Jon Loomer

MARCH 27, 2022

You may be seeing that reported conversions are down since iOS 14+ changes of 2021. While there are many reasons for a drop in reporting, one may be the way that you configure your custom Facebook ads reports. Let’s discuss… Custom Ads Manager Reports. Facebook reports 51 registrations.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 24, 2023

If you’re an e-commerce brand that utilizes Meta ads to promote your products, you’ve either experimented with or heard about Advantage+ Shopping campaigns. They are unique, and the reports on performance have largely been positive. They streamline the process of setting up your campaign. Click “Continue.”

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Jon Loomer

MAY 23, 2023

Meta gives advertisers seemingly limitless metrics that can distract us. While there may be a couple dozen or so metrics that are interesting for a given campaign, prioritize them into groups. There are only two metrics here: Total Desired Actions Cost Per Desired Action The Desired Action is the primary goal of your campaign.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 27, 2024

The language of digital advertising can be confusing: ROI, UTMs, CTRs… One particularly common question is: what exactly is the difference between a boosted post vs ad on social platforms? It’s a bit of a tricky one to answer because boosted posts are technically a form of social advertising. What’s a boosted post? What’s a social ad?

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Social media advertising is a great way to quickly generate new customers and create a social media buzz around your (new) product. Apart from the obvious tools (like Facebook and Tweet/Analytics), here are five tools to help you come up with new social media advertising tactics: 1.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Meta advertisers have long asked for the ability to promote Facebook groups with ads. Instead, advertisers found workarounds to accomplish the same thing. Meta is rolling out built-in solutions for promoting Facebook groups within Ads Manager. Is it worthwhile to run a campaign to promote your group?

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Jon Loomer

JULY 17, 2023

The person watching the video also needs to convert on your advertising objective within 24 hours. In this scenario, Sharon signing up for yoga class the next day would be attributed to the campaign as an Engaged-view conversion. But you can add columns for each attribution window to see how that reporting breaks down.

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Forbes Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

After a change to iPhone software, Facebook mistakenly told some advertisers their campaigns weren't as effective as they actually were.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

If you’re a Facebook advertiser, one of the most underutilized features that you may not even know about is the Custom Metric. I wrote about it two years ago , and it’s an option that largely escapes advertisers. You can create custom metrics in either your custom ad reports or within Ads Manager itself.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 24, 2022

After about a year-and-a-half on hiatus, the “Compare Attribution” feature has returned to Facebook Ads Manager. “Attribution” is how Facebook gives credit to an ad for conversions. This setting impacts two things: How Facebook optimizes ad distribution. How Facebook reports conversions.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 10, 2022

Have you ever noticed that metric totals in Facebook Ads Manager don’t appear? It’s frustrating for many advertisers since this seems like an intermittent and inconsistent issue. It may appear as a bug… This happens when you utilize multiple attribution settings for different campaigns.

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Jon Loomer

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Inspired primarily by the negative reporting impact resulting from iOS 14-related changes in 2021, Facebook advertisers are searching for ways to verify and uncover conversion results. I wrote a tutorial previously about using Dynamic URL Parameters with your Facebook ads for this purpose. My Ad and Parameters.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As advertisers prepare for the holidays, there’s a bit of anxiety about what to expect. The past few years have been anything but normal, so it’s not easy to predict what advertisers should expect this year. In particular, will Facebook ads CPM costs increase? Growth has slowed, resulting in layoffs.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In a notable development for brand safety and suitability technology, Zefr has expanded its AI-Powered Brand Suitability Solution to encompass Facebook and Instagram Reels, strengthening the safeguarding of brand interests across the Meta ecosystem.

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2023

There is a prevailing notion that young people don’t use Facebook, with Gen Z shifting their focus towards other social media platforms. Some even argue that advertising on Facebook for this demographic is a futile endeavor. How Much Does Gen Z Use Facebook? How Much Does Each Generation Use Social Networks?

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Sprout Social

MARCH 29, 2021

As the widest-reaching social network around, Facebook boasts nearly 2.8 But given the continuous changes to the Facebook algorithm and the platform’s shifting demographics, many marketers are stuck scratching their heads when it comes to their future on the platform. billion monthly active users. Can't stop, won't stop! ??

