How the Ad Council Used Facebook's Atlas to Drive Donations and Volunteers

A recent campaign success story for Feeding America could shed light on how consumers are using devices and which publishers are actually driving traffic. Working with the Ad Council and Facebook's Atlas measurement platform, the Chicago-based nonprofit launched an eight-week digital campaign this spring to drive donations and volunteer sign-ups. Ad Council—which partners with U.S. creative agencies, media outlets and others to come up with ad campaigns for dozens of social causes—worked with the largest network of food pantries in the U.S. to come up with a campaign that had key performance indicators that would be good proxies for other marketers as well. According to Beth Ellard, evp of media at the Ad Council, the campaign also helped provide insight into what works and doesn't work for a cross-device campaign. "One of the things we were very interested in understanding here is how the target audience is using devices, because they really mirror what is happening with consumers in terms of going across devices, platforms, channels, etc.," Ellard said. "And the ability to attribute donations and volunteer sign-ups more clearly was a big opportunity here and to be able to understand the individual properties—both Facebook and off Facebook—to better understand how to optimize media partner performances." Here are four things the Ad Council and Facebook learned from the campaign: Attributable donations and volunteer sign-ups increased dramatically As a result... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Facebook says it is more aggressively enforcing content rules

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Facebook shuts down billions of fake accounts

Social media giant says it has seen a "steep increase" in the creation of abusive, fake accounts. Continue reading at Stuff

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More Data on Content Moderation Won't Silence Facebook’s Critics

Facebook’s latest report lays out the sheer scale of its battle against fake accounts, spam, and other abuses. Continue reading at Wired

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The Amount of Fake Accounts Removed From Facebook This Year Nearly Equals Its Number of Total Active Users

Facebook disabled more than 2 billion fake accounts on Facebook in the first quarter of 2019 alone, nearly the same amount of total monthly active users the company has, the company said Thursday in a report about how it is enforcing its platform rules. The company pulled almost 2.2 billion fake... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Mark Zuckerberg brushes off 'break up' during Facebook safety check

Facebook issued its latest report on enforcing decency standards on the social network Thursday, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the opportunity to criticize calls for the company to be broken up by regulators. In its "Community Standards Enforcement Report" posted online, Facebook provided... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Facebook: Another three billion fake profiles culled

Mark Zuckerberg hits back at calls to break up Facebook, as it reveals it removed a record number of hateful posts. Continue reading at BBC News

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Men Outnumber Women by Far in News Photos Posted to Facebook

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Some Facebook content reviewers will focus solely on hate speech

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Facebook removed more than three billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the social networking company said Thursday. Continue reading at CBC

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Facebook catches 3 billion fake accounts, but the ones it misses are the real problem

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Conde Nast launches new ad program for performance marketers

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Roku sets its sights on linear TV ad dollars

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Why some experts say it's time for Twitter and Facebook to ban anti-vaccination posts

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Far-Right Propaganda Floods Facebook Ahead of EU Elections

Fake accounts spread white-nationalist messages and amassed larger followings than actual far-right parties before being taken down, according to a new report. Continue reading at Wired

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