Are you blocked from advertising on Facebook and need a solution?
If your Facebook ad account has been restricted from advertising, this article will show you tips for appealing your ad account ban and how to create ads again in no time. I’ve worked at Meta both when it was only called Facebook and recently since the name change to Meta – you’ll find much higher quality info on this blog than elsewhere on Google.
If you’ve had your Facebook account restricted—you’re not alone. Many ad agencies have been shutdown recently due to new facebook ad policies that automations are enforcing.
In this blog, I’ll cover why your ad account was banned in the first place, what you can do to fix it, and how to prevent it in the future.
Be sure to check out my last blog too.
As Liana Lang, CEO of Power Up Strategy Inc. said, “Please meet Trevor, my ‘secret weapon’ for all things Facebook compliance. I highly recommend hiring him to help you out especially if you plan to be running ads.”
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What To Do When Facebook BANS Your Ad Account
A top tip I can share for first steps when your Facebook ad account is disabled, is to immediately pause any actions inside Ads Manager and Facebook Business Manager.
Ad agencies often make things much worse because they’ll quickly appeal a rejected ad or disabled ad account without taking a breath, leading to more mistakes that are harder to come back from.
Or, the standard entry-level social media manager, or marketer will try to resubmit the same ads that got rejected ASAP, and sometimes repeatedly many times in a row. That only makes you look like a bot or spammer to Facebook.
If you’re going to do anything, take a breath and look at your ads carefully, because clearly there is either a piece of ad copy, or creative in your funnel triggering Facebook’s automations to put you on the radar. Â
Facebook ad account restricted – what does it mean?
Whether your Facebook Business Manager is disabled, Facebook Business Page restricted or your ad account disabled – it can really knock the wind out of your sails!
What does it mean if your Facebook ad account is disabled?
It means 1 of a few things could have happened:
‣ You ran ads with a gigantic flag in them
‣ Over a period of time, smaller flags have added up
‣ Facebook has a glitch
Also feel free to check out my article Facebook ad account disabled next steps
Based on which reason got your Facebook ad account blocked, you’ll have a different course of action to get your Facebook ads live again.
Before You Set Any More Ads Live
Hypothetically – let’s say you have 1 ad account that’s blocked, but another that’s active. Your clients are tearing their hair out because their Facebook ads have not been running, so your 1st instinct is to just start running ads again.
This isn’t a smart move because the flags that got you shut down are in your ad copy that you are using for the new ads on another ad account. You are doomed to repeat the Facebook block here.
You have to identify the exact cause for why Facebook’s bot’s shut you down before running any new ads otherwise you risk further bans that are even worse.
New to startup life? Navigating Facebook’s Advertising Policies as a Business is a good read too.
Why Block Facebook Ads?
One thing I learned working at Facebook is how much carnage – literal murder – is shown on Facebook just in rando posts you’ll never see because Facebook took them down. Literally, I had to see people getting killed on Facebook Live when I worked in tech at Facebook.
The Facebook ads you’ve never seen because they were blocked have all sorts of nastiness in them. A few bad actors have partly ruined Facebook for everyone else. Because with these blackhat advertisers, and clickbait farms, Facebook has to be strict.
That’s why Meta has so many ad policies. It’s all the stuff you don’t see that requires heavy monitoring via automations and teams that review content on the Newsfeed.
I had lowkey PTSD from some of my work at Facebook due to what I had to see, helping the low-level, near sweatshop workers that reviewed content, with their tech if a tool failed.
Did you already say something that got your Facebook ad account disabled?
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If you’ve been shutdown a lot but never got answers, you’re like one of my clients, Steve Martinez, Vice President of Apollidon Learning.
“Trevor took us through the process of getting one of our University of Texas ad accounts reinstated (within minutes). He offered some critical insights to why our Facebook Ad Account was disabled and shared options to reduce our chances of future issues. We have a better understand of how the algorithm works and know exactly what to do and say if our account gets disabled again.”
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Advertising restrictions for unusual activity
When you hear: “Advertising restrictions for unusual activity” it’s because of 1 of 2 reasons.
Your credit card was flagged – which means your bank may be blocking charges from Facebook. Or, if your CC is used on a Facebook Business Manager that other advertisers use, they could have run some sketchy ads that got your card number flagged.
The other reason is you got a new phone and logged into Facebook on it.
Or, you logged into Facebook while traveling and you are not in your usual geographical location and Facebook flagged the mismatching IP addresses as suspicious.
You can solve this by being more mindful about where you log into Facebook, and take precautions ahead of time (I can share what to do on this if we are working together).
Already completely banned?
If you are running ads and spending $100K a year or more on ads, I can help with that.
Also check out: Top Reasons Why Facebook Disables Ad Accounts
Your ad account was banned for too many rejected ads
Simply put, there is a limit to how many facebook ad policy mistakes Facebook is willing to allow per ad account.
There is a specific ratio of approved vs. rejected Facebook ads that once you cross that line, Facebook’s machines will auto-shut you down.
Kinda like points on your car insurance from car accidents – if you have too many in too short of time, you risk your driver’s license being suspended. You have to balance this with approved ads.Â
How to appeal advertising restrictions
Having dealt with 1000s of ad agencies over the years, both working at Facebook and in my private facebook ad policies firm, I can tell you what the best appeal strategy is.
You’ll want to clean up your funnel first before submitting an appeal. That means you need to identify the actual reason Facebook flagged you and identify the specific piece of content that caused the shutdown.
Otherwise you have no ammunition in your appeal to use. By telling Facebook, “Hey, my bad, I see exactly what I did wrong and have taken steps to correct it,” you get a lot more good faith from Meta to be given a chance to advertise again.
Don’t want to roll the dice and just guess with your appeal? Hire me and I’ll use my experience working at Facebook to craft the best appeal with the highest chance of success. Schedule a discovery call here.
Learn More: Blocked from Advertising on Facebook
You’ve probably searched the entire internet for solutions to being blocked from advertising on facebook. It helps to learn more about how Facebook works by reading the ad policies. BUT…
None of that will help if you can’t identify why you were targeted by Facebook’s bots.
Also, it’s challenging when literally one one word can get you shut down.Â
To have the ultimate security that you know what the fuck you’re doing, it helps to see things from Facebook’s point of view, and have a definite answer on why you were flagged and how to get your ads live again.
Generally speaking, your ads have to follow a 10,000 more rules than you are actually told about.
BUT – don’t miss out on an opportunity to never have to get flagged again.
What if you had a guarantee that your ads were compliant before they went live on Facebook? What if you knew 100% without guessing why your ad account was disabled? What if you knew why your Facebook ads were blocked and had a path to get ads live again?
Keep reading for these answers and more:Â
New Solution to Facebook Ad Policy Violations
After years of working at Facebook, I understand exactly what ad copy in your funnel is triggering the automations and how to get compliant.
Get solid answers directly from the source instead guessing, googling, and playing roulette. Schedule a call with me and I can easily tell you proven reasons why the automations flag you and how to become compliant.
You’ll be swapping out walking in a minefield of ad flags, to have a sure path to having your Facebook ad accounts protected from being disabled.
My clients have included the social media marketing agencies of Tony Robbins, Harv Eker, and Dean Graziosi. I’m featured on the Queen of Facebook Mari Smith’s Marketing Essentials Course.
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