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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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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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9 Custom Events That Fire on My Website

Jon Loomer

You should use Meta events to track important actions that happen on your website. While there are standard events for your typical transactions (purchase, lead, contact), I also use nine custom events that fire when important engagement occurs. These events benefit Meta advertising. Create a separate event.

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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. We want Facebook to fire an event as a visitor progresses on a page related to scroll depth. The reason for this is simple.

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Facebook Custom Conversions: The Ultimate Guide

Jon Loomer

You may even be using pixel events with parameters. Custom conversions are a way for advertisers to define a conversion event for the purpose of tracking and optimization. Without custom conversions, you can only track and optimize for standard pixel events. Pixel events and custom conversions work in tandem.

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Facebook Custom Conversions: The Ultimate Guide

Jon Loomer

You may even be using pixel events with parameters. Custom conversions are a way for advertisers to define a conversion event for the purpose of tracking and optimization. Without custom conversions, you can only track and optimize for standard pixel events. Pixel events and custom conversions work in tandem.

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How to Set Up Facebook Conversions API Using Conversions API Gateway

Jon Loomer

The Facebook Conversions API allows marketers to send a direct connection of conversion data from their business (website and offline conversion events) to Facebook. You’re not sending the web events using the Conversions API yet. Your monthly expense to optimize for web events is more than $2K. I can tell you it is for me.

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