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Facebook & Meta Ads Manager

Automate Facebook and Instagram advertising campaigns, audience targeting, and performance optimization

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#facebook#meta#instagram#ads#marketing

You're boosting posts with no strategy, your CPA is climbing, and Meta's 'suggested audience' targets everyone and no one. Meanwhile your competitor's ads show up everywhere because they actually structured their campaigns properly.

Who it's for: e-commerce brands running Facebook and Instagram ads, growth marketers optimizing Meta ad spend, small business owners managing their own ad campaigns, agencies managing multiple client ad accounts, marketers struggling with Meta's constantly changing ad platform

Example

"Set up a Facebook ad campaign for our product launch with proper targeting" → Campaign structure with ad sets segmented by audience, creative variations for A/B testing, conversion tracking setup, budget allocation strategy, and automated rules to pause underperforming ads

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# Facebook/Meta Ads

Comprehensive workflow for automating Facebook and Instagram advertising.

## Core Workflows

### 1. Campaign Structure

```
META ADS HIERARCHY:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🎯 CAMPAIGN (Objective)                                 │
│    Goal: Conversions, Traffic, Awareness, etc.         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│   ├── 📊 AD SET 1 (Audience + Budget)                  │
│   │   ├── Audience: Lookalike 1%                       │
│   │   ├── Budget: $50/day                              │
│   │   ├── Placement: Feed + Stories                    │
│   │   │                                                 │
│   │   ├── 📝 Ad 1: Image + Copy A                      │
│   │   ├── 📝 Ad 2: Video + Copy A                      │
│   │   └── 📝 Ad 3: Carousel + Copy B                   │
│   │                                                     │
│   └── 📊 AD SET 2 (Different Audience)                 │
│       ├── Audience: Interest Targeting                 │
│       ├── Budget: $30/day                              │
│       │                                                 │
│       ├── 📝 Ad 4: Image + Copy A                      │
│       └── 📝 Ad 5: Video + Copy B                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

### 2. Campaign Objectives

```yaml
campaign_objectives:
  awareness:
    - brand_awareness
    - reach
    
  consideration:
    - traffic
    - engagement
    - app_installs
    - video_views
    - lead_generation
    - messages
    
  conversion:
    - conversions
    - catalog_sales
    - store_traffic
```

## Audience Targeting

### Custom Audiences

```yaml
custom_audiences:
  website_visitors:
    source: pixel
    rules:
      - event: ViewContent
        retention_days: 30
        
  email_list:
    source: customer_file
    file: "customers.csv"
    mapping:
      - email
      - phone
      - first_name
      - last_name
      
  video_viewers:
    source: engagement
    video_id: "123456"
    watched_percentage: 75
    retention_days: 365
    
  page_engagers:
    source: page
    actions:
      - liked_page
      - commented
      - shared
    retention_days: 90
```

### Lookalike Audiences

```yaml
lookalike_audiences:
  - name: "High Value Lookalike 1%"
    source: purchasers_180d
    country: "US"
    percentage: 1
    
  - name: "Leads Lookalike 2%"
    source: lead_form_submitters
    country: "US"
    percentage: 2
    
  - name: "Engagers Lookalike 3%"
    source: page_engagers
    country: ["US", "CA", "UK"]
    percentage: 3
```

### Interest Targeting

```yaml
interest_targeting:
  detailed_targeting:
    interests:
      - "Online shopping"
      - "E-commerce"
      - "Fashion"
      
    behaviors:
      - "Engaged shoppers"
      - "Online buyers"
      
    demographics:
      age: [25, 54]
      gender: all
      
  exclusions:
    custom_audiences:
      - existing_customers
    interests:
      - competitors
```

## Ad Creative

### Ad Formats

```yaml
ad_formats:
  single_image:
    image_specs:
      ratio: "1:1"
      size: "1080x1080"
      format: ["jpg", "png"]
    text:
      primary: 125 chars
      headline: 40 chars
      description: 30 chars
      
  video:
    specs:
      ratio: ["1:1", "4:5", "9:16"]
      duration: "15-60 seconds"
      format: ["mp4", "mov"]
    text:
      primary: 125 chars
      headline: 40 chars
      
  carousel:
    cards: [2, 10]
    specs:
      ratio: "1:1"
      size: "1080x1080"
    features:
      - swipeable
      - deep_links
      
  collection:
    cover: video_or_image
    products: 4
    instant_experience: required
```

### Creative Testing

```yaml
creative_testing:
  strategy: dynamic_creative
  
  assets:
    images:
      - "lifestyle_1.jpg"
      - "product_1.jpg"
      - "ugc_1.jpg"
      
    videos:
      - "hero_15s.mp4"
      - "testimonial_30s.mp4"
      
    headlines:
      - "Shop the Sale"
      - "Limited Time Offer"
      - "Free Shipping Today"
      
    primary_text:
      - "Discover our best-selling products..."
      - "Join thousands of happy customers..."
      
    cta:
      - SHOP_NOW
      - LEARN_MORE
      - GET_OFFER
      
  optimization:
    goal: conversions
    auto_optimize: true
```

## Budget & Bidding

### Budget Strategies

