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How to spy on your competitor’s Ads

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A bit of friendly competition is good right? Want to see all of the content your competitors are sharing across their Instagram & Facebook ads? 

Alright – put your balaclava on and activate stealth mode.

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How to view your competitor’s ads

STEP ONE

Go onto your competitor’s Facebook Page on your computer and scroll down to this section :

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STEP TWO

Click See All which will open a popup. Scroll down within this popup so you can see the “Go To Ads Library” button. Ooooo we feel naughty!

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STEP THREE

You will now be able to see all of the ads that Facebook page is running. You can’t see who they’re targeting but below you can learn what it all means.

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Breaking it all down

With the top section of each ad, you’ll be able to see little icons that represent where that ad is being shown.

Instagram Icon = Shown on Instagram

Facebook Icon = Shown on Facebook

Messenger Icon = Shown within Facebook Messenger placements

Now you know where they’re placing their ads. You can also look at the content that they’re using. There may be a mix of video ads, image ads, carousel ads and then story placement ads.


A carousel ad (this one is shown on Instagram only)


Still image ad


Square video Ad


Story Ad (This one is on Instagram only)

How do we know it’s a story ad? Because it’s too tall to be a feed ad! Long assets like this one can only be shown on story placements 🙂 We like to us 1080px by 1920px for story placements.

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Top Tip Alert!

You can see it yourself here – even a big dog like the Iconic mixes up their assets across still images and videos. Don’t be fooled by youtubers telling you video is the way forward. Still images also work. Don’t have budget for a feature length film for use on your social media campaigns? Do not worry! Just spend your time on ensuring your still image content is on fire! And you can add text to your images! (Facebook used to have some crazy rule about having text on images which was given the boot)

Get creative. What would you stop scrolling to see? Stand out!

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STEALTH MODE DEACTIVATED

Alright ladies! Hope you’ve enjoyed our sneaky little trick to channel some real James Bond vibes and look over your neighbour’s fence.

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