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Facebook advertisers have been vocal about the negative impact of iOS 14+ during the past year. It may actually be an indirect cause that impacts all advertisers, not just those with a high volume of iOS users. It may actually be an indirect cause that impacts all advertisers, not just those with a high volume of iOS users.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 29, 2021

When iOS 14 goes live and users begin acting on prompts related to sharing their data, Facebook advertisers are likely to see a drop in conversion reporting. While this could at least partially be attributed to performance, the primary reason will be a fundamental change in Facebook ads attribution. Impact to Reporting.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Last week, I showed you how to connect your podcast to your Facebook page so that you could publish all new episodes to your followers (among other benefits). Can you promote these episodes — or your show — with Facebook ads? But, I currently have a Reach campaign targeting my page followers. Tests are fun.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 15, 2022

Many Facebook advertisers don’t realize that view-through conversions are a thing. Ads Manager reports on conversions that happen within 7-days of clicking or 1-day of viewing your ad without clicking, by default ( Facebook ads attribution ). URL parameters and Google Analytics wouldn’t be able to report this.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Facebook is making a change to force advertisers to potentially target more broadly using Targeting Expansion for some situations. It’s a big change that could lead to more results (if it works the way it’s designed), but it may also upset advertisers wanting to limit targeting to a smaller group.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It’s important to understand that your Facebook ads costs aren’t determined in a vacuum. Competition will become a bigger issue for most advertisers during the final quarter of the year. Assuming you select Auction buying when creating your campaign (this is the default, and this is likely used 99.9%

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In the lush landscape of social networking sites, advertisers are left asking themselves which platform will reach their target audience while generating desired business results. Despite recent issues, Facebook advertising usage remains steady among digital buyers. adults, according to Pew Research Center.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 16, 2022

Maybe you’re running a campaign for blog traffic. When you measure success, do you also track surprise Facebook ads conversions? What I mean by that is you may optimize for Landing Page Views, but you should still follow other types of conversions that result from your campaign in Ads Manager. Add Columns. Saved Columns.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 26, 2021

There was a lot we didn’t know at the time, and Facebook has also provided more information since. How that prompt directly impacts Facebook ads. How this impacts advertising beyond iOS users. In order to receive any app conversion data, Facebook is adopting Apple’s SKAdnetwork API. The iOS 14 Prompt.

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Jon Loomer

JULY 21, 2018

I’ve written previously on Reporting on Facebook Reach , particularly at the Page Level. Another opportunity is to dive more deeply into Reach reporting at the Post Level. This can be useful in many cases and allows us to more fully understand Facebook Post Reach. Why You Need to Report on Facebook Post Reach.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Facebook advertisers need every method available to properly and thoroughly track the impact of their campaigns. Let’s assume we added these parameters to the URL of a Facebook ad. Those parameters will tell me the following: Source was Facebook. Campaign ID: {{campaign.id}}. Ad Set ID: {{adset.id}}.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 15, 2019

If you have absolutely no idea how to approach your Facebook advertising strategy these days, you aren’t alone. It’s no secret that Facebook’s organic reach has taken a nosedive. Recent algorithm changes have basically forced businesses to invest in paid campaigns or abandon ship. Define your target audience.

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Jon Loomer

DECEMBER 1, 2021

How did your advertising campaign perform? Part of the battle is knowing which Facebook ads metrics actually matter. Facebook does a good job of surfacing metrics that are relevant to your objective, but that’s not good enough for me. ” This is a preset that Facebook created. The staples. Amount Spent.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You might have noticed an update while creating your ads recently: Facebook Campaign Goals. Let’s take a closer look at what Facebook Campaign Goals are and how you might use them… The Purpose of Facebook Campaign Goals. That can be misleading — and confusing — for the advertiser.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 4, 2021

During our PHC – Elite strategy session this week, one of our members presented an issue that many agencies, consultants, and advertisers will be facing: How to prepare clients, who are unaware of the current landscape, for the impact of iOS 14 and a future of less tracking. That, of course, may not be realistic. 8-Event Limit.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Advertisers can also experiment with Facebook Lookalike Expansion to yield optimal results that scale. You can have Facebook find the people who are in anywhere from the top 1% to 10% within a country or region who are most similar to your source audience. I typically tell advertisers to test and experiment.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 7, 2024

This is where competitive analysis reports become critical, providing you a roadmap for translating raw data into strategic direction. In this guide, we’ll explore how competitive analysis reports benefit your business, how you can build effective reports, the areas to focus on and competitive reporting tools.

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The first presidential election makes real-time history, while Facebook tries to make up for inaccurate reports, all in this week’s Social You Should Know. Twitter Continues to Evolve Advertising. Twitter is allowing advertisers to “have it their way” when it comes to clicks and conversions.

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 11, 2019

In this day and age, advertising on social media is practically a must if you want your target audience to see your brand message. With just under $24 billion in ad revenue in 2018, Facebook seems to be the basket that marketers have chosen to place all their eggs. LinkedIn Dynamic Ads. Pinterest Promoted Videos at Max Width.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As Meta advertisers, we’re constantly on a quest for good results. But there’s a situation we’ve all encountered that will make any great advertiser uneasy. I created a great campaign, and I’m proud of it, but this just doesn’t seem possible. You have a campaign that has generated 38 purchases.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Facebook ad conversion attribution is one of the most confused and least understood topics for advertisers. Let’s go… What Does Facebook Consider a Conversion? For Facebook to report a conversion when you run ads, you’ll first need to use the Facebook pixel. What is considered a conversion?

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