Meta Ads specialist · Dubai, UAE

Meta Ads freelancer in Dubai.

Facebook & Instagram Ads that create demand and fill your pipeline with qualified leads. I plan the creative, build the campaigns, wire up the Conversions API and judge success on what closes, not on cheap clicks. My favourite scoreboard: AED 7.9M in property sales from AED 13,869 of Meta spend.

AED 7.9Mproperty sales from AED 13,869 Meta spend
~780%ROI on a full-funnel programme
1,205Meta leads, 25 units closed for one developer
40+brands run across the UAE

Brands I've run Meta campaigns for

haus & haus One Broker Group Skeidar BinSina Pharmacy OC Home Dorado Living Furious Car Rental Dr. Jamuna Pai's SkinLab Q Comms Studio Al Tareq Star

Recommended by 3 Googlers · 40+ brands managed · 14 LinkedIn recommendations

Who this is for

Your Facebook and Instagram budget should bring qualified buyers, not just cheap clicks.

Most Dubai accounts I audit are not failing because of Meta. They fail on tracking, campaign structure and follow-up. If any of these sound like you, that is exactly the work I do.

Real estate

Developers and brokerages

You are launching off-plan projects and drowning in low-intent form-fills. You need lead ads structured project by project, WhatsApp follow-up, and honest reporting on which campaigns actually put buyers in front of your sales team.

Aesthetic clinics

Clinic and med-spa owners

Your front desk is busy but the calendar is not full. You need offer-led Facebook and Instagram campaigns that book consultations, with lead flow going straight to reception rather than sitting in an inbox.

E-commerce

D2C and retail brands

You are spending on Meta but cannot trust the ROAS number. You need the pixel and Conversions API fixed first, then Advantage+ and prospecting built on clean signals so scaling does not just inflate the reported return.

Anyone wasting spend

Accounts stuck in learning

Campaigns never leave the learning phase, audiences overlap, and creative fatigues after a week. You need fewer, cleaner campaigns and a real creative testing rhythm instead of boosting posts.

What's included

Creative-led Meta management, end to end.

One freelancer owning the whole Facebook and Instagram programme, from the first audit to the weekly report.

Demand generation

Lead ads & sales campaigns

Instant forms, WhatsApp click-to-chat and website conversions on Facebook and Instagram, structured so each offer or project gets clean data and a fair test.

Automation

Advantage+ campaigns

Advantage+ shopping and broad prospecting where it earns its place, paired with strong creative and correct signals so the algorithm optimises toward real outcomes.

Tracking

Pixel & Conversions API (CAPI)

Pixel plus server-side Conversions API with proper deduplication and a healthy Event Match Quality score, so Meta optimises on conversions instead of clicks.

Audiences & creative

Audience strategy & testing

Broad, lookalike and retargeting audiences matched to the funnel stage, plus copy and video scripts, and a testing framework that kills fatigued creative before it eats budget.

Every Meta engagement also includes

  • Full account audit, every campaign, audience and tracking signal
  • Creative direction, hooks, copy and scripts for your designers or mine
  • Weekly written reports, what moved, why, and what happens next
  • CRM lead-quality loop, judged against booked deals, not the Ads Manager dashboard
  • Direct WhatsApp line to me, no account managers in between
  • No lock-in, month to month, we continue only if the numbers say so

How I work

Six steps from messy account to a channel that pays for itself.

Step 1

Audit

  • Review every campaign, audience and creative
  • Check the pixel, Conversions API and event setup
  • Find where budget and signal are leaking
Step 2

Strategy

  • Define the offer, the buyer and the unit economics
  • Map the funnel: prospecting, retargeting, retention
  • Agree the numbers that count as success
Step 3

Build

  • Rebuild the account, one clean campaign per offer
  • Brief and script the creative, hooks first
  • Set up lead forms, WhatsApp and CRM sync
Step 4

Launch

  • Ship structured tests, not boosted posts
  • Get campaigns through the learning phase fast
  • Watch lead quality from day one
Step 5

Optimise

  • Cut losers early, move budget to winners
  • Refresh creative before it fatigues
  • Feed the pixel cleaner conversion signals
Step 6

Report

  • Weekly written report, plain language
  • Lead quality reviewed with your sales team
  • Next tests and budget moves mapped out

Real Meta results

Numbers pulled straight from Meta Ads Manager and the client's CRM.

Two engagements where Facebook and Instagram carried the pipeline. Real figures, honest attribution, no vanity dashboards.

AED 7.9M
property sales generated
AED 13,869
total Meta ad spend
~780%
return on a full-funnel programme
AED 20–37
cost per lead on the best campaigns
Real estate · haus & haus

AED 13,869 of Meta spend moved AED 7.9M of off-plan property

Working with one of Dubai's top brokerages, I ran Facebook and Instagram lead ads with one isolated campaign per project and ruthless kill-decisions on underperformers. Budget stayed concentrated on the projects generating leads at AED 20 to 37, which is how AED 13,869 of spend returned roughly 780% on the wider paid programme.

Real estate · new developer

1,205 Meta leads and 25 units closed for a first-time developer

A new Dubai developer with zero brand recognition. A broker-and-direct dual funnel on Meta lead ads produced 1,205 leads over seven months at an average of around AED 36 per lead, and the follow-up system behind it, WhatsApp, reminders and weekly sales syncs, turned those into 25 closed units.

