The Ultimate Guide to

Creating Facebook Ads

 Facebook Advertising

This tutorial will help you learn how to create the proper ads on Facebook
that will help grow your business!

www.facebook.com/business

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 Facebook Ads Manager

business.facebook.com/adsmanager

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 Facebook Page → Facebook Ads

➢ Many students are worried about their friends seeing their ads or business Facebook Page… so first off,
Facebook Ads and your Facebook Page are separate from your personal Facebook profile!
➢ Your personal Facebook profile is just needed to create a Facebook Page and Facebook Business Manager
(which is just linked with your personal account login and not publishing to your friends---unless you invite
your friends to your page or target them via ads).
➢ That said, you do need to create your business Facebook Page first, before creating your a Facebook ad.

www.facebook.com/pages/creation

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 Facebook Ad Creation Levels (Steps)

1. CAMPAIGN level → Set your objective

CAMPAIGN

2. AD SET level → Set your audience/targeting,

budget/schedule, and placement
AD SET

3. AD level → Create you ad creative and copy

AD AD

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 Step #1 - Campaign Objective

Your Facebook ad CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE is where you select what you want
people to do when they encounter your Facebook ad. When you create
Facebooks ads, your first step is choosing your OBJECTIVE.

Think of Facebook ads as a giant set of funnels… at the top of the funnel you are
building awareness about your brand and finding new potential customers.
As you work people down your funnel, you want to direct them to take action
(i.e. make a purchase or sign up for XYZ). Using the correct CAMPAIGN
OBJECTIVE will help you convert customers at each step of the funnel.

EXAMPLE: If you want to direct people to your website, you will create a
Facebook ad campaign with a TRAFFIC OBJECTIVE.

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 Step #2 - Ad Set

Your Facebook AD SET is the step at which you select your targeting (audience, location, age,
language, gender, interests), placement, budget, schedule, and more for your Facebook campaign.

➢ Editing your Ad Set will change the Potential Reach of you ad campaign. Smaller audiences
will cost more to reach, but typically increase your ad relevancy since your ads can be laser
focused (great for Conversion objectives)! Broad audiences (1m+ reach) will be a lower cost
to target and are better for top of funnel (first touch point) ads.

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 Step #3 - Ad

Your Facebook AD is the step at which you create your actual ad, select media, format, links, call
to action, and more for your Facebook campaign.

Ad Formats: Depending on your Campaign Objective, you can select varying formats for your ad.

➢ Image - Ad Specs and Facebook Images Guide

➢ Video/Slideshow - Ad Specs and Facebook Video Guide
➢ Carousel - Ad Specs and Facebook Carousel Guide
➢ Collection - Ad Specs and Facebook Collection Guide
➢ Instant Experience - Ad Specs and Facebook Instant Experience Guide

***Bookmark the hyperlinks above for future reference to the ever updating Facebook ad specs, images sizes, etc.***

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 How to Create Facebook Ads

business.facebook.com/adsmanager

Click Create

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 Step #1 - Selecting Your Campaign Objective

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 Choosing the Right Objective

Remember when I compared selecting your Facebook Ad Objective to a funnel?

Depending on where your customer is in the buying cycle and what your ads
ultimate goal is, will help you decide which Facebook Campaign Objective to
select.

Are your building awareness? Are you looking for customers seeking further
information on your products/services? Are you converting interested people to
buy your product/service?

Let’s look at some example scenarios…

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 Choosing the Right Objective

GOAL = INCREASE AWARENESS OF YOUR BRAND

EXAMPLE AD OBJECTIVES TO TEST:

➢ Reach Objective: Show your ad to people who are near your local business.
➢ Brand Awareness Objective: Show your ad to a broad audience of relevant people to
introduce them to your brand.
➢ Engagement Objective: Boost your Facebook posts to reach as many relevant people as
possible and increase engagement.

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 Choosing the Right Objective

GOAL = FIND CUSTOMERS

EXAMPLE AD OBJECTIVES TO TEST:

➢ Traffic Objective: Increase website traffic, while growing Custom Audiences for future
retargeting ads.
➢ Lead Generation Objective: Collect info from people (email, phone, etc.) so you can sell to
them via email, phone, or retargeting Custom Audiences in future ad campaigns.
➢ Engagement Objective: Promote your event and increase attendees (potential future
customers).
➢ Messages Objective: Start conversations with potential customers.

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 Choosing the Right Objective

GOAL = INCREASE SALES

EXAMPLE AD OBJECTIVES TO TEST:

➢ Engagement Objective: Create posts with an offer, coupon, discount, etc. Increase
engagement of these Facebook page posts.
➢ App Installs Objective: Increase installs of your mobile app.
➢ Conversions Objective: Increase website conversions (sales, signups, etc.) by retargeting
warm audiences (users that have interacted with your website or ad in the past) and close
the sale. For example, promote an expiring coupon code that will create a sense of urgency
for a warm audience to make a purchase.
➢ Messages Objective: Connect with customers, answer questions, and drive them from
interest to purchase.

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 Campaign Objective:
First 3 Steps Every Time

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 #1 - Select the Campaign Objective

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 Once you select
your Campaign
Objective, click
the “Continue”
button.

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 #2 - Name the Campaign

Notice each level in the left

sidebar you can toggle
between to edit
(BLUE HIGHLIGHT = what
you are currently editing):

- Campaign
- Ad Set
- Ad

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 #2 - Name the Campaign

Name your
Campaign.

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 Name the Campaign

Name your campaign for easy identification in future report analysis.

EXAMPLE: I have created a Coursenvy.com Traffic campaign objective, targeting men ages 18-30,
living in the United States of America.

CAMPAIGN TITLE = CE-Traffic-men1830-USA

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 Confirm the
Buying Type is set
to “Auction”.

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 Confirm the
Campaign
Objective you
selected.

Scroll down.

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 #3 - Set the Campaign Budget

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 Campaign Budget Optimization

Campaign Budget Optimization distributes your budget across ads to get you more results:
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With Campaign Budget Optimization you set the overall daily or lifetime budget for the campaign
you create.

EXAMPLE: If you create multiple ADS or AD SETS within a campaign (common when split testing
variables), Campaign Budget Optimization will optimally distribute your budget to all those ad
sets.

This means Facebook automatically optimizes for the best results and distributes your campaign
budget in real time to achieve those results!

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 Until I have an ad
campaign optimized and
I am confident about
scaling up the daily
budget (because my ad
is converting well), I will
start with a small daily
budget in order to split
test many variables at
once (via multiple
campaigns, ad sets, and
ads) for just $5 per day
per campaign.

