Creatives and Placements
Formats that perform.
Creative Is the Biggest Lever
With broad targeting and automated bidding, the creative is now the main thing you control that moves performance.
A creative has three parts: the visual (image/video), the copy (primary text, headline), and the call-to-action. Each can be tested independently.
Ad Formats
Meta offers several creative formats:
- Single image — fast and cheap to produce
- Video — best for storytelling and demos
- Carousel — 2–10 swipeable cards
- Collection — a cover plus a product grid
Match the format to the message, not the other way around.
Use case -> Format
Multi-product / steps -> Carousel
Product demo -> Video
Catalog / shopping -> Collection
Bold single offer -> Single imageAll lessons in this course
- Ads Manager Overview
- Audiences and Targeting
- Creatives and Placements
- Budgets and Optimization