Campaign Optimization Recommendations
Evaluate active campaigns against configurable performance thresholds and generate actionable recommendations: shutdown, budget increase, or hold.
なぜ使うのか
Removes the guesswork from campaign optimization. Instead of gut-feel decisions, get data-backed shutdown/budget-increase/hold recommendations based on your own CPA targets.
対象ユーザー
Performance marketers who manage active campaigns and need a systematic framework to decide where to cut spend, increase budget, or pause underperformers.
使い方
Set your TARGET_CPA first. Run weekly or when performance feels off. Review the recommendation list — campaigns are ordered by priority. Apply the action column directly in Meta Ads Manager.
INPUT
- Campaign-level performance data, date range: last 7 days
- Campaign budget and configuration data
- Learning phase status: determined by campaign age (see GUARD)
CONFIG (user-configurable)
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
TARGET_CPA | — | User-defined target cost per acquisition |
FREQ_THRESHOLD | 3 | Alert if frequency exceeds this |
CTR_DECLINE_PCT | 15 | Alert if CTR drops below 7-day avg by this % |
CPA_RISE_PCT | 20 | Alert if CPA rises above 7-day avg by this % |
ZERO_CONV_MULTIPLIER | 2 | Shutdown trigger: spend > daily_budget × this with 0 conversions |
SHUTDOWN_CPA_MULTIPLIER | 2 | Shutdown if CPA exceeds this × TARGET_CPA for 3+ days |
BUDGET_INCREASE_CPA_IMPROVEMENT | 20% | CPA must be this much below target to qualify for budget increase |
PROCESS
Step 1 — Classify Each Campaign
Evaluate all criteria below for each active campaign:
Shutdown criteria (evaluate in this priority order):
Spend > daily_budget × ZERO_CONV_MULTIPLIER with 0 conversions→ flag as SHUTDOWN (regardless of age/learning phase)CPA > SHUTDOWN_CPA_MULTIPLIER × TARGET_CPA for 3+ consecutive days AND campaign has exited learning phase AND active 7+ days→ flag as SHUTDOWNFrequency > FREQ_THRESHOLD AND CTR declined > CTR_DECLINE_PCT% vs 7-day average AND CPA rose > CPA_RISE_PCT% vs 7-day average AND campaign has exited learning phase AND active 7+ days→ flag as SHUTDOWN
Budget increase criteria (ALL must be met):
- Campaign has exited learning phase AND active 7+ days
- CPA below TARGET_CPA by > BUDGET_INCREASE_CPA_IMPROVEMENT for 3 consecutive days
- Current spend > 80% of daily budget
- Frequency < 2.5
- Not flagged by any shutdown criterion above
Step 2 — Conflict Resolution
If a campaign meets both shutdown AND budget increase criteria → suppress budget increase, output only shutdown recommendation.
Step 3 — Build Recommendation List
For each recommendation output:
- Item ID (auto-increment)
- Campaign ID and name
- Criteria met (which rule triggered)
- Learning phase status (learning / exited)
- Current spend and key metrics
- Recommended action (pause / reduce budget / increase budget)
OUTPUT
📋 RECOMMENDATION LIST
| # | Campaign ID | Campaign Name | Criteria Met | Learning Phase | Current Spend | Action |
|---|
If no campaigns meet any criteria: output ✅ No campaigns require optimization action today.
GUARD
- Learning phase check: a campaign is considered "in learning phase" until it has spent ≥ 50 × daily_budget OR 7 days have passed (whichever comes first)
- CPA-related criteria are evaluated against TARGET_CPA — report
CPA: N/Aif target not configured - If insufficient data to evaluate a criterion (e.g., < 7 days of data): skip that criterion, do not flag
- This prompt outputs recommendations only — no automatic or semi-automatic execution is performed