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How to Test Meta Conversion Events

Jon Loomer

One of the primary reasons for bad reporting in Meta Ads Manager is conversion events that were set up improperly. This includes standard events, custom events, and custom conversions. You should test your events before relying on them in your Ads Manager reporting. Is the wrong event reported? Is the event firing?

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Differences Between Custom Events and Custom Conversions

Jon Loomer

But one of the most common points of confusion I see is understanding the differences between custom events and custom conversions. This became especially obvious recently as I’ve written more about custom events. Custom Events To understand custom events, we first need to define “standard events.”

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Where Are Facebook Conversion Events Firing?

Jon Loomer

There’s a troubleshooting tool that can help diagnose and solve a lot of your problems related to conversion events. You can easily view where Facebook conversion events are firing by domain and URL. Let’s take a closer look at where this information is found and examples of how it’s so useful… Event Breakdown.

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How to Successfully Digitize Events During COVID-19

Waxing UnLyrical

I’m well used to webinars, virtual events, virtual happy hours, virtual younameits and digital whatchamacallits , both as a participant as well as an organizer, for clients as well as my own business and educational efforts. . Virtual event best practices. Roben Farzad 🎙️ (@robenfarzad) April 8, 2020.

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9 Custom Events That Fire on My Website

Jon Loomer

You should use Meta events to track important actions that happen on your website. While there are standard events for your typical transactions (purchase, lead, contact), I also use nine custom events that fire when important engagement occurs. These events benefit Meta advertising. Create a separate event.

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How to Set Up Automatic Events for Your Meta Pixel

Jon Loomer

The process of adding standard events can be confusing and overwhelming for some publishers. Automatic Events can help. Let’s explain what Automatic Events are and how you can turn them on. What Are Automatic Events? Facebook detects these events through contextual activity happening on your website.

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Create a Meta Custom Event That Combines Time Spent and Scroll Depth

Jon Loomer

I’m not going to go into it here, but Meta’s ignorance of quality traffic activity is maddening. But I have a solution for you: A custom event that combines time spent and scroll depth. I also assume that you’ve already created tags for both the 60-second view and 70% scroll events. Read them first.

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