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The Art of Online Business

The Right Audience Size for Facebook and Instagram Ads—And What to Test First

The Art of Online Business

Kwadwo [QUĀY.jo] Sampany-Kessie

Entrepreneurship, Business, Youtube, Online Business, Podcasting, Online Marketing, Marketing, Team Building, Business Scaling, Facebook Ads, Outsourcing, Social Media, Evergreen Sales Funnels, Productivity

4.8821 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Let's break down the best audience size to aim for when running Facebook and Instagram ads—and how to start testing with a lookalike of your email list once it’s big enough. ‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ Cut your lead gen costs in HALF with my $37 mini-course–NOW only $17!Visit The Art of Online Business website for Facebook Ads help‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ If your list is still small, no problem! I show you how to use Detailed Targeting by stacking interests and income filters to hit that sweet spot. I also explain why it...

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0:00.0

So what is the right audience size for you to target on Facebook and Instagram ads?

0:06.1

Which audience of all of them should you probably start off testing first?

0:11.1

And if you don't qualify for that audience, the one that I go to to test first in my client's accounts,

0:17.9

then what might you be able to do instead?

0:21.7

That's what this episode is about.

0:23.7

You want 1.2 to 3 million in audience size, because that is a big enough audience, in my

0:32.3

experience, which is just five-ish years of managing, I don't know, around $4 million,

0:39.7

almost $4 million of ad spend for clients in meta and Facebook and Instagram ads, hi, I'm Quajo, by the way.

0:44.6

That's enough audience for the algorithm to do its thing.

0:48.7

Now, what do I mean by algorithm do its thing?

0:51.8

Think of this like a two-person Latin dance.

0:55.0

I live here in Mexico.

0:56.0

I have lived here in Mexico since 2020 when I got stuck outside of my 12-year home in China.

1:02.0

That was fun, not fun, lots of crying, lots of praying.

1:05.0

But in Bichata and salsa, I'm learning Bichata right now.

1:08.0

It's a cool partner dance, right?

1:10.0

And you have to give and you have to take. I'm the guy, I'm learning Bichata right now. It's a cool partner dance, right? And you have to give and you have to take.

1:12.6

I'm the guy, I'm usually the leader, and the lady who's following me looks for my cues,

1:18.6

and I have to make sure as a leader not to be overbearing and to let her shine.

1:22.6

Well, when you're running your Facebook and Instagram ads, it's like the same thing.

1:28.4

You have your ads management tricks.

1:31.5

Hopefully you're learning more and more,

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