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Social Setup Guide - Facebook & Instagram
Social Setup Guide - Facebook & Instagram

Here's how to connect the Genius Creative Platform with your Facebook Ad account and business page.

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Written by Alex Whitelaw
Updated over 2 weeks ago

The Genius Creative Platform automates the creation of targeted video ads that are tailored for each audience. These video ads are reactive and data driven which allows copy, products, scenes etc. to be optimised daily.

Access to your Facebook ad account is required in order for Genius to push the video ads into your Ad Sets through the Facebook API.

Step 1 - Set "Genius Sports - Creative Services" as a Partner to your Facebook Business Account

  1. Go to ‘Users’ tab in your Business Manager Settings and select ‘Partners’.

  2. Click the blue ‘Add’ button and select the give Partner access option.

  3. When prompted, enter the business ID: 148587068890966.

  4. After clicking next you will be prompted to the Assign Assets window where you can follow the step 2 below.

Note: It is key that we have the ability to create and push ads through your Page, so please make sure these ‘assets’ are available to us

Step 2 - Allow the Genius Sports - Creative Services Account Access to your Business Assets

  1. To find the Assign Assets window you can go to the ‘Partners’ tab search for Genius Sports - Creative Services (you can also search by business ID: 148587068890966) and click on Share assets.

  2. Allow the Genius Sports - Creative Services Account Access to your Facebook Page: go to the ‘Pages > Classic Pages’ tab, select the desired page(s) and toggle on ‘Create ads’.

    Note: This option isn’t always available for all users. If this is the case, please send us the Page name or URL and we’ll send a request notification from our end to the page.

  3. Allow the Genius Sports - Creative Services Account Access to your Ad account: go to the 'Ad Accounts' tab, select the desired ad account(s) and click on 'Manage Campaigns'.

  4. Allow the Genius Sports - Creative Services Account Access to your Catalogs (Optional): go to the ‘Catalogues’ tab, select your desired Catalogue and grant ‘Manage catalogue’ permissions.

    This step is optional depending on whether Genius requires access to the Facebook Product Catalogues. If you are unsure then please check with your Genius Creative Account Manager first.

  5. Allow the Genius Sports - Creative Services Account Access to your Instagram account: go to the ‘Instagram Accounts’ tab, select the desired Instagram account and toggle on 'Ads'.

Step 3 - To allow the Genius Creative Platform to push ads to your Facebook Account:

  1. Log onto the Genius Creative Platform.

  2. Click into the Dashboard on the top left hand side of the screen.

  3. From the dashboard, click into 'Profile'.

  4. Scroll down until you see 'Facebook Profile' at the bottom of the page and click the '+' sign on the right hand side of the Facebook box.

  5. An input form will pop up - enter your Business' Facebook profile name, ad account ID, and page ID. Personal logins cannot be used to authenticate your Facebook account.

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