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 I see the best
results from
“Lowest cost” for
the Campaign Bid
Strategy.

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 What Should Your Budget Be?

I always advise split testing many ad campaigns (one variable per campaign) at $5-$10 daily budget
per campaign. As you begin to see winning campaigns emerge (i.e. you see a high ROMI or Return
on Marketing Investment), shut off the losing ads and continue to split test the winning variables
until you have an optimized and highly converting ad.

WINNING METRICS =

➢ Ad Relevance → Greater than 60% (i.e. Average to Above Average)

➢ Cost Per Click (CPC) → Less than $1
➢ Click Through Rate (CTR) → Greater than 2%
➢ Cost Per Lead (CPL) → Less than $10 (for most industries; this can be much higher depending
on product or services price)
➢ Lead Capture Page Conversions → Greater than 10%

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 How to Scale Your Budget?

Once I have the winning variables identified and a highly converting ad running, then and only
then will I slowly scale up the daily budget by 25% every 3-4 days or 50% once a week.

NEVER jump from a $10 daily budget to $50 in a day… Facebook will just burn through your ad
spend budget! You want to slowly turn up the ad spend on winning campaigns.

EXAMPLE:

➢ $10 week 1
➢ $15 week 2
➢ $22 week 3… and so on!

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 Help Center

Access the Help

Center menu at
anytime in your
Business
Manager, by
clicking the ?
button in the
bottom left
corner.

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 Now we can move
on to editing the
next level, the AD
SET level.

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 How to Create Each Type of
Facebook Campaign
Step by Step

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Brand Awareness
 Campaign Objective - Brand Awareness

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 Brand Awareness 101

When To Use: To increase awareness for your brand

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow

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 BEST PRACTICES: Brand Awareness
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➢ The only goal of this ad type is to increase Brand Recall Lift (number of people likely to
remember your ads within two days) and emotionally resonate with your target customer.
DO NOT TRY TO SELL… this is an AWARENESS ad only!

➢ Think of this objective as a “touch point”. A customer needs on average 7 touch points
(visually seeing your brand) before remembering and purchasing from your business. Use
this ad objective as your “introduction” or ongoing “remember me” ad.

➢ When I teach clients about Brand Awareness, I use the comparison on Coca Cola. You don’t
see “Coca Cola on sale!” ads… you see Brand Awareness ads for Coca Cola everywhere so
the next time you are thirsty, the 7 touch points (or 700 for Coca Cola) will subliminally
remind you to buy a Coke!

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 BEST PRACTICES: Brand Awareness
➢ This video is a prime example of Brand
Awareness: https://youtu.be/mDQDTPWNcQ0
➢ Subtle uses of the Under Armour products in the
video make the audience associate talent and
skill to that brand!
➢ This objective is best for promoting your
emotion provoking videos/stories connected to
your brand.
➢ If your brand doesn’t have a story or logo that
will resonate yet, the next best thing is to
promote XYZ (pillar blog post, service, trial,
newsletter, ebook, webinar, etc.) for FREE so
people can learn more about your brand.

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 Make sure you have
clicked the AD SET
level to edit your
TARGETING.

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 Name your Ad Set to
describe your exact
targeting options.

This will make

reviewing your ads
performance and
identifying the
winning variables in
your Facebook ads
reporting much
easier in the future.

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 It is on the AD
SET level that we
select our target
audience for this
campaign.

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 Keep your
targeting BROAD
with Brand
Awareness ads.
Remember, this is
our first touch
point with this
potential
customer.

We are in the
discovery phase
of identifying our
perfect target
audience.

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 Brand Awareness - Ad Set www.facebook.com/PAGEusername/insights

➢ To stay broad, I will just use my Facebook page → Insights page → People tab to see our page
demographics. So for this Brand Awareness ad I will target Men only, ages 18-34, worldwide.

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 So based on my
Facebook page
Insights, I set the
ad targeting for
this top of funnel
Brand Awareness
ad.

EXAMPLE:
Worldwide, age
18-34, Men,
language English.

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 If you want to
exclude people
who already like
your Facebook
Page, you can via
the Connections
option on the Ad
Set level.

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 Connections

➢ Another great
Connection
targeting I like to
test, is “Friends of
people who like
your Page/App”.

➢ Perfect for
Engagement > Page
Like Campaign
Objectives

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 Placement

Depending on your
Campaign Objective, you
can select what device and Unless you only want
what platform your ad will to target a certain
device or platform (i.e.
appear on, via Manual
Instagram or mobile
Placements. You will edit only) leave the
this on the AD SET level. Placements selection
as “Automatic
➢ Facebook Placements” as we
➢ Instagram see the best results
➢ Audience Network from Facebook auto
optimizing each
➢ Messenger
campaign for the best
placement.

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 Placements

Facebook calls the different places they can

show your ads "Placements".

Removing placements will reduce the number of

people your ad reaches.

Automatic Placement is recommended because

this gives Facebook more flexibility to get you
not only more results, but better results as it
self-optimizes your Placements.

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 Mobile Test Your Website

PRO TIP: Make sure your website is

responsive and mobile friendly for Facebook
ads!

➢ Open your website or Facebook ad

landing page URL in Google Chrome
browser.
➢ Right click anywhere on the page.
➢ Select Inspect in the menu.
➢ Click the Desktop/Mobile view toggle
button.
➢ Scroll and review your website to
ensure it looks good on mobile.

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 Leave the
Optimization &
Delivery section
as the default.

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 On the Ad level,
name your Ad to
describe your exact
ad identity, media,
call to action, text
and links.

Again, this will make

reviewing your ads
performance and
identifying the
winning variables in
your Facebook ads
reporting much
easier in the future.

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 Select the
Facebook Page
and Instagram
Account to
appear as this ads
Identity.

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 I get the best
return from video
ads. Remember
the “Under
Armour” example.
Make sure to follow the
If you don’t have a Media best practices for
video, start with sizing and file types when
an image ad. uploading your videos or
images.
Select “Single
Image or Video” https://www.coursenvy.com/
under the Format social-media-image-sizes
section of the Ad.

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 Then you can
toggle between ad
Placements to see
how your ad looks
in every view
(Facebook
newsfeed, Stories,
Instagram, etc.)

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 The goal with Brand Awareness
is to cast a LARGE net and begin
building your Custom Audiences
with people who resonate with
your ad (i.e. a WARM audience).

