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The marketer’s guide to reporting on social video engagement

Sprout Social

“Have you seen this video?” People share video with friends twice as much as any other content. And with many social media platforms doubling down on video and TikTok-style shorts, it’s no question that video engagement is key. But video creation requires work. Facebook video metrics to watch.

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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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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? Brand Safety offers Controls, Block Lists, Publisher Lists, and Delivery Reports.

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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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How companies use video content on social media

Visually SM

But how is your video marketing performance? If you haven’t already made substantial investments in video content for social media platforms, then it’s about time to get started. Of course, you can always post the URL to any old video that you already published. What are the best videos for each platform?

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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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8 ways to leverage short-form video (and how to get buy-in)

Sprout Social

At the risk of stating the obvious: Short-form video is a big deal. The fast growth of TikTok has influenced nearly every other social media platform to become short-form video platforms themselves. The short-form video format is here to stay, and worth investing in for the long term. The good news?

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