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Holiday Competition and CPM

Jon Loomer

Don’t assume that Meta ad CPMs will go up this holiday season… CPM, or Cost Per 1,000 Impressions, is directly connected to advertising costs. A primary factor driving CPM during the holidays is competition. If more advertisers spend more money in the auction, the cost to reach people should increase.

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How Competition Impacts Facebook Ads Costs

Jon Loomer

It’s important to understand that your Facebook ads costs aren’t determined in a vacuum. It won’t always cost the same amount to get that click or conversion. In fact, the rate at which people act on your ads could remain constant while your costs could fluctuate wildly. The role of competition.

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Effective Meta Advertising: Key Metrics Simplified

Jon Loomer

There are only two metrics here: Total Desired Actions Cost Per Desired Action The Desired Action is the primary goal of your campaign. If your CPC sucks, but you get a great Cost Per Desired Action, who cares about that CPC? There’s no need to mess with it in an attempt to improve your Cost Per Desired Action.

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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity SMM

And finally, despite the emphasis on tying content marketing to sales and revenue, the top three content marketing metrics tracked are pageviews (65.8%), email engagement (opens and clicks; 55.2%) and social media engagement (54.9%). CPM) or sales ($2.39 CPM) compared to brand awareness campaigns ($0.34

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Reservation Buying Type Replaces Reach and Frequency

Jon Loomer

In most cases, your ads will enter into an auction , which makes your costs variable and unpredictable. This is due to a fixed CPM, so that you know what you will pay. Fixed CPM means that you know what the cost will be. Fixed CPM means that you know what the cost will be. Reach a minimum of 200,000 people.

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Most Social Media Ads Reach Only 5% Of Their Target Audience

The Realtime Report

In the research, Sotrender’s analysts wanted to find out: whether higher audience saturation translates into changes in CPC or CPM costs. The Drop in CPM & CPC Only for Post Engagement Campaigns. One of the key findings in Sotrender’s research is that the ad cost is increasing along with the audience saturation.

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What is Reservation Buying Type?

Jon Loomer

Reservation, formerly called reach and frequency, allows you to plan and buy your campaigns with a set cost and forecast your campaign’s lifetime results for reach and frequency.” Reservation is the alternative to Auction and has two objective options: Awareness and Engagement. Another benefit is frequency controls.

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