How To Make Facebook Ads With AI - Step by Step

Añadido: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Ever wondered if you could turn one product image into a real Facebook ad without filming or hiring a UGC creator?

[00:00:06]Honestly, I used to think this was impossible. But after testing a new workflow, I finally figured out how to do it properly. So now I can take one product image and turn it into dozens of high-quality ads in a single afternoon.

[00:00:18]And in this video, I'm going to walk you through the exact workflow live. So by the end of it, you'll know how to create Facebook ads with AI, even if you've never made a single one before. For this, I'm going to be using Arcads, which is currently the only platform where I can run this new workflow. So, if you want to follow along with me, I'll leave a link in the description down below where you can sign in. Once you're inside, look on the left panel for the button that says new workflow and click it. Now, as you can see, we land on a blank canvas with a prompt box right in the middle of the screen. So, the first thing I'm going to do here is attach the product image I want to make the ad for. And for this video, I'm using a yoga foam roller. So, I'll attach it using the button in the right hand corner. After the image is loaded, the second thing I'll do is type the prompt inside the box. Here's exactly what I'm going to write. Now, if you take a closer look at it, you can see this is not a complex prompt. In fact, I'm just describing in natural language what kind of ad I want to create and the AI influencer I want inside the video.

[00:01:13]So, the prompt doesn't need to be complicated or have some kind of special structure like you usually need for image and video generations. And that's because Arcads does all the most of the work for us. It runs a complex system that takes our simple prompt and turns it into a much more detailed one. And on top of that, it goes and does the market research for us. So instead of doing all of that manually ourselves, Arcads handles the angles, the hooks, and the entire script automatically, which used to be the part I'd pay a copywriter a couple hundred bucks per script to handle. But don't think it's going to give you some generic copy because it actually researches your target audience, finds their pain points, and figures out which Facebook ads in your niche are currently the winners. So, you end up with a high-converting script from start to end. Now, the prompt itself is simple, but there's actually one line inside that's doing something really important. The line where I said, I want different types of ads for this product. And this small detail is what unlocks the volume of the ads we are about to generate. because instead of getting just one type, we'll get multiple variations to pick from. And this means more iterations, which means we can find the winning ads faster than ever. Now, normally to test this many angles, you'd be writing separate ad scripts all afternoon. But with that one line in the prompt, Arcads writes all of them for us in one shot. So, a process that used to eat a full afternoon now wraps up in about 30 seconds. And once the image and the prompt are in place, I'll click generate. And just like that, Arcads went and built this entire thing for us in a few seconds. Now, if you look at the canvas, the entire workflow is broken down into five columns. And each one handles a different stage of the ad. On the top left, we have the product image we just uploaded. And right underneath it sits the prompt block that holds every prompt the workflow generated for us. Then in the second column, we have an image generation node. And what this does is take our avatar prompt from the left column and create the character image for us. That image becomes the actor reference for every video clip on the right. Moving over to the middle, we have a whole bunch of video generation nodes, and each one runs CDN 2.0. This is currently the best video model for creating UGC style ads. So, I'm going to leave it as it is, but you can also try other models like VO or Clling if you want to test different variations. Each video node takes our product image and our avatar as references. And on top of that, it pulls in one of the prompts to generate a 9x6 UGC clip for us. Right after that, every video clip flows into its own caption node. And finally, on the far right, we have the stitch node.

[00:03:36]This is where every captioned clip gets pulled together into the final Facebook ad with smooth cuts and caption baked in. But before we click run to generate the ads, let me actually show you what our cats wrote as the prompts for our generations. Because if you know how it works, you can later on find better ways to improve it yourself. So the first thing the workflow created for us was the prompt for our reference image. This image is what every other clip in the workflow is going to be based on. Inside it, we need two things. the foam roller and the AI influencer. So for this, Arcads created an image generation node.

[00:04:07]This takes the original foam roller image on the left as input together with the text prompt it just wrote. Now, if we look closer at the prompt, you'll see that Arcads described the AI influencer in a lot of detail. It says she's a woman in her early 30s wearing a cropped tank top and leggings. And on top of that, it places her in a sunny living room with a yoga mat right next to her.

