Most of what you select in Meta's audience targeting isn't a hard rule — it's a suggestion Meta's algorithm can and often will override if it predicts better results elsewhere. That's true of Advantage+ audiences, and it changes how you should think about detailed targeting...
Frequency has two different healthy ranges depending on what kind of campaign you're running, and reading it against the wrong one will send you chasing a problem that isn't there. A commonly used reference point is below 2 for top-of-funnel/prospecting campaigns, and between 3 and...
If you're reading CTR in Meta Ads Manager, make sure you know which CTR you're looking at — "CTR (link click-through rate)" and "CTR (all)" measure genuinely different things, and mixing them up can make a struggling ad look fine. CTR (link) counts only clicks...
Checking your Meta ads performance on your phone gives you an incomplete picture — the mobile app is built for a quick glance, not a real read on whether a campaign is working. The reliable way to check performance is the desktop Ads Manager, with...
If you're launching Meta ads on a brand-new website with no purchase or lead history, jumping straight to a sales or lead objective often works against you — not because the objective is wrong long-term, but because Meta has nothing to learn from yet. Starting...
If you're running Meta ads for a business with a small service area — a local contractor, a neighborhood clinic, a single-location retail shop — expect your CPM to run structurally higher than a national brand's, and treat that as expected math, not a broken...
If you're trying to figure out whether Facebook or Instagram gives you a cheaper CPM, the honest answer is: it depends on your account, and no generic rule reliably applies. Benchmark reports disagree with each other constantly — some show Facebook running cheaper, some show...
If your Meta ads CPM has always run high — not spiked suddenly from a previously normal level, but simply been expensive from day one — that's a different question than a market-driven spike, and it usually comes down to one of three things: the...