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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 CPM increases, your ads need to be more effective to remain profitable. This is a trend.

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Effective Meta Advertising: Key Metrics Simplified

Jon Loomer

Examples of secondary metrics can include: Cost Per Link Click (CPC) Click Through Rate (CTR) Cost Per 1,000 Impressions (CPM) Cost Per Add to Cart All of these metrics have an impact, but we can be misled by that perceived impact. For example, let’s say that your CPM is $50 and you have a Cost Per Desired Action of $10.

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Reservation Buying Type Replaces Reach and Frequency

Jon Loomer

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. Only Engagement and Awareness objectives (Traffic was available for Reach and Frequency, but not for Reservation). Traffic objective removed, leaving only Awareness and Engagement.

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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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How Competition Impacts Facebook Ads Costs

Jon Loomer

The primary factors for determining the winner are bid, estimated action rates (probability someone will engage with an ad), and ad quality. Competition and CPM. One important metric to monitor related to the rise and fall of competition is CPM (Cost Per 1,000 Impressions). But in Week 1, CPM was $10; in Week 2, it was $20.

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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. The cost of the CPM increased the most once marketers reached 90% of the target audience. Methodology. Why is that?

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What is Reservation Buying Type?

Jon Loomer

Reservation is the alternative to Auction and has two objective options: Awareness and Engagement. One benefit of Reservation is the ability to lock in fixed costs at a specific CPM. Traffic (formerly an option for Reach and Frequency) is no longer an option for Reservation.

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