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Intro to Paid Social

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Intro to Paid Social

Brittany Zeiderman
Planner Buyer
MediaCom

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Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:

- Understand what Paid Social is

- Understand the benefits of advertising on social media

- Understand the key differences between social platforms

- Be able to use social jargon

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What is Paid Social?

- The leveraging of Social Media adverts to drive traffic/awareness for your brand

- Allows you to target specific audiences and expand your reach

- Optimises your advert for the right audience and platform

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Paid Social Platforms

Facebook Pinterest

Twitter
Tumblr

Instagram
Snapchat

LinkedIn

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Paid Social Platforms
Social Media Platform Usage 2016
10%

9%
32%

10%

10%

15%
14%
Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Snapchat Tumblr LinkedIn

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Benefits of Advertising on Social

- 1 in every 5 minutes of all UK internet usage is spent on social media

- Ability to reach greater, specifically targeted audiences

- Ability to catch users on several different platforms, limited chance to slip through the net

- Paid social allows brands to gain instant feedback and consumer insight through comments, sharing
and all other engagements

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Jargon Buster
- Impression: The number of times your advert was viewed; can be more than once per person.

- Engagement: The total number of actions people take involving your advert.

- Reach: The number of people who see your advert.

- Frequency: The average number of times each person sees your advert.

- Video View : The number of times a video advert was watched for three-seconds or it’s full duration, whichever occurs
first.

- View Rate: The percentage of people who were served your advert that then watched for three-seconds (or full
duration, if less than three-seconds in length)

- Engagement Rate: The percentage of people who were served your advert and then engaged with it

- Link Clicks: The number of clicks on a URL or call-to-action within an advert, which directs to another off-platform
destination.

- Dwell time: The amount of time spent looking at an ad

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