Good morning Marketer, content marketing is important. How do you measure yours? 

It’s a valid question – whether we’re talking about content aimed at producing an outcome like a conversion or form completion, or content that’s part of customer service interaction, and whether the content is written or visual. Needless to say, there’s a growing focus on content analytics as a core component of content efficiency

Content analysis and measurement should focus on the specific shift in consumer behavior and mindset that has occurred. For example, in today’s climate, you might ask yourself: Has your content caused an increase in purchasing for lower-priced products and services because of the economic crisis? Has it led to an increase in consumer feedback about current campaigns, or increased consumer engagement about COVID-related services or promotional pricing? 

“Every analysis is different. So as long as the analysis is data-driven that is a quality start,” said Meggie Giancola, Head of CPG Sales and Strategy for Valassis.  “When you are seeing a high volume of content or impressions with minimal purchasing you need to ask if it is a content issue, brand issue or pricing issue.” 

Keep scrolling for more, including a Facebook ads update. 

Taylor Peterson,
Deputy Editor

 
 
 

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Facebook ditches 28-day attribution window

Starting October 12, Facebook will default advertisers’ attribution windows to 7-day click. It will be phasing out the 28-day attribution window. The reason? Browser privacy crackdowns on cross-site and cross-device tracking are essentially making longer attribution windows untenable. 

Why we care. This is the latest of many changes advertisers will have to deal with as a result of increased privacy measures and regulations. Before October 12, export any historical 28-day conversion data and update any automated rules that rely on it. If you’re using the 28-day window, the “comparing windows” feature in Ads Manager will give you a sense of how a shift to the 7-day window may change the number of conversions you’ll see reported.

 

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What we're reading
 

We've curated our picks from across the web so you can retire your feed reader.

 Google is paying publishers more than $1 billion to create and curate high-quality content – Axios

Facebook will start surfacing some public group discussions in people’s News Feeds and search results – The Verge 

This LA e-girl TikTok house had it all. Then it self-destructed. – Vox

Facebook is opening its experimental predictions app to all users – Engadget

Mondelez lays out its marketing strategy for a post-cookie future – Marketing Dive