What are dynamic ads?
Benefits of dynamic ads
- Relevance and personalisation: Dynamic ads in Meta ads offer a high degree of personalisation. By using data on user behaviour, businesses can show highly relevant ads that appeal to the specific interests and needs of potential customers.
- Efficiency and time savings: Manually creating personalised ads for every user would be extremely time-consuming. Dynamic ads automate this process, allowing marketers to focus on strategic optimisation and other important tasks.
- Higher conversion rates: Personalised ads have a greater chance of capturing the user’s attention and converting. Dynamic ads can promote products that users have previously shown interest in, which significantly increases the chance of conversion.
- Retargeting: Dynamic ads are ideal for retargeting. They can automatically show ads to people who have visited your website or viewed a product but did not make a purchase. This helps win back lost leads and boost conversion.
Setting up dynamic ads
- Create a product catalogue: The first step is to create a product catalogue. This is a file that contains information about the products or services you want to promote, such as price, description and image. This can be done manually or automatically via a data feed.
- Implement the Facebook Pixel: The Facebook Pixel is a piece of code that you place on your website to track visitor behaviour. It helps collect the data needed to retarget ads to the right users.
- Set up the ad campaign: Create a new campaign in Facebook Ads Manager and choose the ‘Catalogue sales’ option. Select the product catalogue you created and configure the target audience, budget and duration of the campaign.
- Create ad templates: Create templates for your dynamic ads. These templates determine what your ads will look like. You can add various elements such as product name, price and description, which are filled in automatically from your product catalogue.
Best practices for dynamic ads
- Segmentation and targeting: Use the data you have collected to segment your target audience accurately. Target your ads at specific user groups based on their behaviour and interests.
- A/B testing: Test different variants of your ads to see which perform best. Experiment with different headlines, images and calls to action to determine what is most effective.
- Optimising the product catalogue: Make sure your product catalogue is up to date and that the product information is accurate and appealing. Good product images and descriptions can make a big difference to the effectiveness of your ads.
- Analysis and adjustment: Monitor the performance of your ads and make adjustments where necessary. Use Facebook’s analytics tools to gain insight into how your ads are performing and where you can make improvements.

