Are you asking why has facebook disabled my account?
If you're running Facebook ads you want to find out what the next step is.
In this blog today you'll learn what the best options are when Facebook has disabled your ad account. I've been a project manager at Facebook, worked in ads and tech at Meta too.
My last blog showed you how to avoid bans. And today we'll expand on what happens when Facebook aka Meta disables your ad account, why this happens, if you've been hacked and how to avoid getting your ad account disabled.
New to facebook advertising? You may want to check out another resource: What to Do After Violating Facebook’s Ad Policies.
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How to Solve the Problem of a Disabled Facebook Account
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results and yet many advertisers make the same mistakes. A big mistake is to try to appeal a rejected ad.
Now you're probably saying, "But Trevor, that's nonsense. How ELSE am I going to get my rejected Facebook ad live again?
First of all you need to slow your roll if you are so eager to run ads you missed why Facebook rejected your original ads. Or adverts as the British like to call them.
If you need some tips on running ads on FB as a business, read How to Navigate Facebook’s Advertising Policies as a Business.
Because when the rubber meets the pavement and you have to ask, "facebook disabled my account what do I do next?" the biggest takeaway is you need to look closer at the ads you ran.
They hold the clues on what violations in the Facebook ad policies you made. And your ads also have the clues for what to do differently next time.[Read: Your Access Can't Be Reinstated here]
Violating the Facebook Terms and Conditions
Ok so many ad agencies are confused about Facebook's terms and conditions. As a result, they run afoul of the ad policies pretty quickly. Facebook's articles are little to no help at all.
Facebook or Meta's terms and conditions essentially state, "This is a private website owned by Mark, we can do whatever the fuck we want to."
In case you forgot - Facebook isn't a public school or governmental entity that you pay taxes to get a vote on. It's one dude's website. Which means you need to know the rules of engagement before engaging. Or the automations that control which ads are approved or not will be doing this to you:
Yes, I love movies with Samuel L. Jackson, he's one of my favorite actors. But, let's get back to Facebook. The terms and conditions include the advertising policies. If you get shut down, it's because your ads have flags in them you did not see.
Is your Facebook ad account already disabled? Don't get ripped off! Read How to Recover Facebook Ad Accounts now!
The real secret is to take a preventative approach. You know what a post mortem is in the startup world?
As Tech Target states, "It's also called a project retrospective, is a process for evaluating the success (or failure) of a project's ability to meet business goals."
As much as it may seem like common sense to evaluate your Facebook ads from a policy perspective before they go live, shockingly few advertisers do this!!!
Have you been trying for years to uncover the secret of how Facebook flags ads and avoid the ban hammer? Does your company waste too much time and money trying to side step the automation landmines?
That was the case for my client Jack Randall. Jack is a social media marketer that kept getting shutdown by Facebook until we worked together.
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Account Got Hacked
I've got some news for you: Facebook doesn't trust you. Even if you are the victim of getting hacked, your Business Manager or Facebook Business Page getting compromised puts everyone at risk.
As a result, when you (naively) report your ad account or profile as being hacked to Facebook and expect a super hero savior - you'll get crickets.
You gotta step back and see it from another perspective besides just your own. Facebook has over a quadrillion hundred billion ads live everyday.
That means the automations are taxed trying to police the ad violations, as well as the Community Standards violations for regular profiles. Do you know how many people get hacked every day as well?
Globally, an estimated 30,000 websites are hacked each day. Facebook actually has hackers reporting legit profiles as being hacked right before they hack them!!
This is a technique to get Facebook to mistrust you. The hackers will send you a fake Facebook email to get your log info. TLDR: if you are hacked your profile and advertising assets are toast. You'll have to start fresh.
Disabled by Facebook: facebook disabled my account
Now you are in a pickle for whatever reason your ad account is disabled by facebook. "Why has facebook disabled my account?"
Let's look at a few possible reasons why:
• You ran too many rejected ads
• You requested the review of a rejected ad over and over again
• Accidentally got flagged as a special ad category
• Logged in from a new location far from your normal one
• Tried to get around Facebook's ad policies black hat stuff
There are many reasons you could have been shut down. The important thing to know is what happens when you get shut down on any level. And what to do about it.
Also check out: Top Reasons Why Facebook Disables Ad Accounts
When Does Facebook Disable Your Account?
You may not be aware of this but Facebook is always profiling you. When you run ads, your ad account has its own score. So does your Business Manager.
Facebook even scores your personal profile through automations to determine if Facebook wants your friends to see your posts. If you have a low score your ad costs go up, risk factors increase oh and your friends won't see your posts.
Facebook disables your ad account when you reach a critical threshold of rejected ads or attempts to appeal rejected ads.
That won't help your marketing strategy much will it?
Check out Essential Facebook Ad Policies to Know [Ultimate Guide] here.
Avoid Getting Your Facebook Account Disabled
The best strategy for keeping Facebook ads active is always going to be a preventative one. You can't undo a certain level of banning.
But you can prevent yourself from getting banned on Facebook by auditing your funnel before ads go live.
Take a moment to review your Facebook ads and compare them to the Facebook ad policies online. Your marketing plan should include compliance before conversions. Because it's a balance between those two.
Where a lot of advertisers hit a wall asking, "Why has facebook disabled my account?" is when the reason why their ads are rejected isn't clear. Sound familiar?
That's because there are 10,000 Facebook ad policies the automations enforce that aren't public knowledge.
If you haven't had a chance yet, read my break down of Common Facebook Ad Policy Violations [Explained]
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?
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