{"id":40086,"date":"2022-07-30T15:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=40086"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:12:53","slug":"how-to-do-a-facebook-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-do-a-facebook-ad","title":{"rendered":"How to Do a Facebook Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a034eb4740a0\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a034eb4740a0\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a034eb4740a0\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-do-a-facebook-ad\/#How_to_Do_a_Facebook_Ad\" title=\"How to Do a Facebook Ad\">How to Do a Facebook Ad<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-do-a-facebook-ad\/#Creating_a_Facebook_ad\" title=\"Creating a Facebook ad\">Creating a Facebook ad<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-do-a-facebook-ad\/#Setting_up_a_daily_budget\" title=\"Setting up a daily budget\">Setting up a daily budget<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-do-a-facebook-ad\/#Choosing_a_lookalike_audience\" title=\"Choosing a lookalike audience\">Choosing a lookalike audience<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-do-a-facebook-ad\/#Choosing_a_call-to-action\" title=\"Choosing a call-to-action\">Choosing a call-to-action<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Do_a_Facebook_Ad\"><\/span>How to Do a Facebook Ad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:33% width:auto; height:auto; max-height:324px; margin:0px 10px;\" align=\"left\" alt=\"how to do a facebook ad\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8gzwLAI.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you are planning to advertise on Facebook, you might want to know how to do a Facebook ad. You can learn how to set up a daily budget and choose a lookalike audience. There are a few things that you should keep in mind, however. Read on to learn more about these tips and get started today! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly! I would love to help you with your marketing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_a_Facebook_ad\"><\/span>Creating a Facebook ad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When creating your Facebook ad, it&#8217;s important to remember that it&#8217;s competing with tons of other content. Facebook ads are no exception. This is a circus of strangeness, so it&#8217;s imperative to stand out. One simple way to stand out is to use contrasting colors. Opposing colors in your design are highly visible. You should try to create an ad that appeals to people in different age ranges, income levels, and interests.<\/p>\n<p>Before you write your Facebook ad, you need to decide what you want to offer. Your offer can range from simply asking someone to click through to your website to requesting that they purchase something. The goal of your ad will depend on the goal. You may want to drive traffic to your website, build an email list, or make sales. Whatever your goal, your offer should reflect this. You can target based on location, gender, interests, and even behaviors. You can also set a budget for your ad, but remember that you may not reach every person in your audience.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Setting_up_a_daily_budget\"><\/span>Setting up a daily budget<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The minimum amount you need to spend on Facebook ads is 40$ per day. If you&#8217;re advertising a product with a large AOV, you may want to set up separate campaigns for each product. This will help you spread your budget out evenly throughout the life of your campaign. You can set your budget to run for three, seven, or fourteen days. Then you can input a budget for the ad and let Facebook calculate estimated clicks based on this amount.<\/p>\n<p>To set a daily budget for Facebook ads, visit the Ads Manager and click on the &#8220;Price&#8221; tab. Then, click &#8220;Set a daily budget for this ad&#8221;. Choose a daily budget of a specific dollar amount for each ad set. This way, you can ensure that you will not spend more than that amount in a day. Facebook will only run your ad if it matches your budget and does not exceed it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choosing_a_lookalike_audience\"><\/span>Choosing a lookalike audience<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Choosing a lookalike audience when you&#8217;re doing a Facebook ad is one way to get more targeted impressions and sales. The key is building the lookalike audience around people who already bought something, rather than the whole world. The lower the engagement level, the lower the performance will be, so focus on closed-won leads. Another way to kill your lookalike audience is to create it with too few people. Facebook won&#8217;t have enough data to sort through everyone, so you&#8217;ll only get less targeted impressions.<\/p>\n<p>During the creation process, you can select the size of your lookalike audience. It&#8217;s a good idea to select a small audience (1,000-50,000 people) to ensure a higher match rate. This is also a good way to create new ad sets based on a smaller source audience. However, you should be aware of the size of your source audience, as a smaller audience will not match the quality of your lookalike audience.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choosing_a_call-to-action\"><\/span>Choosing a call-to-action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you are designing a Facebook ad, choosing a call-to-action is critical to the success of your ad. You want your audience to be interested in your product or service, so you want to include the best way to get them to take action. Facebook makes it easy to create audience segments based on location. This allows you to target only people who are in your target audience&#8217;s location. Using a retargeting call-to-action is also a great option.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to use a call-to-action button is to link to a page or video. People can visit a website through your Facebook page and watch a video or play a game. A call-to-action button can be a good way to drive traffic to a website. Facebook also shows click-through metrics in your weekly statistics. 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