```yaml
budget_config:
  campaign_budget_optimization:
    enabled: true
    daily_budget: 200
    
  ad_set_budgets:
    - ad_set: "prospecting"
      allocation: 60%
    - ad_set: "retargeting"
      allocation: 40%
      
  bid_strategy:
    type: lowest_cost  # or cost_cap, bid_cap
    
  scheduling:
    start_time: "2024-01-15T00:00:00"
    end_time: "2024-01-31T23:59:59"
    dayparting:
      enabled: true
      hours: [8, 22]  # 8 AM - 10 PM
```

### Automated Rules

```yaml
automated_rules:
  - name: "Pause Low Performers"
    conditions:
      - metric: cpa
        operator: greater_than
        value: 50
      - metric: spend
        operator: greater_than
        value: 100
    action:
      type: pause_ad
      notification: email
      
  - name: "Scale Winners"
    conditions:
      - metric: roas
        operator: greater_than
        value: 3
      - metric: impressions
        operator: greater_than
        value: 1000
    action:
      type: increase_budget
      value: 20%
      max_budget: 500
      
  - name: "Ad Fatigue Alert"
    conditions:
      - metric: frequency
        operator: greater_than
        value: 3
    action:
      type: notification
      channel: slack
```

## Pixel & Tracking

### Pixel Events

```yaml
pixel_events:
  standard_events:
    - PageView
    - ViewContent
    - AddToCart
    - InitiateCheckout
    - Purchase
    - Lead
    - CompleteRegistration
    
  custom_events:
    - name: "ProductViewed"
      parameters:
        content_ids: ["SKU123"]
        content_type: "product"
        value: 29.99
        currency: "USD"
        
  conversions_api:
    enabled: true
    events:
      - Purchase
      - Lead
    deduplication: true
```

### Attribution Settings

```yaml
attribution:
  window:
    click: 7_days
    view: 1_day
    
  model: data_driven  # or last_touch
  
  conversion_events:
    - name: "Purchase"
      value_optimization: true
    - name: "Lead"
      value_optimization: false
```

## Analytics Dashboard

```
META ADS PERFORMANCE - LAST 7 DAYS
═══════════════════════════════════════

SPEND: $2,450
RESULTS: 156 purchases
CPA: $15.70
ROAS: 4.2x

BY CAMPAIGN:
┌────────────────────┬─────────┬────────┬───────┐
│ Campaign           │ Spend   │ Conv.  │ ROAS  │
├────────────────────┼─────────┼────────┼───────┤
│ Prospecting - LAL  │ $1,200  │ 68     │ 3.8x  │
│ Retargeting - Cart │ $450    │ 52     │ 6.2x  │
│ Retargeting - View │ $350    │ 24     │ 4.5x  │
│ Brand Awareness    │ $450    │ 12     │ 2.1x  │
└────────────────────┴─────────┴────────┴───────┘

BY PLACEMENT:
Feed        ████████████████ 62%
Stories     ████████░░░░░░░░ 24%
Reels       ████░░░░░░░░░░░░ 10%
Audience Net ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 4%

TOP CREATIVE:
1. Video testimonial: 4.8x ROAS
2. Carousel product: 4.2x ROAS
3. Static lifestyle: 3.5x ROAS
```

## API Examples

### Create Campaign

```javascript
// Create Campaign
const campaign = await fb.api('/act_123/campaigns', 'POST', {
  name: 'Q1 Prospecting',
  objective: 'CONVERSIONS',
  status: 'PAUSED',
  special_ad_categories: []
});

// Create Ad Set
const adSet = await fb.api('/act_123/adsets', 'POST', {
  name: 'LAL 1% - US',
  campaign_id: campaign.id,
  optimization_goal: 'OFFSITE_CONVERSIONS',
  billing_event: 'IMPRESSIONS',
  bid_strategy: 'LOWEST_COST_WITHOUT_CAP',
  daily_budget: 5000, // cents
  targeting: {
    geo_locations: { countries: ['US'] },
    custom_audiences: [{ id: 'lookalike_id' }]
  },
  promoted_object: {
    pixel_id: 'pixel_123',
    custom_event_type: 'PURCHASE'
  }
});

// Create Ad
const ad = await fb.api('/act_123/ads', 'POST', {
  name: 'Video Ad - Copy A',
  adset_id: adSet.id,
  creative: {
    creative_id: 'creative_123'
  },
  status: 'PAUSED'
});
```

## Best Practices

1. **Test Audiences**: Start broad, then refine
2. **Creative Diversity**: Test multiple formats
3. **Pixel Accuracy**: Verify tracking setup
4. **Budget Allocation**: 70% prospecting, 30% retargeting
5. **Frequency Cap**: Watch for ad fatigue
6. **Mobile First**: Design for mobile experience
7. **A/B Testing**: Systematic creative tests
8. **Attribution**: Understand your customer journey
README.md

What This Does

Comprehensive workflow for automating Facebook and Instagram advertising.


Quick Start

Step 1: Create a Project Folder

mkdir -p ~/Documents/FacebookAds

Step 2: Download the Template

Click Download above, then:

mv ~/Downloads/CLAUDE.md ~/Documents/FacebookAds/

Step 3: Start Working

cd ~/Documents/FacebookAds
claude

Best Practices

  1. Test Audiences: Start broad, then refine
  2. Creative Diversity: Test multiple formats
  3. Pixel Accuracy: Verify tracking setup
  4. Budget Allocation: 70% prospecting, 30% retargeting
  5. Frequency Cap: Watch for ad fatigue
  6. Mobile First: Design for mobile experience
  7. A/B Testing: Systematic creative tests
  8. Attribution: Understand your customer journey

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