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Look out, Google. TikTok is coming for the search engine crown. 👑
The social media platform is prompting more users to add the TikTok search page to their mobile home screen and positioning themselves as a powerful discovery tool.
Which search engine do you prefer using? Google or TikTok?
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Turns out getting a laugh from your customers has major benefits.
Humor is a great way to bond with your audience but TikTok revealed in their latest report that businesses that use brand humor in their videos also see a lift in their conversions. 📈
TikTok brand humor stats:
You don’t need to be a seasoned comedian to add some humor to your brand personality.
Here are some easy ways to do it while building out your content calendar or coming up with ad ideas.
Ways to develop brand humor
1️⃣ Decide on what kind of humor you want to go for (deadpanned, irreverent or offbeat?)
2️⃣ Use the For You page as inspo along with trends and popular memes
3️⃣ Partner with TikTok creators who can deliver your story and punchline
4️⃣ Take advantage of TikTok effects to add some pizazz
An example of brand humor
Language learning app Duolingo uses a sassy mascot to keep their product top of mind with TikTok users. Their content is always a little unhinged and engages heavily with user comments with the same sassy tone.
Don’t take things too seriously on TikTok. It’s a platform that prioritizes authenticity and fun brand personalities so test out a few different formats and punchlines to see what your target audience likes!
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If you’re running Meta Ads, you’ll want to give this a read. 👀
The Pilothouse Meta team shares that Meta has 4 main attribution settings available.
Below are the core attribution settings and there is also the option to add 1 day engaged video view.
7 day click, 1 day view is the default on Meta, but depending on your goals, you may want to use different settings when building campaigns.
For example, if you have a sale ending this weekend, you may want to launch a 1 day click campaign with last chance messaging instead. 💡
When you have multiple attribution settings running within an account, or if you want to view performance based on a specific attribution setting, you’ll want to standardize attribution settings in Meta Ads Reporting to better understand performance across campaigns.
Here’s how to standardize your attribution settings:
1️⃣ Navigate over to Ads Reporting in your Business Manager account
2️⃣ Select an existing report or create a new report
3️⃣ Click on the settings beside the report name
4️⃣ Toggle on “standardize attribution settings,” then choose which attribution setting you want to look at from the dropdown menu
Here’s an example of a report using 2 different standardized attribution settings:
7 day click, 1 day view:
7 day click:
In this example, campaigns are getting a significant amount of view attribution, likely from users viewing an ad and converting via search, direct or email.
In this case, the Pilothouse Meta team usually looks at 7 day click and 1 day click when making optimization decisions in the ad account to put more focus on the direct impact that Meta has on the ecosystem.
Standardizing attribution settings allows the team to separate click and view attribution to optimize more towards click. 💡
Try making optimizations in your Meta Ads account using standardized attribution settings and see how ad performance changes over time!
👀 Does your UGC feel authentic? Partnering with the right creators is key. Learn how brands like Glossier, Lululemon, and Sephora are getting social proof in this 5 step guide. *
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