Google Search Ads. Facebook Ads. YouTube Ads. Smart TV/Cable Ads (OTT). Banner Ads. Geofencing. ChatGPT Ads.
Each gives your cemetery another place to spend. That doesn’t mean every one deserves part of your budget.
Someone typing “cemetery property near me” into Google is behaving differently from someone seeing a Facebook preneed ad while scrolling. Use the same approach for both, and a campaign can look active without telling you whether families called or reached out.
Clicks rise. Impressions rise. Calls or inquiries don’t. A general homepage can also make families search again for the information that the ad promised.
You look at the report and ask, “What did this actually produce?”
Then the team considers another platform. The budget spreads across more channels, but the team still doesn’t know where the next dollar should go.