How To Set Up Meta Advantage+ Catalog Ads

Facebook is a perfect place to run ads, especially for image-heavy industries like fashion, accessories, or beauty. The challenge is in the need to run campaigns counting for hundreds of products and thousands of combinations. Meta Advantage Plus ads are a perfect solution.

Meta leverage the power of the Artificial Intelligence to maximize the effectiveness with little to no need for a supervision from a marketer. But it doesn't mean that using the system is a no-brainer.

Understanding Meta Advantage+ Ads

Meta Advantage+ Ads are part of Meta ads products that use advanced Machine Learning capabilities to reach custom audiences in a more effective way. Shopping campaigns run this way require fewer actions and reduced manual labor of marketers during campaign setup. The tool offers better performance due to simplified management and building a fitting audience by connecting the existing and new customer groups.

The tool can also boost performance by testing up to 150 multiple ad sets simultaneously and picking the best-performing ones.

How To Set Up Meta Advantage Plus Ads?

As with every Meta ad product, setting up the campaign is not a challenge for modern marketers. The tool was designed (and is still tweaked) to be as easy to use as possible. The campaign setup process looks as following:

• Enter the Ad manager and click "Create"
• Sete "sales" as a campaign goal
• Select "Advantage+ Sales Campaign
• Due to high automation of the campaign types and available options, there is no need to customize everything manually. Instead one can just select "default" and check if everything looks good.
• Set the name of the campaign
• Choose the conversion placement - either a website or website and app
• Set up the target group - this may require adding or excluding particular countries or age groups
• Set up budget and schedule
• Click Display and optimization
• Select "import" on suggested ads. Using all ads available is considered a good practice, as the machine learning algorithm can use this data to pick up the best-performing option
• Click Publish

Creating Meta Advantage+ Catalog Ads

As shown above, the process of creating ads is straightforward and simple. The challenge comes with creating the images. These need not only to meet the requirements, but also be as engaging and attractive for the target group as possible.

The challenge increases when the company has multiple products to sell and advertise, putting an enormous pressure on the creative team, to deliver tons of images. That is an easy way to creative fatigue and burnout.

A good support can be using ads design tool that automates the work or makes it easier, with Cropink being one of the top examples. More hints can be found in our blog post about designing dynamic product ads on Facebook.

When To Run Meta Advantage+ Ads

Advantage+ Ads are among the best dynamic ads on social media available. Their key advantage is leveraging the Machine learning capabilities in delivering the ad. This choice is best when:

• There are many products - so the marketers need not to run the ads themselves
• The team has little to no experience - so the Machine learning will do all the heavy lifting
• There are multiple ad sets to control - again, running the ads manually would be labor heavy and resource-consuming. Considering that, letting the AI solutions run the ads is a smart choice.

Avoid These Mistakes When Creating Meta Advantage+ Catalog Ads

Meta platforms are created to be as easy to use to setup a new campaign as possible. Yet there are some pitfalls to avoid when picking this particular type of ads. These include:

Having a bad catalog

The product catalog is a base and foundation of all Meta Catalog Plus ads. Id the data is of poor quality, or the catalog is not fitting the requirements, the automated systems will simply not work. Or even if the product will work, the ads may be not relevant for the audience due to AI system being confused.

Not using meta Pixel and other analytics

The ads are stronger with data. Meta Pixel connects the Meta ecosystem with the events in the app and on the website, so the system can track conversions and optimize itself. Without this bit, the ad system cannot reach its full potential.

Delivering small number of variants

Utilizing the data is only one part of the system. The second one is about testing multiple variants - the more, the better. If the system is provided with only a few possible combinations, there are little to no possibilities to maximize the outcome.

Key Takeaways about Meta Advantage+ Ads

Meta Advantage Plus ads are a powerful tool to use for large and small businesses alike. The key is in being consistent and conscious in using the system.

• Feed the ads with as much data as possible - the system is using AI solutions, so the more information it gets, the better is its performance. Creating as many ad copy versions as possible will make it easier for the algorithm to find the right audience.
• Takecare of your catalog - the catalog serves as a foundation for the ads, bringing products and enabling the system to work. So any hectic movements around the catalog will hurt the performance of ads
• Experiment - last but not least, the system enables the company to spot the perfect comblination of images and copy without the need to do all the work manually. Failing to provide the solution with enough number of combinations will hamper its effectiveness. 
   

How to improve your Meta Ads results?

Meta offer unparalleled efficiency for running dynamic campaign types across multiple ad sets, making it a vital tool for modern advertisers. By leveraging the power of Meta Advantage technology, businesses can maximize their marketing potential through advanced AI and machine learning. This system simplifies the process of creating campaigns, with automation that adjusts targeting options and optimizes performance. Whether you're managing campaigns at a country level or focusing on specific demographics, Meta Advantage+ enables precise audience engagement. For the best results, marketers should focus on fine tuning their product catalogs and providing multiple ad variations to enhance performance. By fully embracing Meta's Advantage, businesses can streamline their efforts, allowing the system to identify top-performing assets while saving time and resources.