Meta ads skill

When the user wants to set up, optimize, or manage Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Ads.

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Paid Ads: Meta Ads

Guides Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Ads setup, campaign structure, audience targeting, and creative optimization. Meta excels at demand generation and visual products; use when creating demand or when creative assets are strong.

When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

Campaign Structure

Hierarchy: Campaign → Ad Set → Ad (3 levels)

Principle: One objective per campaign. Multiple campaigns for the same objective split budget and data, slowing the algorithm's learning phase. Consolidate by objective; focus on clean structure and data-led decisions.

Account
├── Campaign: Prospecting
│   ├── Ad Set: Lookalike 1%
│   └── Ad Set: Broad (Advantage+)
├── Campaign: Retargeting
└── Campaign: Testing

Naming: META_[Objective]_[Audience]_[Offer]_[Date] (e.g., META_Conv_Lookalike-Customers_FreeTrial_2024Q1)

Advantage+ & Automation

Feature Use
Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns E-commerce; automatic audience discovery
Dynamic Ads Product catalog; auto-generated creative
Automatic Placements Let Meta optimize across Feed, Stories, Reels
Advantage+ Audience Broad targeting; algorithm finds converters

Provide diverse creative assets to enable multiple ad formats; algorithm performs better with variety.

Campaign Objectives

Objective Use when
Awareness Reach; brand recall
Traffic Clicks to site
Conversions Leads; sales; app installs
Engagement Video views; post engagement

Audience Targeting

Type Best for
Lookalikes Base on best customers (by LTV), not all customers
Interest/behavior Broad; let algorithm optimize
Advantage+ Automated; fewer manual controls
Retargeting Website visitors; engagers; custom audiences

Exclusions: Existing customers; recent converters (7–14d).

Creative Best Practices

  • Image: Clear product; before/after; human faces; text <20%
  • Video (15–30s): Hook 0–3s; problem 3–8s; solution 8–20s; CTA 20–30s
  • Placements: Feed (FB/IG); Stories/Reels; vertical for Stories
  • Volume: 3–5 ad variants per ad set for testing

Optimization

  • Learning phase: 50+ conversions per ad set per week to exit; avoid frequent changes during learning
  • CBO vs ABO: Campaign Budget Optimization consolidates spend; use when scaling
  • Frequency: <3 to avoid fatigue
  • Creative refresh: Plan continuous testing; creative fatigue is a main lever—refresh when performance drops

Tracking

  • Meta Pixel + Conversions API: Server-side for better attribution
  • Events API: App events; server-to-server

Pre-Launch Checklist

  • Pixel installed; Conversions API configured
  • Conversion events firing correctly
  • Landing page mobile-friendly; fast load
  • 3+ ad creatives per ad set
  • Audience exclusions set
  • paid-ads-strategy: Channel selection; creative frameworks; budget allocation
  • landing-page-generator: LP for paid traffic
  • analytics-tracking: Conversion tracking; ROAS
1---
2name: meta-ads
3description: When the user wants to set up, optimize, or manage Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Ads. Also use when the user mentions "Meta Ads," "Facebook Ads," "Instagram Ads," "Meta Pixel," "Conversions API," "Advantage+," "lookalike audience," or "Meta retargeting." For landing pages, use landing-page-generator.
4metadata:
5 version: 1.1.1
6---
7 
8# Paid Ads: Meta Ads
9 
10Guides Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Ads setup, campaign structure, audience targeting, and creative optimization. Meta excels at demand generation and visual products; use when creating demand or when creative assets are strong.
11 
12**When invoking**: On **first use**, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.
13 
14## Campaign Structure
15 
16**Hierarchy**: Campaign → Ad Set → Ad (3 levels)
17 
18**Principle**: One objective per campaign. Multiple campaigns for the same objective split budget and data, slowing the algorithm's learning phase. Consolidate by objective; focus on clean structure and data-led decisions.
19 
20```
21Account
22├── Campaign: Prospecting
23│ ├── Ad Set: Lookalike 1%
24│ └── Ad Set: Broad (Advantage+)
25├── Campaign: Retargeting
26└── Campaign: Testing
27```
28 
29**Naming**: `META_[Objective]_[Audience]_[Offer]_[Date]` (e.g., `META_Conv_Lookalike-Customers_FreeTrial_2024Q1`)
30 
31## Advantage+ & Automation
32 
33| Feature | Use |
34|---------|-----|
35| **Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns** | E-commerce; automatic audience discovery |
36| **Dynamic Ads** | Product catalog; auto-generated creative |
37| **Automatic Placements** | Let Meta optimize across Feed, Stories, Reels |
38| **Advantage+ Audience** | Broad targeting; algorithm finds converters |
39 
40Provide diverse creative assets to enable multiple ad formats; algorithm performs better with variety.
41 
42## Campaign Objectives
43 
44| Objective | Use when |
45|-----------|----------|
46| Awareness | Reach; brand recall |
47| Traffic | Clicks to site |
48| Conversions | Leads; sales; app installs |
49| Engagement | Video views; post engagement |
50 
51## Audience Targeting
52 
53| Type | Best for |
54|------|----------|
55| **Lookalikes** | Base on best customers (by LTV), not all customers |
56| **Interest/behavior** | Broad; let algorithm optimize |
57| **Advantage+** | Automated; fewer manual controls |
58| **Retargeting** | Website visitors; engagers; custom audiences |
59 
60**Exclusions**: Existing customers; recent converters (7–14d).
61 
62## Creative Best Practices
63 
64- **Image**: Clear product; before/after; human faces; text &lt;20%
65- **Video (15–30s)**: Hook 0–3s; problem 3–8s; solution 8–20s; CTA 20–30s
66- **Placements**: Feed (FB/IG); Stories/Reels; vertical for Stories
67- **Volume**: 3–5 ad variants per ad set for testing
68 
69## Optimization
70 
71- **Learning phase**: 50+ conversions per ad set per week to exit; avoid frequent changes during learning
72- **CBO vs ABO**: Campaign Budget Optimization consolidates spend; use when scaling
73- **Frequency**: &lt;3 to avoid fatigue
74- **Creative refresh**: Plan continuous testing; creative fatigue is a main lever—refresh when performance drops
75 
76## Tracking
77 
78- **Meta Pixel** + **Conversions API**: Server-side for better attribution
79- **Events API**: App events; server-to-server
80 
81## Pre-Launch Checklist
82 
83- [ ] Pixel installed; Conversions API configured
84- [ ] Conversion events firing correctly
85- [ ] Landing page mobile-friendly; fast load
86- [ ] 3+ ad creatives per ad set
87- [ ] Audience exclusions set
88 
89## Related Skills
90 
91- **paid-ads-strategy**: Channel selection; creative frameworks; budget allocation
92- **landing-page-generator**: LP for paid traffic
93- **analytics-tracking**: Conversion tracking; ROAS
94 

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