meta-ads

$npx mdskill add kostja94/marketing-skills/meta-ads

Set up, optimize, and manage Meta Ads campaigns.

  • Helps users create and structure Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns.
  • Depends on Meta Ads API and Meta Pixel for tracking and optimization.
  • Recommends campaign structure based on objective and audience targeting.
  • Outputs campaign naming conventions and Advantage+ automation strategies.

SKILL.md

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---
name: meta-ads
description: 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.
metadata:
  version: 1.1.1
---

# 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

## Related Skills

- **paid-ads-strategy**: Channel selection; creative frameworks; budget allocation
- **landing-page-generator**: LP for paid traffic
- **analytics-tracking**: Conversion tracking; ROAS

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