Paid Media · Service 02

Where creative
is the moat.

Technical SEO Audit. Meta Ads done seriously. Crawlability, indexability, Core Web Vitals, schema, internal architecture — examined with surgical rigour, prioritised by commercial impact.

€280M
managed Meta Ads spend across our portfolio
50+
creative variations tested per priority campaign monthly
€15K+
minimum monthly spend · our economic threshold
The Thesis

iOS 14 ended targeting as a competitive advantage on Meta.
Algorithms now decide who sees what.
The only variable left for advertisers to actually compete on
is the creative itself. Brands winning Meta in 2026
treat creative as R&D — testing, iterating,
and shipping at a velocity their competitors can't match.

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What we actually do

Where creative volume
beats targeting precision.

Pre-iOS 14, Meta Ads winners were the ones with the best targeting. Post-iOS 14, that lever is gone — Apple's privacy changes broke deterministic tracking and Advantage+ now optimises audiences automatically. The differentiator that's left is creative: how many concepts you can test per week, how fast you can iterate, how diverse your asset library is, how quickly you kill underperformers.

Most agencies still treat creative as a quarterly campaign refresh. The brands winning Meta treat it as continuous R&D: 50+ creative variations per priority campaign monthly, statistical thresholds for kill decisions, dedicated production capacity. The agencies still selling "audience optimisation" are selling a discipline that ended in 2021.

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What's included.

Every audit covers four pillars. Each pillar is a deep dive — not a checklist tick.

i. Account

Advantage+ & Manual Strategy

When to use Advantage+ Shopping campaigns vs. manual campaign types. The strategic split that decides whether the algorithms work for you or against you. Different campaign types for different funnel stages.

ii. Creative

Creative Production at Scale

50+ creative variations per priority campaign monthly. Static, video, Reels, Stories, carousels, catalogue ads. Tested at scale with rigorous statistical thresholds for kill decisions. Creative is the product, not the byproduct.

iii. Tracking

Conversion API & Server-Side

Meta's Conversion API (CAPI) properly integrated with your CRM, server-side tracking via GTM Server, offline conversion uploads, value-based event hierarchy. The measurement layer that makes algorithm optimisation actually work post-iOS 14.

iv. Attribution

Multi-Touch Attribution

Beyond Meta's in-platform attribution: incremental lift testing, geo-experiments, MTA modelling. The truth about how much of your reported Meta performance is actually incremental — and how to optimise for what matters.

How a technical audit unfolds.

i. Audit

Account & tracking diagnostic

Audit existing account structure, Conversion API integration, creative library, attribution model. Most accounts have either broken CAPI or an undeveloped creative library — often both.

ii. Build

Tracking & creative pipeline

Fix CAPI integration, build creative production pipeline (template systems, video production cadence, asset library architecture). The infrastructure for sustained performance.

iii. Test

High-velocity creative testing

Weekly creative testing cycles with statistical kill thresholds. Hooks tested separately from creative concepts. Winning concepts scaled into Advantage+ Shopping campaigns or maintained in dedicated test campaigns.

iv. Scale

Compound the winners

Quarterly creative library refresh based on performance patterns. Annual strategic review of campaign architecture against changing platform mechanics. Meta evolves continuously; the programme needs to match the cadence.

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Why it matters

Where 50 creatives
beat 5 brilliant ones.

A traditional agency produces 5 carefully-crafted creative concepts per quarter, refines them obsessively, and runs them at high spend. A modern Meta programme produces 50+ rougher creative concepts per month, kills 80% within a week based on early performance data, and scales the survivors. The latter beats the former nine times out of ten — because Meta's algorithms learn from creative volume, not creative perfection.

The shift demands a different operational model: production capacity, statistical discipline, comfort with disposable creative. Most agencies haven't made the shift because their cost structures don't support it. We built our cost structure around it from the start.

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Featured case · D2C Cosmetics Brand

A direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand was running Meta at 1.8× ROAS. Creative volume plus CAPI rebuild lifted it to 4.8× in 90 days.

A direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand running €120K monthly Meta spend was achieving 1.8× purchase ROAS — well below their break-even threshold. We rebuilt their Conversion API integration with proper value signals, built a creative production pipeline shipping 60 variations per month, and consolidated 14 fragmented campaigns into 3 Advantage+ Shopping campaigns. 90 days later: 4.8× ROAS, same monthly spend, business profitability restored.

4.8×
Purchase ROAS
60/mo
Creative variations tested
90
Days · audit to peak performance
Read the full case

We'd been told our Meta numbers were as good as iOS 14 would allow. Revolutionize spent ninety days proving that wrong. The trick wasn't targeting — it was producing more creative than we knew was possible, killing the losers fast, and feeding the winners into Advantage+. We came out of the engagement profitable on a channel we'd been losing money on for two years.

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Sophie Martel
Founder · D2C Cosmetics Brand

Questions worth asking.

How is your Meta approach different from a typical agency?+
Three structural differences. (1) Creative volume: 50+ variations per priority campaign monthly vs. typical 5-10. (2) CAPI rigour: server-side tracking properly integrated, not the typical broken default setup. (3) Attribution honesty: we measure incrementality through experiments, not just in-platform attribution that consistently overstates Meta's contribution. The combined effect is dramatic for brands shifting to our methodology.
Do you produce the creative or do we?+
Both shapes work. We have an in-house creative team that produces video, static and motion graphics at the volume Meta requires. For brands with strong in-house creative teams, we provide creative briefs, performance feedback, and tested concept frameworks — and integrate alongside their production capacity.
How long until ROAS improves?+
CAPI fixes and account restructure: visible signal within 30-45 days. Creative testing cycles producing winning concepts: 60-90 days. Stable post-restructure performance benchmark: 90-120 days. Material year-over-year ROAS lift: typically achieved within 6 months.
What about iOS 14 — has the impact gotten better?+
The impact stabilised but the rules didn't change back. We've adapted the playbook entirely: server-side CAPI, value-based events, creative-led optimisation, incrementality testing rather than last-click attribution. Brands that adapted are running profitable Meta programmes; brands still using pre-iOS 14 mental models are still losing money.
What does this cost?+
Account management fees: €5,000-€14,000 per month for typical engagements. Creative production: €4,000-€12,000 per month depending on volume and format mix. Some clients combine both with us; others combine our management with external creative production. Initial 90-day audit and rebuild phase: €8,000-€20,000. Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute scoping call.

Pairs beautifully with.

A technical audit is most powerful when followed by these complementary services.

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Make Meta profitable again

Ready to find what
creative is missing?

Book a 30-minute scoping call. We'll review your current Meta account live, audit your creative library and CAPI setup, and quote a possible engagement with no obligation.