Meta setup on the new ad account
Hello ECOM growth folks,
JK here, and weeks have been flying by for me lately as I am hands-on on two projects, auditing Meta accounts and doing consulting.
Some businesses need help to maintain profitability, while others are thriving and scaling super high.
🚀 One of the projects I work on just hit the 100K € revenue mark within the first 2,5 months on the market, making a profitable acquisition.
🚀 The second one is a great way to triple revenue from last year and hit eight figures this year.
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Recently, I have received a lot of questions regarding how to structure a new ad account for a new startup, such as how to leverage Meta ads or if you are starting in a new market.
That’s why I decided to write this blog post about:
SETUP ON THE NEW META ACCOUNT TO MAXIMIZE PERFORMANCE
I always run 4 types of campaigns:
#1 Testing
#2 Retargeting
#3 Scaling
#4 Audience Testing
I am going to break down each one so you can better understand how and why I use them.
Ready? Let’s start! 🔥
#1 Testing 🕵️♀️
This is the first campaign I set up on day 0, and its purpose is to find new scalable ads to promote further.
First, I start with testing different creatives and funnels to find the winning combination.
Learn more about my creative testing framework here.
I prefer to start with the ABO campaign and target broad to find scalable winners to the masses.
I usually start testing ad sets with an ABO’s daily budget of 2-3x your target CPO.
I segment ad sets based on the following:
> Format
> Angle
> Creator
> Creative style
Later, I will identify the best-performing audience for the top-of-the-funnel audience and leverage it for testing – In 80% of the cases, it stays broad.
I exclude only buyers here: Pixel data 180 days + email list of buyers.
I aim to test 15-20 creatives weekly to find winners quickly.
I use videos first here to get traction faster, understand what works, and build re-engagement audiences. But images and GIFs are also leveraged.
#2 Retargeting 🎯
The second campaign I set up is the retargeting campaign.
“What, JK? Are you still running retargeting campaigns in 2024?”
“Yes, I do because they still work. Let me explain.”
On day 2, I set up a retargeting campaign.
Targeting seven-day stack:
- Engaged audience on Facebook
- Engaged audience on Instagram
- Video viewers +10sec or +75%
*If higher AOV product = more extended periods, more segmented.
For me, what works best here is to have 6-8 ads in the ad set that combines:
> Social proof
> UGC
> Objection-killers
> Safety
> Best-performing ad(s) from TOF audience
*For more ideas, read this blog
The budget here is 20-30% of the daily budget.
The goal is to catch the doubters still thinking about the purchase and move them lower down the funnel.
#3 Scaling 💸
Now, we come to the exciting part of the media buying, the scaling part.
It’s been 5-10 days since we started testing our ads, and we have likely found some that stand out from a performance perspective.
For me, I normally identify winners when they generate 15-20 purchases within the target performance metrics, normally CPA or ROAS.
Scaling for me is done within the Advantage+ 🤑
WHY? Most scalable and stable when increasing budgets.
*Read my tips on Advantage+
The rule of scaling is to use Post IDs to keep engagement. I collect the 6-10 ads that work best and stack them in the scaling campaign.
This first daily budget setup is 10-15x your target CPO.
#4 Audience Testing 📊
After 14 days, I start testing winning ads on different audiences.
I stack 3-5 winning ads within one ad set and target different audiences between ad sets.
My preferred choice to separate the ad sets is to target:
> Intrest stack on the niche
> Interest stack of shopping interests
> Interest stack of relevant magazines and communities
> Narrow audience
> Lookalike stack of re-engaged audiences, check out events and email list
> Advantage+ audience
I prefer CBO for audience testing; I usually start with a 7-10x target CPO daily budget and set 3-5 ad sets.
Based on the performance, I optimize ads, add new ones, pump up a budget, and create new ad sets.
*For me, the rule is to have at least 3-4 ads running per ad set in this campaign.
📍 That’s my setup for the first 2-4 weeks of running the new ad account.
If you want a further breakdown, let me know 😉
Recommended read from my blog 🧠
- The Ultimate Guide to Creative Testing
- How to use different creative styles across the funnel?
- How to scale higher With Advantage+ (Practical tips only)
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And that’s a wrap for today’s ECOM growth community!
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Talk soon and as always …
Happy scaling! 🚀
BESTS,
Jure (JK) Knehtl
Founder @ JK GROWTH