Facebook Boost Posts Step-By-Step Tutorial and Best Practices

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Discover how to boost Facebook Posts with our step-by-step tutorial. We will give you best practices for boosting Facebook posts and running Facebook Boost post ads so you can promote your posts to people who like your page, retargeting audiences, and audiences of people on Facebook.

Our Facebook Boost Posts Tutorial for 2019 will give you some ideas for your next campaign. When you aren't sure the type of Facebook post you should boost, how you can boost a Facebook post, or how to manage your boosted post after the fact, our step-by-step instructions are perfect for you.

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How To Boost a Post on Facebook:

1. Create A New Post On Your Facebook Page or Choose An Existing Post to Boost

You need to start by posting something to your Facebook page. You can post a link to your website, a carousel of images, a video, an event, a job, an instant experience, and more.

2. Click on the Boost Post Button

Next, you want to click on the 'Boost Post' button at the bottom of your new post. This post will be used for your advertisement.

3. Choose Your Location and Audience Targeting

You can choose to target people who already like your page, choose a retargeting audience, or you can choose to target an audience of people through their demographics, location, and interests.

One popular option is to target people who like your page. Since Facebook has cut organic reach, boosting posts can help you reach the people who have already liked your page.

4. Choose Your Placements

You can choose Automatic Placements, which is recommended by Facebook. Otherwise, you can choose to boost your post to just Facebook, or choose between Facebook and Messenger or Facebook and Instagram.

By using Automatic Placements, Facebook will serve your boosted posts to the placements where they believe it will perform best.

5. Set Duration and Budget

Next, you will choose how long you want your boosted post to run and the total budget. For example, if you choose to run it for 10 days with a $50 budget, you will spend $5/day to boost your post to people in your audience.

You can choose to boost your post as long as you want, but the minimum budget is $1/day. The minimum budget for a boosted post would be $1 per day, so a 50-day boost will cost at least $50.

6. Check Estimated People Reached

You will be able to see an estimate of how many people you will reach each day with your new Facebook Boosted Post.

7. Choose Your Payment and Ad Account

You can choose to use the Ad Account for your Facebook Page and choose your payment method. You will also be able to track conversions using your installed Facebook Pixel.

8. Preview Your Boosted Post

You can see how your boosted post will look in different ad placements such as the Facebook Desktop Newsfeed, Facebook Mobile Newsfeed, Instagram Stories, Messenger Inbox, and the Instagram Feed.

9. Click on 'Boost' to Boost Your Post

Last but not least, you can click on the Boost button to launch your post and send it out to reach more people. You can monitor your stats directly from your Facebook page or through your Facebook Ads Manager.

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27 Comments
    • Sam MDC
    • November 14, 2020
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    Thanks a lot

    • عبدالرحمن القطري
    • November 6, 2020
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    What will happen to my facebook account if I didn’t pay ads payment ?

    • BBDeth Vlog
    • September 26, 2020
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    thank you so much and i love the content of your tutorials.

    • Donell R. Jones Marketing
    • September 21, 2020
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    Question. So if I’m just starting out, and I do affiliate marketing. Should I boost a post to my channel or boost a post to individual videos?

    • Urbashi Bhaduri
    • August 24, 2020
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    I have boosted a post with “send message” Button by mistake. I went and paused the ad and deleted the ad but the post still shows “send message”.how can I edit and remove that option

    • Laravel Habash
    • August 19, 2020
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    You deserve 💯 i just hit the subscribe button hope to reach 1 million 👍

    • Lester Jeffries
    • August 16, 2020
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    What is the rate of clicks vs the views? Is it how or low? What a great idea to bring them to your Youtube channel!

    • Ronny
    • August 6, 2020
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    Are you able to boost with a Profile and not a page?

    • Bravid - ប្រាវីត
    • July 4, 2020
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    I used to cancel the boost but facebook still charges me like I didn’t cancel, so do you have any solution to stop Facebook from charging my money?

    • Rachana Sk
    • June 19, 2020
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    thank you
    for sharing

    • ragervec rag
    • June 2, 2020
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    i love it but i’ve a request, can i send it via FB massenger cause it’s emergency

    • IMGhostRogue
    • May 28, 2020
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    How well does this work?

    • Brett Reuter
    • May 14, 2020
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    If you pause a boosted post, can you use the left over budget to fund a new and different post?

    • Ray Rong
    • March 1, 2020
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    This channel is absolutely amazing I am speechless I don’t know how to express my love for this channel! Thanks a lot!

      • Crazy Duck
      • January 23, 2021
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      my gawd, you people just go overboard, like the second coming of jesus, your almost hysterical over the top !!

      • Surfside PPC
      • March 12, 2020
      Reply

      Thank you for the kind words!

    • GM Anik
    • February 15, 2020
    Reply

    if i turn on detailed targeting from ad manager what will happen?will it reach more?

    • Ahmadi Gaming
    • February 9, 2020
    Reply

    thanks but how much time it takes to review?

    • Kateryna Zakhozha
    • November 4, 2019
    Reply

    Corey, what would be the main difference between boost and create an ad from the BM, apart from objective variations.

    • Someone Uploaded
    • October 1, 2019
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    Thankyou. Quick question please can you use your other post images in the carousel?

    • Jonathan
    • August 30, 2019
    Reply

    Great Video!

      • Surfside PPC
      • August 31, 2019
      Reply

      Thank you!

    • Surfside PPC
    • August 9, 2019
    Reply

    Please let me know if you have any questions about boosting Facebook posts. Thanks for watching my video!

      • Eronmhonsele Akhigbe Oko
      • March 2, 2022
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      I have a question

      • Q Pollard
      • January 28, 2020
      Reply

      Great video, I am not seeing any results from my boost. It tells me $0 spent from $15 budget I don’t understand.

      • remy deen
      • October 15, 2019
      Reply

      Why cant target mobile or desktop user?

      • Saraniya Krishanthan
      • September 28, 2019
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      Im getting notification your boosted post isn’t running because it as too much text. what is the solution to run the ad?

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