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I created a new Facebook ad for one of my client's. It's a great ad and has a $20 credit per day. However, we haven't recieved even one like so far and it has been running for 3 days. Is there something im missing? or a diffrent way to boost the ad. Help me out if you can. Thanks!

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A concise audit and action plan for a Facebook ad that has run for three days with no Page likes.

Common immediate causes: the campaign objective may not be optimizing for Page likes; the ad could be disapproved or not delivering; audience targeting may be off; creative may not prompt a Like; or the Page being promoted lacks recent content or an obvious value proposition. Quick checks in Ads Manager: campaign objective, ad delivery/status, impressions and CTR, and whether the ad is actually being shown to the intended audience.

Practical checklist to run now:

  • Confirm the campaign objective is one that optimizes for Page likes or engagement rather than traffic/conversions.
  • Verify ad approval and delivery status; disapproved ads show zero delivery.
  • Look at impressions, reach and CTR — impressions with near-zero CTR mean creative or targeting issues.
  • Review audience settings (location, interests, exclusions). Exclude current fans and avoid tiny or overly fragmented audiences.
  • Test at least two different creatives and headlines; include a clear reason to like the Page (benefit, content type, offers).
  • Ensure the Facebook Page has recent posts, a clear profile/cover, and visible post examples so new visitors will follow after clicking Like.
  • Prefer feed placements for Page-like objectives and avoid Audience Network if the goal is social engagement.
  • Do not buy likes from third parties; they damage targeting and future ad performance.

A sensible experiment plan: run 2–3 ad variations, run them for 7–14 days to gather data, then scale the best-performing ad. Use a small lookalike or interest-based audience to start, then expand. As and suggested, relevance is primary; as noted, align the objective with business goals (sometimes conversions trump likes). ’s app idea can work for contests but adds complexity, and ’s community reminder about disclosure is good practice.

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Member Avatar for Jack_2012

I't good ,

Member Avatar for sebastianedu

There is so many techneques to increase the facebook likes , you can create some intersting fb app ,So that you will get more likes on your page .

Member Avatar for happygeek

Try ManageFB - www.managefb.com - system, I think it is free

You only think it is free? I would have thought, considering that in your community intro here on DaniWeb you say that you are "engaged in promoting system managefb.com, project in which we are actively working the last 6 months", you would have known how much it costs.

Seriously, if you are going to promote something here then declare your interest, and at the very least don't try to make out that you are just a happy user...

Member Avatar for CantonMIGD

Your fb ads don't get any likes because it's not relevant to the people that get to see your ads. They need to be interested in your fb page and it's services.

Member Avatar for danielmav

There may be many reasons that your ad didnt recieve single click.

  • Wrongly targeted ads.
  • Not enough impression.
  • Not effective ad copies / images.

Apart from this, I would suggest you to update your Facebook Cover pages and post content on pages regularly.

Member Avatar for advent_geek

First Identify your Business then analyze your clients.

after this apply all the filters to reach exact client for your business.

Member Avatar for cwvps

Have you properly targeted your audience? Is you fb page diverse and regularly updated with different content: images, videos, relevant content, infographics?
Is your client's business niche specific enough?

Member Avatar for zinist

Hi,
If you want to increase your add like promote your add as many times as you can.

Thanks

Member Avatar for goodtaste

When I run an ad on Facebook, I am not as worried about likes as I am about the ad producing sales. My ad did not produced likes, but it produced sales, so I am happy with the results.

Member Avatar for goodtaste

And yes, you have to target the right people as much as possible. If not, you are only throwing money down the drain.

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