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Effective Meta Advertising: Key Metrics Simplified

Jon Loomer

While there may be a couple dozen or so metrics that are interesting for a given campaign, prioritize them into groups. There are only two metrics here: Total Desired Actions Cost Per Desired Action The Desired Action is the primary goal of your campaign. The same if you cut your CPC or Cost Per Add to Cart in half. Be careful.

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How Meta Automation Rewrites the Rules for Advertisers

Jon Loomer

Whether it’s due to the streamlining of Meta ad campaigns through the Advantage+ products or the assistance of AI, these rumblings were inevitable. Some companies misjudge the impact of Meta’s streamlining of campaign creation. Each campaign required several ad sets and plenty of customized settings.

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The Facebook Ads Metrics That Matter

Jon Loomer

How did your advertising campaign perform? It allows me to easily compare campaigns and ad sets without making changes. To make it easier, let’s group the metrics I use by category… Metrics: Campaign Basics. They’re the campaign basics. CPC (Cost Per Link Click). Metrics: Standard Events.

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A Message for Agencies: What Are You Scared Of?

Jon Loomer

You think that the way that you set up campaigns is special. Your basic campaign setup does not make you unique. And they build all of the events, custom conversions, and audiences from scratch. “But I don’t want them to see how I set up their campaigns.” Your client sees how you set up their campaigns.

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Finally! Facebook Ads Reporting That Won’t Drive You Batty

agora pulse

When you monitor the right metrics, you can keep your ad performance on track and optimize campaigns to achieve even better outcomes—both of which are bound to make your boss happy. Before you can start analyzing the results from your Facebook Ads campaigns, you’ll want to understand some of the most common metrics.

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Quality Traffic Test #2: The Impact of Meta Ads Placement

Jon Loomer

For the first test, I created a campaign that compared the results generated by three different ad sets, each optimized differently: Link Clicks Landing Page Views Quality Visitor Custom Event ( I wrote about how I created this event here ) The targeting for each was completely broad, using only countries (US, UK, Canada, and Australia).

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Buzzwords Decoded: 32 Social Media Marketing Terms Explained

Ignite Social Media

What does CPC mean? CPC stands for Cost Per Click. It’s another metric of efficiency for brand ad campaigns. It’s what you strive to beat with each new campaign. It might be based on industry averages or another campaign run by the brand. It’s the price you pay when someone clicks on your ad.