Martin
Founder, strategy and audits
Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010.
Meta Ads for Business Brokers
Meta Ads for Business Brokers
Nobody decides to sell their business because of a Facebook ad. They decide over months. Meta Ads keeps your brokerage in front of the owner who read your valuation page and left, with discreet creative that never promises a price.
For owner-led brokerages that want to stay in front of owners who are still deciding, with retargeting built from page visits and nothing built from a seller list.
What Meta Ads can and cannot do for a brokerage
Context from how your customers search, compare and book.
Cold interest targeting on Meta is a poor fit for seller intent. Interest categories cannot tell an owner who is thinking about selling from an owner who is not, and a cold ad that says sell your business reads as spam. Where Meta earns its place is retargeting: the owner who read your how much is my business worth page at midnight and did not fill in the form is exactly the person you want to see a calm reminder a week later.
The creative has to respect the owner's situation. Nobody wants their staff or their customers to see a sale advertised, so ads never mention a listing, never name a seller and never imply that the person seeing the ad is selling. They talk about how the brokerage works, what the first call covers and that fees are on the site. Nothing promises a sale price, a multiple or a timeline.
Audiences are built from page visits and video views only. We do not upload a seller list, a past client list or a prospect list to Meta, because that is a confidentiality risk the brokerage does not need to take. Buyers get a separate audience and separate creative built around the listings section, in the general terms the brokerage approves.
Tracking closes the loop. The Meta pixel and conversions API record form submissions and call clicks, and the monthly report shows which audience and which creative produced each seller inquiry. Where your CRM records engagements signed, those are linked back so the report shows mandates rather than reach.
Who this Meta Ads service suits
groups Customer segments
- person Brokerages with valuation and process pages that draw visitors who do not inquire first time
- person Principals who want a discreet presence in front of owners over the months they take to decide
- person Firms with a listings section that want buyer retargeting kept apart from seller retargeting
- person Brokerages that have been burned by cold interest campaigns from a generic agency
psychology What drives their decision
- check_circle Retargeting audiences built from page visits, never from an uploaded seller list
- check_circle Creative that never mentions a listing, a seller or a promised price
- check_circle Buyer and seller audiences with separate budgets and creative
- check_circle Cost per seller inquiry
How we deliver Meta Ads
A clear, repeatable process built around how business brokers customers search and decide.
1
Pixel, audiences and consent
We install or check the Meta pixel and conversions API, confirm the privacy notice covers it, build seller audiences from visits to valuation, process and fee pages and build buyer audiences from the listings section. No customer or prospect list is uploaded.
2
Creative plan
Short videos and still images that explain how the brokerage works, what the first confidential call covers and where the fee schedule is. The principal appears where they are comfortable. Nothing names a listing or promises a sale price.
3
Campaign build
Seller retargeting, buyer retargeting and a small awareness campaign for owners of businesses in the industries you have sold, each with its own budget. Frequency caps keep the reminders calm rather than relentless.
4
Landing and inquiry path
Ads send owners to the process page or the valuation page, each ending with the short confidential form that asks for an industry and a revenue band. Form submissions and call clicks are recorded as conversions.
5
Monthly reporting
Each month you see seller inquiries, buyer inquiries and cost per inquiry by audience and creative, with the creative that is wearing out flagged for refresh. Engagements from your CRM are linked back where you record them.
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What Business Brokers Meta Ads includes
Reach the right local audience on Facebook and Instagram with proof-led ads
- check_circle Pixel and conversions API setup
- check_circle Seller and buyer retargeting audiences
- check_circle Creative set and quarterly refresh
- check_circle Form and call-click tracking
- check_circle Monthly cost per seller inquiry report
What you can expect
- verified Owners who read your valuation or process page see a calm reminder over the weeks they take to decide
- verified No seller list, client list or prospect list is ever uploaded to Meta
- verified Creative that never mentions a listing, a seller or a promised price
- verified Buyer and seller spend reported separately
- verified Every seller inquiry tagged with the audience and creative behind it
- verified Engagements linked back where your CRM records them
Deliverables you receive
inventory_2 Pixel and conversions API setup with privacy notice check
inventory_2 Seller and buyer retargeting audiences built from page visits only
inventory_2 Creative set of short videos and stills that describe the process without naming any listing
inventory_2 Seller and buyer campaigns with separate budgets and frequency caps
inventory_2 Form and call-click conversion tracking
inventory_2 Monthly report on cost per seller inquiry in USD
Technical approach
The mechanics behind Meta Ads for business brokers, explained plainly.
