Complete Marketers Guide on Facebook Library

Facebook is one of the most popular and widely used social media platforms for people all around the world. Facebook can be easily accessed by mobile devices and computers from any corner of the world where the required network is available.

It is a site that connects people from one end to the other end of the world. We can easily see and get information on whatever is happening around the world through Facebook. We get the latest information and details regarding world politics, fashion, entertainment, and even natural disasters and calamities.

It is all just a few clicks away. In today’s fast-growing world, Facebook is not only a network that connects people but also a platform where people from different professions can advertise their work. It is a great marketing tool for businesses that is free and easy to access. Marketers can easily create, post, and publish their works on Facebook and earn out of it as well.

What is Facebook Ad Library?

The Facebook Ad library is a searchable database tool that provides information on any Ad that is available on the app. It shows ads that are currently running including information on who made it, when it was made, and what exactly it looks like. People from any part of the world can look up whatever ads they wish to see in the Facebook Ad Library.

The Facebook Ad Library gives us the ability to see any sort of kind from all around the world. All sorts of ads from different fields are available on the Facebook Library Ad platform. We just need to type in the keywords of the things we wish to see and it will provide us with all the related information.

It also provides transparency for political ads and research. It provides access to competitor ads for research and betterment. It also gives creative inspiration for the future. It is a sort of watch, learn and improve the platform.

The ads posted on the ad library stay for or are shown for 7 years. So, we can watch the ads we wish to see, learn from them, and check on the competitors for 7 years.

How to use the Facebook Ad Library?

The Facebook Ad Library was developed to be easily accessible and user-friendly for everyone using it.

To access the Facebook Ad Library, one must visit the facebook.com/ads/library site and select their location, category, and other keywords.

One can also use the brand name that they are looking for in the keywords box to find the ads that they are looking for.

Suppose, if I am a marketer who is interested in the ads that Jockey is running in America, ill input; America, All Ads, and Jockey as the keywords.

Once I click to enter, I will be able to see every ad that Jockey has run in America over the past 7 years including the date it was published, the type of ad being used, etc.

How to create an Ad on the Facebook Library Ad?

Any marketer wishing to create an ad of any sort should follow the instructions given below:

Step 1: Create an Ad Account

Create an ad account using the personal ad account ID given when you first sign up for Facebook. You must have a Facebook page, a verified payment method, and be an admin, editor, or advertiser on someone else’s page. You need to have or create a business manager account to create a new ad account.

Step 2: Head over to Facebook Ads Manager

All of Facebook’s ads run through the Facebook Ads Manager tool. You need to enter the Facebook ads manager to create an ad. If you are using it from your desktop or laptop, from your business page you can head to the sidebar and click on the Ad center option and choose all ads from the drop-down arrow. At the bottom of the page, you will find the Ads Manager option. As for mobile devices, you can download the Facebook Ads Manager app available for all android and apple devices.

Step 3: Choose your Objective

Click on the green “Create Ad” button to get started with your first ad. It will take you to a page where you can select the options for your objective.

Choosing the marketing goal and objectives that are right for you is the first and the most important step in creating an ad that you want. What will your ad be based on? What will be its outcome? How will it affect the people and you? Your objectives can be about a sale of the products in your business or even an awareness. Choosing an objective and the main aim or the purpose of your ad is important.

Step 4: Select your Audience

Deciding on who and how many people see your ad is also vital. It could include factors such as age, location, gender, community, and other details. You could either reach everyone or anyone from any of the world or just a few people you wish to reach out to.

You can also get back to people you had already engaged in the past in regards to your business through your ads, online or offline. You can also look up to people who have similar interests as you in regards to business or campaigns or awareness for yourself or the customers in your business.

Step 5: Decide where to run your Ad

Choose where to run your ads. Whether you want your ads to show only on one app or all the apps connected to Facebook, or only in the ad library or the feeds, stories, marketplace, explore pages, or in-stream. The more options you choose the more places your ad will be seen at.

Step 6: Set your Budget

Input the budget of your daily or lifetime payment, and also the period for which you want your ads to run. You can select the amount you want to spend on your ad and can also edit it at any time you wish to. You can also set the maximum amount that you will pay when a person sees your ad or takes the actions that you desired.

Step 7: Pick a Format

Select or decide whether you want to use photos, videos, words, or a combination of all of them for your ad. You can pick a single photo or video or words or multiple image format for your ad. It can appear in stories, feeds, reels, or the explore page.

Step 8: Create your ad

You can create your ad in the formats mentioned above by taking from the other ads available or scratch on a blank canvas. You can select your formats from the options available on the account. You can add visuals and copies and create your ad in the most exciting way possible to attract people to it. The more attractive and excited your ad is, the more people it will attract.

Step 9: Place your Order

You can submit your ad by clicking on the ‘publish’ button at the bottom right-hand corner of your page. After you create your ad and submit it, the ad goes to the ad auction that helps it get to the right person.

In the ad auction, there are many ads submitted along with your ad. The ad auction determines the best ad to be shown to a person at the right time. The ad with the total value, which includes the bid, estimated action rates, and the ad quality wins and is hence shown to the person.

Step 10: Measure and manage your Ad   

You can track your ad and make necessary changes and edit it when it is running in Ads manager. If your edited ad is working better than the other or more efficiently you can make tweaks and adjustments as needed.

Following the above steps, you can create your ads and display them to the world and enhance and grow your business. It is the easiest and the fastest way to reach out to more people in today’s world.

Conclusion

With the coming and development of the Facebook Ad Library, it has become easier for marketers all over the world to advertise and check on their competitors. Not only does it offer a platform for advancement for one’s business but it also offers the platform for improvement in one’s field.

For marketers, the Facebook library ad works like a mine of information. Not only can they advertise their work but can also keep a track of what their competitors are up to, how much they are lacking, or how high they are from their competitors.

The ad library provides complete transparency making it easier for the marketers to keep a track of their progress over the years. They can even edit and keep enhancing their ads or works to give out the best version of their works.

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