If you're still segmenting audiences, split testing lookalikes, and restricting age and gender like it's 2017, you're making your results worse. Jon explains why most targeting inputs are now just suggestions and where real targeting actually happens in today's advertising.
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It's Time to Revisit Creative Testing
Creative testing made sense when one ad meant one combination of copy and creative. But with 26 placements and potentially thousands of variations per ad, the old testing methods are impossible and unnecessary. Jon explains why finding the "winning" combination is the wrong goal.
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Don't Get Emotionally Attached to Your Ads
Advertisers create separate ad sets and complex testing strategies because they're emotionally attached to their ads and want to ensure they get shown. Jon shares a fishing analogy to explain why this attachment is hurting your results and what you should focus on instead.
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Your Stubbornness Is Killing Your Results
Meta advertising has changed dramatically since iOS 14, but many advertisers are still clinging to their old targeting strategies and complex campaign structures. Jon shares his own painful evolution from stubborn micro-targeting advocate to algorithmic believer, and explains why resisting change will make you irrelevant.
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Correlation, Causation, and Meta Ads Mistakes
When you change your targeting and results improve, or implement GA4 integration and performance tanks, it's tempting to assume one caused the other. Jon explains why advertisers constantly mistake correlation for causation and what you should do instead of jumping to conclusions.
Facebook ads news, strategies, and discussion in a quick 5-10 minute "Shot" format. Started in 2013, full Pubcast was originally an interview format where Jon and his guest discussed business topics over a beer. The format change, but the name has endured. Pop a bottle...