Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Meta advertisers have plenty to get confused about. But one of the most common points of confusion I see is understanding the differences between custom events and custom conversions. So many advertisers either think I’m discussing custom conversions or use the two terms interchangeably. Are they used for reporting?

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 8, 2024

What does this development mean for Meta advertisers? But I decided to immerse myself in as much of this cookie news as possible to help understand — both for my advertising efforts and yours — whether this is something to worry about. These cookies are important for advertisers and publishers, after all.

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Jon Loomer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I’ve used custom events for years now, and it’s always felt like a secret underworld of Meta advertising. It’s as if custom events are seen as being too complicated to even bother, if advertisers know about them at all. The best way to explain custom events is by defining some basic Meta ads conversion terminology.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you’re an advanced Meta advertiser, you understand the value of the Compare Attribution Settings feature. Unfortunately, not nearly enough advertisers know that this exists or how best to leverage it. Attribution is how Meta gives credit to an ad for a conversion. Let’s fix that. We’ll focus on the top five.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 5, 2023

Are you a business marketer looking to maximize your efforts? By understanding these metrics and analyzing them accurately, you can better determine which marketing efforts are working and which need to be improved. It is important to be aware of the metrics that are key to understanding and improving your marketing initiatives.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 16, 2023

We had been hearing whispers of these impending changes to website conversion campaigns from members of our community and through our inbox. Meta says that “it will continue to evolve,” but many of the advertiser requirements related to iOS 14.5 advertisers were required to turn on Value Sets within Web Event Configuration.

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Jon Loomer

JULY 5, 2023

If you’re a newer advertiser, this will almost always be the recommended approach. Cost Per Result Goal This bid strategy helps you set the amount that will keep your advertising profitable. When using this bid strategy, the goal is no longer to get you the most conversions within your budget. When should you use this?

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Jon Loomer

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Facebook Conversions API has been a popular topic for the past year or so. While most marketers understand that they need it, most misunderstand the reason why. Let’s clear up the following: What the Facebook Conversions API is. Let’s go… What is the Facebook Conversions API? How to get it set up.

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Jon Loomer

DECEMBER 14, 2022

If you’re a marketer, you’ve surely heard the recent noise about ChatGPT. While ChatGPT could impact our lives in multiple ways, the focus of this post is on marketers. The bot is very good at understanding language, adjusting based on your directions, and providing a conversational and thorough answer. I mean, dang.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 16, 2023

You’ve been advertising for years. Let me explain… Things Change It’s important to remember that Meta advertising today looks nothing like it did five or 10 years ago. If you are optimizing for a conversion, use Advantage+ Placements (leave all placements on) and allow the algorithm to sort it out.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 17, 2023

I often hear from Meta advertisers who think their conversion events are overcounting. But if conversion events actually are getting overcounted, there’s almost always a reasonable explanation. Ads Manager only reports on conversions from your ads. They report on conversions differently.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 6, 2023

There is a common mistake made by Meta advertisers related to conversion rate and an attempt to scale ads. But it’s unlikely to work… Conversion Rate and Opportunity Like any good marketer, you pay attention to your website metrics with Google Analytics. And yet, no conversions. You can be better.

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Jon Loomer

JULY 24, 2023

If you dig into your Meta conversion events, you are likely to notice a problem: Conversion event data doesn’t match up. I’m talking about Meta’s own conversion event data not matching up. Custom conversion mapped to that standard or custom event 3. But there’s another… 2. It’s not.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

After more than a year-and-a-half hiatus, Meta is bringing back breakdowns for conversion reporting. The return of breakdowns for conversions follows closely behind the Compare Attribution Settings feature and 28-day click attribution. One of them was removing access to conversion data when running breakdowns. What is Back?

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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. Why isn’t Ads Manager reporting your conversions? When someone completes a conversion, does the expected event fire?

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Jon Loomer

AUGUST 9, 2023

Much of my content is catered to intermediate to advanced advertisers, but I’m often asked where those who are new to Meta ads should start. Consider this your beginner’s guide to Meta advertising. When Meta unveiled “Advantage” in 2022, most advertisers didn’t fully appreciate what we were in for.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 21, 2023

When it comes to Meta advertising, less is more. But even in the cases of big budgets, there are examples of advertisers who are hurting their results by trying to do too much. I get there are times when you can’t get enough conversion events to help the algorithm learn. Keep it simple. Yes, there are exceptions.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 15, 2022

Many Facebook advertisers don’t realize that view-through conversions are a thing. Ads Manager reports on conversions that happen within 7-days of clicking or 1-day of viewing your ad without clicking, by default ( Facebook ads attribution ). In other words, your ad can get credit for a conversion without anyone clicking on it.

