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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: How to Stay Updated on Meta Ad Changes

There's a ton going on in the world of Facebook and Meta advertising, so how do you stay on top of it all? There are three main things that I recommend.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: Study Finds 30% of Inferred Facebook Interests are Inaccurate

Researchers in a recent North Carolina State University study found that more than 30% of the interests Facebook connected to a user, which could be used for targeting, were inaccurate or irrelevant. In many cases, it was because the process that led Facebook to infer an interest lacked important context.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: What Interests Are Used to Target You?

Questions were raised recently about the accuracy of Facebook interests used for targeting, thanks to a NCSU study. You may start asking those questions yourself if you dig into your ad preferences to see some of the ways that advertisers can target you.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST: 5 Facebook Ads Tips for March

I decided to do a Pubcast version of my 5 Facebook Ads Tips webinar, and oh... there's a story here.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: Facebook is Testing Custom Audience Expansion

First there was Detailed Targeting Expansion. Then Lookalike Expansion. It looks like Facebook is also considering Custom Audience Expansion. At least, I can tell you my ad account has been selected for a study to test just that.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: Keep it Simple

I get it. There are seemingly limitless options and features when running a Facebook ads campaign. Where do you start? How do you set up your campaign? What metrics do you care about? Keep it simple...

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: 7 Benefits of Domain Verification

I've actually talked before about two of the primary benefits of getting your domain verified related to Facebook ads and posts, but there are actually several more reasons to get this process completed.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: How Do Suggested Posts Impact the News Feed?

Lately, I've started realizing more and more posts from pages that I don't follow -- that aren't ads -- in my news feed. I decided to dig deeper and perform a little experiment. Here's how my news feed breaks down and what we can learn from it...

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: When Should You Use Facebook Lead Ads?

Are there times when you should use Facebook lead ads with Instant Forms instead of sending people to a landing page on your website to collect a lead? I provide some thoughts...

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST: Celebrating 150 Episodes in 150 Days

This is it! It's the big one! The 150th episode in 150 days. Is the streak over? What did I learn from it? I discuss what I learned, what you might apply, and what it all means...

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Jan. 17, 2025

The Next Phase of The Pubcast

A week ago, I published my 150th episode in 150 days. As difficult as it was to stop, it was time. I learned a ton from those 150 episodes, and now I'm going to pivot off of what I learned. Here's what to expect in the next phase...

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Organic Conversion Reporting

I'm not the only one who wants this, right? Meta undoubtedly has this information. Why can't we see how many conversions resulted from someone seeing or clicking our post or ad, regardless of whether we paid to reach them? There would be some helpful ways to do this...

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs an Option to Optimize for Quality Traffic or Engagement

This one enhancement would drastically change my advertising, and maybe yours. Right now, the focus is to get you the most link clicks, landing page views, or engagement at the lowest cost. But, what if you could instead optimize for quality actions that have more value?

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Standard Events for Quality Website Traffic

Can you imagine if Meta offered standard events for actions that reflect quality website traffic? You could then optimize for and measure quality traffic actions like viewing two pages in a session, spending at least a minute on your page, or returning for a second session. You could then even…

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Granularity of Page Engagement Targeting

You can use Page Engagement Audiences to target anyone who has engaged with your page or anyone who has engaged with your page's posts or ads. But, what if we could add some granularity to that targeting?

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Follower Targeting with More Granularity

Imagine you could target all people who followed your page during the past 30 days. Maybe send them a special message or invite them to subscribe to something. That may be valuable, right? You can't do it right now.

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Additional Targeting and Optimization Options for Video

Right now, you can target people who have viewed your videos for a certain amount of time. And optimization can focus on those who watched at least 15 seconds of your videos. But, both targeting and optimization would improve if Meta included some very important options.

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Facebook Podcasting Features for Advertisers

Facebook Podcasts still haven't been fully rolled out, and there are rumors that Meta may change course on its investment. But, the addition of a few advertising options could make Facebook Podcasting an amazing opportunity.

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Jan. 17, 2025

PUBCAST SHOT: Reasons I'm Concerned About the Trend Towards Automation

With the announcement of Meta Advantage products, it's obvious that the trend is towards more automation. Why am I concerned about this? I have a few reasons...

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Frequency Capping for More Optimization Options

One of the issues advertisers struggle with most is controlling frequency. Currently, the only way to set a frequency cap within the Auction buying type is with Reach optimization. While there's surely a reason for this, it sure would be nice to have some sort of control over frequency using…

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs an Impressions Shown Custom Audience

Previously, we discussed the need for some sort of frequency control lever when optimizing for something other than Reach. But, there could be another option that would involve creating custom audiences based on people who have seen a specific ad. This could then be used for frequency control (exclusions) and…

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Breakdowns for Any Type of Audience Expansion

I've complained a lot during the past year about how little advertisers know about how much their targeting audience was expanded or how many results came from the expansion of their audience when Detailed Targeting Expansion or Lookalike Expansion is on. But, what if Meta added an Expansion option to…

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Lead Form Integration with Instant Experience Ads

The truth is that this existed at one time, but it was a buried template that most advertisers never knew about it. But, it would be so helpful if this was brought back in some way. Let me explain...

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Jan. 17, 2025

Meta Needs Facebook Search Ads Based on Search Terms

While you can make use of the Search placement, wouldn't it be nice to be able to bid against certain search terms when people use Facebook search?

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