Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

One of the primary reasons for bad reporting in Meta Ads Manager is conversion events that were set up improperly. This includes standard events, custom events, and custom conversions. You should test your events before relying on them in your Ads Manager reporting. Is the wrong event reported? Is the event firing?

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Do you have this problem with custom events ? If you create custom events, you’ll want to add them as columns to your Ads Manager. But for whatever reason, not all of the custom events you create will appear. There’s no rhyme or reason to which custom events are available and which ones aren’t.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 29, 2024

I love to use custom events , but this issue stumped me forever… I’ll add a custom event to a custom metric formula, and it’ll use a weird string of characters instead. If I go back to the formula, it breaks the custom event name into separate metrics by space. It also calculates fine.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 8, 2022

We need to talk about the Pixel Event Setup Tool. The Event Setup Tool allows advertisers to add standard events for conversion tracking to their website without code, which is pretty great. I first wrote about the Event Setup Tool when it came out more than three years ago. Events by URL. Really easy.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Facebook pixel events and custom conversions are important tools that can amplify your marketing and advertising efforts. First, if you haven’t read my guides on how Facebook pixel events and custom conversions work, I encourage you to do so: Facebook Pixel Events: An Introduction. Conversion optimization. Dynamic ads.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

For the past couple of years now, I’ve used Google Tag Manager to manage the Facebook pixel and events (both standard and custom events). I wish I would have started using GTM to manage my Facebook pixel and events sooner. Go into Facebook Events Manager and select your pixel as the data source.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 20, 2023

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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Jon Loomer

MARCH 27, 2022

It has to do with unranked events. My custom report consists of about 30 metrics in all, from standard Facebook ads metrics to standard events and custom conversions. Ranked and Unranked Events. This, of course, assumes that you have ranked your events (you can rank up to eight). You aren’t alone. An Example.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One way to do this is by creating an audience based on event frequency. In this post, we’ll walk through how to isolate your audience based on the frequency of events executed. But, I’ll also give you the tools to dig deeper and create audiences based on event parameters. Select an Event.

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Jon Loomer

AUGUST 23, 2023

Here’s how to test your website events… In Events Manager, go to your data sources and select your pixel. Then go to the Test Events tab. In this video, we confirm that our website’s events are set up correctly. Just know that there are different instructions for your server events. Expand that section.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s why custom pixel events are so important. What I’m going to describe is done with custom events and Google Tag Manager. Once you create such an event, you can use this for reporting, optimization, and targeting. I wrote about these custom events nearly three years ago. Then paste your base pixel code.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 20, 2021

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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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Facebook pixel events and custom conversions are important tools that can amplify your marketing and advertising efforts. First, if you haven’t read my guides on how Facebook pixel events and custom conversions work, I encourage you to do so: Facebook Pixel Events: An Introduction. Conversion optimization. Dynamic ads.

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Jon Loomer

JUNE 9, 2020

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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Social Media Today

MAY 10, 2022

Some handy new updates from LinkedIn, which continues to see record levels of engagement.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 24, 2019

A few days ago, I wrote about Facebook’s new Event Setup Tool that simplifies adding pixel events to your website. This is a huge development because Facebook pixel events aren’t fully utilized by marketers as they should be. Why do you need to use pixel events? How can events benefit your marketing?

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The Social Media Incubator

AUGUST 27, 2012

With over 552 million daily active users , it is a mainframe for society and a resource that many are using to schedule events. Keeping track of your schedule is a constant struggle for most people and adding Facebook events into the mix is just another calendar for you to keep track of. Click on the upcoming events link.

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Oktopost

APRIL 30, 2020

Stating that now is a tough time to be planning events would be a wild understatement. In a survey of more than a thousand mid-level and senior marketers taken last year, 41% listed live events as “ the most critical marketing channel ” for their business objectives. How can LinkedIn Events help you connect with them?

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Check for Duplication or Overcounting of Events It’s possible that the reporting in Ads Manager is completely legit. Event Deduplication. Are you passing events via both the Meta pixel and Conversions API ? Are you passing events via both the Meta pixel and Conversions API ? Check Event Location.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 13, 2022

It’s important to know that custom conversions should not be used in place of standard and custom events; they should be used in addition to them. They allow you to map standard and custom events with parameters to better track how many purchases of a specific product, for example, resulted from your ad. Product Groups.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 10, 2018

It used to be you spent five minutes registering for an event and then showed up on the big day, went to a few workshops, drank two free Coronas, and went home. Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. Linkedin (if it’s a business event).

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

If you have a big event coming up, Reminders Ads are a great way to make sure that your raving fans don’t forget about it. It doesn’t matter what the event is — whether it’s online or offline. It could be a sale, going live on Instagram, or a physical event. Watch Video I recorded a video about this, too.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve long suggested we should even see this in our organic post results if we have a pixel and events set up. You can do something similar with URL parameters and GA4, of course. It just knows that a link that includes your URL parameters was clicked. When it comes to Ads Manager, these organic conversions didn’t happen.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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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Hootsuite

JUNE 26, 2019

When it comes to social media event promotion, it’s important to make a plan. Often, organizers can spend a lot of money and energy on marketing before an event without much thought about what comes next. Often, organizers can spend a lot of money and energy on marketing before an event without much thought about what comes next.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 11, 2022

It’s a troubleshooting tool that detects the presence of a pixel on the current URL you’re viewing. It also detects the standard events, custom events , and custom conversions that are firing. I don’t have or desire access to your Ads Manager, Events Manager, or Business Manager. Testing Tool.

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Jon Loomer

JUNE 9, 2020

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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Jon Loomer

APRIL 6, 2022

Do you understand how custom conversions are used for Facebook advertising and how they’re different from standard and custom events ? The confusing part for many advertisers is that standard events, custom events, and custom conversions can all be used for both reporting and optimization. This is an area that is often confused.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 2, 2022

Know that you can use the method of creating an audience based on the standard event and parameters. I’ve always used the URL, and I think it’s because I was creating these audiences before I started using events. It was an old habit. I use these audiences for both targeting and exclusion purposes. Your Turn.

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Jon Loomer

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Aggregated Event Measurement and Performance. When iOS 14+ changes went into effect, the primary focus was on Aggregated Event Measurement. Only that user’s highest-ranking event (as determined by the advertiser, among eight eligible events) will be sent for attribution, and it will be delayed for up to 72 hours.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By connecting your Shop to a third-party reporting tool, “landing and purchase events are sent with the same URLs and UTMs you provide for your website.” If you have a Facebook or Instagram Shop, engagement and purchases may happen entirely within Facebook and Instagram.

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The Social Media Incubator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Last month, we talked about how to add Facebook events to your Google calendars, now we want to give you the ability to add it to your iPhone calendar. If you do not remember or know how to get that link, go to How to Sync Facebook events to Google Calendar and follows Steps 1 – 4.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 10, 2018

It used to be you spent five minutes registering for an event and then showed up on the big day, went to a few workshops, drank two free Coronas, and went home. Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. Linkedin (if it’s a business event).

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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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Jon Loomer

MARCH 14, 2022

As mentioned above, there are times when Facebook optimizes for quality events. Using URL Parameters. Another way to measure this is with URL parameters. For more information on how to do this, you can check out a couple of articles I’ve written on using URL parameters: How to Use URL Parameters for Facebook Ads Tracking.

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