Hootsuite Advanced Social Advertising Certification Answers
Hootsuite Advanced Social Advertising Certification Answers
Showcase your ability to create winning social ad campaigns with the Hootsuite Social Advertising Certification.
The exam contains 48 or 50 questions
You need to score at least 72% or 75% to pass
You have 60 minutes to complete the exam
Questions:
- Pixels and Google Tag Manager
- Amazon Web Service tracking
- Facebook Ads Manager
- none of the options in this list
- UTM Parameters
- challenges they face in their day-to-day lives
- all of the options in this list
- none of the options in this list
- authors and books they enjoy
- similar brands they could be interested in
- Groupon, Disney World, McDonalds
- Saks Fifth Avenue, The Beatles, Adidas
- Oprah, Game of Thrones, Apple
- Hilton Hotels, Universal Studios, Rolex
- the lifetime value of a customer to your organization
- your annual profit margin divided by number of customers
- your conversion rate
- the cost of acquiring a new customer, minus costs
- post a poll on your organization’s social networks to find out your followers ages and ethnicities
- set up meetings with similar brands to exchange persona notes and learn from each other
- DM followers of your organization’s social accounts a questionnaire regarding their pain points
- brainstorm interests customers might have that intersect with the problem your product or service solves
- post customer persona documents on social channels and crowdsource feedback on interests, pain points, and buying signals that could be missing
Choosing the Impressions bid type is best for video ads where you:
- want to achieve the highest number of likes and comments possible
- absolutely require video views
- are aiming for the longest possible watch time metrics
- don’t necessarily need people to watch the video
When writing copy for a social media advertisement, the headline’s job is to: (pick two)
- be the first, attention-grabbing words your audience sees.
- indicate the one action you want your audience to take.
- provide a detailed description of the product or service you’re advertising.
- draw people into your advertisement.
- 27
- 36
- 6
- 9
The primary benefit of producing original visual assets for your social ads is that:
- creating visual assets in house is often faster than searching through pre-made content
- doing so gives you maximum creative control
- doing so is far less expensive than other options, thus boosting ROI
- you can optimize your assets for specific platforms and ad types
- stock photos are penalized during the bidding auction phase
- stock photos won’t work
- monochromatic images can’t work
- red means “anger” and green means “buy”
- one image is enough
- the colour orange causes a “hate” reaction
- Indirect Copy
- Aggressive Copy
- Multivariate Copy
- all of the options in this list
- Passive-Aggressive Copy
- Direct Copy
- sees your ad
- clicks on the CTA
- watches your video for at least 10 seconds
- likes or comments on your ad
- is impressed by your ad
- Targeted
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Average
- Managed
- Interest Analytics Score
- Estimated Action Rates
- Relevance Score
- Audience Feedback Score
- Effective Targeting Rate
- a secret method; anonymous survey
- a proprietary algorithm; predicting ad performance
- the most effective method; tracking ad engagement
- an industry standard; measuring total number of conversions
- Minimum
- Average
- Managed
- Maximum
- Targeted
- budgeted, improved, and filed
- reviewed, gathered, and maintained
- reviewed, improved, and organized
- surveyed, analyzed, and shelved
- printed, organized, and filed
- To get raw campaign data in a spreadsheet format.
- To receive a personalized report with insights into where your campaign could be improved.
- To see a side-by-side comparison of how your ad performed relative to others ads with the same budget.
- To determine whether your account is eligible to run future ads.
- To obtain the anonymous negative feedback gathered on your ad from users who reported it.
- To gain insight into Facebook’s Relevance and Feedback scores for your campaign.
