Ep. 140 - How to Run Meta Ads in Health & Nutrition (Without Getting Flagged) with Priscilla Zaehringer

If you've ever been told you can't run Facebook or Instagram ads because you work in health, this episode is going to change how you think about that. Priscilla Zaehringer — who writes the ads, builds the graphics, and submits the campaigns for Whitney's done-for-you funnel clients — takes over the show to explain the one Meta policy that trips up practitioners most: personal attributes. The rule isn't that you can't talk about menopause or GLP-1s or anxiety. It's that a cold ad can't behave like it already knows something private about a stranger. Priscilla walks through two ads running right now for clients, shows the "easy" version she rejected in each case and why, and then gets into the part most people skip — that she can write compliant hooks because by the time she reaches the ad, she's been inside that practitioner's business for weeks. Takeaways: Recognition, not identification. Priscilla's framing for the whole episode: you want the right person to recognize herself in your ad, without the ad assigning her a condition, a diagnosis, or a medication. "A guide to nutrition during menopause" is about a topic; "Struggling with weight gain in menopause?" is about a person. Ban lists of forbidden words miss the point. Priscilla doesn't like the "words you can't use in Meta ads" lists that circulate, because the word isn't the problem - the context is. The same term is fine describing a topic and a problem when it's aimed at the reader. Move the question from what she has to what she's dealing with. Instead of naming the condition, Priscilla asks what situation the person is in, what she's trying to figure out, and what question the practitioner hears over and over. That's where "the plate that works on a low appetite" came from, in place of a line naming a medication and a side effect. Friction can do the work a callout would have done. "Add food, don't take away" stops the right reader because it contradicts what she's been told for decades — no diagnosis, no scale number, no doctor's orders, and she still recognizes herself. The hook is the last five percent. Priscilla writes the ad last - after the half-hour onboarding intake, the client's old blog posts and guest appearances, the lead magnet, and the emails. By then she isn't hunting for a line, because the line is already sitting in that pile and she just has to dig for it. Which is also why she doesn't think a list of approved phrases would help anyone. Resources Mentioned Whitney's free live training, The List Building System That Brings in Clients While You're Off Social Media — Monday Sept 21 at 12pm ET / 9am PT, repeated Wednesday Sept 23 at 1pm ET / 10am PT: whitneybateson.com/training Connect with Priscilla: priscillazaehringer.com Connect with Whitney: Follow Whitney on Instagram @whitneybateson Subscribe & Review: If you’re enjoying the podcast, don’t forget to follow and leave a review! Your support helps others discover the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.