For example, an audience of

users who click your website
URL call to action button. So
make sure to add a website URL
and to turn on your Facebook
Pixel so you can build your
Custom Audiences for future
retargeting ads.

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 PRO TIP:
A great variable
to split test on
any type of
campaign is the
Call to Action
button text.

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Reach
 Campaign Objective - Reach

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 Reach 101

When To Use: To show your ad to the maximum number of people in your audience

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow

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 Reach Objective Examples

Use Reach campaigns to promote your business to a highly targeted group that you want to
ensure all see your ad.

EXAMPLE:

➢ Targeting everyone driving distance from your store.

➢ Targeting a warm custom audience list of past customers that you want to reach ENTIRELY
with an ad.

➢ Retargeting people who have abandoned their carts on your website.

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 On the AD SET
level, select your
Facebook page to
link with your
Reach campaign.

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 Reach ads are perfect for
REACHING everyone near your
store!

EXAMPLE:
For my dentist clients, I will Then I will select my local
select “People who live in this businesses target address or city
location” so I don’t target any with a radius of how far you know
users just visiting this city. your customers will commute to
you.
PRO TIP:
“Locations” is a great area to split EXAMPLE:
test to see if travelers versus This client has multiple dog
people living in your city engage daycares in Huntington Beach, CA
with your offering differently. so I will do a 10 mile radius for the
entire city.

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 Then I will select
my audience
targeting. I want
to reach
everyone with
the Interest of
“Dogs” for this
Reach ad.

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 What is unique about the Reach
campaign is the ability to set a
Frequency Cap. This keeps people
from seeing your ad too often. Just
enter the minimum number of days
that should pass before someone
sees your ad again. Facebook is
allowing you to spread your ad
spend over a larger number of
people, without making customers
angry about seeing your ad too
much!

Being able to set your Frequency

Cap, makes Reach objective
campaigns perfect for reaching your
entire Custom Audience X times per
days or reaching your entire local
market X times per days.
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 Make sure to split test a Single
Image vs a Video ad in all your
campaigns (just duplicate the ad,
then edit the single variable: 1st
ad = image, 2nd ad = video).

I am always surprised by what

resonates and what doesn’t
from campaign to campaign.

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 Again, when
relevant, use a
Website URL to
drive people to a
website where
you can collect
that Custom
Audience with
your Facebook
Pixel for future
retargeting ads.

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Traffic
 Campaign Objective - Traffic

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 Traffic 101

When To Use: To send people to your website or increase engagement with your app.

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow, Collection

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 BEST PRACTICES: Traffic

The main way I put the Traffic objective ads to use for my clients, is by GROWING their varying
Custom Audiences! By driving traffic to your website that has a Facebook Pixel installed on it and
a having a Facebook Custom Audience created to capture that traffic, you can not only retarget
these warm Custom Audiences in the future but also create Lookalike Audiences of them as well
for future split test ads.

Traffic = Website Clicks!

EXAMPLE:

➢ If you’re trying to get people to your eCommerce store and browse your products, use a
Traffic campaign to direct people right to your website.

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 BEST PRACTICES: Traffic

The Traffic objective is a great area to fine tune your perfect audience.

What target audience is engaging most with your content (test interests, gender, age, location,
everything)? What ads are getting the highest relevance scores? What ad variables are driving the
lowest cost per action?

My goal is to split test variables to find the perfect audience and the most relevant ads!

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 First select
where you want
to drive this
traffic. We see
the best results
from using
Website traffic
ads.

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 Detailed targeting
is a great area to
split test
variables.

EXAMPLE:
The interest
“marketing” has
708+ million
people

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 So with just the location, age and
interest of “marketing” selected,
this ads potential reach is
37,000,000 people and with our
current set daily budget.

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 You can also
Exclude or
Narrow your
Detailed
Targeting.

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 Test one variable at
a time, at the Ad Set
level, to see what
targeting is driving
the best results for
your ads. So this ad will target the 3.8
million people in the USA that
EXAMPLE: are a parent, like cats, and have
I choose target no interest in dogs.
“Parents (All)” and
narrowed the A perfect top of funnel
targeting to just audience to target for my client
parents that had an that sells cat themed children
interest in “Cats”, games!
but also excluded
people who
matched the
interest of “Dogs”.
PRO TIP: Split test using “Detailed Targeting Expansion” for
Top of Funnel ads to build your Custom Audience.
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 One of my
favorite Traffic
campaigns ad
formats is the
Carousel.

Make sure to
split test against
Single Image and
Video campaigns
as well.

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 Carousel Ads

The priority of ads I create for clients is:

1. Video Ads
2. Single Image Ads
3. Carousel Ads

I love to use Carousel ads as a way to discover my best performing image or video!

Let me show you an example...

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 Select your
media, headline,
description, and
URL for each
Carousel card
you add.

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 Checkmark
“Automatically
show the best
performing
cards first”.

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 With a Carousel ad I can identify which carousel image/video
Carousel Ads drives the most clicks, then use that winner in a new campaign
(i.e. this Carousel Ad had a clear winner at 80 clicks!)

Select your Traffic campaign

that you used a Carousel ad Select the “Carousel Card” option from the Breakdown menu.
in. Then navigate to the ADS
tab in your Ads Manager.

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Engagement
 Campaign Objective - Engagement

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 Engagement 101

When To Use: To get people to engage with your Facebook Page or Facebook Page Post. This
includes Post engagement (boosting posts), getting Page likes, and getting Event
responses/attendance.

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram (Event ads are not available on Instagram)

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Slideshow

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 BEST PRACTICES: Engagement

Organic reach (people who liked your Facebook Page and see your Facebook page posts in their
newsfeed) has nearly flatlined on Facebook. Less than 10% of your Facebook Page followers will
organically see what you post on your Facebook page! Facebook is getting greedy to say the least
and therefore you need to PAY to get your content viewed. So this means you will need to create
Post Engagement ads.

But first, I like to build “clout” for my Facebook page via Facebook Page Likes. I get my clients to a
MINIMUM 1000 Facebook Page Likes before we do anything else! When a new potential
customer sees your Facebook page has 2 likes, they will lose confidence in your brand… so build
up your clout/trust/dependability first with Facebook Page Likes.

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 The Engagement
Objective has 3
sub-options to
choose from
under
Engagement
Type.

-Post engagement
-Page likes
-Event responses
Let’s start with a
Page Likes
campaign.

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 First, select your
Facebook Page
that you are
seeking Page
Likes for.

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 I like to split test my Page Like
campaigns with Detailed
Targeting.

