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Lisa McCaffrey May 03, 2024 at 06:29 PM

Happy Friday! Would you still run 2-4 creative test iterations within each ad set for a cosmetic brand that is selling primarily through retail and has very little DTC?

Gurdeep Sahota May 03, 2024 at 06:56 PM

Yes! even if you dont see the return on DTC right away, you build brand awareness that helps push retail sales which should = bigger retail orders

Peter Quadrel May 03, 2024 at 07:36 PM

Yes

Lisa McCaffrey May 03, 2024 at 08:19 PM

Thank you!

Kanish Jain May 04, 2024 at 01:14 AM

yes, they are building up DTC that means they need to test?

Mark H May 06, 2024 at 09:36 AM

gurdeep while that is technically correct - whats the best way to know which ad to actually spend on? the paradox here is that since you dont know which ad actually does better from a footfall attribution standpoint - you can technically keep adding thousands of ads to test lol

Gurdeep Sahota May 06, 2024 at 03:13 PM

@Mark H personally, i'd look at traffic, engagement etc. Saves/shares has been a big one. If people are sharing or saving a certain ad set, they are using it almost as a reminder of the product. So ad sets that show a high degree of engagement with those two metrics would lead me to create variations of those ads. then over time id track if retail sales do grow and find a formula that tracks retail growth with impressions/shares/saves metrics on the platform i ran ads. it wont be a one to one ration but youll get an idea.

Mark H May 06, 2024 at 03:35 PM

thats a good point - so essentially, look at a good balance between roas metrics and engagement metrics to ensure they’re hitting both dtc/retail