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Paid Ads Playbook Β· 16 pages Β· Free

The Meta Ads Playbook

Struggling to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of Facebook ads? Feeling overwhelmed by targeting options, campaign goals and confusing metrics? Nineteen tactics for getting Meta advertising to pay.

25%Conversion lift for ads using a local phone number over a toll-free one
19Tactics, each with the reasoning behind it
1%Lookalike, built from your best customers, is the place to start
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16-page PDFUpdated September 2026 Β· Beginner level
What's inside

11 chapters Β· 16 pages Β· ~12 minutes to read

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Why run Meta ads?

01

Speak your audience's language with local details

02

Know your audiences

03

Forget casting a wide net

04

Not everyone seeing your ad knows you

05

Lookalike audiences

06

Custom audiences can be a goldmine tactic

07

Develop a lead magnet, and beware ad fatigue

09

Audience decay, and the pain points Instagram craves

11

Segmentation and trendjacking

13

UGC as ad creative, and editorial ads

Built for

Written for teams that own Paid Ads.

Advertisers running Meta campaigns that have stopped improving

Founders who want to understand what their agency is actually doing

Ecommerce and local businesses whose audience lives on Facebook and Instagram

Anyone about to build their first lookalike or custom audience

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