Run ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram.

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Tell more people about your business by running ads on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Audience Network. With self-serve tools and easy-to-read reports, you can reach your customers and find new ones.

Create an online presence.

Create a Page or a business profile to access tools and products that can help you reach your business goals.

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1. Choose your ad objective.

Objectives help to define your goals for campaigns and ads. To pick the right ad objective, answer the question "what's the most important outcome that I want from this ad?" It could be sales on your website, downloads of your app or increased brand awareness.

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2. Understand your audience.

Ads are most effective when they speak to the motivations of the people you're trying to reach. When creating your ads, consider the details of your audience, like interests, behaviours and demographics.

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3. Decide where to advertise.

Based on your objectives, you can choose to run your ad on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network or across them all. And whether you want to use video, images or words, there's an ad format ideal for telling your story.

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4. Place your order.

Plan ahead by setting your budget. You can enter a daily or lifetime budget and the time period during which you want your ads to run. These limits mean that you'll never spend more than you're comfortable with. When you submit your ad, it goes to our ad auction which helps get it to the right people.

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5. Measure and learn from results.

After your ad goes live, you can track their performance and edit your campaign with Ads Manager. With metrics and test results, you can make tweaks and adjustments as needed.

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Case Study

Shoe company, Rothy’s, uses Facebook video ads to increase sales and attract more shoppers by 72%.

+37% lift in brand awareness

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