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Facebook business manager: A complete guide for beginners

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Facebook business manager: A complete guide for beginners

According to the latest statistics, Facebook currently has over 2.6 Billion monthly active users. So you can understand the potential of Ads on Facebook. Now that Instagram is also integrated with it, you can successfully run ads on both the platforms together using the Facebook business manager.

On Facebook, you can aim at your targeted audience. Running ads on Facebook will push relevant traffic to your website. As a result, it will help to increase your sales and maximize brand awareness.

We have the complete beginners’ guide, which explains everything about Facebook Business Manager tool and how it will help your business to grow.

But, first things first, you have to understand that what exactly the Facebook Business Manager is and how effectively you can use it.

Understand Facebook Business Manager

Facebook Business Manager is a tool that can help businesses maintain their Facebook pages and ad accounts.

It’s a dashboard and portal that gives you quick access to the various Facebook pages and ad accounts.

Advantages of Using Facebook Business Manager

 

  • It is a super handy tool with you can easily manage all your Pages and advertising accounts in one place.

  • The best thing is, it keeps your company's operations separate from your personal profile.

 

 

 

  • It enables you to permit access to your pages and ads to suppliers, collaborators, and agencies, without handing over property ownership. 

 

 

 

  • Your Facebook's personal details can't be seen by colleagues, except your name, email, pages, and accounts.

 

 

Now let’s head for the process of setting it up.

How You Can Set Up Facebook Business Manager

  • In order to create your Facebook Business Manager Account, go to https://business.facebook.com/, and click on create account. (If you don’t have your business page ready then first you need to create one.)

 

  • Type your business name, your name, and your business email address that you will use to control your Business Manager account, then CLICK NEXT.

 

  • The next step will lead you to enter your business details which will include your address, phone number, country, website, etc. Then CLICK SUBMIT.

How You Can Add Pages to Your Business Manager

  • In the Business Manager Dashboard, CLICK ADD PAGE.

 

  • You can now type the name of your Facebook business page in the search text box. The name of your business page will autocomplete below the box, so you can simply click on it and add your page. 

 

  • If you want to add more than one page which is linked to your company, then follow the same steps.

Add Facebook ad Account(s) 

  • From your Business Manager Dashboard, Click on ADD AD ACCOUNT.

 

  • Enter your account details.

  • The next pop-up will ask “Who Will This Ad Account Be Used For”.

  • Select the one that suits your purpose and click on CREATE.

Add People (Business Partners, Employees, Teammates) to Your Business Manager 

  • From your Business Manager Settings, Click on ADD PEOPLE.

  • You can add specific people to specific pages, in the proper position that you want to assign them.

  • To add your Business Partners, click on PARTNERS in the left menu from your Business Settings.

  • Ask your business partner for Business Manager ID, and then add it under Partner Business ID.

Configure Facebook Pixels

Facebook pixel is a code that Facebook creates for you, which you can place on your website.

It provides you with access to information that will allow you to monitor sales, optimize Facebook advertising, create targeted audiences for your advertising, and point out leads.

To set it up,

  • Click on Business Settings.

  • You’ll find Pixels under the Data Sources menu.

  • Enter a name for your pixel. Enter your website so that Facebook can give you the best suggestions on how to establish your pixel, and then press Continue.

  • Click on the second option “Set-up the Pixel now”, if you wish to straightaway add it to your website. If not, click on the first option to return back to work on the business manager. As your pixel code will be created, you can come back anytime and resume the process.

Configure Payments in Your Business Manager

If you haven’t set up the payment method, then you can’t run ads.

To configure Payment, 

  • Go to the Business Settings and select the payments tab.

  • You can add payment via debit or credit card, and that can be used for authorizing ad accounts. That’s all, you’re good to go.

Do not forget to Enhance Security of Your Account

To set-up an extra layer of security,

  • Click on Business Settings.

  • Head onto the Security Center tab and select Set-up two factor authentication.

  • Setting it as necessary for everyone offers the highest possible protection.
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