How to Promote Your Video with Facebook Ads: A Step-By-Step Guide

Facebook Ads is a powerful advertising platform that allows businesses to reach their target audience, promote their products or services, and drive website traffic and sales. To see the power of the platform, just take a look at a few facts:

• Facebook is the 3rd most visited website in the world. It’s second only behind Google and YouTube.

• With roughly 2.96 billion monthly active users as of the fourth quarter of 2022, Facebook is the most-used online social network worldwide.
• Marketers can reach a total potential audience of 1.983 billion users with ads on Facebook.

In this article, we will dive into the world of Facebook Ads, exploring the reasons to use Facebook Ads to promote your video, as well as providing a step-by-step guide on how to set up a campaign. Let’s go!

Reasons To Promote Your Video with Facebook Ads

Facebook Ads can be an incredibly effective way to promote video content, whether it's a product demo, a tutorial, or simply an entertaining clip. Here are several reasons why:

1. Massive audience

With over 2 billion monthly active users, Facebook offers a massive audience to promote your video content.

2. Advanced targeting

Facebook Ads allows you to target your video content to a highly specific audience based on factors such as age, location, interests, behaviors, and more. This means you can reach the people most likely to engage with your video content.

3. Cost-effective

Facebook Ads can be a cost-effective advertising tool. The platform offers a range of ad formats, including video ads, that can be optimized to achieve your desired results, such as views, clicks, or conversions.

4. High engagement

Video content on Facebook tends to have high engagement rates compared to other types of content. Users are more likely to watch and share videos, meaning that your video content has a higher chance of going viral.

5. Detailed insights

Facebook's ad platform provides detailed insights into how your video content's performance. You can track metrics such as views, engagement, and conversions, allowing you to optimize your campaigns for maximum effectiveness.

Type of Facebook Ads

Facebook offers a range of ad types to meet various marketing goals and reach target audiences. Here are the most common types of Facebook ads and a brief overview of their features and benefits.

1. Image Ads

This is the most basic type of ad, which consists of a single image with text and a call-to-action button. This type of ad is great for driving traffic to a website or landing page.

2. Video Ads

Video ads are similar to image ads, but instead of a static image, they feature a video. This type of ad is great for increasing engagement and brand awareness.

3. Carousel Ads

Carousel ads feature multiple images or videos within a single ad unit, which users can swipe through. This type of ad is great for showcasing multiple products or features.

4. Slideshow Ads

Slideshow ads are similar to video ads, but instead of a single video, they feature a series of images that play like a slideshow. This type of ad is great for creating a visually appealing ad with minimal production costs.

5. Collection Ads

Collection ads feature a main image or video with multiple product images below it. When a user clicks on the main image, they are taken to an instant experience page that showcases the products in more detail. This type of ad is great for e-commerce businesses.

6. Instant Experience Ads

Instant experience ads are mobile-only ads that feature interactive elements such as images, videos, and buttons. This type of ad is great for creating an immersive brand experience.

7. Stories ads

Stories ads are designed for mobile devices, offering a full-screen vertical video format. Stories can include a range of media types, including images, videos, and even carousels.

8. Sponsored Messages

Sponsored messages are ads that appear in a user's Facebook Messenger inbox. This type of ad is great for re-engaging with customers who have already interacted with your brand.

Facebook Ad Account Overview

As a novice in Facebook advertising, it's easy to become overwhelmed and confused about the accounts you require. To help you learn this easily and quickly, we've created a breakdown:

Meta Business Suite (previously Facebook Business Suite) is the umbrella account that allows you to manage your Facebook and Instagram accounts in one place. With Meta Business Suite, you can schedule and create posts, respond to messages, get detailed insights and notifications, and much more.

Ads Manager houses your ad account (or accounts). If you're an agency, you'll have several ad accounts within a single Ads Manager account. If you're the only person who manages your properties, you don't have to create a Meta Business Suite account to access Ads Manager. However, it's recommended to have one.

Ad account is created within Ads Manager. You should only have a single ad account per business (or per Facebook Business Page).

To advertise on Facebook, you need a Facebook Page. You can create a Page directly from your Facebook profile, separate from all the aforementioned, or create one out of Meta Business Suite.

An ad campaign is where you select an objective. It's recommended to have several campaign types within one ad account.

An ad set is where you set your ad budget and schedule and define your target audience based on their location, age, gender, language, interests, and other factors. You can have several ad sets within one campaign.

Ad is the actual copy and creative of your advertisement. It's recommended to have a minimum of two ads per ad set. 

Step-By-Step Campaign Setup

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Step 1: Create an account

Go to business.facebook.com to create a Meta Business Suite account. If you already have an account, you can use it to log in. Then go to Ads Manager and click Create to get started.

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Step 2: Choose your objective

Select the objective of your campaign. It can be Awareness, Traffic, Engagement, Leads, App promotion, or Sales.

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Step 3: Name and edit your campaign

Name your Facebook ad campaign. After that, declare if your ad fits into any special categories (Credit, Employment, Housing, or Social issues).

If you want to set up an A/B split test, move the slider in the A/B Test section. Additionally, you can scroll down slightly to choose whether to activate Advantage Campaign Budget+.

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Step 4: Set your budget and schedule

Choose your budget for the campaign and how long you want it to run for. You can set a daily or lifetime budget, and select specific dates or run the campaign continuously.

Step 5: Define your target audience

Choose the target audience for your campaign based on criteria such as location, age, gender, language, interests, behaviors, and more.

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Step 6: Choose your Facebook ad placements

At this stage, you choose the placement on Facebook's network where you want your ad displayed. By default, Facebook select placements that they believe can provide you with the best results. However, you can choose your preferred placements manually.

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Step 7: Create your ad

Choose the format of your ad and fill in the required fields, such as Primary Text, Headline, Website URL, Call to Action, and others. 

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Step 8: Review and confirm

Review your campaign settings, ad creative, and budget, then click Publish to launch your campaign.

Congrats — you’ve made your first Facebook ad campaign!

Conclusions

Facebook Ads is a powerful platform that can be effectively used to boost your business. With the platform's massive audience and advanced targeting options, businesses can reach a broad audience while keeping their advertising budget in check. 

By following our step-by-step guide and continuously testing and refining your approach, you can leverage the power of Facebook Ads to drive website traffic and increase sales and brand awareness.

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