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Meta Business Partner · NZ-wide

Facebook ads that turn scrolling into real enquiries.

We are a New Zealand Facebook ads agency and Meta Business Partner for trade and local businesses. We build and manage the Facebook and Instagram campaigns that put you in front of the right locals, follow up the ones who almost enquired, and report in leads, not likes.

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A local customer scrolling Facebook on their phone
113
Kiwi businesses since 2019
$1m+
ad spend managed
$4m+
tracked client revenue
4x
return on ad spend*
5.0 ★
from 15 Google reviews
Why most Facebook budgets vanish

Facebook ads are not a scam. Most accounts are just run badly.

When a business owner tells us Facebook advertising did not work for them, it is almost always one of these three, and all three are fixable.

Boosting posts and hoping

The blue Boost button is Facebook's easiest money and the worst way to buy ads. It optimises for likes and reach, not enquiries, and most boosted budgets vanish without a single lead to show for it.

Ads shown to the wrong people

Broad targeting, no proper audiences and the whole country selected. Your budget gets spent showing a Napier service to someone in Invercargill who will never buy it.

No pixel, so nothing is measured

Without the Meta pixel and conversion tracking set up properly, you cannot retarget the people who visited, and nobody can tell you what a lead actually cost. The account just quietly drifts.

What our Facebook advertising covers

The work that actually moves cost per lead.

No set-and-forget. Every Meta account gets the same six things, every month.

Audiences built around real buyers

Location, demographics, interests and lookalikes built around the customers you actually want, in the areas you actually cover. No spray and pray.

Ad creative and copy done for you

Scroll-stopping images, video and copy written for your business and your offer. On Facebook the creative does most of the heavy lifting, so we keep testing new angles.

Meta pixel and conversion tracking

Pixel, events and conversion tracking wired up properly, so campaigns optimise toward enquiries and booked jobs instead of likes and reach.

Retargeting that closes the loop

Most people do not enquire on the first visit. We follow up website visitors and engaged audiences with warm ads, which is usually the cheapest lead in the whole account.

Landing pages that convert

Your ads point at pages built for the offer behind them, not a homepage. A better landing page lowers your cost per lead before you spend another dollar.

Testing and reporting you can verify

Creative, audiences and offers tested every month, with reporting on enquiries and cost per lead. Every number we report, you can check in your own Ads Manager.

The whole toolkit

Facebook, Instagram, Reels, lead ads. We run the lot.

One campaign can reach your customers across Facebook and Instagram in every format Meta offers. Each format earns its place case by case, and we will tell you straight when one is not worth your budget.

Facebook feed ads

Image and video ads in the feed where Kiwis actually spend their time. The workhorse format for local awareness and lead generation.

Instagram and Reels

The same campaign can run across Instagram feed, Stories and Reels. One build, one budget, and Meta serves it wherever your customers scroll.

Lead ads

Forms that open right inside Facebook or Instagram, pre-filled with the person's details. Fewer steps, cheaper leads, and every one flows straight into your follow-up automation.

Retargeting

Warm ads to people who visited your site or engaged with your page but did not enquire. Cheaper clicks and a second chance at the job.

Awareness campaigns

For businesses whose customers plan ahead, staying front of mind for months before the buying decision is the whole game. Used deliberately, with a tight audience, never as a budget sink.

Proof

Real accounts, real numbers.

Every figure we publish comes from a client's own account, and they can check it themselves. Bermuda Lifestyle is the one to read here: Facebook and Instagram ads have run alongside their Google Ads for years, keeping their pool and spa business booked months in advance.

We also run Facebook ads for our own business, with our own money. The strategies we recommend are the ones we trust with our own budget.

See all our results
+2,500%
enquiries in year one
Bermuda Lifestyle

A new website plus Google Ads, Facebook and Instagram working together. "They deliver the exact customers we require via Google Ads, Facebook Ads and Instagram." Denise Howell, owner.

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Straight talk

Is Facebook even the right channel for you?

Google Ads catches people already searching for your service, which is why it is usually the first channel we run. Facebook and Instagram do a different job: they create demand, putting you in front of the right locals before they search, and keeping the people who visited your site warm until they are ready.

Facebook is brilliant for work people plan ahead for, and a poor fit for urgent call-outs. If it is the wrong first channel for your business, your free leads audit will say so, because we would rather turn down a Meta budget than manage one that cannot work.

