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Managing budgets and bidding effectively prevents overspending and helps scale profitable campaigns.

Budget Types:

Daily Budget: steady daily spend;
Lifetime Budget: flexible. Meta allocates more on high-performing days.

Budget Optimization:

Campaign Budget Optimization (CBO / Advantage Plus): distributes budget across ad sets automatically. Good for testing, less for long-term control.

Bidding Strategies:

Lowest Cost (Highest Volume): maximizes results within budget;
Cost Cap (Bid Cap): keeps cost per result under a set amount (e.g., $5 per lead).

Scaling Strategy:

Test multiple ad sets with small budgets ($3–$5 each);
After ~5 days, analyze metrics (CPC, CPR, ROAS);
Scale vertically: raise budget by 20–30% every 3–5 days;
Scale horizontally: duplicate ad sets with new audiences/creatives.

Note

High ad Frequency can mean ad fatigue and usually means a good time to refresh creatives or switch audiences.

1. What is the main advantage of using a Lifetime Budget over a Daily Budget?

2. If you want to avoid paying more than $3 per lead, which bidding strategy should you choose?

3. What's a smart way to scale a high-performing ad set?

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Managing budgets and bidding effectively prevents overspending and helps scale profitable campaigns.

Budget Types:

Daily Budget: steady daily spend;
Lifetime Budget: flexible. Meta allocates more on high-performing days.

Budget Optimization:

Campaign Budget Optimization (CBO / Advantage Plus): distributes budget across ad sets automatically. Good for testing, less for long-term control.

Bidding Strategies:

Lowest Cost (Highest Volume): maximizes results within budget;
Cost Cap (Bid Cap): keeps cost per result under a set amount (e.g., $5 per lead).

Scaling Strategy:

Test multiple ad sets with small budgets ($3–$5 each);
After ~5 days, analyze metrics (CPC, CPR, ROAS);
Scale vertically: raise budget by 20–30% every 3–5 days;
Scale horizontally: duplicate ad sets with new audiences/creatives.

Note

High ad Frequency can mean ad fatigue and usually means a good time to refresh creatives or switch audiences.

1. What is the main advantage of using a Lifetime Budget over a Daily Budget?

2. If you want to avoid paying more than $3 per lead, which bidding strategy should you choose?

3. What's a smart way to scale a high-performing ad set?

Everything was clear?

Thanks for your feedback!

Section 3. Chapter 6

Setting Budgets and Bidding for Success

Budget Types:

Budget Optimization:

Bidding Strategies:

Scaling Strategy:

1. What is the main advantage of using a Lifetime Budget over a Daily Budget?

2. If you want to avoid paying more than $3 per lead, which bidding strategy should you choose?

3. What's a smart way to scale a high-performing ad set?

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Setting Budgets and Bidding for Success

Budget Types:

Budget Optimization:

Bidding Strategies:

Scaling Strategy:

1. What is the main advantage of using a Lifetime Budget over a Daily Budget?

2. If you want to avoid paying more than $3 per lead, which bidding strategy should you choose?

3. What's a smart way to scale a high-performing ad set?