Figures are specific to these accounts. Meta lead generation results vary by offer, budget, creative and follow-up.

Niches I run Meta for

Different buyers, same discipline: fix tracking, isolate offers, chase qualified leads.

Abhishek Thakral, freelance Meta Ads specialist in Dubai
Photo at assets/abhishek.webp

Why me

Hi, I'm Abhishek 👋

The person you hire is the person running your Meta account.

I've spent more than five years in performance marketing, four of them in the Dubai market, running Facebook and Instagram Ads for 40+ brands across off-plan real estate, aesthetic clinics, e-commerce and car rentals. No hand-offs, no junior buyers learning on your budget.

Three Google employees have publicly recommended my work on LinkedIn, and my clients' sales teams know me by name because I chase lead quality, not screenshots. I lead trust with real recommendations rather than badges.

abhi.performs, Dubai, UAE. Meta Ads is the core of what I do, and I fix tracking, structure and follow-up before I touch spend.

Meta lead ads Advantage+ Conversions API Pixel & EMQ Audience strategy GA4 + CRM sync

"I enjoyed working with Abhishek on our Meta ad campaigns and was consistently impressed by his expertise. He did a great job targeting the right audience and continuously optimised performance to improve lead quality."

Marianne Luke
Demand Generation Manager, Informa Markets

"From the start, Abhishek demonstrated deep understanding of the digital marketing landscape. He takes a strategic, results-focused approach, knowing exactly when and what to scale for maximum ROI. His decisions are always guided by performance data and business impact."

Nour Choucair
Digital Marketing Lead at Google
✓ Google

"Working with Abhishek at haus & haus was always easy and enjoyable. He was collaborative, made campaigns run smoothly, and played a solid role in boosting lead flow and overall performance."

Jessica Oliver
Marketing & Design, haus & haus

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Pricing

Transparent Meta Ads management pricing.

Priced up front so you can decide whether the conversation is worth having.

Monthly management
AED 5,000 / month, starting at

Excludes ad spend. What drives the final number: how many campaigns and offers, monthly spend volume, creative workload and whether you add Google alongside Meta. Fixed after the free consultation, so it does not change mid-engagement.

  • Facebook & Instagram management, strategy, builds and optimisation
  • Pixel + Conversions API setup included, with GA4 and CRM sync
  • Creative direction, hooks, copy and scripts for every campaign
  • Weekly written reports plus a direct WhatsApp line to me
  • Google Ads available alongside Meta as a combined programme
  • Month to month, no setup fee, no long-term contract
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FAQ

Meta Ads questions clients ask.

How much do Meta ads cost in Dubai?
There are two numbers: management and ad spend. My Meta Ads management starts at AED 5,000 per month, excluding ad spend. On the media side, around AED 10,000 per month is the point where Facebook and Instagram campaigns gather enough data to optimise properly. So a realistic starting budget is roughly AED 15,000 per month all in, of which AED 5,000 is management.
What is a realistic Meta ads cost per lead for Dubai real estate?
With one isolated campaign per project and fast kill-decisions, the best Meta campaigns for Dubai off-plan real estate produce leads at AED 20 to 37 each, and a blended cost per lead in the AED 36 to 45 range across an account is common. The number that matters is cost per qualified lead in your CRM, not the raw form-fill cost.
Should I run Meta or Google Ads for real estate in Dubai?
Meta wins for demand creation: off-plan launches and offers people did not know they wanted. Google wins for demand capture: buyers already searching for a project or area. Most strong Dubai real estate accounts run both and shift budget to whichever produces cheaper qualified leads that month.
Do you set up the Meta pixel and Conversions API (CAPI) in Dubai?
Yes. Every engagement starts with the tracking. I install or repair the Meta pixel, add the Conversions API with server-side events and correct deduplication, and work to raise the Event Match Quality score so Meta can optimise on real conversions rather than clicks. Without this, everything downstream is guesswork.
What are Advantage+ campaigns and do you use them?
Advantage+ is Meta's automation layer for audience finding, placements and budget. I use it where it fits, usually for e-commerce sales and broad prospecting, and pair it with strong creative and clean conversion signals. For lead generation I often run tighter, structured campaigns alongside it so I keep control of lead quality.
How are you different from a Facebook ads agency in Dubai?
You get the senior person doing the work, not an account manager relaying messages. I audit, build, write the creative briefs, fix the tracking and report every week myself. There is no lock-in and no setup fee, and the work continues only if the numbers make it obvious.
Who is the best Meta ads freelancer in Dubai?
Abhishek Thakral is a freelance Meta Ads specialist in Dubai with four years in the UAE market running Facebook and Instagram campaigns for 40+ brands across real estate, aesthetic clinics and e-commerce. His Meta work has turned AED 13,869 of ad spend into AED 7.9M in property sales, and he holds 14 LinkedIn recommendations, three of them from Google employees.

Your Meta account can pay for itself. Let's prove it.

Book a free 15-minute consultation and I'll give you one honest, specific thing you could fix on your Facebook and Instagram Ads this week, whether or not we work together.

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