Planning a Facebook and Instagram ad campaign for a local business
Where we work

A Facebook ads agency in Hawke's Bay and Auckland, working NZ-wide.

We are based in Hawke's Bay and Auckland and run Facebook and Instagram advertising for trade and local businesses across New Zealand. Campaigns are managed remotely, so where you are does not change the work, only the audiences and areas we target.

Hawke's Bay Napier Hastings Auckland Wellington Christchurch Tauranga Hamilton

Not on the list? We work with businesses anywhere in New Zealand.

How we work

From free leads audit to dialled-in, step by step.

No mystery, no black box. This is the exact process every new Facebook ads client goes through.

01

Audit before anything

Before you sign a thing, we audit your website and marketing, tell you straight whether Facebook ads are the right channel for you, and what your cost per lead should look like.

02

Discovery

We narrow down which services you want more of, then work out what a lead and a job are really worth to you from your sales pipeline and margins. That number steers every decision after it.

03

The build

Campaigns, audiences, ad creative and copy built for you, with the Meta pixel and conversion tracking set up end to end. You can review it all before launch, or just tell us to hit go.

04

Launch and fine-tune

We usually go live on the 1st of the month so your reporting starts clean. The first weeks are about finding which creative and audiences convert, and cutting the ones that do not.

05

First-month review

We present the first month's results, get your feedback and tune the account to what you actually want. Some clients want fewer, better leads. Others want the budget pushed harder at one offer.

06

Ongoing optimisation

Fresh creative, audience refreshes and budget moves every month, with a catch-up rhythm you choose: weekly, monthly or quarterly. Facebook ads fatigue fast, so standing still costs money.

Pricing

Quiet weeks filled, priced per campaign.

You tell us what work you want more of. We build and run the campaign that brings it in, agree a lead target with you in writing, and charge one flat price for it. Your ad budget stays yours.

Quote

What it costs, and what you get for it

All prices NZD +GST

Website

A website that turns lookers into booked jobs.

What changes for you

$199a month

$5,997 one-off to build it

Meta Ads

Your phone ringing with the jobs you actually want.

  • Reach people in your area at the moment they're searching for your trade.
  • A lead target agreed with you in writing before we start, so you know what you're paying for.
  • Your ad budget only goes to the searches and audiences that turn into real enquiries.
  • A plain monthly report: what you spent, what came in, and what each enquiry cost.

$497a month, per campaign

No setup fee. Your first month covers the build.

Plus your ad budget, which stays yours.

System

Never lose another job to a missed call or a slow reply.

What changes for you

$297a month

$997 one-off to connect it. Waived with the full stack.

The full stack

Everything between a search on Google and a job in your calendar, handled.

  • Ads that bring in the right enquiries, a site that convinces them, and a system that books them.
  • One team looking after the lot, so nothing falls between a web guy, an ads guy and a CRM.

$897a month

Includes your first campaign. $497 a month for each campaign after that.

$4,997 one-off setup covers the lot, System setup included.

Cheaper than the parts.

Why saying yes is safe

30-day money back

Not happy with your website in the first 30 days? Everything you've paid, refunded.

60-day lead guarantee

Miss the lead target we agree on any campaign and we waive our fee for it until we hit it.

Month to month

No lock-in, no notice period. Cancel any time and it ends at the end of the month you've paid for.

Not sure which one you need? The free leads audit works it out before you spend a cent with us.

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Our 60-day guarantee

60 days to hit your number, or our fee for that campaign stops.

We agree a monthly lead target with you in writing at onboarding. If a campaign misses it in the first 60 days, we keep working and waive our fee for that campaign until we hit it. You still cover your ad spend, and any website, hosting or system costs you're on with us, but you don't pay us to manage that campaign until we deliver.

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FAQ

Facebook ads questions, answered.

What does Facebook advertising cost in NZ?

Two parts: the ad budget you give Meta, and the management. Most local businesses get meaningful data from around $20 to $30 a day in ad spend, and we will give you a straight number for your industry on the free leads audit. Management is $497 +GST a month per campaign, plus your ad spend. A Meta leads campaign is one campaign; Meta retargeting is a second one at the same price. There is no setup fee: the first month is charged before the build and covers the build and the first month live. Already running Google Ads with us? Meta is simply another campaign on the same bill.

