During Episode 60 of The HyperFast Agent Podcast, host Keri Shull speaks with Travis Thom, a brilliant marketing strategist who specializes in helping agents master Facebook ads. Thom shares the five pillars of a successful re-targeting campaign. Don’t miss this exceptional information about how to advertise your business online.
Episode Highlights:
- Travis Thom began knocking doors at 19, but spent years closing very few deals because he didn’t know how to sell.
- When Thom found a way to position himself as an authority, he began to enjoy success.
- He put out 5,000 guides for a very specific niche, ran some ads, did some email campaigns, and linked back to a website that listed homes that qualified for the program highlighted in his guide. Leads came in.
- Eventually, Thom sold his brokerages and started an advertising program around providing value and running successful Facebook ads.
- The consumer gathers information before they talk to you as an agent.
- Create campaigns that provide value at the top of the funnel, then target those leads in a push along the funnel.
- BURST= Brand story, Untapped Opportunity, Reciprocity, Social Proof, Trust.
- BURST describes five pillars you should implement into any of your retargeting campaigns.
- Position yourself as the authority in your market.
- Prime them and remind them.
- When creating a brand story, give background information about the company, tell its founding story, or introduce team members.
- The next ad you would run covers the untapped opportunity. An example of this is something the average consumer doesn’t know about or doesn’t know they have access to.
- Reciprocity means giving them an item of value. This can be something they can read such as a blog post. Provide the solution to a problem they have.
- In the social proof segment, you can use testimonials, raving fans, and case studies.
- At the end of this funnel, you’ve created trust.
- Shull emphasizes that this strategy is not that hard to execute.
- If you want help executing this strategy, Thom offers a coaching and training program with his top Facebook ad managers.
- Messenger bots can help you automate things you’ve said many times and answer frequently asked questions.
3 Key Points:
- Position yourself as an authority and find something to give people if you want to generate more leads.
- Travis Thom’s BURST advertising strategy incorporates the following stages:Brand Story; Untold Story; Reciprocity; Social Proof; Trust
- When you’ve influenced every stage of the decision cycle, the lead has been indoctrinated.
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