On Monday, LinkedIn announced the launch of Matched Audiences. This new feature gives advertisers three new options for targeting people they already know:
- Website Retargeting
- Account Targeting
- Contact Targeting
These options will be available for LinkedIn advertising products including sponsored content, sponsored InMails, and all other ad formats
LinkedIn Matched Audiences – Website Retargeting
LinkedIn Website Retargeting will allow you to create target audiences from your website visitors. Anyone who has used custom audiences on Facebook or tailored audiences on Twitter, will be familiar with this long awaited strategy.
1) Go to your Campaign Manager > Create a new campaign > Select your ad type (sponsored content, text ads, or sponsored InMails) > Enter your campaign name, choose ad destination > Choose/create ads
2) When you get to the audience screen, click ‘Select’ next to Use a matched audience
3) Click ‘Create an audience to retarget’
4) Determine the audience you would like to target based on the potential segments of your website visitors and the current ad you are creating. For example, if we were creating an ad about content marketing, we would add pages and blogs on our website related to that topic. This will allow you to target people based on their specific interests.
5) Finally, you will need to add the Insight Tag to your website so LinkedIn can track your website visitors. Copy and paste the code in the prompt.
This tag should be placed in your website’s footer before the <body> tag. For additional information and directions for adding the insight tag, click here.
LinkedIn Matched Audiences – Account Targeting
Have a list of target companies? With LinkedIn Account Targeting, you can upload a list of company names to use as your target ad audience. LinkedIn will match the company list you upload against the 12 million company pages on LinkedIn to enable you to market to decision makers at your target companies.
1) Go to your Campaign Manager > Create a new campaign > Select your ad type (sponsored content, text ads, or sponsored InMails) > Enter your campaign name, choose ad destination > Choose/create ads
2) When you get to the audience screen, click ‘Select’ next to Use a matched audience
3) Click ‘Create an audience to retarget’
4) Name your audience and select ‘Match based on a list of accounts’. Then, upload your CSV file. Keep in mind the following guidelines for your company list:
- Your list should be in CSV format
- Company names should be in the first column, one per row
- The first row header should read “companyname”
- Max file size is 20MB and a maximum of 300,000 rows
- It is recommended to have a minimum of 3o0 companies on your list
- It could take up to 48 hours to process your list (LinkedIn matches across the 12 million Company Pages on LinkedIn to generate your audience)
Once your account list is uploaded and matched, you will be able to select and include your list in your targeting setup.
LinkedIn Matched Audiences – Contact Targeting
LinkedIn Contact Targeting takes the previous option a step further and allows you to target specific contacts or prospects individually. With Contact Targeting, you can upload a list of email addresses to use as your target ad audience. Or, you can integrate with Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, and LiveRamp Platforms, to import your lists of contacts.
1) Go to your Campaign Manager > Create a new campaign > Select your ad type (sponsored content, text ads, or sponsored InMails) > Enter your campaign name, choose ad destination > Choose/create ads
2) When you get to the audience screen, click ‘Select’ next to Use a matched audience
3) Click ‘Create an audience to retarget’
4) Name your audience and select ‘Match based on a list of contacts’. Then, upload your CSV file. Keep in mind the following guidelines for your company list:
- Your list should be in CSV format
- Email addresses should be in the first column, one per row
- The first row header should read “email”
- Max file size is 20MB and a maximum of 300,000 rows
- It is recommended to have a minimum of 3o0 email addresses on your list
- It could take up to 48 hours to process your list
Once your contact list is uploaded and matched, you will be able to select and include your list in your targeting setup.
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