Facebook ads or Google Ads: which is better?

They do different jobs. Google Ads catches people already searching for your service, which is why it is usually the first channel we run for trade and local businesses. Facebook and Instagram create demand: they put you in front of the right locals before they search, keep past visitors warm, and work brilliantly for services people plan ahead for. The reality is that for most of our clients Facebook earns its place alongside Google, not instead of it, and on the leads audit call we will tell you which mix fits your business.

Do you run Instagram ads as well?

Yes. Facebook and Instagram share the same ad platform, so one campaign and one budget covers both, including Stories and Reels. We let the results decide where your budget flows: Meta serves the ads wherever your customers respond, and we cut the placements that do not perform.

What is wrong with just boosting posts?

Boosting optimises for engagement: likes, comments and reach. It cannot use proper campaign objectives, full audience targeting or conversion tracking, which is exactly the machinery that turns ad spend into enquiries. Proper campaigns built in Ads Manager consistently beat boosted posts on cost per lead, usually by a wide margin.

Do Facebook ads work for tradies and local businesses?

For the right trades, very well. Facebook suits work people plan ahead for: renovations, heat pumps, pools and spas, landscaping, painting, new builds. It is weaker for urgent call-outs, because someone with a burst pipe searches Google, they do not scroll Facebook. That is the test we apply on your leads audit call, and if Facebook is the wrong first channel for your trade we will tell you so.

Do I need a Facebook page to run ads?

Yes, ads run from a Facebook business page, with an Instagram account connected for Instagram placements. If yours does not exist yet or has been gathering dust, we set it up and tidy it as part of the build. It does not need a big following: the targeting does the work, not the page.

How do you measure and report results?

Enquiries and cost per lead, not likes or reach. The Meta pixel and conversion events are set up on every account so form fills, calls and booked calls are counted properly, and you get a monthly report you can check against your own Ads Manager. After the first month we go over the results together, then set a catch-up rhythm that suits you.

What is retargeting and why does it matter?

Most people who visit your website leave without enquiring. Retargeting shows follow-up ads to those same people on Facebook and Instagram while your business is still fresh in their mind. Because the audience already knows you, it is usually the cheapest cost per lead in the account, and it is one of the first things we build.

Who owns the ad account?

You do. We build and run everything under your own Meta Business portfolio, so you keep full access, you can see every number we report, and if you ever leave you take the account, the pixel and its history with you.

How long before I see results?

Ads start showing within a day or two of launch, and lead ads can produce enquiries in the first week. The first 30 to 60 days are about testing creative and audiences to find what converts, so cost per lead typically improves after the first month. Awareness plays take longer by design, and we will be upfront about which kind of campaign you are buying.

Do you work outside Hawke's Bay and Auckland?

Yes. Home base is Hawke's Bay and Auckland, but Meta campaigns are built and managed remotely, so we run Facebook and Instagram ads for businesses all over New Zealand: Wellington, Christchurch, Tauranga, Hamilton and everywhere in between. Your location simply becomes part of the audience targeting.

What if it does not work?

The same guarantee that backs every campaign we run: a monthly lead target agreed in writing before we start. If the campaign misses it in the first 60 days, our fee for that campaign comes off the table while we keep working until we get there. Your ad spend still runs, and any website, hosting or system costs you are on with us are still billed, but we do not earn a cent for managing that campaign until the leads arrive.

Weighing up where to start? See how we run Google Ads management and how the channels fit together in our lead generation approach.

Get your free leads audit

In 20 minutes we'll show you whether Meta is the right channel for you, where your budget is leaking, and what your cost per lead should be.

Instant replies, 24/7
What's your trade?
Where do we send your audit?
How many on the tools, counting you?
Are you spending on ads right now?
Tell us about the business

Do you have a website?

Just the address is fine, we'll find the rest.

Paste the link to your page, or leave it blank and we'll find it.

Last one. What's your goal right now?

20 minutes with Ryan or Matt, real numbers, no obligation. We only take on a handful of new clients a month, and one tradie per trade in each area.

Ready for leads, not likes?

Get your free, no-obligation leads audit. We'll tell you straight whether Meta is right for your business, what's burning money, and what your cost per lead should look like.

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