1. A new software product solves a problem that many businesses have not yet recognised. Which Meta role is most strategically relevant? Only retarget people who already searched the product name. Wait until customers express explicit search demand before advertising. Use creative to introduce the problem and stimulate demand among relevant audiences. Optimise primarily for follower growth because commercial intent does not yet exist.

2. A business owner says, “We need one advertising account for Facebook and an unrelated system for Instagram.” What is the best correction? Correct — the two platforms cannot share advertising infrastructure. Facebook and Instagram can operate as placements and identities within Meta's connected advertising ecosystem. Instagram advertising does not require any business assets. A Facebook Page automatically controls all Instagram billing and measurement.

3. A company posts strong organic content but wants to reach a much larger relevant audience within two weeks. What changes when it uses paid Meta advertising? Its organic followers are automatically converted into customers. The quality of the offer stops mattering. Meta guarantees predictable sales volume. The business begins purchasing additional distribution towards a defined advertising outcome.

4. Why might the same message that performs well in Google Search perform poorly in a Meta feed? The Meta audience may not yet have explicit intent, so the advert needs to create context and relevance. Meta users cannot become customers. Meta does not allow commercial messages. Google users always have higher lifetime value.

5. A completely cold audience sees an advert that says only “Book your demo today”. What is the main strategic weakness? The advert contains a call to action. The audience is too cold to ever convert. The message assumes more awareness and intent than the audience may currently have. All cold-audience ads must offer a discount.

6. You want the same two creatives to run against two meaningfully different audience groups. Which structure is most logical? One ad with two unrelated campaigns hidden inside it. One campaign containing two ad sets, with the relevant ads inside each. Two separate Facebook Pages with no shared campaign. One ad set where each advert changes the audience automatically.

7. A campaign generates strong CTR and inexpensive clicks, but relevant visitors rarely buy. What is the most useful conclusion? The campaign is definitely successful because clicks are cheap. The only possible problem is audience size. Meta is unsuitable for the business. Attention appears strong, but the offer, traffic quality or conversion journey needs investigation.

8. A customer discovers a brand through Meta, searches the brand two days later and buys through Google. What is the best interpretation? Meta may have created awareness while Google captured later intent. Meta definitely created no value. Google must always receive 100% of strategic credit. The journey proves paid social and paid search should never be used together.

9. Two advertisers both pay £60 to acquire a customer. For Business A the customer contributes £40; for Business B the customer contributes £400. What does this show? £60 is automatically good because both advertisers achieved the same CPA. Business A has the better campaign because its customers are cheaper products. The same CPA can have completely different commercial value depending on customer economics. Customer contribution is irrelevant to paid media.

10. A marketer says, “If Meta performance is weak, I always narrow the audience first.” What is the strongest response? Correct — targeting is always the primary cause of weak performance. Diagnose the whole system: offer, creative, audience and measurement before assuming targeting is the problem. Ignore the audience entirely and increase budget. Replace every advert before reviewing business outcomes.

Module 1 recap

Meta can create demand as well as capture existing interest.
Facebook and Instagram sit inside a connected Meta advertising ecosystem.
Paid reach buys deliberate distribution; organic reach earns distribution.
Meta often interrupts a browsing mindset, so creative must establish relevance quickly.
The funnel helps match messaging to customer awareness.
Campaign → Ad Set → Ad is the core account hierarchy.
Offer, creative and audience work together.
Commercial economics matter more than isolated platform benchmarks.

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Module 1 recap

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