• 1300 720 120
  • Contact
  • Sign In

Login / Logout

Forgot Password
Logo for HerBusiness
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Podcasts
  • Events
  • Become a Member
  • Work With Us
 
 
Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

274 – Ad Expert Shares What’s New With Facebook and Instagram – with Stacey Hughes

Sales & Marketing, Podcasts

Content Sells Podcast

Subscribe

Ad rules on platforms like Facebook and Instagram shift fast. This latest episode of Content Sells is your radar update.

Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon bring back ads expert Stacey Anne Hughes to unpack what’s actually working (and what isn’t) on Facebook & Instagram in 2025.

You’ll hear her perspective on targeting, creative formats, AI in ad copy, nurturing leads—and how to avoid ad mistakes that waste your budget.

Whether ads are already in your strategy or feel like a puzzle you haven’t cracked yet, you’ll walk away with clarity on where to focus now to get results.

 


FREE RESOURCE

5 Intro Ads Lessons with Stacey Hughes

Stacey shares five foundational video lessons to help you set up your ad account, install pixels, and get your first ad off the ground—without overwhelm.

Get Your Free Resource Here


 

Listen to This Episode to Hear More About:

  • Why “going broad” may outperform granular audience targeting now
  • How Meta’s AI is shifting the job you do vs. what the platform does
  • The formats ads must include (video, reels, B-roll) and why static alone won’t cut it
  • How to use AI to generate meta-compliant ad copy: the how, and when
  • What you need to know to design lead forms that don’t feel like traps
  • What’s working right now to nurture leads fast
  • Key metrics to watch (and what they’re actually telling you)
  • Common ad mistakes business owners still make, and simple fixes
  • What’s coming next (trial reels, always-on campaigns, creative testing)
  • And much more…

Also Mentioned in This Episode:

Apply For Mastermind
Ready to scale your business? Explore the HerBusiness Marketing Success Mastermind for expert support and community.
Apply Now

Join the HerBusiness Network
Find out why HerBusiness is Australia’s leading network for women business owners.
Join Now

Stacey Hughes

Gab Burke – Podcast With Gab

 


We’d love to hear from you!
Got a bonus idea from today’s episode? Let us know over at the Content Sells Podcast Facebook Page.

Enjoying the show?
Help us reach more women in business by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. It means the world to us!

Share This

About the Hosts

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and...

view profile

    author social links:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Blog
  • Website
Michelle Falzon

Michelle Falzon, Director of We are Content, has more than 25 years experience in marketing and communications from her early days in TV, radio and press (documentary films, TV and radio commercials) through to print (book publishing, magazines, marketing collateral) and on to her early adoption of digital marketing in the...

view profile

    author social links:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

About the Guests

Stacey Hughes

Stacey Hughes is a paid ads expert who helps online business owners boost brand awareness and attract more clients with attention-getting paid ad campaigns. Stacey knows how to help clients appeal to their target audience through appealing paid ad campaigns that deliver clicks, leads and, ultimately, sales.

view profile

    guest social links:

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Website
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts

Latest Episodes

  1. 274 – Ad Expert Shares What’s New With Facebook and Instagram – with Stacey Hughes
    04 November 2025

  2. 273 – How to Grow Your Podcast With Award-Winning Producer & Broadcaster Gab Burke
    21 October 2025

  3. 272 – How to Build a Repeatable Process for Making High-Converting Offers (Part 2)
    07 October 2025

  4. 271 – Grow Your Business With Stories That Sell with Kendall Cherry
    23 September 2025

  5. 270 – How to Build a Repeatable Process for Making High-Converting Offers (Part 1)
    09 September 2025

  6. 269 – Stop Quitting Too Soon: How to Get Results From the Strategy You Already Have
    26 August 2025

  7. 268 – Making The Most of Big Changes: How To Turn Shifts & Trends Into Sales
    12 August 2025

  8. 267 – How to Use Custom GPTs to Save Time, Create Better Content, and Sound More Like You – With Tina Tower
    29 July 2025

  9. 266 – How to Say the Thing You’ve Been Afraid to Say in Your Marketing (And Why It Changes Everything)
    15 July 2025

  10. 265 – Are You Attracting the Right Leads? (And What To Do If You’re Not)
    01 July 2025

Listener Reviews

  • Highly relevant and informative. We are in the process of updating our website and so your episode Design Insights from a Successful Web Designer was tremendously helpful. It highlighted the importance of a number of website design and layout...
    - Frozen in Hobart

  • Chunks of ‘gold’ in every podcast. Having many years of marketing experience under my belt, it is easy to push aside learning content that relates to marketing in favour of other tasks. I am so glad I didn’t. This...
    - LollyMollyMe

  • This podcast really helps. I have been listening to these podcasts since they first came out and am finding them so helpful. If you need to know who your ideal clients are and how to figure that out, then...
    - Cathdev

  • A Podcast Full of Great Content!! I listen to a number of marketing podcasts as marketing has been a steep learning curve for me for a while now. The Content Sells Podcast is in a league of its own!...
    - can’treadfrench

  • This podcast really helps. This podcast is an absolute must for marketers and entrepreneurs wanting to supercharge their sales. Finally someone telling us how to make the most of all our hard work. Can’t wait to put these strategies...
    - joshmasters

About herBusiness

Celebrating 30 Years in 2025!

HerBusiness is secret to your success, the accelerator for everything you do. HerBusiness will help you go further, faster with great women behind you. We know you can do it all, but you won’t have time to enjoy it.

We make everything easier with education, training, resources, mentoring and all the support you need to:

  • Grow your business
  • Connect with other business owners and expand your network
  • Learn from world-leading role models and experts
  • Be inspired and encouraged through every stage of your growth, from the startup phase to established business and beyond
  • Create the business and life you love

Quicklinks

  • About
  • Contact
  • Freebies
  • Become a Member
  • Get a Mentor
  • Join the Community
  • Hall of Fame
  • Partners & Sponsors
  • Privacy Policy
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Meet Suzi
Logo for HerBusiness
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Mail to
© HerBusiness® - HerBusiness® is a registered trademark of HerBusiness Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.