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Facebook Watchbait: Misleading and Sensational Videos Will Be Down-Ranked

Jon Loomer

Facebook has announced that videos using “watchbait” will be penalized and receive less news feed distribution. It’s a way to get people to watch your videos by withholding information, sensationalizing, and misleading the user. Sensationalizing: Video posts can’t exaggerate or use extreme language.

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How Short-Form Video Alters Marketing Evaluations

Jon Loomer

You may know that I have fully embraced short-form video during the past couple of months. I now focus first on short-form video. I make time for recording and editing videos. At least one video will be published to TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, and LinkedIn on most days. Just helpful info.

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Video Breakdowns Provide Important Context for Facebook Ads Actions

Jon Loomer

Performance measurement of Facebook video ads is challenging, primarily due to the way video ads work. But, video breakdowns provide important context for the performance of these ads. Let’s talk about the issues with video ads and how you can get a clearer idea of performance thanks to this buried feature.

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Facebook News Feed Update: Now What?

Jon Loomer

You’ve undoubtedly heard by now about the big Facebook news feed update that was announced recently. The news feed is sorted and customized based on a ranking system. Recorded videos will not get nearly the weight they once did. Posts that get long, thoughtful replies will get priority in your feed. A ghost town?

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Facebook News Feed Changes. Stay Calm. Don’t Panic.

yMarketingMatters

#Facebook News Feed Changes. 7 tips to improve your chances of your followers seeing your posts [link] Click To Tweet Now that it’s been over three weeks since the announcements from Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s News Feed algorithm changes, I hope everyone has calmed down a little. 3 Get into live video.

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Control Which Websites, Pages, Apps, and Videos Your Facebook Ads Appear On

Jon Loomer

Do a little digging to uncover which websites, Facebook pages, apps, and videos are showing your ads. This includes feeds, stories, Reels, apps, websites, and more. If your video was found within another video or Reel, which one? And here’s Instagram Profile Feed. Let me know in the comments below!

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How to Create Facebook Video Engagement Custom Audiences

Jon Loomer

Video is big on Facebook. Not only is video popular and engaging, but Facebook prioritizes it in news feeds. If you’re utilizing videos, you need to create Facebook video engagement custom audiences. Understand that this isn’t just about video ads. How to Create Video Engagement Custom Audiences.