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Meta Ads — Facebook and Instagram advertising — is one of the most powerful skills any marketer can learn right now, and most beginners are closer to getting it right than they think. Here's a story you'll recognize. A friend of mine ran a small online shop selling handmade jewelry. She set up her first Facebook ad, chose an audience that felt relevant, put $10 a day behind it, and waited. The clicks came in. Sales didn't. After three weeks and $210 spent, she had 87 link clicks and two purchases — neither of which covered the ad cost. She assumed Facebook ads just didn't work for small businesses. She was wrong. The ad itself was decent. The targeting was too broad. The objective was set to "Traffic" when it should have been "Conversions." The Pixel wasn't installed correctly, so Meta couldn't optimize for buyers. She wasn't failing at advertising. She was failing at setup — and nobody had explained the difference. That gap is exactl...