and get them into our funnel for later.
2. TikTok customers have a lower AOV, and I assume they have a lower LTV (still too early to tell).

Guess what's a great strategy to increase AOV and LTV?

The quiz! Customers who purchase after taking the quiz spend more with us! Anything we can do to get that AOV up helps.
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16 Dec 21
If somebody makes it to your website and doesn't buy, there's a good chance they have objections that need to be overcome.

Most email flows and retargeting ads don't do anything to overcome these objections.

Here are 5 ads you should test in retargeting to overcome them:
1. Quiz.

We sell makeup, online only. Usually people buy makeup in a department store where they get 1 on 1 advice from an expert. Don't you think our customers would be apprehensive about this process?

Quiz retargeting ads have done amazing the last few months for us.
We take all the stress out of shopping by recommending the exact products and shades for each new customer. This increases our customer's confidence in what shades to order, which is the main objection we often hear via social and cx.

Quick tip: Listen to your customers more.
Read 14 tweets
9 Dec 21
Facebook Ads not working?

Here are a few things to try or think about....

1. Have you gotten Press about your product?

Besides the organic traffic that can come from a press hit, it's a good signal about the excitement of your offer. If no media sites want to write...
...About it, there's a good chance it's not differentiated enough for anyone on FB to care either.

Are you the 15th skincare or CBD brand to launch that month? If you are, and your product is not unique, you need to make it unique.

The best way to do this is...
...with content and storytelling. Maybe your product is not different (Casper mattresses), but your mission and the passion you have for that mission are differentiated.
Read 10 tweets
26 Oct 21
A month ago our ads were really struggling. CTR was at an all time low of around 0.6% and CPC was up to nearly $4. We were still profitable, but not very happy.

Today we're at 1.35% CTR and our CPC $2.22. This has given us a 35% decrease in CPA.

Here's what we did...
1) Tested, tested, tested. But not small variations or tweaks. Big things. New offers, new landing pages, drastically different creative types.

2. The first big win came from when we launched this ad. Very different than anything we'd ran before. Thumbstop was over 40% and CTR was near 1%. But it wasn't converting so well...
Read 14 tweets
17 Oct 21
No matter what you do, your Facebook CPAs are gonna be higher right now.

Instead of trying to get them down, you gotta get that AOV up.

Here are 3 ways you can do that, along with our real numbers and examples of each...
1. Editorial/ Advertorial. We're testing sending some retargeting traffic to an editorial. The results: 4% CTR, which is 400% higher than our normal, and a $132 AOV, which is a 28% increase from our baseline.

FB Library Link: facebook.com/ads/library/?i…
The next step for us would be to try this on prospecting and test out some different advertorials, or perhaps work with a third party publisher to create some performance editorial content to drive prospecting traffic to.
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15 Oct 21
A week or so ago I tweeted that our AOV has increased from about $82 to the $104 AOV it sits at today, but I don't really know how. But after looking at the #s and reflecting, here's what I THINK helped...

A 🧵...
First, we did all the usual stuff that every store has these days. Free Shipping progress bar, in cart upsells, recommended products on the pdf, etc.

What was the effect of all this? Idk, we didn't test it. Probably should have. Lesson learned. ImageImageImage
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