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Q3 2026: BLOCK 2, Meta Ads

Q3 2026 - QUARTERLY WORKSHOP

BLOCK 2: The State of Meta Ads

  1. Latest Platform Updates
  2. Ad Account Structure
  3. Incremental Attribution
  4. Wave Surfing

Latest Platform Updates

  • Product Catalog Video → Now agency, 2-3 months
  • Incremental Attribution
  • WhatsApp for Business
  • (Meeting Tuesday with Meta - Update in group)

Rumours that this bidding has improved a lot, testing now:

Multi Media Ads
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1143615631226413

Audiences

Business Verification



Push Delivery Feature

Ad set “before/after acne”

  • Iterations can go inside AND get ad spend

Ad Account Structure

  • *Assuming that I have >5 winning ads
  • ABO Testing → For specific tests
  • CBO Evergreen (Test + Scale)
  • CBO with a Manual Bid
  • RETARGETING + RETENTION
  • Branding / Awareness

Another example:

The 3rd ad set looks good, nothing to work on.

I have to work on the evergreen videos:

  • If ad set ROAS is good, I don’t care that the top spending ad has bad ROAS , but if ad set ROAS is 1.5, I have to turn off the top spender

  • Wait 2 days for the budget redistribution, if it still doesn’t work, I will add a new ad set, min spend 10% and test a new concept

The advantage of this strategy is that I can test and scale at the same time.

  • Top performing ad sets will monopolize the budget (good)
  • While a new ad set will get 10% of the spend (min spend, forced) and usually not more than that. If they work well, they will stay in the campaign.
  • If you end up having 7 ad sets, you will need to remove the “min 10% spend” on the old ad sets because you can’t force 70% of the CBO spend
  • 7 ad sets at 5% min spend (35%)
  • Start with 3 ad sets → 10% (total 30%)
  • 10 active ad sets
  • RULE: don’t force more than 40% of the CBO budget

Example:

What about ABO Testing? Only when it’s justified,

  • The 2 selected ad sets have 7-20 ads inside
  • But the AI VSL is just 1 ad
  • The AI Cartoon is just 1 ad → I don’t have enough ads to justify creating a new ad set in the CBO with the idea of scaling. It’s something completely new, and I want feedback in 4 days.
  • Does Meta like it? CPM? CTR? Comments? …

Incremental Attribution

As you know, I did the conversion lift study with Meta.

Spent around €120k,

  • Cell A (group of 5 campaigns): Inc Attr. turned OFF
  • Cell B (group of 5 campaigns): Inc Attr. turned ON
  • The 2 cells don’t OVERLAP at all

Conclusion:

  • IA does not spend more money on new audiences
  • IA does not increase new audience ROAS
  • IA does not increase “IA ROAS" compared to IA OFF

Wave Surfing

  1. Increasing budget on your TOP day of the week
  2. ROAS drops mid-month: Between the 10th-25th

(The Salary Effect)

April + May Budget Management

(Red square = Sunday)

Mid-Month drop in ROAS:

Scaling this mid-month madness and the salary effect:

Similar spend and big push end of month.

 

Key Wave Surfing Dates for Q3:

  • Summer double salary or bonuses (in some countries)
  • Big sale events: Zara summer sales, Amazon Prime Day

  • Sunday June 28th
  • Sunday July 5th
  • Sunday August 1st
  • Sunday August 29th
  • Sunday September 6th
  • And during the URGENCY phase of the Flash Campaigns you decide to run

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