Jon Loomer

JULY 26, 2021

One of the biggest Facebook advertiser complaints related to iOS 14 changes and Aggregated Event Measurement is the limitation to eight events per website for optimization purposes. The 8-Event Limit. Only these eight events would be allowed for optimization. Problems Related to 8-Event Limit.

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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.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Traffic campaigns ALMOST never work. I’m not alone in that I discourage advertisers from using traffic campaigns. His traffic campaign actually generated a high number of purchases and an amazing ROAS. One of my assumptions was that his results were inflated by view-through conversions. Lots of quick abandons.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 21, 2024

It’s easy to create campaigns now. Yes, the process of creating a campaign has never been easier. Not only do they make sure that the pixel and Conversions API are set up properly, but they know the importance of standard events, custom events , and custom conversions. It’s just plug-and-play, right?

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Jon Loomer

JUNE 19, 2023

Meta campaign objectives represent the first step advertisers need to complete when creating a campaign. Advertisers often overcomplicate, if not misunderstand, the importance of choosing a campaign objective. Your objective will change what conversion locations and performance goals are available.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The easiest way to set up Conversions API is with the Facebook for WordPress plugin. If you need background on the Conversions API and why you need to set it up, make sure to check out this explainer.). These are two major barriers for any publisher wanting to set up the Conversions API. First, go to your Events Manager.

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Jon Loomer

AUGUST 30, 2021

Thanks to a recent update, advertisers can now optimize for and track Facebook custom events — without needing to first create a custom conversion. If this doesn’t make sense to you, allow me to explain… What are Custom Events? There are two kinds of events: 1. But custom events needed another step.

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Jon Loomer

JUNE 21, 2023

If you’ve selected the Leads objective in Meta Ads Manager recently, you may have seen an immediate prompt for a Tailored Leads Campaign. And if you’ve experimented with Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns , you’ve certainly spotted similarities. Is there a clear benefit to using Tailored Leads Campaigns?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To answer that question, we’ve rounded up 10 of the best storytelling campaigns and considered what we could learn from each. When you think about it, there’s a natural synergy between Bourgeois and the underlying theme of the campaign, which is all about exploration and discovery. It challenged teenagers to test their attention spans.

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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. Let’s create an Advantage+ Shopping campaign… What Are Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns? They streamline the process of setting up your campaign.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Last week, I wrote about how to create a custom event that fires when someone views a page of your website for 60 seconds. Now let’s create an event based on scroll depth. Like with the time on page event, I originally wrote about this three years ago but made it way more complicated than it needed to be.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 27, 2022

You may be seeing that reported conversions are down since iOS 14+ changes of 2021. It has to do with unranked events. My custom report consists of about 30 metrics in all, from standard Facebook ads metrics to standard events and custom conversions. Ranked and Unranked Events. You aren’t alone.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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. The easy solution is to create a custom conversion that maps to that custom event. To do that, create an Engagement campaign.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 6, 2023

There is a common mistake made by Meta advertisers related to conversion rate and an attempt to scale ads. But it’s unlikely to work… Conversion Rate and Opportunity Like any good marketer, you pay attention to your website metrics with Google Analytics. And yet, no conversions. You can be better. Maybe this is you.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

You may even be using pixel events with parameters. But if you aren’t using custom conversions, you’re doing it wrong. Let’s walk through what custom conversions are, how to create them, and how you might use them. Do you know how to use Facebook Custom Conversions? What Are Custom Conversions?

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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. What is considered a conversion? 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.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

You may even be using pixel events with parameters. But if you aren’t using custom conversions, you’re doing it wrong. Let’s walk through what custom conversions are, how to create them, and how you might use them. Do you know how to use Facebook Custom Conversions? What Are Custom Conversions?

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 1, 2022

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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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 2, 2020

One of the most common questions I get from advertisers is regarding the number of conversions that Facebook reports. Let’s take a closer look at the most common explanations for why the reported number of Facebook conversions may appear wrong… 1. Pixel Events and Custom Conversions Set Up Incorrectly.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I contend that the most underrated action you take when creating a Meta ads campaign is selecting your performance goal. Before, your optimization event helped find people within your selected audience who are most likely to perform your desired action. Meta won’t have a secondary goal of conversions or purchases.