In one campaign I will target

competitor pages and in another
campaign I will target “Job Title”
based demographics.

The split test ideas are endless

to find the BEST variables for
your target market!

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 You also want to
make sure to
EXCLUDE people
who already like
you page as that
would be wasted
ad spend.

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 Then I’ll leave the
Placements as the
default,
Automatic.

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 Split test one
campaign with a
Single Image and
one with a Video
for your Page Like
ads.

Be direct with
Page Likes ad
copy. Give users
an instant reason
to like your
Facebook Page!

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 Now it’s time to
create Post
Engagement ads.

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 BEST PRACTICES: Post Engagement

Post engagement is ONLY meant to promote/boost a specific post on your Facebook page.

If you have a website link in your post, note that this Post Engagement ad is not a “2 for 1 deal”…
Facebook is optimizing and targeting users more likely to ENGAGE (like, comment, and share your
post), not click your link to your website.

It is ok to have a link in your posts you promote, but it is best to keep the user right on Facebook
for the best ROMI on Post Engagement ads. If you want traffic to your website, use the Traffic or
Conversions objectives as they are optimized to do that, as opposed to Post Engagement which is
optimized to get more likes, comments, and shares.

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 Post Engagement Split Tests

3 campaign split tests I like to create to find the best results from for Post Engagement ads
include:

1. Target a Lookalike Audience of your current Facebook Page followers.

2. Go BROAD and target your competitors Facebook Page (or similar if they don’t appear in
Detailed Targeting) and enable the “Expand” option.

3. Target just your current Facebook Page followers via the Connections option.

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 #1 - Facebook Page Lookalike Audience

If you don’t
already have a
Lookalike
Audience created
of your Facebook
Page, you can do
this right within
your Ad Set via
the “Create New”
link under the
Custom Audience
field.
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 #1 - Facebook Page Lookalike Audience

Select your
Facebook Page as
the SOURCE,
select your
audience
location, and set
your Lookalike
audience size
(we see the best
results from 1%).

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 #1 - Facebook Page Lookalike Audience

Select your Facebook

Page Lookalike
Audience from the
Custom Audiences
menu.

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 #2 - Target Competitors With Expand

Targeting your direct competitors

and checking the “Detailed
Targeting Expansion” box will
enable Facebook to find users
similar to your current detailed
targeting. This is a great Top of
Funnel ad I use to build my
Custom Audiences which I can
then retarget with Conversion
ads or create Lookalike
Audiences of for future testing.

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 #3 - Target Your Current Facebook Page Fans

➢ Users who already liked your

Facebook Page are a warm
audience that will be more likely to
engage with your post.

➢ Target them via Connections at the

AD SET level.

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 Always leave this
set to “Post
Engagement”
otherwise your
cost per
engagement (like,
comment, share)
will increase!

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 You have two
Or you can create a NEW post via “Create
options for
Ad” under the “Ad Setup” menu.
selecting posts to
boost. First, you
This new post is known as a “Dark Post” or
can “Use Existing
“Unpublished Post” that is only promoted
Post” which is a
as a Post Engagement ad to your target
Post already
audience of choice. The post is NOT
posted on your
actually posted on your Facebook Page
Facebook Page
(hence the name “Unpublished Post”).
(most common).
This is a strategy I use to TEST post
content first to see what gets the most
engagement, THEN I will publish it to my
Facebook Page!

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 Publish an Unpublished Post

Once you create an Unpublished Post that drives a ton of Post Engagement and you want to post
it to your Facebook Page, just follow these steps!

➢ Navigate to your Content Management URL:

https://business.facebook.com/content_management

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 Publish an Unpublished Post

➢ Select your Unpublished Post

➢ Click the Actions menu and click Publish

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 The final
Engagement
campaign type is
Event Responses.

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 For an Event Responses ad you
will need to have an event
already created.

Type your event name or enter

its Facebook event URL into
this field.

***If your event does not have

an online ticket link, or if it has
already expired, it can't be
promoted.***

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 Create an Event

Create an Event
via your
Facebook Page.

Select the EVENT

option.

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 Create an Event

Select if your Event will be

“Online” or “In Person”.

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 Create an Event

Select if your Event will be

“Free” or “Paid”.

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 Completely fill out the Event
Details.

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 Choose you Event Location.

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 Select your Event cover photo
and then click the “Create
Event” button..

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 BEST PRACTICES: Event Tickets

Make it as EASY as possible for people to buy tickets to

your event!

Integrate your Facebook event with one of these

top-rated ticket sales providers:

➢ Shopify
➢ Eventbee
➢ Eventbrite

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 BEST PRACTICES: Event Responses

My best return on ad spend for my clients

with Events is to target past customers via
the Custom Audience → Customer file (i.e.
email addresses)

A great split test campaign to compare

against for Events, is creating a Lookalike
Audience of your past customers, then
targeting just the location of that event at
the ad set level.

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 EXAMPLE:

Target a Lookalike of your

current customers in the location
of your event.

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App Installs
 Campaign Objective - App Installs

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 App Installs 101

When To Use: To direct people to an app store where they can download your app.

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow

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 App Installs 101

App Installs ads require the Facebook SDK to be installed on the mobile app and for the app to be
listed on Facebook. While performing this installation, also have your developer register your
mobile app for proper tracking of your App Installs ads. Share these links with your app developer:

App Setup for SDK: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-ads/app-setup

Register Mobile App for App Ads: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-ads/sdk-setup

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 On the AD SET
level, click the app
store dropdown
menu.

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 Select the app
store your app is
located on, then
paste in the app
URL.

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 Placement & Devices

App Installs are ads that you need to split test

campaigns Placement and Devices. I see my highest
ROMI from Placements on Instagram only ads!

Next, select the devices you want your ads to appear

on. Also make sure you know what OS (Operating
System) Version your app works on and specify that as
well.

PRO TIP: I have seen my clients app installs increase by

up to 10x when I simply toggle the “only when
connected to Wi-Fi” option. Think about it, when you
are on Wi-Fi, you are much more likely to install an app!

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 App Install Ad Idea

A perfect split in your App Install ads is using an image vs video. We personally see the best return
on ad spend from simple screen recording videos of me using the app (especially mobile games)!

PRO TIP:

➢ Google “How to record the screen on your INSERT PHONE TYPE”

EXAMPLE: Apple iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207935

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Video Views
 Campaign Objective - Video Views

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 Video Views 101

When To Use: To promote video views (consider using comedy, behind-the-scenes footage,
product infomercials, or customer testimonials to bring awareness about your brand!)

