Facebook Ads (now known as Meta Ads) help you advertise on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp - entire Meta Ecosystem.

🔗 https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/ads

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Do you own a Business?

YOU need to learn the basics of Facebook Ads & run Ads yourself before hiring anyone else.

That’s it.

No shortcut.

Anyone telling you otherwise is just misguiding you.

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DIY Facebook Ads for eCommerce and Fire Your Ad Manager in 2024

🛑  If they are giving you advice like this 👆🏼 or worse: if they are doing these in your Facebook ad account 🤯

🛑 Fire your Meta Ad Manager If they are giving you advice like this 👆🏼 or worse: if they are doing these in your Facebook ad account 🤯

I am tired of seeing small business owners waste time and money on Facebook Ads when they are starting due to the wrong information and guidance.

That is why I recommend every business owner understand the basics, even if they decide to delegate.

It’s not that complicated.

Let’s get started.

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Meta Ads for Beginners

What are Meta ads?

🔗 https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/ads

How Ads Work (The Ad Auction Explained)

🔗 https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/ads/ad-auction

Ad Objectives

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/ad-objectives

Setting your ad budget & Schedule

🔗 https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/ads/ad-budget-schedule

Audience Ad Targeting

🔗 https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/ads/ad-targeting

Expand Your Ad Creative Strategy

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/ad-creative

Ad Automation Tools

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/automation

Ad Review, Policy & Support

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/review-policy-guidelines

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/m/small-business/ad-policy-guidance

Meta_Advertising_Standards.pdf

Ad Metrics & Performance

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/measurement

What is your ULTIMATE BUSINESS OBJECTIVE?

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CONVERSION (Sales/Leads etc)?

Choose the SALES (Previously called ‘Conversion’) CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE.

DTC/eCommerce/Shopify? For sure.

Just make sure your PIXEL & CAPI are set up properly before that.

Easy-to-follow guides:

More Sales Campaign Best Practices:

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/m/conversion-best-practices

For most eCommerce brands, starting Facebook Ads with low-budget

Start Simple:

More about Ad Set Structure:

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/ad-set-structure

How much should you set for the budget?

Start with whatever you can afford, but know the limitations of a low budget.

Ideally, you should set at least a daily budget that allows you to get at least **50 conversions in 7 days**, helping the ad set to exit the Learning Phase.

Don’t have that much budget? Start with a Sales Campaign with Conversion events like ‘Add to Cart’ or ‘View Content’.

It's still better than Traffic or Engagement campaigns.

More on Optimising Budget:

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/m/optimize-budget

Source: Yoni Levi’s X Post

Source: Yoni Levi’s X Post

More on the Learning Phase:

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/business/m/one-sheeters/guide-to-the-learning-phase

I have a detailed tutorial on YouTube on Objectives and Conversion events.

https://youtu.be/O3R5KMr8PPQ

What should the targeting be?