Why you DON'T Want to Boost Instagram Posts (or Facebook)

Boosting posts on Instagram or Facebook is not a good idea to grow your business.

In fact, it could potentially harm your account. Here's exactly how and why as well as what I would recommend doing instead.

Spending money on Instagram Ads is a great idea, but there is very strategic way to go about it if you're looking to produce a profitable ROI.

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DEREK VIDELL, Founder of Social Bamboo

[Zfaith_fitness_detox]

Wow, you are the first person to say this. I am so tired of wasting my money! Thank you

[hotfootrabbit]

I'm not looking to sell a product or service though. Just wanna drive traffic and build an audience with people who naturally engage with content.

[ipb]

Could I use boost post to drive traffic to a business page at least?
Or is it worth it more to just spend money on Ads?

[nesrinbachir]

Hi Derek Ads Manager App no longer supports AD Creation what are the other Meta Tools I can use ? Are you still offering complimentary AD consultation ?

[TraceyBurks]

I would love to book a complimentary Consult...the link above is no longer active. Do you have another?

[nom]

Hey man, great video. Question: you said if you boost posts you basically get people with no disposable income/link clickers. But if you do an ads manager campaign with a low budget, will this be the same case? Or does ads manager recognized a campaign as more legit and therefore shows it to active online shoppers? I guess an example would be if you boosted a post for $5/day for 6 days vs doing an ads manager campaign for $5/day for 6 days (both with conversion goal). Any insights would be appreciated!! Keep up the great content.

[ottomanbeatsofficial]

how can i run facebook ads on a existing instagram reels for video views and followers instead of having that existing post run as a seperate ad instead of working on the video on my feed?

[calebadeleye]

I have a website forum that I want to advertise on Facebook what should my target be? I just don't want people who will just give me likes, also i don't have a product to sell so i am not interested in getting messages

[mastershan]

I have an artwork instagram with 3 followers i want to eventually sell t-shirts but right now it seems like a boost or two will at least get some engagement and followers so i don't like a ghost account. Is that a bad strategy? Couldn't it help my organic growth if i have more likes and comments and followers? Can't the people with no income still help me in that way?

[MOTIONKIDD]

What should I do I want to build a following and get lots of views and followers and eventually make a big community for all of my following to connect and talk not really trying to sell anything but I want to go viral enough to build a big following

[mazrumercury]

Question....if i just want view on my post...is it worth it??no business related i just want more view

[lizmoralesphotographer]

Thank you for this video, are you still available to book a call meeting? Willing to compensate for your time.. thank you

[dandiaconu]

I just boosted my account, 1 post after a week, with 30 dollars - 6 days of 5 dollars.

The post did well. 13k reaches, but I feel now I don't get traffic to my reels. Some get like 20 likes in the first 10 minutes but then suddenly no more likes or barely views increase. Could it be related to me boosting that post previously ?

Shall I redo my account ?

[shonaphillips]

I have a brick and mortar. I’m just trying to get exposure and people into my store

[efullilove-thigpen]

Everyone doesn't have Facebook...😏