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Dec. 18, 2024

Audience Segments Updating Problem

I love using audience segments with sales campaigns, but a recent discovery doesn't make sense. It's either a bug or an oversight by Meta.

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Dec. 17, 2024

Maximize Value Eligibility

Meta recommends that advertisers maximize value rather than number of conversions. But not everyone qualifies...

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Dec. 15, 2024

Meta Ads Uncertainty is Certain

If there's anything that's certain about Meta advertising, it's the uncertainty. Very little about this stuff is definitive. Embrace that fuzziness rather than fighting it.

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Dec. 11, 2024

Safe Zone Template for All Meta Ads Placements

Save time with Meta creative optimization by submitting one 9:16 image or video that utilizes a square safe zone. Use my safe zone template to help at jonloomer.com/safe. Thanks to Tom Boxall for the idea!

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Dec. 10, 2024

Health and Wellness Restrictions

Speculation is rampant as we're hearing about restrictions coming for Health and Wellness data sources in 2025. Here's what we know so far...

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Dec. 8, 2024

Are Advertisers Seeing Increased CPMs?

Did CPMs go up over Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Years ago, we could always expect the holiday increase, but that hasn't always been the case in recent years. The bump is back, according to the Within Marketing Pulse.

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Dec. 4, 2024

My Click Attribution Test

Click attribution does not require a click on an outbound link to count a conversion. This test proves it. Learn more about my test at https://jonloomer.com/click.

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Dec. 3, 2024

Return on Ad Spend from Remarketing

In this video, I provide an example of a campaign with a 27x ROAS. While I do believe it's valuable, this is the case of results being real and not at the same time. Context is important.

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Dec. 1, 2024

Facebook Conversion Location for Traffic Campaigns

Meta is rolling out a Facebook conversion location for Traffic campaigns. Here's how it works...

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Nov. 27, 2024

Does Click Attribution Require an Outbound Click?

A recent question about Meta's click attribution sent me down a rabbit hole. While I'm not yet changing my interpretation, I'm not nearly as confident in it as I once was.

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Nov. 26, 2024

What is Enhance CTA?

Enhance CTA is a new Advantage+ Creative enhancement. Here's how it works...

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Nov. 24, 2024

Meta Recommends 4:5 Aspect Ratio

Meta now recommends a 4:5 aspect ratio for Facebook Feed and a handful of other placements. This will take up more real estate than 1:1 and could lead to better results.

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Nov. 20, 2024

Less Personalized Ads in the EU

Meta has begun to roll out the option for users in the EU to request seeing "less personalized ads" after pressure from regulators. Here's what that means and how it could impact advertisers.

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Nov. 19, 2024

Are Ads Coming to Threads in Early 2025?

According to an article from TheInformation.com, Meta is looking to launch ads on Threads in early 2025. While tests may start then, I'm not so sure we'll see ads launched soon.

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Nov. 17, 2024

Frequency Controls for Engagement Campaigns

You can now control the frequency of engagement campaigns. Set a Frequency Cap or Target Frequency when optimizing for ThruPlay views. Here's how it works...

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Nov. 13, 2024

Target Frequency Added to Awareness Campaigns

Meta is introducing Target Frequency to Awareness Campaigns when using the Auction Buying type and using the performance goal to maximize the reach of your ads. This is how it works...

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Nov. 12, 2024

What is Flexible Media?

Not to be confused with Flexible Ad Format, some advertisers are seeing Flexible Media when uploading new ad creative. Here's how it works...

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Nov. 10, 2024

Unique Conversion Metrics Removed from Ads Manager

Back in August, Meta announced that unique conversion metrics would be deprecated. Now that they've been removed from Ads Manager, here's what you should use instead. Read more at https://jonloomer.com/first.

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Nov. 5, 2024

Does Meta Ignore Audience Suggestions?

Does Meta ignore audience suggestions when using Advantage+ Audience? Here's yet another example using suggested age range that shows just that...

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Nov. 4, 2024

Meta Q3 Earnings Takeaways

Here are my takeaways for Meta's Q3 earnings: 1. Ad revenue is up, 2. Average price per ad is up, 3. Ad impression growth is slowing, 4. Threads at 275 Million monthly users and 1 Million new users every day, and 5. Threads monetization not imminent. See more at https://jonloomer.com/q3.

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Nov. 3, 2024

Daily Unique Reach Delivery

Do you ever use the Daily Unique Reach performance goal? It's one of the oldest optimization options, but I hadn't used it in many years. When I did, delivery was erratic. Do you see this, too?

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Nov. 2, 2024

Ad Limits Per Page

What is your Facebook page's ad limit? Meta began enforcing this limit in 2019 to prevent advertisers from running too many ads at once, which hurts performance. Here's how to find yours.

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Nov. 1, 2024

Grid: When Your Targeting Inputs are Respected

A point of confusion among advertisers is understanding when their targeting inputs are respected and when they aren't. I created a grid for easy reference. View it at jonloomer.com/inputs.

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Oct. 31, 2024

Value and Currency Metrics in Events Manager

Have you seen this update to Events Manager? View value and currency metrics in a new table type. Here's how it looks...

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