{"id":26046,"date":"2022-07-20T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=26046"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:58:08","slug":"five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics","title":{"rendered":"Five Things You Need to Know About Facebook Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e80b4a31ba2\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e80b4a31ba2\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e80b4a31ba2\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics\/#Five_Things_You_Need_to_Know_About_Facebook_Analytics\" title=\"Five Things You Need to Know About Facebook Analytics\">Five Things You Need to Know About Facebook Analytics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics\/#Social_media_reporting_tool\" title=\"Social media reporting tool\">Social media reporting tool<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics\/#Analyzing_post_performance\" title=\"Analyzing post performance\">Analyzing post performance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics\/#Building_custom_audiences\" title=\"Building custom audiences\">Building custom audiences<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics\/#Comparing_organic_vs_paid_likes\" title=\"Comparing organic vs paid likes\">Comparing organic vs paid likes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-facebook-analytics\/#Accessing_data_from_your_website\" title=\"Accessing data from your website\">Accessing data from your website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Five_Things_You_Need_to_Know_About_Facebook_Analytics\"><\/span>Five Things You Need to Know About Facebook Analytics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>One of the most overlooked tools on Facebook is Facebook analytics, but it can make all the difference in your marketing campaign. Here are five things to know about this powerful tool. Analyze your posts&#8217; performance, build custom audiences, and compare organic and paid likes. Once you know how to use Facebook analytics, your marketing campaigns will start to take shape. And as with any other social media platform, it will take some time before you see the true benefits of these tools.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_media_reporting_tool\"><\/span>Social media reporting tool<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to know which content is working for your business, use a social media reporting tool. The right tool will tell you which content types consistently attract likes and unfollows. This type of reporting tool can be useful for stakeholders and curious co-workers. This article will introduce some of the most popular tools that can help you create a Facebook reporting strategy. Let&#8217;s begin! What are the benefits of social media reporting tools?<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest benefits of using a social media reporting tool is that it can save your time. Creating a social media report for a client can be time consuming and messy, especially if you use different platforms. Using a tool that collects your data for you automatically saves your marketing team a lot of time. A social media reporting tool makes social media analysis a breeze. If you&#8217;re looking for a tool that can collect and report social media data, we recommend AgoraPulse. The service costs $99 per month, but you can get a free trial.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Analyzing_post_performance\"><\/span>Analyzing post performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Facebook has a handy feature called Insights, which allows you to analyze post performance in a variety of ways. For example, if your post generated a high number of likes, you can use that information to generate new content. These metrics are also available under the Content tab in Facebook Insights, so you can see per-post metrics. You can also choose to export the data to other analytical tools.<\/p>\n<p>To understand whether a particular post generated a high amount of likes, you need to measure engagement. Engagement is the amount of people who liked, commented on, or shared the post. The more engagement a post generates, the more likely it is to get shared by other people. It also shows that your audience likes your content and increases its reach. If you can analyze this information and create content accordingly, you&#8217;ll have an easier time making future posts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_custom_audiences\"><\/span>Building custom audiences<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can build custom audiences using data you already have, such as the customer list you have in Mailchimp. Then, upload that data into Facebook. You can also import the customer list into Facebook with a CSV or TXT file. Facebook offers a sample template for this. Then, you can add the customer value of each customer to create a custom audience. Once you have created a custom audience, you can use it to send out relevant ads to a subset of your customers.<\/p>\n<p>To make the most out of custom audiences, make sure that you&#8217;re targeting people who are likely to buy from you. Facebook lets you create custom audiences of 1 percent to 10% of the overall population. These are the best audiences to use if you want to cut costs. For example, you can create a custom audience based on your Page&#8217;s followers, or 1% lookalike audience. Once you have the data, you can tailor your ads to reach your target audience, which will also help you achieve lower CPC.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparing_organic_vs_paid_likes\"><\/span>Comparing organic vs paid likes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When analyzing your Facebook analytics, comparing organic vs. paid likes is important. While organic and paid likes are not the same, you can find out which ones are boosting your page&#8217;s visibility. Facebook tracks how many people saw your posts, and breaks them down into organic and paid. You can also see which types of posts received the most likes, comments, and shares. Organic likes generally increase your page&#8217;s reach. This is similar to exponential growth. Just one follower who likes your post will share it with their followers, and this will result in a larger reach.<\/p>\n<p>While analyzing organic likes in Facebook analytics can help you understand the effectiveness of your campaigns, you should also consider how you can better target your audience. A good way to do that is by implementing a Facebook pixel. These tiny pixels help you analyze the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. The most popular features of Facebook analytics are the content and page insights tabs. The content tab lets you filter the metrics by key metrics. You can choose the posts that contributed the most to brand awareness and consideration. The top-performing posts will highlight factors that amplified their performance.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accessing_data_from_your_website\"><\/span>Accessing data from your website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to track what your customers are buying on your website, you can use the Facebook pixel. This tracking pixel allows you to record demographics, purchasing trends, and unique users. In addition, the pixel can also help you create segments based on specific parameters on your website. These segments can be saved and accessed later. To create a new segment, you must first install the Facebook Pixel on your website.<\/p>\n<p>In order to create a funnel in Facebook analytics, you should install a pixel on your website. You can do so by using the tag manager, integration, or manually. Facebook will provide instructions to walk you through the installation process. 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