Meta Ads Audit

24 May – 22 June 2026  ·  2 accounts  ·  Prepared by Hilda
🚨 Alerts
$131 burned on broken appointment scheduling — 0 conversions
Video CTA too late — 93% of viewers drop before the end
30+ ads competing for too little budget — algorithm can't learn
Account overview · 30 days
Total Spend
$779
AUD · both accounts
Total Leads
12
All from video ads
Best CPL
$8.18
Webinar V2
Appts Scheduled
0
$131 wasted
Avg CTR
2.61%
Clicks look fine
Best CPL/LPV
$0.22
Forum Post creative
Active Ads
20+
Too fragmented
Video Completion
7.3%
V1 p100 rate

Mechanic Marketing — Agency Account
B2B lead gen: workshop owners & operators
Agency
Total: ~$732 AUD
Campaign 1 — Lead Gen & Conversions · ~$532 AUD · 72.7% of budget
Video — Webinar V1
Lead Gen Campaign · Leads (form)
Active
📹 Video
Spend
$242.80
Impressions
7,117
CTR
1.87%
CPM
$34.12
Reach
4,125
Frequency
1.73
Leads
10
Cost per Lead
$24.28
Thruplay
372
⭐ Top lead volume. But V2 is 3× cheaper per lead.
Video — Webinar V2
Lead Gen Campaign · Leads (form)
Active
📹 Video
Spend
$16.35
Impressions
591
CTR
1.86%
CPM
$27.66
Reach
513
Frequency
1.15
Leads
2
Cost per Lead
$8.18
Thruplay
28
🏆 Best CPL in the account. Needs more budget NOW.
Specialist Auto Digital Marketing
Lead Gen Campaign · Website appts scheduled
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$92.12
Impressions
2,301
CTR
3.09%
CPM
$40.03
Reach
1,205
Frequency
1.91
Appts Booked
0
Cost per Appt
Link Clicks
34
🚨 $92 spent. 34 clicks. Zero bookings. Conversion event likely broken.
Let Us Handle Your Digital Marketing
Lead Gen Campaign · Website appts scheduled
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$26.87
Impressions
1,177
CTR
3.57%
CPM
$22.83
Reach
990
Frequency
1.19
Appts Booked
0
Cost per Appt
Link Clicks
32
🚨 Active, $27 spent, best CTR in this group — still zero appts. Same broken event.
Calling All Mechanics
Lead Gen Campaign · Leads
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$21.33
Impressions
819
CTR
4.15%
CPM
$26.04
Reach
679
Frequency
1.21
Leads
0
Cost per Lead
Link Clicks
19
🚨 4.15% CTR — great! But zero leads. Post-click problem, not creative.
Campaign 2 — Traffic / Landing Page Views · ~$154 AUD
Calling All Mechanics
Traffic Campaign · Landing page views
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$79.40
Impressions
11,025
CTR
2.22%
CPM
$7.20
Reach
8,041
Frequency
1.37
LPVs
193
Cost/LPV
$0.41
Link Clicks
191
ℹ️ Solid volume at low CPM. Healthy traffic driver.
Don't Post This Mechanics
Traffic Campaign · Landing page views
Paused
👁 Native
Spend
$56.01
Impressions
7,115
CTR
3.15%
CPM
$7.87
Reach
5,759
Frequency
1.24
LPVs
151
Cost/LPV
$0.37
Link Clicks
168
⚠️ PAUSED — but was the highest CTR traffic ad (3.15%). Why did this get turned off?
Forum Post
Traffic Campaign · Landing page views
Active
👁 Native
Spend
$5.77
Impressions
1,372
CTR
2.19%
CPM
$4.21
Reach
1,328
Frequency
1.03
LPVs
26
Cost/LPV
$0.22
CPM
$4.21
🏆 Cheapest traffic in the whole account. Scale this one up.
You Fix Cars, We Fix Marketing
Retargeting Campaign · Landing page views
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$38.77
Impressions
5,283
CTR
2.50%
CPM
$7.34
Reach
4,777
Frequency
1.11
LPVs
117
Cost/LPV
$0.33
Link Clicks
133
ℹ️ Solid retargeting performance. $0.33/LPV is efficient.

