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Boosting Conversion Rates With Paid Advertising
Boosting Conversion Rates With Paid Advertising

Maximizing Completed Applications from Paid Facebook Traffic

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Written by Kevin Valencia
Updated over 2 months ago

Driving traffic to your job applications through paid Facebook campaigns is an effective strategy for reaching a wide audience and attracting potential candidates. However, converting those leads into completed applications requires a thoughtful approach. In this guide, we'll explore proven techniques to optimize your conversion rates and ensure that your investment in Facebook paid traffic with Talkpush translates into qualified candidates and successful hires.

Craft Compelling and Clear Job Descriptions

To increase the chances of converting leads into completed applications, it's crucial to create captivating job descriptions. Tailor your job posts to resonate with your target audience, highlighting the unique aspects of the role and your company culture. Clearly communicate the job requirements, responsibilities, and benefits to set the right expectations and attract qualified applicants.

Simplify the Application Process

A lengthy and complicated application process can discourage potential candidates from completing their applications. Streamline the process by minimizing the number of steps and form fields required. Focus on gathering essential information at the initial stage, ensuring a smooth and frictionless experience for applicants. Consider implementing social media login options or auto-populating fields wherever possible to further simplify the process.

Journey Optimization

When driving paid Facebook traffic to your job applications, ensure that your landing pages and chatbots are optimized for user experience and mobile devices. Use concise and persuasive headlines, compelling imagery, and clear calls-to-action (CTAs) that make your brand look serious and trustworthy. A clean and intuitive design will keep potential candidates engaged and increase the likelihood of conversions

Leverage Re Engagement Campaigns

Not all leads will convert into completed applications on their first visit. Implementing retargeting campaigns enables you to re-engage with those who showed initial interest but didn't finish the application process, this can be quickly done with Autoflow. You can target candidates who have dropped out at any stage of the pre screening process and send them scheduled reminders to go back and complete it.

Implement A/B Testing

Experimentation is key to improving conversion rates. Conduct A/B tests to compare different elements of your ad campaigns, landing pages, or application forms. Test variations in headlines, images, CTAs, form layouts, or even the ad copy itself. Analyze the results and optimize your campaigns based on the data-driven insights obtained. Continuous testing and iteration will help you identify the most effective strategies for maximizing conversion rates.

For example: In the LATAM region, one of the most successful strategies is boosting conversion by sending the traffic to WhatsApp as it’s the preferred messaging application, while in the Asia region, sending traffic to Messenger helped increase the conversion rates. These and multiple other strategies are tested to make sure you get the most conversions out of this service.

Use Social Proof

People often rely on the experiences and opinions of others when making decisions. Leverage social proof by showcasing testimonials or positive feedback from current or past employees. Highlight any awards, recognition, or accolades your company has received. This can instill trust and confidence in potential candidates, increasing the likelihood of them completing their applications.

Personalize Follow-up Communication

Once a lead has initiated the application process, personalized follow-up communication can significantly impact conversion rates. Send automated emails or SMS messages using Autoflow that acknowledge their interest, provide further details about the role, and offer assistance if needed. Tokens can help you create tailor-made messages for all your candidates while maintaining open lines of communication and addressing any concerns they may have.

Ad Buying Service

Talkpush offers an Ad Buying Service that will assist you in purchasing and managing your advertising campaigns across various media channels. We provide expertise, tools, and resources to optimize ad placements, reach target audiences, and achieve advertising objectives.

Some of the advantages included in the Ad Buying Service include but are not limited to:

  • A weekly journal with learnings: To keep track of the learning discovered in your campaign in order to keep improving.

  • Experiment tracker: We analyze the A/B testing to make sure you have the top insights.

  • Creative design provider: With this Add On we’ll take care of generating new creatives for all your campaigns.


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