What I ended up doing was splitting things, but leaning slightly toward making the profile look alive first. I used a small package from smm world com just to add some basic activity so the page didn’t feel empty. It wasn’t about inflating numbers like crazy, just creating a foundation. After that, I ran very targeted ads to a narrow audience. From my experience, ads work better when the page already has some visible engagement. If someone clicks your ad and lands on a ghost town profile, they leave fast. So I’d say a light boost first, then carefully optimized ads.