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How I Use Facebook Custom Conversions for Reporting and Optimization

Jon Loomer

Today, I want to provide some specific examples of how I use them. Custom conversions provide granularity for both reporting and optimization. They allow you to map standard and custom events with parameters to better track how many purchases of a specific product, for example, resulted from your ad. Quick Refresh.

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Differences Between Custom Events and Custom Conversions

Jon Loomer

Examples of standard events include Purchase, Lead, Search, Add to Cart, Initiate Checkout, and Complete Registration. Are they used for reporting? I add columns to my Ads Manager reporting for my custom events. By default, custom conversions are based on all URL traffic, and you define them with URL rules.

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights. How do you ensure your social media reporting is contextual to your organization’s overall objectives?

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Are Ads Manager Results Too Good to Be True?

Jon Loomer

Over Reporting: This tends to be because you set up something wrong that leads to double or over counting. Real-World Validation This is the most obvious example of Ads Manager results that are too good to be true. If Ads Manager is reporting more results than happened, regardless of the source, that’s a problem.

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Where Are Facebook Conversion Events Firing?

Jon Loomer

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. Under your pixel activity overview (the default view of your pixel), expand the event you want to break down.

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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. You should test your events before relying on them in your Ads Manager reporting. Why isn’t Ads Manager reporting your conversions? Is the wrong event reported? Are the numbers inflated?

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Control Which Websites, Pages, Apps, and Videos Your Facebook Ads Appear On

Jon Loomer

Brand Safety offers Controls, Block Lists, Publisher Lists, and Delivery Reports. These categories are defined based on discussion of things like tragedy or conflict, debated social issues, objectionable activity, sexual or suggestive, strong language, and explicit content. Here’s an example for Tragedy or Conflict.

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