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Meta Ad Library 101: 7 Ways to Use the Facebook Ad Library to Improve Your Ads

The Meta ad library is a database of all the ads running on Meta’s platforms. Here’s a guide on using this tool effectively.

FacebookOct 7, 2024
The Ideal Facebook Cover Photo Size and How To Make Yours Stand Out (+ 11 Ideas and Examples)

The exact Facebook cover photo sizes for desktop and mobile, find out how to create a perfect cover photo, and get inspired by winning Facebook cover photo ideas and examples.

FacebookSep 16, 2024
The Best Time to Post on Facebook in 2024: A Complete Guide

We analyzed more than 1 million Facebook posts sent through Buffer to pinpoint the best time, day, and post format for maximum engagement.

How to Get Your First 1,000 Followers Across All Major Social Media Platforms: The Ultimate Guide

It might feel like the biggest hurdle to overcome with a new social media account, but there are tried-and-tested tactics that really work. Here’s how you can gain your first 1,000 followers on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more.

FacebookJul 22, 2024
How to Run Facebook Ads: Beginner's Guide to Advertising on Facebook

Everything you need to know about Facebook Ads to get your campaigns up and running.

Small BusinessJun 3, 2024
The Exact Strategy I Used to Gain 70,000 Followers on Instagram and Facebook From Scratch — and Turn Them Into Sales

See exactly how this business coach has built a strong funnel for connecting with her target customers and nurturing real connections.

Meta Business Suite: What It Is and How to Use It

In this article, we walk through what you need to know about how to use Meta Business Suite.

Small BusinessMay 7, 2024
How Integrating AI Into Our Ad Strategy Helped Us Triple Our Sales

Learn how this e-commerce beauty founder is using Meta’s Advantage+ shopping campaigns to find new audiences and improve ad performance.

FacebookMay 1, 2024
Scheduling Facebook Group Posts With Buffer

Buffer will continue to support publishing to Facebook Groups using mobile notifications. Here's how it works.

FacebookApr 3, 2024
How to Get More Followers on Facebook: 13 Tried-and-true Tactics

Even new Facebook Pages and profiles can grow their follower count in 2024 — here are 13 tips to help get you started.

FlowAug 23, 2023
Ask Buffer: How Many Social Media Platforms Should a Small Business Be Active On?

From platform demographics to features, plus a deep dive into important factors to consider, here's what you need to know to find the social media sweet spot for your business.

FlowAug 3, 2022
Facebook Groups for Small Businesses in 2024: The Benefits + Real Examples

Creating community with one's followers is a top priority for small businesses and content creators these days, and a Facebook Group is the perfect medium to better connect with your core customers.

Content MarketingJul 27, 2021
How To Save Time Planning and Creating Social Media Content

There’s no denying that content creation is time-consuming. In this post, we're sharing a sustainable strategy for saving time planning and creating social media content to help you better support your overall business goals.

AnalyticsJul 16, 2019
Introducing Buffer Analyze: A Social Media Analytics Tool From Buffer

Data is the fuel that powers a social media strategy. And understanding the data behind your social media performance can help you to make better decisions about your content, ensure you’re connecting with the right audiences and help you to boost engagement and grow your following. The problem is, there’s a lot of metrics to measure. Here are just a few you might need to keep an eye on: * Likes * Comments * Shares * Clicks * Reach And when you think about multi-platform performance (ac

AdvertisingFeb 19, 2019
Does Vertical Video Make a Difference? We Spent $6,000 on Tests to Find Out

There has been much discussion recently on industry-leading publications about the effectiveness of video on social media. For example, did you know that video posts on Facebook receive at least 59 percent more engagement than other post types? Since our 2017 research with Animoto comparing square vs. landscape video, little has been published around the impact of video format on overall video engagement. Specifically, vertical video vs. square video. While we know that square video (1:1

FacebookJan 10, 2019
What 777,367,063 Facebook Posts Tell Us About Successful Content in 2019 (New Research)

Facebook marketing in 2019 isn’t dead. On the contrary, it’s far from it. Now removed from the dim outlook that businesses faced at the beginning of 2018, Facebook has and will remain an essential tool for brands’ marketing strategies moving forward. In our big State of Social Media 2019 Report, we found that 93.7 percent of businesses use and are currently active on Facebook — the most among any other social media network. And although we continue to see a dramatic rise in the usage

FacebookNov 27, 2018
Life After the News Feed: Why Facebook is Shifting to Stories (And Why Your Business Should Too)

In life and business, though, change is inevitable. And just as popular culture, music, and fashion move on, Facebook should too.

FacebookOct 25, 2018
How to Use Facebook to Market Your Business

If you want your business to have a presence on social media, Facebook is probably one of the first orthefirst social media platform you think of. More than 1.4 billion people use Facebook every single day, and many multiple times a day. It’s almost certain that your potential customers are on Facebook and using it actively to connect with their family, their friends, and their favorite brands. Whether you’re running a brick and mortar store, an ecommerce site, an agency, or a software company

FacebookOct 3, 2018
How to Create the Perfect Facebook Page for Your Business: The Complete A to Z Guide

Facebook now has over 2.23 billion monthly active users. And as small business owners and brand managers, there’s a very good chance you’ll be able to reach and connect with your target audience through Facebook. Great! So where should you start? And is there an easy blueprint to follow? From creating our Facebook Business Page to posting several hundred times over the past few years, we’ve experimented a lot with various Facebook marketing tips

FacebookSep 26, 2018
Facebook Stories Hits 300 Million Users and Rolls Out Ads Globally

Today, Facebook has announced that it’s rolling out Facebook Stories Ads to advertisers globally. More than 300 million people use Facebook Stories and Messenger Stories every day. Since Snapchat debuted the Stories format back in 2013, it has taken over the social media landscape. Facebook first introduced the format to one of its properties in 2016 with the launch of Instagram Stories [https://buffer.com

FacebookAug 9, 2018
Why the News Feed is Becoming Less Important for Facebook Pages

Facebook has made some big changes to business Page s in order to better support small and local businesses. Over 80 million businesses use Facebook Pages, with more than 1.6 billion people around the world are connected to them. And each week, two out of three people on Facebook visit a local business Page or an Event P

Tips / How ToJun 1, 2017
17 Ways to Get More Views, Engagement, and Shares for Your Facebook Videos

Over 8 billion videos or 100 million hours of videos are watched on Facebook every day. These stats were reported early last year so imagine how much larger the numbers are today as Facebook continued to grow and double down on videos. Now seems to be the perfect time to take a closer look at Facebook video and how to use videos to engage more fans on the platform. Wit

ResourcesFeb 11, 2017
A Video Marketing Guide On Creating Epic Content for Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and More

Video marketing has taken the social media world by storm. People watch more than 100 million hours of video on Facebook. YouTube brings in nearly 4,950,000,000 video views daily. Time spent watching video on Instagram is up more than 80% year over year What was just a blip on the radar a few years ago is now a top content marketing priority for brands and influencers everywhere. Yet the barrier to creating video marketing content that resonates with audiences can still feel high. You need …

What Counts As a Video View on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat? The Buffer Guide to Video Metrics

In our State of Social Media report, eighty-three percent of marketers said they’d like to create more video content in 2017. And we can certainly see why marketers are so hot on social video. Facebook believe that most of the content we consume online in the future will be video. Twitter has recently relaunched Vine as a camera app enabling users to capture and share short-form video on the platform. And more than 10 billion videos are watched on Snapchat every day. So it’s clear video is inc