Meta Advertising

Reach customers before they ever search.

Google captures people already looking. Meta puts your business in front of the right people nearby while they scroll Facebook and Instagram, so you are the name they already know when the need arrives. We build the creative, the audiences and the tracking, and manage it for leads.

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One campaign, adapted to every placement. Illustrative.

By the numbers

Where your customers spend their scroll time.

90%

of consumers have a Facebook profile; 82% are on Instagram

Sprout Social Index 2025[2]
81%

of consumers say social media drives them to make purchases

Sprout Social Index 2025[2]
+22%

higher return on ad spend reported for Meta Advantage+ campaigns vs. manually managed campaigns

Meta, via Aurelius Media[1]
$27.66

average cost per lead on Meta, compared with $70.11 on Google Search

Aurelius Media 2026 benchmarks[1]
Do the math

Lower click costs only pay off with the right audience and landing page.

Meta clicks are typically far cheaper than Google Search clicks, but the people clicking are not actively searching yet. That makes creative, audience targeting and a fast, focused landing page decisive.

Adjust the estimator for your market. Then consider the real advantage: people who saw your ad recognize your name when they search later, which lifts your Google and Maps results too.

Budget-to-leads estimator
Adjust to your market. Estimates only.
estimated clicks
estimated leads
cost per lead

Default click cost reflects the Meta average.[1] A faster, clearer landing page raises conversion rate, which lowers cost per lead. See Web Design.

How Meta fits the system

Awareness on Meta. Action on Google. Trust everywhere.

Meta ads work best alongside a strong organic presence: an active social page, great reviews and a Google Business Profile that confirms what the ad promised.

1 · Creative & audience

Thumb-stopping images and short video, aimed at the right people in your service area.

Social MediaFacebookInstagram

2 · Engagement & retargeting

People who engage or visit your site see follow-up offers, testimonials and reminders.

PixelConversions APILookalikes

3 · Search & convert

Recognition turns into branded searches, calls and bookings on Google, Maps and your site.

What's included

Facebook and Instagram ads, fully managed.

Strategy, creative, targeting, tracking and reporting, with your account and data always yours.

Scroll-stopping creative

Static, carousel and short-form video ads built for each placement, refreshed before fatigue sets in.

Local audience targeting

Service-area, interest and lookalike audiences, plus retargeting of site visitors and engaged followers.

Advantage+ campaigns

Meta's AI campaign types set up with the right conversion goals and creative variety to optimize for leads.

Pixel & Conversions API

Browser and server-side tracking so Meta learns from real leads, even with iOS privacy limits.

Lead forms & landing pages

Instant forms or fast landing pages matched to each offer, built to convert mobile traffic.

Web Design →

Plain-language reporting

Spend, reach, leads, cost per lead and assisted conversions, monthly.

How we report →
What we do

Four steps from first impression to booked job.

We set up tracking and creative first, then let the data decide where budget goes.

01Strategy & audit

Goals, audiences, offers and any existing account or pixel reviewed.

02Creative & tracking

Ad creative produced, Pixel and Conversions API installed, lead forms or landing pages built.

03Launch & test

Multiple creatives and audiences tested through the learning phase; losers cut quickly.

04Scale & refresh

Budget moves to winners, creative refreshes on schedule, and results roll into your monthly report.

Ads send people to check you out. Make sure your Google Business Profile, reviews and social pages confirm what the ad promised.

Common questions

Answers about Meta Ads management.

There is no hard minimum, but a core audience in the tens of thousands gives Meta's delivery system room to find prospects, plus a smaller retargeting pool of site visitors, engagers, and customers. Our Meta Ads service widens radius or layers interests for very local businesses.

A handful of photos or short vertical videos of your business, team, or work. Variety matters most: multiple hooks and formats (static, carousel, Reels) are tested rather than one ad. We can produce or adapt creative.

Across an awareness layer that builds audience pools, a mid-funnel layer for warm engagers, and a conversion layer optimized to calls, forms, or bookings, shifting spend toward the strongest cost per result.

Apple's App Tracking Transparency reduced user-level signal. We offset it with server-side Conversions API tracking alongside the pixel, broader audience testing, and creative-led signals; landing pages we build ship with both.

The learning phase typically needs three to seven days and a batch of conversions. Most accounts see cost efficiency gains by week three or four as underperformers are pruned and winners scaled. See Paid Advertising for channel mix.

Ready to turn scrolls into customers?

Let's build a Meta Ads program that actually converts.

We'll audit your current Meta account (or build one from scratch), show you exactly where the opportunity is, and outline a plan for audiences, creative, and tracking — plus a free look at where you stand in AI search. No pressure, no commitment.

Ready to Dominate Your Market?

Schedule a consultation with us. Get enterprise-level strategy with personal involvement from the founders.

Call us directly(727) 777-9900 Email usinfo@foundgentic.com

Enterprise methodology with personalized attention. Every project receives direct involvement from Foundgentic owners Laura Ludwin and Kristin Crawford, backed by 50+ years of combined SEO and digital marketing expertise.