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Jon Loomer

JUNE 9, 2020

During the past couple of weeks, I’ve walked you through how to create custom Facebook pixel events that allow you to track, optimize for, and target visits based on time spent on a page and scroll depth. We want Facebook to fire an event as a visitor progresses on a page related to scroll depth. The reason for this is simple.

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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. What is considered a conversion? 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.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2021

While we have stepped into the new year of 2021, there is one trend that will not be going away anytime soon: social media live events. Live videos provide a way for an authentic connection to your target audience, and they are especially imperative with the world still battling COVID-19 and as a result, holding fewer in-person events.

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Social Media Today

JULY 5, 2021

The changes will help advertisers maintain a better understanding of campaign performance, despite data loss

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 2, 2020

One of the most common questions I get from advertisers is regarding the number of conversions that Facebook reports. Let’s take a closer look at the most common explanations for why the reported number of Facebook conversions may appear wrong… 1. Pixel Events and Custom Conversions Set Up Incorrectly.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 20, 2019

Conversion Objective. When looking to connect with a more qualified user, the conversion objective is a great fit. Conversion allows advertisers to measure landing page views, conversion events, custom events and even retarget those who have yet to complete an action. Avoiding “Clicky” Users.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I created a great campaign, and I’m proud of it, but this just doesn’t seem possible. Understand that this isn’t about validating that a secondary source confirms the number of conversions that came from your ads. Meta reports conversions based on the date of impression, not the date of conversion.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 24, 2019

A few days ago, I wrote about Facebook’s new Event Setup Tool that simplifies adding pixel events to your website. This is a huge development because Facebook pixel events aren’t fully utilized by marketers as they should be. Why do you need to use pixel events? How can events benefit your marketing?

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In others (like when optimizing for conversions), it’s on by default and can’t be turned off. If you don’t provide any suggestions, Meta will start with your prior conversions, pixel data, and previous engagement with your ads. This is determined using machine learning based primarily on the conversion event.

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Social Media Today

JANUARY 20, 2019

Twitter has launched a 2019 major events calendar to provide insight into trending conversations on the platform.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 17, 2024

Whether it’s due to the streamlining of Meta ad campaigns through the Advantage+ products or the assistance of AI, these rumblings were inevitable. Some companies misjudge the impact of Meta’s streamlining of campaign creation. Each campaign required several ad sets and plenty of customized settings.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 22, 2024

It could also be because you’re running an Advantage+ Shopping Campaign. This is now the default option when setting targeting in manual campaigns, though you can currently switch back to the original audience options. It’s a weakness if you expect people who perform your optimization event to also perform other actions.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 2, 2020

To get you inspired to create holistic social media campaigns, we’re sharing the top campaigns from 2019 that are already doing just that. #1 The marketing campaign to support this launch featured The Office actor, Craig Robinson, sharing zingers about the new product. But the campaign didn’t end on social.

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Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2023

Driving conversion through compelling video is a common goal in social media video marketing. Video content is a must for brand awareness and reach, but to continue justifying investments, teams need strong video conversion rates too. A strong conversion rate is a quantifiable way to make a case for more video resources.

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Jon Loomer

JUNE 12, 2023

Attribution is the process of giving credit to an ad for a conversion. By the end of this post, it will all make sense… Conversions Attribution will only matter if you’re optimizing for any type of conversion that happens away from Facebook. Usually, these conversions happen on a website.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Adjusting content or moderating online conversations can make or break a brand. With fast-paced social feeds cycling from one event to the next, the internet can feel like the Wild West. Large-scale global events tend to generate a lot of social media comments and content that are ripe for questionable hot takes.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This comes into play when using the Website conversion location (found when using the Sales, Leads, or Engagement objectives). It utilizes your pixel and a conversion event. An attributed conversion, in this case, is any conversion that happens within 7-days of clicking your ad or 1-day of viewing your ad (without clicking).

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