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Do Not Use URL Equals for Meta Events and Audiences

Jon Loomer

In each case, the problem was caused by using “URL equals” when setting up events. The solution is simple: Use “URL contains” instead. And then I’ll explain why “URL equals” is causing problems and the best practices for using “URL contains.”

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How to Use URL Parameters for Facebook Ads Tracking

Jon Loomer

One tool available is URL parameters. While the use of URL parameters shouldn’t replace your Ads Manager reporting, they can provide a backup related to the traffic sent to your website from an ad (or even organically from your page or some other source). Let’s go… What Are URL Parameters?

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Is the Event Setup Tool Worth the Hassle?

Jon Loomer

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. That doesn’t make the tool worthless.

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The 8 best URL shorteners for engagement and tracking in 2022

Sprout Social

Since the beginning of the World Wide Web, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) have been one of the primary methods for jumping from one webpage to another. Unfortunately, URLs become long and complex as subdomains, subdirectories and tracking codes are added. As social media grew in popularity, lengthy URLs began to present a problem.

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What’s the best social media marketing tool for scheduling your updates?

Janet Fouts

With so many different social media marketing tools to choose from, it can be difficult to find the right solution; one that helps you save time and helps you improve your results. But, not just any social media scheduling tool will do. Collaboration tools for teams. Social CRM tool. Collaboration tools.

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3 Steps to Creating a Winning Instagram Marketing Strategy

Convince & Convert

Those two are common questions business owners are asking when considering Instagram marketing. While the answer to the first question is complicated (and I’ll elaborate on it below), the answer to the second question is “Instagram marketing is almost always a good idea”. But how to create an effective Instagram marketing strategy?

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12 Facebook publishing tools for your brand in 2024

Sprout Social

As part of your Facebook marketing strategy , a consistent publishing schedule is essential. Without the help of social media scheduling tools, that means you have to remember to go online each day (sometimes even multiple times a day) to manually publish your content.