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

Jon Loomer

This is possible with the help of standard events, custom events, and custom conversions. In this post, we’ll focus on the following: Definitions of standard events, custom events, and custom conversions Examples of each one Explanations of how they are used General tips on how they are created When should you use each?

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Meta Conversion Events, Deduplication, and Conflicting Reporting

Jon Loomer

If you dig into your Meta conversion events, you are likely to notice a problem: Conversion event data doesn’t match up. I’m not talking about your event data matching up with Google Analytics or other third-party reporting tools (these things will never match up). Browser vs. API Event Deduplication.

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How I Use Facebook Custom Conversions for Reporting and Optimization

Jon Loomer

I wrote recently about the role of custom conversions in your Facebook advertising. If you aren’t using custom conversions , it’s time to start. First, a very brief reminder about what custom conversions are, in the simplest terms. Custom conversions provide granularity for both reporting and optimization.

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Where Are My Client’s Hidden Facebook Events?

Jon Loomer

As advertisers configure their Facebook web events in preparation for iOS 14, we’ve been hearing from many experiencing hidden Facebook events. As you can see in the example above, hidden events are grayed out and won’t allow you to see or configure them. And they may have configured specific events for each pixel.

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Create a Meta Custom Event That Combines Time Spent and Scroll Depth

Jon Loomer

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. We’re going to use the Trigger Group trigger type. Quality traffic with Facebook ads is the Holy Grail. Read them first.

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

Jon Loomer

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. For more on using Google Tag Manager for creating custom events, check out the following blog posts: Create Facebook Pixel Events for Scroll Depth.

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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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