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Facebook Interest ads aren’t accurate, how to succeed on TikTok without dancing, and more. March 30, 2022 [Read in browser]( [logo] [sponsor]( Happy Wednesday. One member of our Crew recently discovered why he was getting Facebook Ads for [crocs](… even though he claims he would rather lose a thumb than wear them. You’ll get all the details below. That’s one great life mystery solved. Onto the rest of them… META Why your ads might be inaccurate 33% of the time [article-image] You know how Facebook sometimes shows you ads for things you hate? Now we know why… What’s going on: Researchers at North Carolina State University [released a study]( showing that Facebook interest profiles are missing a key ingredient: context. For example, a user could post something about hating the flavor of cheese, and Facebook would target them with cheese ads. Even scrolling a page gives Facebook the wrong idea. Not only that: A lot of the study participants didn’t know Facebook has an ads preference manager, which means many users probably aren’t recording their interests for Facebook anyway. To be fair… The study was based on a pool of 146 participants out of [2.9B monthly Facebook users](. But it’s worth keeping these findings in mind, especially since people understood something was off long before the study happened. In the meantime: If your Interests aren't performing well, use Lookalike Audiences instead, as they might be more accurate. GOOGLE Google is gearing up to trash cookies for good You probably heard. Google faces enormous pressure from the EU and other privacy advocates to change how it processes data. So the search giant is moving fast and breaking things… probably for advertisers. Bye FLoC, hello Topics: Google recently messaged developers about its [plans to test two new tools](: - Google Topics, which would enable interest-based advertising. - FLEDGE, which would show ads on websites based on visitors’ prior browsing history. When will these tools go beta? Expect them to go live when Chrome 101 Beta makes its debut March 31. Our takeaway? Cookies are on their way out, and for better or worse, new solutions are coming hard and fast. Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride… SPONSORED BY ACTIVE CAMPAIGN How to visualize the value of your marketing campaigns with confidence [article-image]( Do you know the ROI of your marketing campaigns? Does your team? Whether you want to get promoted or to land higher-paying projects, you need to be able to show the value you’re creating. It helps when you know the 8 areas that belong in every analysis. It’s even better when you have professional templates that lay it all out for you. [These templates]( by Active Campaign do exactly that, equipping you with reports that make you look good in front of a room. Show your team marketing milestones, monitor benchmarks, outline market conditions, and much more. Best part is, [these templates are free.]( Instead of spending hours creating your next report, why not try these templates now? [“Sure, I’ll try out these marketing report templates.”]( TIKTOK How e-commerce marketers can succeed on TikTok… without learning a single dance move [article-image] TikTok has been adding 650,000 new users every day and recently became the most-visited domain in the world, beating Google, [according to a Cloudflare report]( (not a perfect report but shows the trajectory of TikTok). Yes, you should start taking advantage of this beast. And no, you don’t need to dance to acquire customers with TikTok. [Nay Cook from Common Thread Collective]( shared a helpful guide on how to succeed on TikTok. Here are some of his tips: TikTok influencers. Creators are the lifeblood of the app. They shape trends, create communities, and define the culture of the app. And since TikTok users prefer authentic, native video, user generated content (UGC) performs better than anything else on the app. Creators already have an influence on a community and know their audience well, so plug them into your TikTok strategy. Live streams. These are a great way to establish direct contact between your brand and the user. A brand live stream can be structured as product FAQs, educational content, interviews with industry experts, demos, or “behind-the-scenes” content. Shopping features. If you have a Shopify store, you can create a tab in your TikTok account where users can browse and buy your products. All good, but maybe you’d like to see some examples? [Nay Cook included some:]( - Ruggable consistently reaches hundreds of thousands of views by creating videos based on relatable topics. - Purple is a bed and mattress company, and their TikTok strategy is characterized by two points: A) Themed videos, in which they feature the color purple, and B) natural ways to showcase products without looking too promotional. See that? You just got some great ideas for TikTok, and you didn’t even have to tap your foot! SPONSORED BY GROWTH HACKS WEEKLY Steal Marketing Max's best 5 growth hacks for free [article-image]( Here’s a good deal that we think you’ll enjoy. [Meet Max](. He’s a marketer who built and managed high converting campaigns that generated over $40M in revenue. Every Sunday, Max will send you his best growth hack. [And if you sign up now, you get his top 5 growth hacks right away.]( THE CREW'S INSIGHTS A quick way to increase conversions from paid media [article-image] Paying for ads can be an uncomfortable business. You shell out dough, usually to one of a handful of powerful tech companies which may or may not be [run by lizard people](. And sometimes you see results… sometimes you don’t. One way to increase your chances—quickly? Don’t ask people to buy your product. Yes, it’s what marketing teams at well-funded companies often do. They want people to book a demo for their SaaS solution or buy their product. They brainstorm creative and build the ads. And they send the ad clicks to their demo page or the product page. But here’s the problem: The user sees they’ve been dropped onto a product page or demo page, and they leave. Because chances are they don’t know anything much about the business. That’s what happens when you rip people from the top of the funnel to the bottom. And the odds they’ll convert after being dropped directly on a bottom-funnel page are, unfortunately, low. How to solve this: Create interesting top or mid-funnel content. 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