Meta Ads Audit · SAG Hospitality Brokers · act_277203332791108

Most Of The Clicks Are Not Restaurant Owners

Audit and funnel walk for Benny Ulloa's new SAG campaign. Live since 20 Oct 2026, data to 21 Oct. Judged on booked calls, not clicks.

44/100
Account health
Two fixes before scaling

The one-line answer

The campaign is only about 36 hours old, so zero booked calls is normal for now. But two things will stop it booking calls no matter how long it runs. First, 174 of the 200 clicks (87%) came from Audience Network, mostly rewarded video inside mobile games, where people tap ads to earn game credits. That makes the click rate look like 8.7%. The real Facebook and Instagram click rate is 1.45%, and Meta is learning to chase game players. Second, the booking calendar only offers times from 5:00pm to 12:30am Eastern, which is dinner service for a restaurant owner. Fix both this week and the $50 a day starts buying real owners who can actually book.

01

The numbers that matter

Spend · since launch
$45.83
2 ad sets x $25/day · CPM $19.89
Booked calls MONEY EVENT
0
Too early to judge · last campaign: 1 call per $958
Reported click rate
8.7%
Inflated: 87% of clicks are Audience Network
Real click rate · FB + IG
1.45%
26 clicks · $1.55 each · in line with October
Landing page views
148
Only 21 from Facebook and Instagram
Bookable hours (Eastern)
5pm to 12:30am
Calendar timezone set to Pacific/Midway
02

Where the money went vs where the clicks came from

Audience Network took only 12% of the budget but delivered 87% of the clicks. That is not a bargain. These are taps from people inside games and apps, and in the October report the same placement drove 48% of clicks and zero opt-ins. Facebook and Instagram cost more per click because those are real people scrolling.

Spend by platform

20 to 21 Oct · total $45.83
$0 $12 $25 $38 $50 $6 $29 $11 Aud.Network Facebook Instagram

Link clicks by platform

20 to 21 Oct · total 200
0 50 100 150 200 174 21 5 Aud.Network Facebook Instagram
■ Audience Network (low-quality clicks)   ■ Facebook and Instagram (real feed)
03

The funnel drop-off

Every step from the ad to a booked call. The numbers look healthy until you split out Audience Network. Of the 148 people who loaded the page, only 21 came from the feeds where business owners actually are.

2,304Impressions
reach 1,758 · freq 1.31
↓ 8.7% click rate · inflated by Audience Network
200Link clicks
174 Audience Network · 26 FB + IG
↓ 74% load the page
148Page views
127 Audience Network · 21 FB + IG
↓ 95% fire the new ViewContent event (tracking is working)
140ViewContent
↓ 0 booked · only evening and late-night slots on offer
0Booked calls
04

The funnel, walked step by step

I clicked through the live page on a 375px phone screen, the same way an ad click lands. Both ads point to the same page and it returns 200 OK.

Watch, Then Book
sellmyhospitalitybusiness.com/book
ONE BIG LEAK
Free discovery call
1Headline: "What Is Your Business Really Worth? Watch, Then Book Below." Subhead names add-backs, goodwill, 40,000+ private buyers, the 45-day pizza shop and a free confidential call. This now matches what the ads promise.
212:08 training video plays muted with an "Enable sound" button. Copy says "around 12 minutes", which now matches.
3Calendar sits about one and a half screens down. All three "Book Your Free Discovery Call" buttons scroll back up to it (tested).
4Calendar "Free Discovery Call" shows 7 days ahead. Times offered in Eastern: 5:00pm to 11:30pm, plus a 12:00am and 12:30am slot. Nothing in the morning or afternoon.
5/thankyou fires the Schedule event to both the SAG pixel and the old Restaurantify pixel.
Leak: the calendar's working hours (10am to 6pm) are saved in the Pacific/Midway timezone, 7 hours behind Pennsylvania. So a Pennsylvania owner only sees evening and midnight slots, exactly when a restaurant is busiest. Most will not book, and the ones who do may no-show.
Small leftovers: /thankyou still says "250+ NDAs" while the ads, /book and Benny on camera say "more than 50". The /book page code still carries the keywords "Sales Funnels, Shaqir Hussyin" (not visible on the page, but shows to search engines and link previews).
Fixed since the 14 Oct audit: the "UK home improvement" badges are gone from mobile, the "free training only" mismatch is gone, the video length now matches, the SAG pixel is installed, and ViewContent fires on 95% of page views, so tracking is no longer the problem.
05

Ad set and creative scorecard

One campaign is live: "SAG | Proof + P&Q to /book", $50 a day, optimising for booked calls (Schedule) in Pennsylvania. Read these with care. At 36 hours and $46, nothing here is a verdict yet, and Audience Network makes the click numbers look better than they are.

Ad setSpendCPMAll clicksFB + IG clicksPage views (FB + IG)BookedVerdict
Private & Quiet$25.20$16.8916016118 (12)0FIX
Proof$20.63$25.41401030 (9)0FIX
Old Restaurantify campaign (paused, for reference)$958n/an/an/a3991PAUSED
VideoAd setSpendClicksPage viewsRead
Video 8Proof$14.7376Meta's pick in Proof. Was the October workhorse (3 opt-ins). Hold.
Video 7P&Q$11.64118Meta's pick in P&Q. Hold.
Video 9P&Q$7.2342Weakest so far, also weak in October. Watch.
Video 3P&Q$6.31145108Huge clicks, almost all Audience Network. Not a real win yet.
Video 6Proof$3.8465Too little spend to read.
Video 5Proof$2.062719Too little spend to read.

Best headlines so far: "Sell It Quietly" and "Sold In 45 Days" (the same headline that won in October). $5.52 (12% of spend) went to Audience Network for 174 clicks that are very unlikely to become a call.

06

Top 5 things to do now

Fix the calendar hours so owners can book in the daytime

Change the "Work Hours" schedule timezone from Pacific/Midway to America/New_York (Eastern). The same 10am to 6pm hours will then show as 10am to 6pm in Pennsylvania, which is before and between service. Right now every booking has to happen during dinner rush or after midnight. This is the single biggest reason a good click would not become a call.

Effort 5 minutesImpact HighestUnlocks booked calls

Turn off Audience Network on both ad sets

Switch placements to Facebook and Instagram only. Audience Network is sending 87% of the clicks from people inside games, and Meta is learning that those are the people to find. It was the same story in October. The campaign is only 36 hours old, so this is the cheapest moment to change it.

Effort LowImpact HighFixes who Meta targets

Then leave it alone for 7 days and judge on booked calls only

Do not pause videos or change budgets on 36 hours of data. After the two fixes above, let it run a full week (about $350) and read it on booked calls, not clicks. The last campaign needed about $958 per call with a broken page and calendar, so the bar to beat is low. Also watch age: Advantage+ audience has sent 25% of spend and over half the clicks (106 of 200) to the 65+ group.

Effort NoneImpact MediumProtects learning

Give Meta a second signal it can learn from

At $50 a day this campaign might book 1 to 3 calls a week. Meta learns best with far more events than that. Add one extra event that fires when someone picks a date or time on the calendar, so Meta can see who is getting close to booking. Keep the campaign optimising for booked calls, and use the new event as an early read and a backup if calls stay too thin to learn from.

Effort MediumImpact MediumAdds signal

Clean up the last leftovers on the pages

Change "250+ NDAs" to "more than 50" on /thankyou so it matches the ads and Benny's video. Remove the "Sales Funnels, Shaqir Hussyin" keywords from the /book page settings. Small, but trust is what this offer runs on, and these are the details a careful seller notices.

Effort LowImpact LowBuilds trust