Four Reasons Why Brands Should Unlike Facebook's Video Ads
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About a year ago, most users began to see something new in their Facebook news feed. Sandwiched between birth announcements and attention-seeking status updates were video clips. A lot of video clips, in fact. By September 2014, after the “Ice Bucket Challenge,” Facebook was bragging that it served a billon views per day.
There’s a reason why Facebook’s videos took off: Unlike YouTube links, the vast majority of the videos were autoplay by default, of higher quality, and took up more space on the page. The advertising implications were obvious. Or were they?
Video ads deliver greater awareness and usually command higher CPMs than banners, which explains Facebook’s interest in them. For advertisers, though, the case is less compelling. Despite Facebook’s massive reach, if you’re looking for deeper awareness and engagement, your video ad will probably perform a lot better if presented outside of Facebook — particularly on contextually relevant sites — for the following reasons:
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