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Custom Event for Embedded YouTube Video

Jon Loomer

When someone plays an embedded YouTube video on my website, an event fires. That event captures: • URL it was on, • Title of the video, • Percentage of the video that was watched • Total time watched in seconds I add a column to my Ads Manager to see how often people are watching these videos from my ads.

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Twitter Announces Scheduling Upgrade for TweetDeck, Changes to Embedded Tweet Grids

Social Media Today

Twitter has announced support for tweet scheduling with multiple images or video through TweetDeck, while its also cutting support for embedded tweet grids.

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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. If someone watches that video, it will tell you that they are a potential lead. Configure the Video Variables in Google Tag Manager. First, you’ll need to tell Google Tag Manager the actions related to a video you will want to track.

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Embedding Facebook Posts Good For Businesses

The Social Media Incubator

Last week, Facebook announced posts would now have an embedding option for users. Following the example of Twitter and their own Instagram, Facebook is now allowing users to share a post containing a video, pictures or hashtags by using an embedding code. Features of Facebook Embedding.

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8 tips to boost your video conversion rate

Sprout Social

Driving conversion through compelling video is a common goal in social media video marketing. Thanks to the OG TikTok, social media algorithms have prioritized video, especially short-form vertical video, like Reels and YouTube Shorts. Consumers can spot a sales pitch from a mile away.

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Meta Ads for Podcasts

Jon Loomer

Since you can create custom events in Google Tag Manager based on embedded YouTube plays , this provides some interesting possibilities. This is something I was already doing for standard YouTube videos. You can have custom events fire when the embedded player is started, based on progress, or based on completion.

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How to use YouTube Analytics to optimize your video performance

Sprout Social

Want to know which of your videos are binge-worthy? Through your YouTube Analytics, you can zero in on: Top-performing videos in terms of views, watch time and audience and engagement. How video details like thumbnails, titles and video length impact your video performance. The Overview Report. The Realtime Report.

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