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network

Which Ad Formats: Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow

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 Video Views 101

Many of my clients ask me, why use a Video Views campaigns when I can upload a video to nearly
every other campaign objective? That is correct, but this objective is LITERALLY optimized for just
getting your videos increased views.

Facebook is favoring video content uploaded directly to their platform more and more over users
just sharing YouTube links. So you should take advantage of this!

NEVER share a YouTube link of your content… rather upload it directly to your Facebook Page
and use a Video Views ad to give it a boost!

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 BEST PRACTICES: Video Views

Video Views ads are great for targeting “cold audiences” (remember cold is someone who has
never seen your product/brand before, while a warm audience is someone who has engaged with
your brand already, and a hot audience is one that has taken action i.e. purchase, etc.)

Video Views ads are a perfect FIRST TOUCHPOINT with your future customer. This is a way for
you to get potential customers to see your product, logo, business, etc. and then retarget them
with a different ad by creating a Custom Audience of people who engaged with your video at
different levels (i.e. length of viewing).

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 Post a video to
your Facebook
page.

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 Complete your
video details and
publish your video.

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 Remember with Facebook
ads… the broader the
targeting, the cheaper; the
smaller the potential reach,
the more expensive.

So to get cheaper video

views, I will target a broad
audience, such as
“Marketing” as in interest in
my target market of the
USA.

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 Click the “Add
Video” button.

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 Select the “Page Videos” option and
then select the video you just
uploaded to your Facebook Page.

Or you can click the “Upload” button

to add a new video just for this
Video Views ad campaign (not
posted to your Facebook page).

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 I always suggest referring to
your website in videos so you
can have a relevant website
URL you can direct this video
view traffic to after they watch
your video.

EXAMPLE:
We are promoting a long form
video on how to create
retargeting ads, but also offer
our ads management services
via the SIGN UP button.

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 Slideshow With Images

If you don’t have a

video, you can
create a
slideshow with
images and text.

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 Create your own
slideshow or
choose from a
template.

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 Slideshows are a
great way to
describe your
products via
images, then text
slides.

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Lead Generation
 Campaign Objective - Lead Generation

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 Lead Generation 101

When To Use: To collect lead info, such as phone numbers and email addresses, from people
interested in your business.

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow

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 Leads Center

Facebook users don’t like leaving the platform (they are on Facebook for a reason)… so the Lead
Generation ad is in place to keep your potential customers on Facebook while they supply their
information to you in exchange for your value offer (i.e. free services, ebook, consultation call,
etc.)

Once a lead is submitted, the leads data (the fields you collected on your Lead Generation form)
will be available in the Leads Center on your Facebook Page:

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 Navigate to your Facebook page. Click the
“Leads Center” page in the navbar.

You can download the Lead data to a CSV

file for up to 90 days from the time they are
submitted by a user. Click the “download
arrow” button in the top right corner of the
Leads Center page.

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 Split Test Lead Gen vs. Conversions

Lead Generation objective

campaigns are great for split testing
against Conversion objective
campaigns that direct users to your
websites lead capture page (using
“LEAD” as the Conversion Event).

The Facebook Objective with the

higher lead conversion rate truly
varies 50/50 for my clients, so these
two objectives are worth split
testing for your niche.

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 Create a
Lead Form that
Facebook will use
to capture the
information you
need from your
leads (e.g. email,
name, etc.)

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Messages
 Campaign Objective - Messages

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 Messages 101

When To Use: To get more people to have conversations with your business and answer customer
questions.

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow

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 BEST PRACTICES: Messages Ad

So many of my clients just want to get their customers OFF of Facebook! Now I get it… but think
as if you were in the customer's shoes. YOU invaded their social media feed with your ad… the
least you can do is stay on this platform!

That is why I see the Messages Ad as the perfect middle ground… Message Ads send people from
ads into Facebook Messenger conversations with your business! During ad creation, you'll create
both the ad and the welcome message people see in Messenger after they click on your ad.

I see the best ROMI from Messages ads paired with ecommerce stores. Messages help the
customers with any last second questions before purchasing. Plus, data shows users prefer chats
over email because of the instant supports/response!

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 BEST PRACTICES: Messenger

Also, I advise integrating Facebook Messenger into your website as an instant chat opportunity
that will help you close WAY more sales!

Customer Chat Plugin:

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 Select where you
want to send
people to message
Clicks to Messenger: Send people
your business.
from ads in Facebook, Instagram
and/or Messenger into Messenger
conversations. You will create both
the ad and the message people see
in Messenger.

Sponsored Message: Send a

targeted message to people who
have an existing Messenger
conversation with your business.
Perfect for re-engaging with initial
“Clicks to Messenger” ad
conversations.

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 We need to start
with the “Click to
Messenger” ads
first to establish
that initial
message with your
customers (also so
we can contact
them with future
“Sponsored
Messages” ads).

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 I get the best return on ad spend
from retargeting people who
have added an item to their cart,
but didn’t checkout. Typically
they just need a question
answered, which can be done via
Messenger!

Create this Custom Audience

based on your “Website Traffic”
Facebook Pixel Events.

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 Create a Custom
Audience targeting
people based on
Facebook Pixel events
tracked for each user.

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 EXAMPLE:
I created a Custom
Audience of users who
added an item to their
cart, but EXCLUDE users
from that audience that
made a purchase.

This audience is perfect

for Message ads as they
most likely still have a
question about your
product or service and
just need some customer
service which you can
provide via a Facebook
Messenger chat!

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 Offer this warm
audience a
helping hand via
customer service
to help close the
sale!

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 Also notice this
ad error: “Page
message are
disabled”

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 Enable Messages on your Facebook Page

To run Message ads, you need to enable Facebook Page

Messages via your Settings page.

Go to your Facebook Page, click “Settings” in the navbar, on

this General Settings page, click “Edit” next to Messages,
then checkbox the “Allow” messages option.

facebook.com/YourPageUsername/settings

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 Create your
Message
Template.

Do you want to
“Start
Conversations”
(like our example
helping a warm
audience with
questions they
have) OR do you
want to “Generate
Leads”.

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 Select your
Message ad goal.

For this add to cart

retargeting
audience we are
targeting, we want
to “Start
Conversations”.

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 Create FAQs to
help answer your
potential
customers
questions.

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 Sponsored Messages 101

Sponsored Messages can only be sent to recipients with previously-open threads from you. So
any future messages from you are NOT flagged as spam. Talk about an AMAZING way to
re-engage directly with a warm customer or lead!

