Paid AdsTactic2026-03

ROAS Is a Downstream Symptom — Diagnose CTR, CPM, CVR, AOV or Frequency First

William Kast (@williamkast_)

Key tactics

Low CTR → fix hooks and angles
High CPM → improve messaging that earns attention
Low CVR → fix ad-to-landing-page expectation mismatch
Low AOV → improve offer, bundles or upsells
High CPA + rising frequency → introduce fresh angles

Summary

Clear diagnostic framework: low ROAS is almost never the root problem. Identify which upstream metric is broken (CTR, CPM, CVR, AOV or frequency) and fix that first; ROAS follows once the real bottleneck is removed.

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