Facebook & Instagram Ads for Beginners: Plan, Set Up and Test a Campaign
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Facebook & Instagram Ads for Beginners: Plan, Set Up and Test a Campaign

Humera Farooqi
Teacher

Humera Farooqi

Subject

Digital Marketing

Last updated

10 Oct 2026

About Lesson Pack

Anyone can press Boost. Knowing where the money goes is the real skill, and this pack explains how Facebook and Instagram advertising actually works, one clear step at a time. Across five one-hour sessions you compare organic and paid reach, choose campaign objectives, get to know Meta Business Suite and Ads Manager, build a draft campaign, plan an audience and a budget, and prepare creatives and copy for a simple test. Practice uses draft campaigns and sample data, with Meta Blueprint as your reference for further study, so no advertising budget is needed to complete the pack. Running ads for real later needs a business account, a payment method and a budget, and the teacher walks through each requirement so you can prepare in advance. The pack teaches planning and setup. It does not promise sales or results, which depend on the product, the offer and the market.

Session Details

Session# 1: Introduction to Paid Advertising 1Hr
Begin with the question every advertiser must answer: why pay for reach at all? Compare organic and paid reach, see how advertising funnels and customer acquisition work, understand ad budgets and campaign objectives, and learn the real difference between boosting a post and using Ads Manager. For the practical, choose the right advertising objective for three business scenarios.

Session# 2: Meta Business Suite and Ads Manager 1Hr
Learn the tools before spending a rupee. See how a business portfolio is structured, how Facebook and Instagram accounts connect, what an ad account needs, who should hold which permissions, how billing works and how to keep everything secure. You then navigate Ads Manager and identify the campaign, ad set and ad levels.

Session# 3: Facebook Ads Campaign Setup 1Hr
Follow one campaign through every stage: choose between awareness, traffic, engagement, leads and sales objectives, give the campaign a clear name, select a budget and decide on ad placements. You then build a draft campaign for a business goal of your choice, ready to review with the teacher.

Session# 4: Audience Targeting and Budgeting 1Hr
Decide who sees the ad and how much to spend. Work with location, age where appropriate, interests and behaviors where available, custom audiences, retargeting and lookalike audiences, then compare daily and lifetime budgets and see how testing keeps spending sensible. The practical: plan an audience and a budget for a tuition service or an online store.

Session# 5: Ad Creatives, Copy and Campaign Testing 1Hr
A good campaign still needs a good ad. Look at ad design and video ads, persuasive headlines and primary text, calls to action and offers, then learn how A/B testing works, how ads are reviewed and the common reasons ads underperform. You prepare one ad creative and two versions of its copy, ready to test.

What will you Learn?

Compare organic and paid reach and choose the right ad objective for a business goal

Navigate Meta Business Suite and Ads Manager and tell campaign, ad set and ad apart

Build a draft Facebook and Instagram campaign with an objective, budget and placements

Plan an audience and a budget using interests, custom audiences and lookalikes

Prepare an ad creative and two versions of its copy, ready for an A/B test

  • Upon completion of the course, you will have acquired these skills.
  • Facebook Ads Instagram Ads Meta Ads Manager Campaign setup Audience targeting Ad copywriting A/B testing

What are the requirements of this course?

No earlier advertising experience needed

A Facebook login for Meta Business Suite and Ads Manager

No advertising budget needed: practice uses draft campaigns and sample data

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Humera Farooqi
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Booking Options
Sessions 5
Duration Per Session 1Hr
Required Skill Level Beginner
Session Recording Free
Recording Availability Lifetime access