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Two Ways to Monitor Facebook Ads CPM

Jon Loomer

CPM (Cost Per 1,000 Impressions) has a significant role in the performance of your ads. A dropping CPM can make a borderline campaign profitable while a rising CPM can turn a profitable campaign into a failure. While CPM is an important factor, it’s not something you should try to control. facebookads ?

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Will Facebook Ads CPM Costs Increase This Holiday Season?

Jon Loomer

In particular, will Facebook ads CPM costs increase? Let’s discuss how CPM impacts Facebook advertising results and the trends that we are seeing so far… Why CPM Matters. Let’s discuss how CPM impacts Facebook advertising results and the trends that we are seeing so far… Why CPM Matters.

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The Holidays and the Seasonality of Facebook Ads CPM

Jon Loomer

As a Facebook advertiser, you must understand the seasonality of competition and CPM (Cost Per 1,000 Impressions). This one metric — often ignored — can turn an ad with a high conversion rate into a poor performer. The Seasonality of CPM. The Impact of Increased CPM. The CPM went up.

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Effective Meta Advertising: Key Metrics Simplified

Jon Loomer

Meta gives advertisers seemingly limitless metrics that can distract us. Simplify the key metrics that are most important. While there may be a couple dozen or so metrics that are interesting for a given campaign, prioritize them into groups. There is no need to prioritize any metric over this group. Be careful.

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How Competition Impacts Facebook Ads Costs

Jon Loomer

It’s important to understand that your Facebook ads costs aren’t determined in a vacuum. Here’s how Facebook defines the auction : For each ad impression, our ad auction system selects the best ads to run based on the ads’ maximum bids and ad performance. Competition and CPM. The role of competition.

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Facebook Ads: It Depends

Jon Loomer

The most common answer I give to struggling Facebook advertisers who want to know whether the results they’re getting are good or bad is simple: It depends. Let me explain… What is a Good CPM? CPM (Cost Per 1,000 Impressions) is possibly the most overlooked metric that leads to high or low costs.

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12 Facebook video metrics brands need to benchmark right now

Sprout Social

Ever wondered if people loved watching your Facebook videos? These are all great questions to ask when you’re using videos for your Facebook marketing strategy. And your Facebook video metrics can give you the answers you need. So what are the video metrics you need to track on Facebook? Video views.

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