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A Guide to Standard Events, Custom Events, and Custom Conversions

Jon Loomer

One of the most critical elements of Meta advertising is the ability to define important actions that happen on your website or your owned properties. This is possible with the help of standard events, custom events, and custom conversions. Events: This is how we define an important action.

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Differences Between Custom Events and Custom Conversions

Jon Loomer

Meta advertisers have plenty to get confused about. 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. Are they used for reporting?

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Custom Events vs. Custom Conversions

Jon Loomer

Custom events and custom conversions confuse too many advertisers. Custom events require code and allow you to freely define actions beyond standard events using custom triggers. Custom events require code and allow you to freely define actions beyond standard events using custom triggers.

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Create a Custom Facebook Event for a Watched YouTube Video in Google Tag Manager

Jon Loomer

Imagine you have an important YouTube video embedded on a page of your website. You can create a custom Facebook event to track, optimize, and retarget them with Facebook ads. One of the reasons I do that is because of the ease of creating custom events like this one. Create Facebook Pixel Events for Time Spent.

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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 Use Google Tag Manager to Manage the Facebook Pixel and Events

Jon Loomer

For the past couple of years now, I’ve used Google Tag Manager to manage the Facebook pixel and events (both standard and custom events). I wish I would have started using GTM to manage my Facebook pixel and events sooner. Go into Facebook Events Manager and select your pixel as the data source.

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Getting Started With Social Media Marketing for Virtual Events ?

Ignite Social Media

We get it — almost everything is hosted online, from social gatherings, conferences, and events. . The pandemic has shaken up some of the ways we have done events in the past, but it also opens many opportunities to fuel our desire to learn, stay connected, and witness events at your four-cornered screens. Pre-event Tactics.

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