Verifying Your Website With Facebook
A Message From Kristin
Add Two Step Authentication - Do This First
Setup 2-factor authentication on your profile. This makes your account more secure and it makes FB happy about your ad account being legit.
Screenshots below on where to find that. Note that this is NOT in ads manager. You just need to be on FB in your feed to find this button.
Step 1:
From a desktop computer, click the small navigation triangle in the upper right corner of Facebook
Step 2:
Click Settings & Privacy, and then click Settings
Step 3:
Click “Security and Login” or something that looks similar (Facebook changes things often.)
Step 4:
Find the section for Two-Factor Authentication and go through the steps to turn it on.
Need Help? Read This:
The following is technical and can be a little tricky sometimes. You CAN do the following steps yourself. But if you don’t want to take the time or if you are feeling challenged, you can hire my friend and colleague Julie Lowe (Facebook wizard!) to help you do it. Julie charges $350 an hour, and it usually takes her an hour to help you get business manager setup and your website verified. Some of my past coaching clients would tell you it’s well worth it to get her help from the start. PS - It’s totally up to you. I don’t get any kind of kick-back from Julie. I simply added this option because it’s a one time technical setup some people would rather not deal with. Thanks!
Book a session with Julie Here
Business Manager - Do This Next
STEP 1: Check to see if you have Facebook Business Manager already installed
STEP 2: Associate your ad account with your new Business Manager account
STEP 3: Add a second admin to your Business Manager Account (make sure they turn on two-factor authentication like the initial steps above as well.)
Visit business.facebook.com
Click “Users”
Add new user (and make sure they have turned on two factor authentication)
Verify Your Domain - Do This Last
STEP 1: Adding your domain to Facebook Business Manager
STEP 2: CAREFULLY WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP A: Go to Facebook Ads Manager
STEP B: Click on the little 9 dots in the upper left hand corner
STEP C: Click on Business settings
STEP D: Click on brand safety
STEP E: Click on Domains
STEP F: Add your website domain
STEP G: On the right side of your screen, click on “META TAG VERIFICATION”
STEP H: Click Copy to Clipboard on the bold link under Meta Tag Verification
If using a platform OTHER THAN Squarespace:
You’ll have to talk to your website developer or website platform with how to add that piece of code
If you are using SQUARESPACE:
Go to www.squarespace.com and login to your site
In the left side navigation on your website, click “Settings”
On the next screen on the left side navigation click “Advanced”
Then click “Code Injection”
At the top of any code in the top block, click “enter” on your keyboard to create a blank line above any existing code (if this doesn’t make sense, watch the video above again please.)
Then paste (click control and the letter V to paste, or right click with your mouse and click paste)
Click save
Once you have completed these steps, wait about 30-45 minutes and return to steps A - E above and look for the little green dot showing your site has been verified near the middle of the screen.