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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. Here’s how Facebook defines the auction : For each ad impression, our ad auction system selects the best ads to run based on the ads’ maximum bids and ad performance. Competition and CPM. The role of competition.

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Should You Pull Back Your Facebook Ads This Holiday Season?

Jon Loomer

We’re entering one of the biggest weeks and months of Facebook advertising for the year. Some brands will be jumping into Facebook ads for the first time this year to increase sales. People actually want to see your ads and will engage with them at a high rate. Keep a close eye on the CPM. Consider pulling back.

CPM 187
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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity SMM

And lead gen campaigns on Facebook and Instagram are 10X more expensive than brand awareness advertising. 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%).

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

The Realtime Report

Are marketers effective in identifying and choosing target audiences when creating their Facebook and Instagram ads? The key measure used in Sotrender’s research was audience saturation (also known as Facebook audience share), which reflects how effective marketers are in reaching their target audience on Facebook. Methodology.

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Run Ads to Promote Facebook and Instagram Reels

Jon Loomer

If you’ve been creating videos for Facebook and Instagram Reels, you can increase your reach with ads. And if you get increased engagement, that often leads to lower CPM costs in ad spend. Reels are short-form videos (up to 60 seconds on Facebook and 90 seconds on Instagram) that are typically recorded from a phone.

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Facebook Advantage Custom Audiences: What You Need to Know

Jon Loomer

Facebook is rolling out Advantage Custom Audiences to advertisers, which will potentially expand your targeting when a custom audience is selected. It doesn’t matter whether it’s website visitors, page engagement, or your email list. The frequency and CPM will also jump. Wait… This isn’t new, right?

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