Social Media Marketing

Organic and paid advertising on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn are my specialty with experience in all aspects from content strategy and planning to executing and reporting. Experience includes developing platform-specific content strategies and optimizing Meta Ads & LinkedIn Ads for reach, conversion, and leads/sales that drive both online and in-store engagement. The purpose of the information below is to define my social media marketing experience, understand the approach and strategy I use when using these tools, and prove their effectiveness with brief success stories.

Facebook works as a flexible tool for full-funnel growth through a mix of conversational organic content and precision-engineered paid campaigns. The best Facebook campaigns are revisited often and adjusted accordingly, testing multiple methods until desired results are achieved.

Organic content strategy prioritizes a “quality over quantity” approach, leveraging ‘Page Insights’ data within the Meta platform (including metrics like engagement, follower count, age, gender, etc.). Story-telling is a main pillar of Facebook content, driving engagement and ultimately creating a community around shared interests. Paid advertising works best when ads are fully optimized with assets (appealing creative design, copy, call to actions, etc.) and targeting options (audience demographics and location). Various KPIs are used to track these results (CPC, CPA, CTR, etc.) and should be compared over time periods.

Most importantly, through proper pixel and conversion API installation, Meta advertising allows us to track key customer actions like ‘add to cart’ and retarget our ads to those customers using ‘Custom’ and ‘Lookalike’ audiences. This creates a big opportunity to tailor campaigns to each stage of your customer journey, pushing full funnel growth for your business all through one platform.

Instagram and Facebook share the same Meta ecosystem, so many foundational strategies overlap — from full-funnel planning to pixel and conversion API tracking and data-driven optimization. However, Instagram’s audience background, behavior, and content expectations are different, and that shapes how campaigns perform on the platform.

Instead of long captions or conversational posts, success comes from bold creative, quick hooks, and high-impact visuals that capture attention in seconds. Short form video continues to rise in popularity. Organic strategy prioritizes aesthetics, brand consistency, and using ‘Audience Insights’ metrics to refine what resonates.

Paid campaigns on Instagram still follow core Meta best practices — optimized creative, strong CTAs, and audience targeting — but the tactics shift. Ads are designed for rapid consumption, using short-form videos, reels, product close-ups, and feed-friendly graphics tailored to younger, trend-driven audiences.

With proper pixel and conversion API setup, Instagram unlocks the same powerful features as Facebook: tracking actions like ‘add to cart’ and retargeting audiences with Custom and Lookalike audiences. The difference lies in how users engage with the content — faster, more visual, and more discovery-driven — creating unique opportunities to guide customers through every stage of the funnel using high-impact creative.

Facebook and LinkedIn share core marketing principles—data driven optimization, targeted audiences, and full-funnel execution—but LinkedIn stands apart for reaching a professional, high intent, and B2B focused demographic. People come to LinkedIn primarily to learn, gain insights, and connect with industry peers, rather than seek entertainment.

LinkedIn’s advantage lies in elevating thought leadership. Organic strategy focuses on expert insights, trend analysis, case studies, and education that positions a brand as an industry authority. Content should still be engaging, but the goal is to inform, guide, and build trust rather than entertain. LinkedIn also supports community-building, similar to Facebook, but the tone and purpose shift. Thought leadership, educational posts, case studies, and practical insights help create a professional community centered around shared interests and expertise.

Paid campaigns operate with familiar KPIs (CPC, CTR, CPA), but the tactics differ. LinkedIn’s targeting is based on job function, industry, seniority, and company size, allowing brands to more precisely reach decision-makers. With the LinkedIn Insight Tag installed on the website, conversions and web page events can be tracked for furthering analysis of campaign results and collected for retargeting those website visitors in the future.