Absolutely! Facebook has been shown to perform on par with its much more business-oriented cousin, LinkedIn. This is due to the fact that Facebook has user numbers that dwarf LinkedIn. Facebook boasts just shy of 3 billion active users each and every month, whereas LinkedIn only has around 875 million users in total.
The main concern that some B2B businesses have regarding advertising on Facebook is that they feel their target demographic isn’t actively interested in buying while they’re on Facebook. But this is true of anyone on Facebook, and yet Facebook advertising still works. So what’s the deal with that?
It’s not that the demographic isn’t interested or isn’t there; it’s that many B2B businesses fail to use Facebook to their own advantage. One of the great benefits of Facebook Ads is their ability to lead consumers to perform all sorts of different actions. These actions can be to buy, sign up, read more, book ahead, receive a call, donate and many more.
Something the team at Reform Digital are highly skilled in is our ability to tailor a Facebook marketing campaign to work for a B2B business. We do this by approaching B2B ads differently from how we would for a B2C business, focusing more on later conversion and bringing potential customers further into the sales funnel before targeting with a close.
By using this method, B2Bs are more likely to get their product in front of the decision-maker at the right time. And as marketing 101 tells us, the right offer, with the right timing, in front of the right audience = a sale.