- customer personas
- ad copy
- lowest CPC
- CTA
- campaign goals
- creative brief
- campaign budget
- none of the options in this list
- the cost to gain a given percentage of market share for a product or service
- the estimated amount your organization spends on acquiring customers each year
- target earnings from the product or service divided by marketing costs
- the amount that’s reasonable to spend to gain a new customer
- 10
- 3
- 2
- 14
- 6
- be close to the city centre and highway access
- feel at home the moment they enter their room
- earn points for a loyalty program
- feel reassured that they are getting the best value possible
- to get the best bang for their buck
- multiple images in a collage format
- less than 40% text within the image
- stock photography images
- the same colour blue as the Facebook logo
- more than 20% text within the image
- the copy for your ad; your Ads Manager credentials for uploading the assets
- your target audience; a competitor's ad for them to copy
- the copy for your ad; an outline of your target audience
- your color palette; a specific sketch of what the ad needs to look like
- your ad’s daily budget; the chosen color palette
- Facebook Collection Manager and Instagram Photo Tracker
- none of the options in this list
- UTM Parameters
- Pixels and Google Tag Manager
- Google Capture and Facebook Tracking
- Facebook Ads Manager
Ad elements that you should create testable variations of include:
- audience and call to action buttons
- headline and body text
- all of the options in this list
- graphics and photography
The difference between Split Testing and A/B Testing is that Split Testing:
- involves more than two versions
- splits your budget between two objectives
- is simpler to carry out
- prioritizes induction over deduction
- is necessarily more budget intensive
The main benefit to using multiple ad versions for a social media campaign is that:
- it gives you the chance to continually refresh brand optics
- your audience’s reactions help find the best converting elements
- it lets you focus on many different objectives within one campaign
- mixing up ad versions keeps your audience engaged
- all of the options in this list
- Intelligent Bidding
- Manual Bidding
- Competitive Bidding
- Automatic Bidding
- Intuitive Bidding
- lifetime
- weekly
- none of the options in this list
- fund management
- automatic
- manual
- Manual Bidding
- Fund Management
- Power Editor
- Campaign Budgeting
- Daily Budgeting
- optimized cost per mil
- none of the options in this list
- lead click
- cost per mil
- cost per click
- cost per view
- demographics
- interests
- audiences
- all of the options in this list
- regions
- placements
- segmenting an audience
- dividing and conquering
- audience cleaving
- campaign optimization
- audience analysis
- Increasing targeting of expensive, highly sought after audiences.
- Mimicking the targeting practices of established brands.
- Removing the most expensive audiences to reach.
- Completely redesigning your ad targeting strategy.
- Reducing your bid amount manually during the next campaign.
- dark; engage your audience by making them look carefully
- muted; engage your audience by making them look carefully
- muted; match the palette of the network you’re advertising on
- bright; match the palette of the network you’re advertising on
- bright; contrast with the palette of the network you’re advertising on
- impression
- top of funnel metric
- middle funnel metric
- link click
- conversion
- help the platform’s algorithm determine an accurate optimized cost per click
- act as a destination to strategically work toward during the course of your campaign
- help the platforms better optimize the deployment of your budget
- are a required field when setting up a new campaign using Facebook Ads Manager
Which of the following are the two main benefits of using Lookalike Audiences? (pick two)
- Uses top performing audiences from similar competitors’ campaigns.
- Optimizes your ad campaign for different languages and regions.
- Ability to reach new people beyond your fan base.
- Enables automatic bidding success based on past performance.
- Shows your ad to people who are more likely to engage.
- Custom Audiences
- Target Audiences
- Customer Personas
- Audience Collections
- Customer Lists
- targeting options vary considerably by network
- each network has a different purpose
- people have different motivations for using each network
- all of the options in this list
- Snapchat
- Feature Phones
- Mobile Devices
- Laptop Computers
- Desktop Computers
- none of the options in this list
Which of the following best describes how to optimize a campaign for high ROI once it is launched?
- Daily budget and call to action adjustments.
- Continual analysis and iteration.
- Careful maintenance and campaign unification.
- Campaign support using organic posts.
One method for improving the ROI of your ad campaign is to:
- all of these options
- none of the options in this list
- pause poorly performing ads
- redistribute ad budget to better performing variations
- identify and remove the highest-priced demographics
- campaign types
- pixel data
- bid amounts
- feedback score
- ad placements
When creating live action video content for a social advertisement, it’s a good idea to:
- shoot from different angles and cut together the footage to keep things dynamic
- shoot the video using a smartphone, so that the end result looks realistic and approachable
- use only one impactful close up shot to get the message across clearly
- use tons of different props and backgrounds so the audience never gets bored
- avoid scripts since these result in stilted performances
- Bulk Upload
- Adsheet Upload
- Automatic Bidding
- Facebook Spreadsheet
- Automated Optimization
- Excel Integration
- supports you with periodic emails containing suggestions for edits you can make during the first week of your campaign
- supports you through a series of steps that advertisers most commonly perform when setting up a campaign
- provides an AI bot to advise you in each stage of campaign set up and answer your questions
- applies pre-set campaign options that are aligned to industry best practices
- Instagram; LinkedIn
- Facebook; Instagram
- Facebook; LinkedIn
- Facebook; Twitter
- Twitter; Instagram
Remarketing and Lookalike audiences both rely on using data gathered to:
- guide an email campaign in Marketo
- exclude market segments
- send targeted DMs to key prospects
- none of the options in this list