[00:04:27]And as you can see, the prompt Arcads wrote actually matches our niche. Now, Arcats also created four different video prompts, each one built around a separate angle. The first one is focused on pain relief. Maya talks about her hips getting tight after sitting all day, and then she uses the foam roller to release that tension, and this is one of the most relatable hooks for this niche because almost everyone understands that feeling. So, it's the perfect opener for us. For the second angle, Arcads went with a clear product demo. Maya uses the foam roller on her calves, her quads, and even her upper back to show all the different ways someone can use it. But the angle I like the most is the one where Maya is actually honest about the product. She doesn't start by acting like everything was perfect from the first second. She admits that it took her a minute to figure out the best way to use the roller. But once she understood how to use it properly, the feeling was amazing. And that's exactly why this is the strongest one out of the four because the viewer won't see it as another paid promotion where the creator pretends the product is perfect. And finally, the last ad is built around morning mobility. Maya uses the foam roller before yoga to loosen up, which turns the product into part of a daily wellness routine. So now it's not only a recovery tool for people who are in pain. It also becomes useful for anyone who just wants to move better and take care of their body every day. So from just one short prompt, Arcads handled almost everything you would normally have to do by hand. And the only thing left is to click run. And here's what we get back. Arcads is now going through every node on the canvas and generating everything at the same time. The first thing it creates is the reference image with our AI influencer. So, let's take a look at it. And here she is. The face matches exactly what we wrote in the prompt. The skin texture looks natural and the soft window lighting makes the whole image feel like a real selfie taken at home. Now, what's important about this image is that the entire workflow is built on top of it. So, if Archads failed here, everything else would start falling apart. But honestly, it nailed it. And that's actually a pretty big deal because every clip downstream uses this image as the reference. So, if the face was off here, the same broken face would show up in every single ad. So, now let's see how it generated the actual videos. In the first clip, Maya is testing the roller.

[00:06:32]>> Especially if you're sitting all day, right? My hips get so tight after work.

[00:06:35]So, I use this for 5 minutes and it helps so much. Oh, yeah. Oh, that feels good.

[00:06:40]>> And right away, you can see her rolling out her glutes exactly like we described in the prompt. But the thing worth pointing out the most is that both the product and Maya stay consistent throughout the entire clip. The foam roller looks the same, and her face matches the reference image from start to finish. In the second clip, we have the honest review angle.

[00:06:58]>> These are the three spots I always use this on.

[00:07:05]>> And right away, what stands out is how natural her voice feels. She doesn't sound like she's reading a script. She sounds like she's casually talking to a friend, which is exactly what you want from a UGC ad. And what I like the most is that she takes small pauses while talking exactly like a real creator would. Those tiny hesitations are what make the whole thing feel real. And those are the kind of details I've never actually seen another AI tool pull off.

[00:07:28]So this is the kind of clip I would run on Facebook right now exactly as it is.

[00:07:32]After the videos are done, every clip flows into the caption note which adds the captions on top. So let me open one of the captioned clips.

[00:07:40]>> Especially if you're sitting all day, right? My hips get so tight after work.

[00:07:43]So I use this for 5 minutes and it helps. so much. Oh yeah. Oh, that feels good.

[00:07:48]>> As you can see, every word is timed perfectly with what Maya is saying. And finally, the stitch node pulls everything together into the final ad.

[00:07:55]So, let me play it and show you the result.

[00:08:01]This is what I use before yoga when I want to loosen up fast. Especially if you're sitting all day, right? My hips get so tight after work. So, I use this for 5 minutes and it helps so much. Oh, yeah. Oh, that feels good. I thought this would feel too intense, but it actually feels amazing once you find the right pressure.

[00:08:21]These are the three spots I always use this on.

[00:08:29]This came out exactly the way I wanted it to. The character stays consistent across every clip. The product doesn't change, and the voice feels natural the whole way through. And the final result looks much closer to a real $2,000 UGC ad than something AI generated in just a few clicks. So, if you want to start producing ads like these without ever picking up a camera or hiring a UGC creator, go sign up for Arcads using the link in the description below. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one.