Pixel and conversions API
Both are installed so form submissions and call clicks are recorded even when browser tracking is blocked. Events carry no personal data beyond what Meta's standard events require, and nothing from a seller conversation is sent.
Audience hygiene
Audiences are built from page visits and video views with a 30 to 180 day window. Owners who submit a form are removed from the seller retargeting audience so nobody keeps seeing ads after they have already called you.
Creative compliance
Every ad is checked against Meta's advertising standards and against the brokerage's confidentiality rules before it runs. No listing details, no seller names, no promised prices and no claim to be the best.
Marketing from $500 USD a month
Month to month, no commitment. One fee covers the pages, the search and ad work and the tracking. Ad spend is separate and stays in your own accounts.
Starting at
$500 USD per month
Free to cancel with 1 month's notice. Tell us what you sell and where. We come back with what the first month would fix.
Get a Free AuditWhat $500 a month covers
Pages
IncludedPages built around the searches your buyers actually type.
Search and ads
IncludedSearch and ads aimed at people ready to inquire.
Tracking
IncludedCalls, forms and bookings tagged to the search, ad or page behind them.
What to expect from Meta Ads
Retargeting works on the owner's timeline, not the campaign's. The first weeks build audiences, and inquiries follow as owners come back.
Days 1 to 14
We check the pixel, build audiences and creative and agree with the principal what can be shown. Campaigns go live once form and call tracking record correctly.
Weeks 3 to 8
Audiences fill as seller-intent traffic arrives, and the first inquiries from retargeted owners appear. We compare creative and adjust frequency so the reminders stay calm.
Months 3 to 6 and beyond
Creative is refreshed as it wears out, audiences are refined by page and engagement data shows which inquiries became mandates. We cannot promise a number of inquiries or mandates.
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Our team
The same people on the audit and on the work
Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010.
Yoana
Social and app development
Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action.
Mike
SEO
Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest.
Robert
Paid media
Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads.
Elmer
Analytics
Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data.
Dino
Design
Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences.
Certified and experienced
Certified where it matters. Accountable for the outcome.
Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010.
Google AdsCertified
✓Google AnalyticsCertified
✓Google Tag ManagerCertified
✓Operating since 2010Proven experience
✓Frequently Asked Questions
Will owners see that we are advertising to them? expand_more
They will see an ad from your brokerage that explains how a sale works and what the first call covers. It never says or implies that they are selling, never names a listing and is capped so it does not follow them around.
Can you target owners who are likely to sell? expand_more
Not from interest data, and we do not pretend to. Meta cannot tell who is thinking about selling. We retarget people who read your seller-intent pages, which is the only honest signal of intent available.
Do you upload our past client list? expand_more
No. Audiences are built from page visits and video views only. Uploading a seller list or a client list is a confidentiality risk the brokerage does not need to take.
What should the principal appear in? expand_more
Short videos explaining the process and the first call work well, because owners want to know who they will be speaking to. The principal appears only where they are comfortable, and nothing they say promises a sale price or a timeline.
How much should we spend? expand_more
Retargeting budgets are small because the audiences are small. We agree a monthly figure after the audit based on how much seller-intent traffic your site has, and we report cost per seller inquiry in USD so you can adjust.
Does this bring buyers too? expand_more
Buyer retargeting runs as a separate campaign built from visits to the listings section, with its own budget and creative in the general terms the brokerage approves. It never shows confidential detail.
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