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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. The difference is granularity.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If you run Meta ads that drive people to your website to perform a conversion, you must set up the Conversions API. It allows you to send conversions from your server to Meta, in addition to the conversions sent with the browser pixel ( read more about Conversions API here ). But that’s it! How did you do it?

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Jon Loomer

JULY 17, 2023

Engaged-View Attribution provides a unique way to measure conversions after engagement with your video ads. First, attribution is how Meta provides credit to your ads for conversions that typically occur on your website. First, attribution is how Meta provides credit to your ads for conversions that typically occur on your website.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 15, 2023

If you’re a Meta advertiser who manages ads for others, it’s important you make this phrase a regular part of your language: “It depends.” Let me explain… The Simplistic Question Those who are ignorant to the complexity of Meta advertising expect direct and specific answers to simple questions.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Social proof is a powerful tool for marketers who know how to use it effectively. With social proof, prospective customers get an in-depth look at a product or service without wading through direct marketing or sales-focused copy. What Is Social Proof In Marketing? Nine Benefits of Social Proof in Marketing.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Is Facebook advertising worth it? They allow advertisers to target only those people who are most likely to be interested and to find value in the offer. It’s a powerful approach that has revolutionized advertising. As a result, more traditional advertising media are failing.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The Facebook Conversions API allows marketers to send a direct connection of conversion data from their business (website and offline conversion events) to Facebook. This data combines with Facebook pixel data to improve conversion tracking, optimization, and targeting capabilities. Select Conversions API Gateway.

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Jon Loomer

MAY 23, 2023

Meta gives advertisers seemingly limitless metrics that can distract us. Just optimize for link clicks or landing page views if you want a stellar CTR (NOTE: This will not help get more conversions! ). Be an informed advertiser who uses metrics constructively. Be careful. Simplify the key metrics that are most important.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 16, 2022

When you measure success, do you also track surprise Facebook ads conversions? What I mean by that is you may optimize for Landing Page Views, but you should still follow other types of conversions that result from your campaign in Ads Manager. The existence of these surprise conversions may alter your impressions of performance.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 25, 2021

If you’re like most Facebook advertisers, you have lots of questions related to iOS 14 and the related changes impacting Facebook ads. Can Conversions API help replace the data lost from iOS 14 opt-outs? What changes should I expect to advertising tools related to mobile app ads as a result of iOS 14? What’s not?

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 5, 2021

Back in February, I covered the challenges facing different types of businesses when it comes to domain verification, the 8-event limit, and conversion optimization. As a result, they would not be able to configure these events or optimize for conversions occurring on such a domain. Understand that this entire situation is fluid.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 1, 2023

If you’re an experienced Meta advertiser, you probably know full well that Audience Network is a problematic placement. In this post, we’ll explore the issues with the Audience Network placement and provide some clarity around when Meta advertisers should and shouldn’t use it. What is Audience Network?

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Jon Loomer

AUGUST 28, 2023

With the Instagram Profile conversion location, you can run traffic campaigns that send people to your Instagram business profile. Let’s set it up… Setup Use the Traffic campaign objective… Within the ad set, select “Instagram Profile” as your conversion location. There are no other options.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 28, 2021

Facebook advertisers are scrambling as a result of Apple’s iOS 14 update. This will impact virtually every aspect of our advertising, in some ways that aren’t yet clear. But one of the most important: Negatively impacting Facebook advertising audiences. Waste is an advertiser’s biggest enemy.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 13, 2022

I wrote recently about the role of custom conversions in your Facebook advertising. If you aren’t using custom conversions , it’s time to start. First, a very brief reminder about what custom conversions are, in the simplest terms. Custom conversions provide granularity for both reporting and optimization.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. This is the integrated digital media and marketing communications framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge.

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Jon Loomer

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The clients you work with can set you up for Facebook advertising success. There are many factors that you can’t control that will immediately make your life as a Facebook advertiser easier or harder. What About the Conversions API? If the Conversions API is not set up, this will be one of your initial projects.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you want to know how many conversions were driven by an ad, Facebook is very good about helping you uncover that information. Today we’ll talk more about conversions from organic distribution, the ways you can track it, and how it ultimately impacts our actions as marketers. Organic Posts and Conversions.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 9, 2023

There’s a troubleshooting tool that can help diagnose and solve a lot of your problems related to conversion events. You can easily view where Facebook conversion events are firing by domain and URL. Watch it below… @jonloomer Here’s how to find out where your Facebook conversion events occur by URL.

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