- target an engaged audience
- website cookies
- UTM parameters
- none of the options in this list
- proprietary data
- Ads Manager
- Brand
- Performance
- Middle of Funnel (MOFU)
- Vanity
- Sales
- Revenue
- Intuitive
- Algorithmic
- Intelligent
- Automatic
- Competitive
- Manual
- Multivariate Copy
- Aggressive Copy
- Indirect Copy
- Passive-Aggressive Copy
- Direct Copy
- all of the options in this list
- elevated bounce rate
- ad fatigue
- conversion burnout
- audience saturation
- an irrelevancy score
- Custom Interests Audience
- Mirror Audience
- Lookalike Audience
- Remarketing Audience
- Targeted Audience
- hits the play button on your video
- likes or comments on your ad
- sees your ad
- watches your video for at least 10 seconds
- clicks on the CTA
- Snapchat
- experience a sense of community or belonging
- feel at home during their stay
- be greeted by warm, welcoming staff
- immediately relax upon entering the room
- get the best bang for your buck
- none of the options in this list
- collapsable mindmap
- separate Ads Manager Account
- naming convention
- folder system
A best practice for getting fair and unbiased results from your ad tests is to run ad variations:
- at the same time of day and with a variety of budgets
- on a weekly rotation and with the same budget
- at opposite times of day and with a variety of budgets
- at the same time and with the same budget
A/B testing is a great way to get fast feedback on your social ads, but the downside is that:
- all of the options in this list
- none of these options – there is no downside to regular A/B Testing
- it can disrupt brand voice if overused
- drastically different ads may confuse your customers
- it’s hard to pinpoint which elements are succeeding
- 3 - 5 business days
- 2 weeks
- 24 - 48 hours
- 5 - 10 hours
- until the campaign has ended
- all of the options in this list
- It provides you with another opportunity to win a bidding auction.
- It allows you to change up the budget and targeting data.
- It enables you to better organize your campaign data.
- It ensures future tests are on an even playing field.
Choosing the Video Views bid type is best for video ads where you:
- need to optimize your video for sound on viewing
- need your audience to carefully read the body text
- want to achieve the highest number of likes and comments possible
- have important information contained within the video
- Bid Amount
- Relevance Score
- CTA Cost
- Maximum Budget
- Manual Bidding
- Target Bid
- Competitor Metrics
- Relevance Score
- Competitor Metrics
- Text to Image Ratio
- Number of Followers
- Maximum Budget
- conversion rate for email campaigns divided by 4
- average campaign conversion rate of your competitors, of similar size
- number of email subscribers you have divided by your annual profit
- percentage of customers who have purchased your product in the past quarter
- standard benchmarking tool for your industry
- percentage of customers who have converted in past campaigns with a similar call to action
When writing copy for a social media advertisement, the CTA should:
- none of the options in this list
- provide a detailed description of the product or service you’re advertising
- all of the options in this list
- be the first, attention-grabbing words your audience sees
- be less than 140 characters for maximum impact
- indicate the one action you want your audience to take
Which of the following is a reason why you should share your campaign insights with colleagues?
- In general, it’s a best practice to provide colleagues with visibility to campaign results.
- It can help support future cases for budget increases for social ads.
- It can help inform tactics for other types of campaigns, like email or web.
- all of the options in this list
- They could provide you with unique, additional insights into your campaigns.
- It will allow your creative team and copywriters to constructively discuss results.
- or; and
- if; then
- with or; without you
- and; or
- without; with
- with; without
The best data source for creating a remarketing audience is:
- customer data from your company's CRM
- newsletter sign up lists
- platform data such as users who like and engage with your posts
- website pixels
- all of the options in this list
- none of the options in this list
Which of the following are types of testing that can be done with ad copy variations? (pick two)
- Long vs Short
- Pyramid vs Remarketing
- Passive vs Active Voice
- Melancholic vs Ecstatic
- Direct vs Indirect
- the first 24 hours post-launch versus the last consecutive 24 hour period
- results from individual days as well as the whole campaign to date
- the results from the campaign’s whole performance to date
- hourly campaign results which provide a granular view of success
- none of the options in this list
- keep your ad spend within a specific range
- manually choose which competitors you will bid against
- outbid competitors on an important audience
- none of the options in this list
- manually select each person who is served your ad
- time of year
- all of the options in this list
- audience choice
- global trends
- competing campaigns
- current events
- video views
- likes and comments
- impressions
- website visits
- video watch time
- instant paste feature to replace all the links in your chosen ad list directly
- filtered lists to find the running ads and copy/paste the new UTM links
- rules option to create conditions that target your ads, and adjust the links automatically
- bulk edit feature to replace the UTM links in an Excel file, then upload
- newsletter sign ups
- demo requests
- whitepaper downloads
- salesforce leads
- contest entries
- all of the options in this list
- 16
- 8
- 4
- 2
- use manual bidding
- use branching logic
- implement Boolean logic
- exclude audiences
- use automatic bidding
- target friends of employees
- Desktop Computers
- none of the options in this list
- Laptop Computers
- Feature Phones
- Mobile Devices
- remarketing audiences
- your campaign strategy
- pixel data
- a social media audit
- customer personas
- industry benchmarks
- mobile devices; iPhones can store credit card details for fast access
- desktop computers; they’re more comfortable entering credit card details there
- desktop computers; research has shown that middle aged customers generally don't have mobile data plans
- none of the options in this list
- mobile devices; middle aged customers tend to not use desktop computers during the week
- Petition your product department to add more compelling features.
