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Field-tested guides on diagnosing Meta Ads performance — creative fatigue, CPA spikes, CPM shifts, attribution, and the frameworks that separate good media buyers from great ones.

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Best Practices· 2026-05-15 · 6 min read

The 5 Prompt Patterns Paid-Social Specialists Use with Sentrum MCP

Five MCP prompt patterns that produce sharp diagnostic answers instead of generic noise. Real prompts media buyers paste into Claude Code daily.

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Developer· 2026-05-15 · 7 min read

Building Custom MCP Tools on Sentrum Developer Tier

The Developer tier ($99/mo) adds custom MCP tool registration and webhook subscriptions on top of Pro. Wrap your own logic and expose it to any MCP client.

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Thought Leadership· 2026-05-14 · 9 min read

Meta Released a CLI. A Diagnostic MCP Beats It. Here's Why.

Meta is shipping CLI and MCP support for the Marketing API. Raw API access is becoming a commodity. The decision layer — diagnostics, account memory, recommendations — is not.

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Education· 2026-03-16 · 12 min read

Why Your Meta Ads Dashboard Is Lying to You

Meta Ads Manager is missing 20-60% of your conversions. Learn why platform reporting is structurally broken and what to do about it.

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Thought Leadership· 2026-03-16 · 14 min read

What Media Buyers Actually Need from AI in 2026

AI dropped from priority #1 to #3 for PPC pros. Most tools solve the wrong problem. Here's what media buyers actually need from AI tools.

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Analysis· 2026-03-16 · 11 min read

The Real Cost of Not Having Cross-Platform Ad Analytics

Siloed ad data costs mid-size advertisers $462K/year in wasted spend, misallocated budgets, and missed signals. Here's the full breakdown.

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Analysis· 2026-02-10 · 8 min read

Meta's New Creative Insights vs What Media Buyers Actually Need

Meta shipped a native Creative Insights tool in Ads Manager. Here's where it falls short — and what real creative intelligence looks like.

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Strategy· 2026-02-09 · 9 min read

Meta Ads Value Rules: The Most Underused Targeting Feature in 2026

Value Rules let you tell Meta which conversions matter most — by demographic, placement, or geography. Learn how to use them (including negative rules) to fix delivery skew and maximize ROAS.

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Pillar Guide· 2026-02-14 · 45 min read

The 2026 Guide to Meta Ads: Everything You Need to Know

The definitive guide to running Meta ads in 2026 — campaign structure, diagnostic frameworks, creative strategy, measurement, budget management, audience strategy, AI tools, and the mindset shift that separates good media buyers from great ones.

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Strategy· 2026-02-03 · 14 min read

What Andromeda Actually Changed About Meta Ads (And What to Do About It)

Meta's Andromeda algorithm rewrote paid social. What changed in the delivery system, why old playbooks broke, and the new framework for 2026.

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Guide· 2026-02-07 · 14 min read

The Media Buyer's Guide to Diagnosing Meta Ads Performance Drops

A comprehensive diagnostic guide covering every reason performance drops — creative fatigue, audience saturation, platform changes, seasonality, attribution lag, and more.

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Diagnosis· 2026-02-03 · 11 min read

Creative Fatigue on Meta Ads: How to Detect It Before Your Performance Tanks

Creative fatigue is the silent killer of Meta ad performance. Learn the data signals that predict fatigue 72 hours before your CPA spikes.

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Diagnosis· 2026-01-30 · 12 min read

Why Did My CPA Spike? A Meta Ads Diagnostic Framework

Your CPA doubled overnight and Meta won't tell you why. Walk through the systematic diagnostic process — creative fatigue, audience saturation, CPM shifts, and budget pacing.

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Diagnosis· 2026-01-25 · 8 min read

Why Did My CPM Increase on Meta Ads? A Diagnostic Guide

CPM spikes are frustrating. Here's a systematic approach to diagnosing the root cause — from auction dynamics to audience saturation.

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Guide· 2026-01-20 · 10 min read

The Meta Ads Diagnostic Checklist: What to Check When Performance Changes

A step-by-step checklist for diagnosing Meta ad performance changes. Stop guessing and start systematically identifying root causes.

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Education· 2026-01-15 · 7 min read

Understanding Meta Ads Objectives and the KPIs That Actually Matter

Awareness ≠ Conversion ≠ Traffic. Learn which KPIs to track for each Meta campaign objective and why one-size-fits-all dashboards fail.

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