// Channel · Meta App Installs

Meta app installs — Advantage+ App with feed, reels and stories rotation.

Native-feeling creative brief, post-install event optimisation, and a written test schedule that treats iOS SKAN and Android event optimisation as two distinct measurement worlds.

4% of managed spendBelow $12K/mo → $479/mo floor · Above $12K/mo → flat 4%
// Meta · SKAN 4 read
// ios · skan4
concept · reels · Afine CV 3 · $18 CPA
concept · reels · Bfine CV 2 · $27 CPA
concept · story · Afine CV 3 · $22 CPA
concept · feed · Acoarse LO · $31 CPA
concept · UGC · Cfine CV 4 · $14 CPA
↳ Fine CV on top 3 events · postback confidence: high
3:1
Ratio
reels : feed : story
≤10d
Creative refresh
on top spenders
SKAN 4
iOS measurement
coarse + fine tuned
0%
Media markup
billed to you by Meta
// Campaign structures

What we actually run on this channel.

Every structure below maps to a decision your finance team should have a view on — not a template we run because the platform recommends it.

Structure · 01

Advantage+ App (iOS)

SKAN 4-tuned campaigns with fine conversion values on the top 3 events. Learn phase scoped, not perpetual.

Structure · 02

Advantage+ App (Android)

Event-optimised campaigns with post-install action targets — Firebase and MMP-linked.

Structure · 03

Retargeting (Android)

Re-engagement for lapsed users. Excluded from iOS by policy — we don't fake it with lookalikes.

Structure · 04

Creative testing

Standalone test-only campaigns with capped budget — never mixed with scale campaigns.

// The playbook

How we take this channel from zero to compound.

Same four-beat wave as our organic practice. Nothing about paid earns a different rhythm.

Wk 1

Concept brief

3–5 creative concepts written against real user comments, App Store reviews, and category jobs-to-be-done.

Wk 2

Native-first shoot

Reels-native, story-native, and feed-native versions of each concept. Not one asset resized four ways.

Wk 3–8

Test-scale-kill

Test campaigns validate creative; winners promoted to scale campaigns. Killed at 14 days if not beating control.

Wk 9+

Compound

Creative library grows on your account, not ours. You keep every asset, brief, and shot list.

// Creative cadence
  • Reels-native, story-native, and feed-native versions of every concept — not one asset stretched four ways.
  • Creative refresh on 10-day cadence on top spenders; 14-day on scale campaigns.
  • UGC-shaped creative treated as a distinct concept, not a filter on studio-shot content.
// Measurement
  • iOS: SKAN 4 with fine conversion values on top events, coarse for everything else. Written note on what's measurable and what's not.
  • Android: event optimisation via MMP + Firebase, deduped weekly.
  • Attribution model documented — MMP source-of-truth, Meta reported alongside with variance called out.
// Guardrails
  • iOS retargeting is off by policy. We don't run lookalikes and call it re-engagement.
  • Test-only campaigns are budget-capped; they never absorb scale-budget for 'learning'.
  • Media spend billed to you directly by Meta — we never touch client cash.
// Questions

Questions we get about this channel.

How many creative concepts do you build monthly?+

3–5 per scale campaign. Each concept ships native to reels, story and feed. We measure concepts, not assets — asset-level reads on SKAN 4 are unreliable.

Do you run UGC creator work?+

Direction, briefing and licensing yes — we don't hold a captive creator roster. Talent is sourced per brief from vetted platforms, cost is at-actual.

What about Meta's Advantage+ recommendations?+

We take them as inputs, not orders. Broad targeting and dynamic creative are on by default; automation on placement or bid is only on when the account has enough signal to feed it.

Can we own the creative afterwards?+

Yes — full IP transfers to you. Every asset, shot list, and brief is delivered to your library, not held in ours.

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