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Should new accounts use traffic campaigns to build data before switching to conversion optimization?

Optimizing for top-of-funnel events like clicks or landing page views can train the pixel to find non-converting users, leading to long-term scaling difficulties. To achieve sales, accounts should optimize for conversion events immediately rather than trying to build data with low-intent traffic.
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