- Switch to automatic bidding from manual bidding.
- Redesign visual assets and copy.
- Re-examine your campaign goals.
- Further refine your audience to find a better fit.
- type of ad format used and your target audience
- length of your ad and your maximum budget
- none of the options in this list
- quality of your ad and your target audience
- success of your previous campaigns and your maximum budget
Choose only ONE best answer.
- Fund Management
- Daily Budgeting
- Weekly Budgeting
- Campaign Budgeting
- Lifetime Budgeting
- automatically using the data from your last ad campaign
- bypassing all the step-by-step instructions to enter only essential ad and audience data
- using generic pre-set options that have resulted in the highest number of conversions
- using an algorithm to look at your content and determine the best settings for your campaign
- none of the options in this list
- Performance
- Brand
- Engagement
- Call to Action
- Multi-pronged
- Ads Manager
- branching logic
- Boolean logic
- none of the options in this list
- if/then commands
- pixel data
- use the most popular stock photography available
- work with your ad copy
- feature bright colours like neon blue
- use colours that match the platform on which you’re advertising
- show happy customers with engaging smiles
- Certain industries mandate that this data is retained for auditing purposes.
- To share with your industry’s official benchmarking service.
- It provides important insights into ad performance which can be built on in the future.
- Finance departments require the data for year end accounting.
- This data can be imported into other ads platforms for future campaigns.
A great strategy for writing copy for performance campaigns is to showcase social proof by:
- none of the options in this list
- listing a physical address and telephone number to demonstrate legitimacy
- using direct copy written by your top sales employee
- using impressive facts like the number of people who have purchased your product
- listing features and how they compare to competitors' products
- with a single purpose in mind
- all of the options in this list
- none of the options in this list
- with multiple calls to action
- so that it works for future campaigns
- with numerous options and offers
A risk of using stock images for your ad’s visual assets is that:
- images might appear impersonal
- your ad could come across as insincere
- all of the options in this list
- the image you chose might have already been used by a competitor
- none of the options in this list
- keep your audience engaged and interested
- determine and validate the general direction of ad strategy
- identify the best copy for that business year
- to determine which ad gets the largest budget of the week
- The majority of videos on social media are viewed without sound.
- The visuals complement and reinforce the audio, leading to better retention.
- Video content with subtitles performs better from an SEO perspective.
- Videos with subtitles are prioritized by Facebook when it comes to bidding auctions.
- People retain knowledge better when they see it, rather than hear it.
When budgeting for a social ad campaign, you’ll need to determine a bid amount, which is the:
- minimum amount it should cost to acquire a lead
- amount a customer is worth to your organization
- minimum you want to pay per conversion
- maximum you’re comfortable paying per user action
- amount you think will outbid your competitors
- always stay below your maximum bid amount
- may cost more or less than your bid, but generally average out
- have the maximum chance of conversion from your audience
- ignore cost and focus on customer quality
- use the industry average conversion price as a guideline
On Facebook, if you choose Average cost bidding, Facebook will deliver conversions that:
- use the industry average conversion price as a guideline
- always stay below your maximum bid amount
- are midway between highest and lowest bids for a particular market segment
- may cost more or less than your bid, but generally average out
- none of the options in this list
- The credits are divided evenly among the associated campaigns.
- Only the last ad that got a click or view gets credited for a conversion.
- You have the option to choose which campaigns are credited.
- Every associated campaign that got a click or view gets credited for a conversion.
- Conversion Trackers
- Insight Tags
- Hidden Fields
- Event Specific Pixels
Facebook video ads are commonly used for which type of campaign?
- Performance campaigns
- Lead generation campaigns
- Brand awareness campaigns
- Retargeting Group Ad
- Responsive Search Ad
- Dynamic Product Ad
- Catalog Ad
It’s best practice to create several ad variations on Twitter because ______________.
- have the maximum chance of conversion from your audience
- This is not a best practice.
- it lets you identify better-performing variations, so you can prioritize your ad spend
- if you create several ad variations, targeting becomes less important
- you can let them all run indefinitely, without having to make adjustments
On Facebook, which type of ad is best used for gathering prospect information?
- Dynamic Prospect Ads
- Click-to-Messenger Ads
- Carousel Ads
- Lead Generation ads
- False
- True
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