Marketing Strategy
What are some of the most effective methods for finding the smallest viable market?
According to Seth Godin, the most effective method is choosing a precise audience, despite fears of limiting potential. This strategic decision is crucial - brands like Patagonia and Nike succeeded by targeting specific markets. While many entrepreneurs fear closing doors to other businesses, being highly relevant to a specific audience's pain points, communication style, and needs makes customers more likely to choose you over competitors who try to appeal to everyone. Over time, a successful focused brand naturally expands to reach more people while maintaining its core identity.
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Brand Master Academy
15:45 - 15:47
What are the key bidding strategies to optimize LinkedIn ad campaigns for better cost-efficiency?
For optimal LinkedIn ad campaigns, start by using manual bidding instead of the default automated option, allowing you to set your own bids. Begin with low bids (about 20% above the floor price) and incrementally increase them until reaching the sweet spot for your audience. CTR (click-through rate) is crucial - LinkedIn evaluates campaigns primarily on this metric, with rates below 0.48% considered low-quality. To improve performance, narrow your audience initially by using skills, groups, and interest targeting to reach the most relevant prospects. Once established, gradually expand your audience and experiment with cheaper ad formats and objectives like lead forms instead of website conversions.
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Speedwork Social - LinkedIn Ads Agency
15:08 - 15:44
What is the recommended audience size for a LinkedIn ad campaign?
The ideal audience size for LinkedIn ad campaigns typically ranges from 30,000 to 80,000 people. When your audience is larger than that, you have the opportunity to be more specific and targeted with your criteria. If your audience is smaller, you might be getting too restrictive with your targeting parameters. The optimal size depends on your budget and campaign goals - larger budgets and bigger goals generally require larger audiences. Having a well-defined audience within this range helps maximize the effectiveness of your LinkedIn advertising.
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Speedwork Social - LinkedIn Ads Agency
09:15 - 11:27
How can you leverage LinkedIn's Ads API to improve your targeting?
LinkedIn's Ads API allows access to more targeting data than what's visible in the standard dashboard. Using tools like Supermetrics, you can see a complete list of companies that have received impressions of your ads, rather than just the 10-20 companies visible in the dashboard. This comprehensive view enables you to identify and remove companies that don't fit your ideal target audience, improving campaign efficiency. The API data can also be synced with HubSpot to track assisted LinkedIn conversions based on impression data, providing deeper insights into campaign performance.
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Ben B2B
00:00 - 00:07
What are the key LinkedIn ads targeting options and best practices?
LinkedIn ads targeting options include location (country, state, city), company (name, size, industry, revenue), job experience (titles, function, seniority, skills), education, interests/traits, demographics, predictive audiences, and match audiences. Best practices include keeping audience expansion turned off to avoid LinkedIn broadening your targeting, using permanent location rather than recent/permanent, and watching for unintended 'OR' statements that can make your audience too broad. Creating audiences in the saved audience section provides better insights, and Sales Navigator can help understand your ideal customer profile before setting up targeting parameters.
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Mitchell Gould
00:00 - 19:02
What are the different types of retargeting options available on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn offers 10 different retargeting options for advertisers. These include retargeting website visitors, people who have watched videos, users who have engaged with image ads or document ads, those who have opened or submitted lead gen forms, and people who have visited company pages or indicated they'll attend events. You can also upload custom lists of companies or contacts, and even use your CRM data for retargeting through integrations like HubSpot. This extensive range of retargeting options allows marketers to reconnect with warm prospects who have already shown interest, ultimately delivering better ROI on ad spend.
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Tamarind
00:00 - 13:37