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Example: How to Use Custom Metrics in Facebook Ads Manager

Jon Loomer

If you’re a Facebook advertiser, one of the most underutilized features that you may not even know about is the Custom Metric. I want to take a second look at custom metrics today and provide two specific examples of how I use them. What Are Custom Metrics? Where you create the custom metric doesn’t matter.

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The Facebook Ads Metrics That Matter

Jon Loomer

Part of the battle is knowing which Facebook ads metrics actually matter. Facebook does a good job of surfacing metrics that are relevant to your objective, but that’s not good enough for me. You can customize your columns in Ads Manager to include the metrics you care about most. Metrics: Clicks.

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Success Metrics for Facebook Instant Experience Ads

Jon Loomer

Facebook has added metrics that may prove helpful. In this post, I’ll help you find those metrics and understand what they all mean. Let’s go… Access the Metrics. ” You’ll see seven metrics… What the Metrics Mean. .” ” (This metric is in development). .”

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Missing Metric Totals in Facebook Ads Manager: What to Do

Jon Loomer

Have you ever noticed that metric totals in Facebook Ads Manager don’t appear? Attribution is how Facebook gives credit to an ad for a conversion. If one campaign reports on conversions within 7-day click and 1-day view while another reports based on 1-day click, Facebook will not attempt to add these metrics.

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Meta Ads Metric Update: Accounts Center Account

Jon Loomer

Meta has rolled out an update to ads metrics that you may have spotted in Ads Manager: Accounts Center Account. ” Wherever you’d see “people” — in a metric name or metric definition — you will now see Accounts Center Account. No new metrics. It looks like a typo, but it’s a thing.

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How to Create and Use Custom Metrics in Facebook Ads Manager

Jon Loomer

Facebook offers dozens of metrics to measure performance within Ads Manager. But, what if those metrics aren’t good enough? Facebook now allows you to add columns for your custom metrics in Ads Manager. Locate Custom Metrics. ” Create a Custom Metric. Access Your Custom Metrics.

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Effective Meta Advertising: Key Metrics Simplified

Jon Loomer

Meta gives advertisers seemingly limitless metrics that can distract us. Simplify the key metrics that are most important. While there may be a couple dozen or so metrics that are interesting for a given campaign, prioritize them into groups. There is no need to prioritize any metric over this group. Be careful.

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