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Building an AI Facebook Ad Spy Tool from Scratch - n8n Tutorial

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Learn to build a comprehensive Facebook Ad spy tool from scratch using n8n automation platform, Apify web scraping service, and AI technologies. Master the creation of a complete "Facebook Ads Parasite System" that automatically scrapes the Facebook Ad Library for any keyword, filters for the most popular advertisements, analyzes video and image creatives using artificial intelligence, rewrites ad copy, and saves all data to Google Sheets. Discover how to automatically scrape the Meta Ad Library using Apify's web scraping capabilities and connect it to your n8n workflow for seamless data retrieval. Explore advanced filtering techniques to identify winning ads from thousands of results based on popularity metrics. Understand how to use the Switch node to process different ad types including video, image, and text advertisements through separate processing paths. Gain hands-on experience using Google Gemini AI to analyze and "watch" video advertisements for content insights. Learn to leverage OpenAI's GPT-4 for sophisticated image analysis and automated ad copy rewriting. Master the integration of Google Sheets as a database solution for storing scraped data, AI-generated summaries, and rewritten advertising copy. Follow a systematic 5-step approach covering workflow setup, data scraping, filtering, AI analysis, and database storage to create a fully functional advertising intelligence tool.

Syllabus

00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Workflow Breakdown
03:30 - The 5-Step System
06:42 - Facebook Ads with Apify
11:08 - Connecting Apify to n8n
15:52 - Filtering Ads Based on Popularity
17:30 - Splitting Ads by Type
19:54 - Processing Video Ads
20:01 - Downloading the Ad Video
20:41 - Analyzing the Video with Gemini
25:21 - Summarizing & Rewriting Ad Copy with OpenAI
29:39 - Setting up the Google Sheets Database
31:10 - Appending Video Ad Data to Google Sheets
32:46 - Processing Image & Text Ads
33:07 - Analyzing the Ad Image with OpenAI
37:24 - Final Workflow & How to Get It

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Michele Torti

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