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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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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. Once again, we’ll use the Custom HTML tag type. We’re going to use the Trigger Group trigger type.

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Getting Started With Social Media Marketing for Virtual EventsĀ ?

Ignite Social Media

We get it ā€” 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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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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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

If you want to improve your social media marketing strategy , you need to know about the different types of social media content and how or where you share that content. Understanding these different types of social media will help you develop a better content strategy and know where to focus your time and energy. What about forums?

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Create the Ultimate Facebook Pixel Event for Quality Traffic: Time and Scroll

Jon Loomer

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. Choose “Custom HTML” as the tag type under Tag Configuration. Select the “Scroll Depth” trigger type.

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