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Meta Ads in plain language

Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram) is about discovery: you reach people who weren't searching for you but might be interested. The key lies in the pixel, audiences and creative.

In short

  • The pixel measures what people do on your site
  • Audiences decide who you show the ad to
  • Remarketing wins back visitors who didn't convert
  • Creative gets tired — it has to be refreshed

Pixel and audiences

The Meta pixel tracks actions on your site (visits, add-to-basket, purchases) and feeds optimisation.

Audiences can be cold (new people), warm (they've interacted) or remarketing (they've been on the site).

Frequency and creative fatigue

Frequency = how many times the same person sees the ad. Too high → people get tired of it (creative fatigue) and the cost rises.

The fix: refresh your creatives regularly and widen the audience.

📌 Concrete example

A clothing store runs remarketing to people who added to basket but didn't buy. After 2 weeks, frequency rises and CTR drops → it changes the visuals and recovers performance.

Common mistakes

  • ⚠️Running without the pixel installed correctly.
  • ⚠️Leaving the same ads for months on end (creative fatigue).

What to keep an eye on

  • Frequency (under ~3 ideally)
  • CTR and cost per result over time
  • Lead quality from Lead Ads

How eFlo helps you

eFlo sets up the pixel, builds the right audiences and refreshes creatives before fatigue sets in — based on real data.

Want to see how your business is doing?

eFlo turns concepts into tasks, reports and recommendations for your account.

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