This is a great way to re-engage with prospects who had previously expressed interest, but maybe
didn’t buy. Message them with a coupon off their first XYZ! Or how about letting them know
about a new product launch, etc?! The opportunities are endless for bringing the customer back to
your store!

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 Once we have that
initial message
thread started
with customers,
we can target
those users via
Sponsored
Message ads.

In this new
Messages Ad
campaign, select
the “Sponsored
Message” option
and our Facebook
Page at the AD
SET level.

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 Create your
greeting and quick
reply options.

And notice the

“Connect Your
Bot” link at the
bottom.

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 Facebook Messenger Chatbots

Most customer questions can be boiled down to a few Frequently Asked Question… so why not
outsource the process to a robot!

My favorite chatbots include:

➢ Chatfuel: https://chatfuel.com
➢ ManyChat: https://manychat.com

***Check out our Messenger Chat Bots Ultimate Guide lecture for a Messenger Chatbot tutorial.***

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Conversions
 Campaign Objective - Conversions

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 Conversions 101

When To Use: To track/measure conversions on your website or app using Facebook pixel events.

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow, Collection

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 BEST PRACTICES: Conversions

➢ I see the best results for my clients Conversions campaigns when I retarget very WARM (or
even better, HOT) audience. These are users at touch point #6 or #7 and ready to make a
purchase or make their next purchase!
➢ Conversion ads work hand in hand with your Facebook Pixel and are used to increase sales,
sign-ups, or any other desired ACTION on your website. The more data your Pixel has, the
better!
➢ Once I have a Facebook Pixel installed on a website and all my custom conversions/events
and audiences created and tracking (i.e. add to cart, sale, sign-up, etc.), now is the time to put
Facebook Conversion ads to work. Your goal is to have so much data in your Events and
Custom Audiences, that Facebook can target the correct people that are most likely to take
action!
➢ DO NOT start Conversions Ads until you have built up your Custom Audiences and
Facebook Pixel data for at least a few weeks!
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 www.facebook.com/events_manager

You can view

your Events
on your
Events
Manager
page.

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 BEST PRACTICES: Conversions

EXAMPLE:

➢ If you’re trying to get people to purchase a product, retarget a warm Custom Audience of
people who went to a specific product page, but did not make a purchase.

➢ So I will use Traffic ads to build up my Custom Audience size, then I will use Conversion ads
(with the Purchase conversion) to retarget that Custom Audience and close the sale!

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 BEST PRACTICES: Conversions Landing Pages

The last thing you want to do is PAY to send people to a bad landing page/website! The goal is to
get your potential customer to instantly land on your lead capture page and know what to do to
claim your offer, make a purchase, etc.

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 Select the Conversion
Event Location and
Conversion Event you want
to track for this Conversion
objective ad campaign
(for example,
Website → Purchase).

If the Conversion you want to

track is not on the list, you can
“Define a New Custom
Conversion”.

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 EXAMPLE:
I created an ebook lead capture
page. Once the user submits their
email address the form redirects
to the URL:
coursenvy.com/thanks-ebook

When a user lands on this page, it

equals a Conversion for this ad.

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 Next, I will select a Custom
Audience to retarget for this
Conversion objective campaign.

Conversion ads should be

targeting a WARM audience
that is familiar with your brand
and just need one final
reminder (touch point) to
convert (e.g. make a purchase,
sign up, etc.)

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 Retarget a WARM
Custom Audience.

EXAMPLE:
I am retargeting ALL
users who engaged with
my Instagram account in
the past 90 days.

Custom Audiences are a

crucial part of your sales
funnel. You can target
your ads at users who
have been on your
website/app/page and
convert them to
purchase, sign up, etc.
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 We can also
exclude a Custom
Audience.

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 EXAMPLE:
I will INCLUDE the Custom
Audience of all Coursenvy.com
traffic but EXCLUDE the
Custom Audience of people who
made it to the course checkout
confirmation page.

By doing this, we are targeting

warm users who have NOT
made a purchase.

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 As usual, my 2 best
performing ad
formats are Single
Images and Videos.
Split test ads for
yourself!

As for ad copy,
make your call to
action and value
proposition VERY
clear in your
Conversion ads,
like this example.

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Catalog Sales
 Campaign Objective - Catalog Sales

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 Catalog Sales 101

When To Use: To show products from your catalog based on your target audience

What Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Messenger

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Carousel

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 BEST PRACTICES: Catalog Sales

Once you create your Business.Facebook.com account you will be

allowed to create a product catalog! Creating a product catalog
allows you to dynamically add different products/services you sell
to this Facebook inventory.

With this catalog, you can dynamically retarget visitors who clicked
on XYZ product/service but didn’t purchase! You all know these
ads… the ones that seem to follow you around the internet.

Remember “touch points”... the potential customer looked at your

product for a reason, then may have just gotten busy. Remind them
that they forgot to buy it with Catalog Sales campaigns!

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 www.facebook.com/products

The main reason I love Catalog Sales First, you need to create a
for my ecommerce clients is the Catalog.
dynamic ad creation. I don’t have to
upload each product image, rather We teach this in depth in our
Facebook pulls it directly from their “FACEBOOK SHOPS” lecture
ecommerce website vai this catalog! series later in this course.

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 Once you select
the Catalog Sales
objective, select
your Catalog
name (also on the
Campaign level).

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 One the AD SET
level, select which
Product Set you
want to promote.

Typically I select
All Products as I
want to retarget
potential
customers to
ANY product they
have visited in the
past.

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 Next is Audience.

My best return on
ad spend hands
down is
retargeting warm
audiences!

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 Then select the
type of visitor you
want to retarget.

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 Again, the “busy”
user is my
favorite one.

They viewed the

product, maybe
even added it to
their cart, but life
happens and they
didn’t purchase it.

Remind them to
with this ad!

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Store Traffic
 Campaign Objective - Store Traffic

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 Store Traffic 101

When To Use: To promote business locations to people nearby.

What Platforms: Facebook

Which Ad Formats: Single Image, Single Video, Carousel, Slideshow, Collection

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 BEST PRACTICES: Store Traffic

The Store Traffic objective was created specifically for businesses with physical locations.

Store Traffic ads let you to target people around your physical business location!

Two of my favorite features include helping customers navigate to your store and the ability to
contact you via the Store Traffic ads call-to-action buttons Get Directions or Call Now!

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 Select your
Facebook Page
with a Physical
Address Location
set.

