By Neil Patel

You’ve probably all done it: launched an ad campaign only to find it didn’t quite hit the spot. Perhaps you didn’t quite reach the audience you wanted to, and the ads didn’t convert the way you hoped.

It’s a waste of time and money, isn’t it? So wouldn’t it be good if there was a simple tool that could help you forecast your ad campaigns before putting them out there?

Well, there is.

It’s called the Twitter Campaign Planner, and it could make all the difference to your success if you want to grow your business with Twitter.

How does the Twitter campaign planner work? Read on, because I will talk you through it and explain what it could do for your marketing plans.

What Is Twitter Campaign Planner?

Twitter’s campaign planner lets you forecast your advertising results before going live with your ads by using a set of estimation tools.

You can use Twitter’s campaign planner to estimate:

• Forecast reach
• Impressions
• Average frequency
• CPM

It also takes into consideration your:

• Audience
• Campaign duration
• Frequency setting
• Ad placement
• Budget for auction-based campaigns

It’s not open to everyone, though.

Currently, Twitter is only offering it to managed partners (official companies that Twitter partners with), and it’s available only in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. However, it does have expansion plans.

With this said, although the campaign planner isn’t widely available yet, by finding out more about it now, you can understand other users’ experiences and the potential this could have for testing your own ads.

How Does Twitter’s Campaign Planner Work?

As I’ve mentioned, the new feature could be a game changer for advertisers who want to test campaigns before launching live.

As Jon Morgenstern, Senior Vice President and Head of Investment, VaynerMedia, who has trialed the planner, said:

‘With Campaign Planner, our teams are better able to forecast campaign performance outcomes prior to going live, helping ensure our Twitter activations are set up for measurable success out of the gate…’

Want to test it out for yourself?

To try it, you can find the Twitter campaign planner under your Twitter account.

Here, you enter the details of your campaign, such as:

• Objective(optimizing your campaign’s reach)
• Your start and finish dates
• Frequency cap (How many impressions/days)
• Placements (search results or Twitter profile)

You then get a forecast predicting:

• Reach
• Target audience
• CPM (cost per mille, or cost per thousand impressions)
• Average frequency
• Impressions (how often advertisements get served on a page)

As pictured below, you can also set up a draft campaign.

Is Twitter Campaign Planner a Good Fit for Your Business?

It depends on several factors, including the stage of your business. However, you should also consider that the results are merely estimates, and you won’t necessarily see the predicted results.

That aside, here are a few scenarios that might make this new tool a good fit for you:

• If you’re a new company with a limited budget, you may want to use the Twitter campaign planner before …read more

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  Author: Aaron