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How Competition Impacts Facebook Ads Costs

Jon Loomer

Assuming you select Auction buying when creating your campaign (this is the default, and this is likely used 99.9% Competition and CPM. One important metric to monitor related to the rise and fall of competition is CPM (Cost Per 1,000 Impressions). But in Week 1, CPM was $10; in Week 2, it was $20.

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The Art of Social ROI: Choosing the Right Metrics for Your Goals

Hootsuite

See, there’s no one metric that determines your success on social. Instead, it’s a collection of metrics and KPIs (key performance indicators) that are shaped by your organization’s purpose, structure, and business goals. These are also your social media metrics. They can be granular and may even be mistaken as “vanity metrics.”

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Best Practices for 2017 Social Media Buying

Ignite Social Media

We are officially in 2017 and you may have some looming questions as to how best utilize your social media buys for the remainder of the year. Here are some quick tips and reminders to keep in mind for your 2017 social media buying. Buy while the going is good! Make New Metrics but Keep the Old. Invest in Instagram.

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Buzzwords Decoded: 32 Social Media Marketing Terms Explained

Ignite Social Media

While influencer marketing is generally focused on positive praise for products, “de-influencing” is when influencers or content creators share advice on which products they think you should not buy. The most common metric of content performance on social media. It’s a very common metric for paid social advertising.

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New report resurrects AVE measurement for influencer campaigns

Sherrilynne Starkie

More often than not, clients didn’t buy it. The report explains: “Earned Media Value is the equivalent cost of advertising that would garner the same amount of exposure as postings mentioning a brand campaign, based on followers and a US$5 CPM (cost-per-mille).”. They still don’t. So where’s the influence?

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Social Media Ad Objectives: Clicks vs. Conversion

Ignite Social Media

Measuring the wrong metrics can cost advertisers time, resources and most importantly money. We can see that the clickiest 10% of users on the far right have an effective CPM of 5.5x If the only metric for success were clicks, we would have deduced that the 55+ age group was the best target audience.

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Facebook advocates for short, engaging, mobile-optimized native videos for organic engagement

Socialmedia.biz

Mobile-first ads have longer average view times, higher engagement rate, better brand recall and a significantly lower Cost per Thousand (CPM). 62% of people use their smartphones in a public setting while buying their morning coffee or waiting for a bus.

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