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 Add/Edit Store Locations

How to Add and Edit Store Locations for your Facebook Page:
https://business.facebook.com/business_locations

Manage Store Locations for Your Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/business/help/293042287781370?helpref=faq_content

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 First we need to
“Create a New
Store Set”.

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 Search for your
store.

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 Select your
store/s.

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 Next set your area to
target. You can select
“Fixed radius” or
“Automatic radius” (let
Facebook optimize your
area for you).

Depending on your city,

you should have a general
idea of how far people will
commute for your store’s
product/service.

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 Create your
Store Set.

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 Depending on your service (for
example, target just women if you
have a hair salon for women only)
I typically get the best results from
targeting the entire location radius,
with no audience adjustments. But
this is a great area to split test to
see if targeting and narrowing your
audience produces better results
for your ad campaign.

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 When you have
multiple stores, you can
select the “Ad Voice”
option to cater your ads
branding to which
location you are
promoting.

The Main Page is your

main Facebook page
name “Coursenvy”,
while the Local Page is
your business location
page name “Coursenvy
(Arts District)”.

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 When you have
multiple stores, you can
select the “Ad Voice”
option to cater your ads
branding to which
location you are
promoting.

The Main Page is your

main Facebook page
name “Coursenvy”,
while the Local Page is
your business location
page name “Coursenvy
(Arts District)”.

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 On the AD level is where you
can really dig into split test
campaigns to see what works
for your Store Traffic ads. I see
the best results from Carousel
format ads with a MAP CARD.

You can also split test the Call to

Action button destination. We
see the best results using the
CTA “Get Directions” and a
Destination of “Open in map”.

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 Provide a
STRONG call to
action and reason
they should come
to your store… Don’t forget to add dynamic
maybe a one day page fields that pull data from
sale, a free dessert each Facebook page.
with any
purchase… the
value proposition
ideas are endless!

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 One required split test I do for
all my clients is the Call to
Action button. What do you
want from your potential
customers? Maybe you are a
professional XYZ business
offering free consultations and
want them to CALL NOW. So
try split testing this campaign
with the CTA variable (Call Now
vs Send Message, etc.)

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 How to Edit
Published Ads

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 Once you publish a campaign on Facebook, you can
still edit and add to that Campaign.

The only thing you can’t edit once a Campaign is

published, is changing the Campaign Objective.

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 To edit a published campaign, ad set, or ad, simply
select the campaign name in your Ads Manager, then
click the Edit link or button at the top of your Ads
Manager dashboard.

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 Split Testing 101

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 Split Testing 101

Split Testing is a crucial part of creating Facebook campaigns. The goal is to test ONE variable
difference at a time in Facebook campaigns to identify the best combination of variables! This can
mean testing a different image, ad copy, call to action button, audience/targeting, placement, etc.

Just make sure to test only ONE variable at a time otherwise if you test multiple variations in a
new campaign and that campaign performs better, you won’t be able to tell what variable was the
cause! By testing one variation difference at a time, you can identify the cause of the success or
failure from campaign to campaign.

➢ Think back to your high school science classes and hypothesis testing. You would have your
control group, then you would change ONE variable in the test group in order to document
the differences/results!

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 #1 - Manually Split Test Facebook Ads

Manually split test an ad via the DUPLICATE option in your Ads Manager.

➢ Select the checkbox next to the Campaign (or Ad Set, or Ad) you want to duplicate.
➢ Click the Duplicate option.
➢ Edit ONE variable in the new duplicated, split test. Click Publish.

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 How to Manually Split Test Facebook Ads
Select how many duplicate copies you want create. For ADS and AD SETS, select to create it in the
Original Campaign.

EXAMPLE: If you want to just test ONE variable/difference, only create ONE copy.

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 Edit the variable you want to test in
this split test copy. For this example,
I duplicated the AD for this
campaign and will test a different
Call to Action button in this split test
copy.

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 Then just click the
Review and Publish
button.

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 Manual Split Testing Cons

When creating a duplicate, do note that if you don’t completely exclude the first campaigns
audience, there will be audience overlap, possible audience fatigue (people seeing your ad
multiple times), and wasted ad spend.

This can be prevented via EXCLUDING audiences at the Ad Set level.

Let me show you an example…

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 You can EXCLUDE
your first
campaigns target
audience in your
second split test
campaign via the
EXCLUDE option
under Custom
Audiences and the
EXCLUDE option
under Detailed
Targeting.

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 #2 - Split Test Facebook Ads During Creation

Select the “A/B Test” option on the first step of your Facebook ad creation (at the Campaign
Objective level).

➢ Click the green Create Ad button on your Ads Manager page

➢ Select your Campaign Objective
➢ Click the A/B Test button
➢ Create and Publish your first campaign (the “Control” campaign)
➢ Select the variables you want to A/B split test in the campaign

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 At the CAMPAIGN
level, you can
select the A/B Test
option. Selecting
this will make the
first campaign your
“Control
Campaign”.

Once you publish

this campaign, you
will be prompted
to select what
variable you want
to A/B test.

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 Split Test Variables

Select the variable

you want to test
for this A/B Test
campaign.

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 Split Test Example

Testing different audiences helps you understand what types of people are more likely to respond
to your ads.

EXAMPLES:

➢ Men, age 21-30 versus Men, age 31-40

➢ People living in Los Angeles versus People living in New York City
➢ A custom audience of people who've recently visited your website versus targeting a
relevant Interest in Detailed Targeting

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 BEST PRACTICES: A/B Split Testing

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➢ Test only ONE variable at a time for more conclusive results

➢ Focus on a measurable hypothesis (i.e. optimizing for cost per action)
➢ Use a big enough audience for the test
➢ Use an ideal time frame (4 days average)
➢ Set an ideal budget for your test (80%+ estimated Test Power)

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 Dynamic Creative

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 Dynamic Creative

With the Dynamic Creative option enabled, you can upload multiple creative assets such as
images, videos, titles, descriptions, and CTAs (Call-To-Action buttons).

Dynamic Creative will then find optimized ad creative combinations by taking multiple ad
components/assets you provided (i.e. images, headlines, etc.) and automatically generating
combinations of them.

Dynamic Creative will then optimize the creative components that deliver the best results for
each impression served. Then your Dynamic Creative ads will show your targeted audience the
highest performing creative combinations.

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 Who is Dynamic Creative for?

The Dynamic Creative option is a great tool for Facebook advertisers with MANY assets who
want to learn what creatively resonates with their target audience.

