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We've put together this guide, drawing on over 20 years of our agency's experience with Meta and Google Ads

Step-by-step instructions with screenshots and a clear explanation of why you should use each specific function in each specific case

We've detailed over 50 risky areas where you might overspend your budget

54 pages, 25+ screenshots,
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following questions:
AUDIENCE
CREATIVE MATERIALS
ANALYTICS
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9 Important Questions about Audiences & Targeting:

  1. 1. What types of audiences exist?
  2. 2. What is the difference between communication and media audiences?
  3. 3. How does the minimum required budget depend on the number of targeting options in a campaign?
  4. 4. How should you structure your targeting within a test campaign?
  5. 5. How do you create a saved audience?
  6. 6. How do you build an audience based on your existing customer base or website traffic?
  7. 7. How do you create remarketing audiences?
  8. 8. How can overly detailed targeting lead to failure, and how do you avoid it?
  9. 9. How can overly broad targeting cause issues, and how do you prevent it?

What’s Inside?

  • 9 pages of in-depth explanations
  • 11 control points in the checklist
  • Minimize the risk of wasted ad spend with precise audience targeting
  • Optimize your targeting strategy and maximize your campaign success!

8 Important Questions About Creative Content:

  1. 1. What makes up an ad?
  2. 2. How can you effectively and creatively use images?
  3. 3. What are the different types of text, and how can you tailor the same message for different audiences?
  4. 4. What's the difference between your pricing offer and your value proposition?
  5. 5. What's the difference between your offer and your additional benefits?
  6. 6. How can you combine offers and benefits effectively?
  7. 7. How many creatives should you prepare for a single audience?
  8. 8. How can you consistently increase exposure, find inspiration, and track competitors?

Inside this chapter of our guide:

  • 7 pages of in-depth explanations
  • 14 control points in the checklist
  • Optimize every detail of your message and boost conversion rates by 30-50%!

10 Important Questions About Conversion Tracking & Campaign Optimization:

  1. 1. How does optimization work in Meta?
  2. 2. What data is important for processing digital events?
  3. 3. How do you set up Meta Pixel?
  4. 4. How and why should you set up Conversion API in 2025?
  5. 5. How do you connect CRM and Meta to optimize for qualified leads?
  6. 6. How can you qualify leads automatically?
  7. 7. What information should your website application form include?
  8. 8. Why are Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics 4 necessary?
  9. 9. Which events should you track in your web analytics?
  10. 10. What is UTM tagging?

What’s Inside?

  • 20 pages of detailed explanations
  • 43 control points in the checklist
  • Boost conversions by 30-50% by optimizing every detail of your campaign
  • Bonus: A ready-to-use UTM tracking table template
  • Enhance your tracking, optimize your campaigns, and drive better results!
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With this guide, you’ll also receive a free checklist containing 100+ items to ensure your Meta campaign is set up for success

By marking completed items, you can predict your campaign’s success in advance and effectively manage risks

This checklist helps you forecast how much more successful your Meta Ads campaign could be compared to the average

What’s Inside the Checklist?
  • 11 items in the Audiences section
  • 13 items in the Creatives section
  • 42 items in the Analytics section
  • 25 items in the Campaign Settings section
  • 11 items in the Creative Settings section
🔥 Plus, a Campaign Success & Risk Calculator for each section to help you fine-tune your strategy!
Why Is This Guide So
Valuable?
This guide condenses 20+ hours of expert material from several senior specialists, whose consultation would typically
cost >$3,000 (20 hours х $150 per hour)

More Than Just a Freelancer’s Perspective
Hiring a freelancer on Upwork may provide expertise in a single area, but no one person can be an expert in: Meta Business Manager, Analytics, Creative & Communicational
Strategy, Media Planning
Our guide combines insights from at least 5 different professionals, giving you a well-rounded approach essential for success in performance marketing.


If you truly implement all the steps in the process we offer, you could see a 30% 🔥 increase in conversion (compared to average cross_category benchmarks). Thus, after just the first $400-$800 investment in advertising, you’ll be able to earn more profit than the cost of this guide 😌

We won’t be able to teach you how to implement HTML code from scratch or use 🧑‍🎨 Photoshop to create ad materials, but in this document, we provide everything you need to effectively set tasks for your designer, analyst, or developer, as well as monitor the work of your media buyer. You can also use the key insights in this document to choose the best contractor for campaign planning and media buying.
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