A major e-commerce operation — 563K ghost ads from 2014
Proven results
A marketing partner deleted shared audiences and broke thousands of ad sets. Ten years later, 563K ads with a 96% zero-impression rate were still sitting in the account — and still included in reporting.
563Kghost ads still active in the account
96%zero-impression rate on flagged ads
10 yearsundetected without automated governance
How Improvado helped
Connected all ad accounts to surface ads with zero impressions over any trailing period
Automated governance rule flagged every ad with deleted audiences
Cleaned up decade-old account debt that was distorting all performance reporting
A $282M ad operation — out of control
Proven results
1.38M ads, 5+ creative agencies, pharma ads banned by Meta. $4.26M spent before anyone noticed. No centralized governance, no automated alerts, no unified view across agencies.
$4.26Mspent on banned ads before detection
1.38Mtotal ads with no unified governance layer
5+creative agencies with no shared compliance rules
How Improvado helped
Centralized all agency ad accounts into one unified governance platform
Automated compliance rules flagged banned creatives in real time
Built cross-agency ROAS dashboard updated daily without manual pulls
Find out exactly where your ad budget is going
Free ad account audit · Results in 24 hours · No credit card required. See zombie ads, broken audiences, and wasted spend — personalized walkthrough with an Improvado analyst included.
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