ITIAN Academy V101.2

Facebook Marketing Glossary

A plain-language glossary of Facebook and Meta marketing terms.

Call to action
The next useful step requested from the audience.
Click-through rate
The percentage of impressions that produced a link click.
Cost per result
Advertising spend divided by the selected number of results.
Custom Audience
An audience created from permitted customer, website or engagement sources.
Dataset
A Meta data source that can receive website or business events.
Learning phase
A period when Meta's delivery system gathers information to optimise results.
Placement
A location where an advertisement may appear, such as Facebook Feed or Reels.
Retargeting
Advertising to people who previously interacted with the business.
ROAS
Return on advertising spend: tracked revenue divided by advertising cost.