Video Retention Analysis — Webinar V1 (Active)
Where viewers are dropping off
7,117 impressions → 2,521 started watching → 183 watched to the end (7.3% completion rate). If the lead form CTA is at the end, 93% never saw it.
Impressions
7,117
7,117
100%
3-sec plays
2,521
2,521
35.4%
25% watched
1,305
1,305
18.3%
50% watched
551
551
7.7%
75% watched
279
279
3.9%
Completed
183
183
2.6%
Thruplay
372
372
5.2%

⚠️ Critical drop-off between 3-sec plays (2,521) and 25% watched (1,305) — 48% of initial viewers bail in the opening seconds. Another 57% bail between 25% and 50%. Move the hook, the pain point, and the CTA to the first 15–20 seconds of the video.


MM Client Ads Account
B2C location-based traffic · Auto workshop clients
Client
Total: ~$47 AUD
Note: CPMs here (~$7 AUD) are dramatically cheaper than the agency account (~$25–40 AUD) — local audiences vs B2B niche targeting.
Euro Cars
MM Client Ads · Website landing page views
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$17.70
Impressions
2,409
CTR
2.45%
CPM
$7.35
Reach
1,707
Frequency
1.41
LPVs
32
Cost/LPV
$0.55
Link Clicks
35
🏆 Best performer in this account — highest CTR and most LPVs.
Macquarie Centre
MM Client Ads · Website landing page views
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$15.54
Impressions
2,167
CTR
1.20%
CPM
$7.17
Reach
1,552
Frequency
1.40
LPVs
19
Cost/LPV
$0.82
Link Clicks
20
ℹ️ Lowest CTR (1.20%) — creative or offer may be less compelling for this location.
Free Road Side Assistance
MM Client Ads · Website landing page views
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$10.83
Impressions
1,495
CTR
1.27%
CPM
$7.24
Reach
1,048
Frequency
1.43
LPVs
14
Cost/LPV
$0.77
Link Clicks
14
ℹ️ Offer-led creative. Decent efficiency but lowest LPV count.
$50 Fuel Gift Voucher
MM Client Ads · Website landing page views
Active
🖼 Static
Spend
$2.52
Impressions
317
CTR
1.58%
CPM
$7.95
Reach
284
Frequency
1.12
LPVs
4
Cost/LPV
$0.63
Link Clicks
4
ℹ️ Too early to judge at this spend. Worth more budget to test voucher offer.

Priority actions
What to do this week
1
Urgent

Audit the appointment scheduling conversion event

Three active ads ($131+ combined) are clicking but generating zero bookings. Check Meta Events Manager and the landing page booking flow. If the event isn't firing, pause those ads immediately and fix before restarting.

2
Urgent

Shift budget from Webinar V1 to Webinar V2

V2 is generating leads at $8.18 CPL vs V1's $24.28 — nearly 3× cheaper. They're the same format, different cut. V2 gets more budget now, or at minimum run a proper head-to-head with equal spend.

3
This week

Move the CTA to the first 20 seconds of the webinar video

93% of viewers never reach the end of V1. The hook, pain point, and lead form prompt need to appear in the first quarter of the video. Even a rough re-edit that front-loads the offer will likely improve CPL significantly.

4
Consolidate

Pause the 20+ micro-spend ads and consolidate to 3–5 per adset

The algorithm needs ~50 conversions per week per adset to learn. With 30+ ads splitting impressions, nothing exits the learning phase. Pick the 3–5 strongest concepts, pause the rest, and give real budget to the winners.

5
Quick win

Scale Forum Post creative ($0.22/LPV)

The r/AusMechanics-style Reddit post is the cheapest traffic driver in the whole account at $4.21 CPM and $0.22/LPV — about half the cost of everything else. Push it from $5.77 to $30–50 to validate the signal before scaling further.

6
Quick win

Reinvestigate "Don't Post This Mechanics" (paused)

This was the highest-CTR traffic ad at 3.15% before it was paused. If it was paused without a good reason, reactivating it could immediately improve traffic efficiency vs the currently-running alternatives.