PRO TIP: Dynamic Creative is NOT a substitute for split testing. I will only use Dynamic Creative
to find my top performing creatives from hundreds of options (i.e. titles, images, etc.). Then I will
take these winning ad creative assets (derived from the Dynamic Creative ad) into my new split
test campaigns where I am testing targeting at the AD SET level (again, ONE variable at a time to
see what audience drives the best results).

I like to compare Dynamic Creative to “Machine Learning”... it is a Facebook tool that helps me
identify my best AD level creative assets, then I use these winning creatives in my new AD SET
level split test campaigns. Once I have my Ad Sets optimized, then I scale up my budget on the
winners and shut off the losers!

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 Best Practices for Dynamic Creative Ads
www.facebook.com/business/help/257326614846024

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 Dynamic Creative

Toggle on
Dynamic Creative
at the AD SET
level.

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 It is at the AD level
that you will add
all the Dynamic
Creative assets
you want to test.

5 TEST OPTIONS:
1. Text
2. Images/Videos
3. Headlines
4. Description
5. CTA Buttons

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 www.facebook.com/business/help/176286959893814

Understand the Results of Your Dynamic Creative Ad

1. Go to your Ads Manager.

2. Select your Campaign you enabled Dynamic Creative for and navigate to the Ads tab.
3. Click the Breakdown menu on the right side of the dashboard and choose “By
Dynamic Creative Asset” from the dropdown menu.
4. Select one of the breakdowns to see how each asset performed.
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 Offer Ads

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 Offer Ads

The Offer option is currently only available with the Campaign Objectives:

➢ Traffic
➢ Conversions
➢ Store Traffic

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 Offer Ads
Offers are simply discounts you can share with your customers via Facebook and the users have
the option to save the offer.

As the admin or editor of a Facebook Page, you can create an Offer Ad to encourage people to
shop on your website and/or at your local store.

PRO TIP: I will use the "Unique Codes" option when I create my OFFER and then upload a list of
single use codes for my clients Amazon products, then run a 90% off sale to boost their products
BSR (Best Seller Rank) in Amazon via this discounted sales... leading to a higher organic rank in
search results and increased future sales! You can also do this for your own shop, WooCommerce,
or Shopify store as a loss leader (i.e. selling your products at a loss for this first item, but you are
also capturing the customer’s information for your future promotions and therefore earning more
from them and increasing their overall lifetime value as a customer of your business!)

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 At the AD SET
level, toggle on
the Offer option,
select your
Facebook page,
and click the
“Create Offer”
button.

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 Offer Ads

Fill out your Offer

details, click create,
and then finish
creating your ad
campaign as usual.

When users click your

ad’s Get Offer CTA
button, they will see
the offer as it appears
in this Create Offer
builder popup.

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 Special Ad Category

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 At the CAMPAIGN level,
toggle on Special Ad
Categories, if your ads are
related to Credit,
Employment, Housing, Social
Issues, Elections, or Politics.

Some ad options will be If your type of ad falls into one

unavailable to you. of these categories, make sure
to select one of these options
on the CAMPAIGN level. If you
don’t, Facebook can disable
your ad account.

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 When creating
your Special Ad
Category ad, you
will see the
limitation details
noted.

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 Building a Facebook Ad

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 Ad Copy Tips
Your goal is to ADD VALUE to this users Facebook experience. People are on Facebook to share
with their friends and family. Facebook users don’t like being HARD sold XYZ product/service.
People go to Amazon to shop and Facebook/Instagram to be social. So when creating your ads,
THINK of your end customer with this mindset. Simply start the relationship with them, offer
value, be casual in your tone/text, and share things WORTH sharing!

➢ Grab your users attentions ASAP with your text and headlines! People love ACTIONABLE
steps, for example… steal this headline: 7 Things to Know Before You XYZ

➢ DON’T be salesy! READ your ad copy out loud… would you say this in person to your
potential customer?

➢ DO NOT sell your products features… rather focus on the BENEFITS your customers will
gain and how it will help them. ALWAYS think in customer’s perspective FIRST!

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 Best Facebook Ad Examples

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 Ad Media Tips

➢ Facebook and Instagram are SOCIAL platforms… try to always include people in your
images and videos. EXAMPLE: I love using my clients actual customers or staff in photos,
paired with testimonial ad copy or a behind the scenes story!
➢ Ask yourself before you create any ad image… “would I share this with my friend or post it to
my own feed?”
➢ DO NOT use stock photos or photos you don’t own the rights to… this is the fast track to
getting a trademark infringement lawsuit slapped on you!
➢ Try to test at least 3 images and 2 videos in every campaign you run (the more the better)!
I am always surprised by which piece of media drives the most clicks and lowest cost per
action! TEST TEST TEST!
➢ Watch me create an ad for a client and then toggle off winning and losing ads a few days
later: https://youtu.be/koxKwuNYhYM

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 20% Text Rule

www.facebook.com/ads/tools/text_overlay

➢ Facebook’s advertising guidelines include a 20% text rule in media. This means that the text
on ad photos/videos cannot take up more than 20% of the photo/video area.

➢ The image itself should tell the story or at minimum grab the users attention enough to read
the ad copy and/or headline!

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 PRO TIP: Test a bright attention grabbing color and
frame for one ad image split test!

Take some time to play around

with all these fields on the AD
level as it takes some time to see
which field changes which part
of the ad itself.

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 Not only can you edit social media
images at Canva, but they also have a

Image Editing - Canva.com nice selection of templates, graphics,

buttons, and more to use for free.

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 Video Ad Tips

I see some of my highest ROMI ads come from video ads. Specifically using videos in Awareness
and Conversion objective campaigns!

➢ PRO TIP: Over 80% of Facebook video views happen with the sound turned off! So this not
only tells you the importance of enabling/completing captions for every video ad you create,
but also how important visually engaging content is since you should never rely on your
voice/script alone to make a sale!

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 Once you upload
your video at the
AD level, click the
“Edit Video”
button.

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 How to Caption Videos

Once you upload a video at the

AD level, click the “Edit Video”
button.

Captions display text on your

video when the sound is off
(perfect since 80% of videos are
played this way!)

You can generate captions

automatically or upload your
own SRT caption files.

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 Make sure to
select or
create/upload a
video Thumbnail
image that is not
only attention
grabbing, but also
adheres to the
20% or less text
rule.

TOP 20 THUMBNAIL TIPS:

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 How to Reverse Engineer Ads

Go to
www.facebook.com/ads/library
and search for your
competitor’s Facebook Page (or
any major brand as they have a
team of marketing employees
creating their ads, so their
examples are prime for
“borrowing” for your own ads).

Review that companies

currently active Facebook ads!

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