One of the most significant benefits of Facebook advertising is the ability to test and target your ads with high accuracy. If you're using Facebook ads, there is one tool that you MUST utilize immediately to optimize and make the most of your social media ad budget: the Pixel. As a matter of fact, it is one of the most popular marketing tools with over 7 million websites using it to make better data-driven business decisions! Now, you might be wondering why it is so popular? How can I use it? Or simply, what is a pixel?
Luckily, you've stumbled across this article! In this blog post, we have made it our mission to discuss Facebook Pixel and the many benefits it can offer and a couple of ways to connect or integrate it into your business page. We hope you'll acquire a foundation in the topic and enough to begin implementing it yourself!
Without further ado, let's get started!
Before we start using it, we first need to understand a Facebook Pixel. According to Meta (Facebook), a pixel is a piece of code you put on your website that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising by understanding the actions people take on your website. You can gauge your ads' performance by installing them on your website. In other words, it collects data that you can then use to help you track conversions, optimize ads, and build targeted audiences such as lookalike audiences. Using data to better understand your target audience is vital to the long-term success of your online business.
It may sound complicated, but it's easy to understand and use once set up! Once your pixel has been set up, it'll run in the background, tracking visitors and requiring no additional work!
You may be asking, how does it work? When a specific action has been taken, the Facebook Pixel will then be triggered and log it as an 'event,' which can be further separated into 'custom event' and 'standard event.' You'll know when a customer took action after seeing your Facebook ad, allowing you to retarget them later!
For the simplicity of this blog post, we'll only be focusing on standard events, which are ones predefined by Facebook and can be used to log conversions, optimize for conversions, and build audiences. There are a total of 9 standard events, which are:
Once you've selected an event, the Facebook Pixel will track all visitors who have taken a specific action, producing data you can use later to further your goals. For example, if you select the event Add to wishlist, a customer has added one of your products to their list, Facebook will track that user while recording data for you. Afterward, you can retarget them with a Facebook ad, presenting the item with an attractive discount offer.
Since the pixel monitors every movement on your website, you can quickly discover which of your product(s) interest shoppers! However, this isn't the only benefit that Facebook Pixel offers. Let's dive into it in the next section.
Now that you have a general understanding of the Facebook Pixel, let's discuss some of the many benefits. As you have learned from the previous section, the pixel can be used to track and understand more about your audience. However, that is far from the only benefit it offers.
Here are some benefits of adding a Facebook Pixel to your website:
Whew! That was a lot, but we hope you can see many benefits to using Facebook Pixel; many more haven't been listed!
Hopefully, we got you excited about pixel by now because we are now going to jump into how to create a Facebook Pixel!
Before we get into this section, ensure that you have access to a Business Manager account and that you are the admin. Once you have done that, you're finally ready to create your pixel!
3. Select Web, then click Get Started.
4. Select Facebook Pixel and click Connect.
5. Enter a name for your Pixel, then enter your website URL to check for easy setup options. You may not be required to code when adding the Pixel to your website if qualified.
6. Click Continue.
Now, you should be able to see the Pixel you just created on your screen (as seen above). Make use of the Pixel Helper to see if it is properly working!
You're halfway done! As you can see from above, the setup hasn't been completed yet. Facebook allows you to manually add pixel code to your website, or you can connect your site using one of Facebook's many partners, including Squarespace, WordPress, Shopify, and others. For this guide, we're going to provide tutorials for both approaches.
Bear in mind that you can find these instructions on the Facebook website. However, we will provide pictures! You will find that the first few steps are very similar to the procedures you performed in the prior section.
5. Select Facebook Pixel and click Connect.
6. Select Install Code Manually.
7. Copy the pixel base code.
8. Find the header of your website.
9. Paste the base code at the bottom of the header section and above the closing head tag as demonstrated below. You will need this for EVERY page of your website.
10. Click Continue.
11. Optional: Toggle on Automatic Advanced Matching and verify the customer information you want to send.
12. Click Continue.
13. Add events using the Event Setup Tool or manually add code to your website.
14. Finally, click Done.
Whew! You have manually installed your Facebook Pixel onto your website! Congratulations!
However, we are far from done! As promised, we will walk you through multiple ways of installing your Facebook Pixel. The following section will discuss integrating or connecting your pixel with Facebook's many partners.
Let's start from the beginning! You will find that the first three steps are the same as in the previous guide.
6. Follow the onscreen setup instructions, depending on your selection.
There are many different partners you can choose from. We will not be going over all of them, but we'll provide an example of one of the most popular selections: Shopify.
2. In the next window, select Online Store on the sidebar.
3. Select Preferences in the drop-down menu, which should appear after clicking Online Store. Copy and paste your Facebook Pixel ID, then save it. Then continue on.
4. Once done, verify your connection.
5. Once verified with a green dot, confirm it in the next window. You're done!
Congratulations, you've connected your Facebook account to your Shopify business page!
We hope by now we have convinced you of the power and benefits that Facebook Pixel has to offer. With further integration, you can monitor how your website and business are really performing while making the necessary changes to improve it.
All you need to do is take the time to install your pixel, and Facebook will take care of the data-gathering! Use this information to help you optimize your ads, target the correct audience, etc. We hope that this article has helped you in your process of creating and installing your Facebook Pixel.
If you are interested in how you can use data collected by the pixel, check out our articles on Lookalike Audiences and Facebook Lead Generation. We promise it'll be worth your time!
Keep an eye on our blogs for more marketing articles like these. Until then, we wish you the best in your business ventures!