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Custom Events Can Break Custom Metrics

Jon Loomer

I love to use custom events , but this issue stumped me forever… I’ll add a custom event to a custom metric formula, and it’ll use a weird string of characters instead. It’s not just a display issue since the metric won’t calculate results. Other times the metric just loads and loads and never displays.

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Ads Manager Needs This Custom Metric

Jon Loomer

Ads Manager needs this custom metric. It adds five columns to EVERY CONVERSION metric. There’s got to be a better way… What if we could create a custom metric for this? There’s got to be a better way… What if we could create a custom metric for this? And it doesn’t just add five columns. What do you think?

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Three Metrics for Call Ads

Jon Loomer

You need to use these three metrics if you run call ads… You can create ads to get people to call your business. The default result will be Calls Placed since that’s your optimization event. The default result will be Calls Placed since that’s your optimization event. The challenge with call ads is measurement.

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The Facebook Ads Metrics That Matter

Jon Loomer

Part of the battle is knowing which Facebook ads metrics actually matter. Facebook does a good job of surfacing metrics that are relevant to your objective, but that’s not good enough for me. You can customize your columns in Ads Manager to include the metrics you care about most. I currently have 30 metrics in this setup.

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Custom Events Column Fix

Jon Loomer

Some custom events don’t appear among metrics you can add as columns in Ads Manager. Custom events will only appear among metrics to add as columns if you’ve previously optimized for that event. Custom events will only appear among metrics to add as columns if you’ve previously optimized for that event.

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Effective Meta Advertising: Key Metrics Simplified

Jon Loomer

Meta gives advertisers seemingly limitless metrics that can distract us. Simplify the key metrics that are most important. While there may be a couple dozen or so metrics that are interesting for a given campaign, prioritize them into groups. There is no need to prioritize any metric over this group. Be careful.

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Verify Your Custom Website Events

Jon Loomer

If you use custom events , you need to read this. Go to your Events Manager, and you may see this message to “Verify your custom website event(s).” Let’s discuss… What Are Custom Events? Verify Your Events As I write this, the requirement to verify custom events is rolling out.

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