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Custom Event for Embedded YouTube Video

Jon Loomer

This might be my favorite custom event. When someone plays an embedded YouTube video on my website, an event fires. You can even set this event as a performance goal and optimize for it. You could create a custom conversion using this event based on a specific video watched.

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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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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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Differences Between Custom Events and Custom Conversions

Jon Loomer

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. Custom Events To understand custom events, we first need to define “standard events.”

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Hidden Advantages of Custom Events to Meta Advertisers

Jon Loomer

I’ve used custom events for years now, and it’s always felt like a secret underworld of Meta advertising. It’s as if custom events are seen as being too complicated to even bother, if advertisers know about them at all. The best way to explain custom events is by defining some basic Meta ads conversion terminology.

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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. You should use both.

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Custom Facebook Web Events That I Use

Jon Loomer

If you’re serious about ads measurement and retargeting, you need to use custom Facebook web events. In this post, I’ll give you the specific custom web events I use and why. Note that I’m being careful to say “custom web events” rather than “custom pixel events.” ViewContent.

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