What Does the Removal of Placement Control Mean?

Social Media Pubcast by Jon Loomer by Jon Loomer

Sep 9, 202610:09Business

Meta is removing placement control for sales and leads campaigns, and advertisers are predictably freaking out. Jon explains why the change matters far less than it sounds, and why value rules are the control you should...

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