{"id":11351,"date":"2021-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/blog\/conversion-lift-studies-measuring-the-impact-of-facebook-ads\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:48:58","slug":"conversion-lift-studies-measuring-the-impact-of-facebook-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/blog\/conversion-lift-studies-measuring-the-impact-of-facebook-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion Lift Studies: measuring the impact of Facebook ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With its Conversion Lift tool, Facebook enables advertisers to measure the real impact of their Facebook, Instagram and Audience Networks ads on conversions.<\/p>\n<h2>Why do a Conversion Lift?<\/h2>\n<p>There have never been so many touchpoints before a conversion, and attribution is such an essential and complex subject. Unfortunately, we can&#8217;t attribute the right credit to every touchpoint with certainty. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls1.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27223%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20223%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27223%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls1.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls1-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls1-768x214.jpg 768w\" alt=\"cls facebook\" width=\"800\" height=\"223\"><\/p>\n<p>However, thanks to Conversion Lift Studies, we can isolate the impact of Facebook and measure the incremental value of ads.<\/p>\n<h2>How is this incremental value calculated?<\/h2>\n<p>To accurately measure the impact of its ads, Facebook will create two distinct groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">A test group exposed to Facebook ads<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">A control group that won&#8217;t be, even though it should have been.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To ensure the significance of the results, the control group is generally made up of around 20% of the users in the initial group.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls2.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls2.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27282%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20282%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27282%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls2-300x141.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\"><\/p>\n<p>The difference in conversions between the two groups is used to measure the increment.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a diagram detailing the study methodology:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls3.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20401%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls3.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cls3-768x385.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<h2>How do I perform a Conversion Lift?<\/h2>\n<p>You can create a test free of charge from your Facebook Advertising Space. Please note, however, that certain conditions must be met for the test to be relevant and meaningful: in particular, a minimum media buy is required to generate enough conversions for Facebook to have sufficient data for the test to be properly representative. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a good idea to avoid doing this during peak sales periods, as 20% of the target audience will not be exposed, which means missed sales opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to find out more or carry out a Conversion Lift Study for your Facebook campaigns, please contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/expertise\/agence-ads\/social-ads-smo\/agence-facebook-ads\/\">Facebook ads marketing agency<\/a>. We&#8217;d be delighted to help you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its Conversion Lift tool, Facebook enables advertisers to measure  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ads-tips","category-facebook-ads"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Jean-Marc Requin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14992,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11351\/revisions\/14992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effinity.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}