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Reporting and Prospect Followup with Facebook Real Estate Ads

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Facebook Real Estate Ads Responder Demographics Report - 2
Facebook Real Estate Ads Reports

Facebook Real Estate Ads Reports

Jim Kimmons
The bottom half of the Responder Demographics report shows the other criteria we selected. By choosing the U.S. for Facebook user locations to see our ads, Facebook will give us a state-by-state breakout of the clicks. Don't overlook the potential value in this report with state numbers. Even if it only helps you in focusing on nearby states that seem to have the most interest in your area, this information can help in purchasing other advertising in print.

As far as this example ad, placed for a ski area and vacation/resort market, there is a lot of value in this state breakout. It was found that this New Mexico area ad's top three states of interest were New Mexico, Texas and California. New Mexico interest is probably people in larger cities not too far away looking for a weekend getaway. This is also true for Texas interest, so the advertiser may want to place another ad, specifically targeting Texas cities, with a theme of "get away from the Dallas heat this weekend in the mountains." Or, "the closest Alpine ski area to Dallas/Fort Worth." Either way, the ad can be targeted quite effectively.

In the next step, the really interesting ability to see WHO clicked on the ad in some cases is displayed.

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