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Audience Targeting Capabilities for LinkedIn Advertising

Haven’t tried advertising on LinkedIn because you think your target audience isn’t there? LinkedIn has over 500MM members worldwide with a variety of targeting criteria to help you drill down to deliver your ads to even the most niche audiences. Here’s an overview of the various targeting criteria and sample audiences sizes for some popular segments. Keep in mind you can use the targeting criteria below to create multiple audiences to test your ads against to find the most effective segment for you.

Targeting Criteria

Location – target by country, state, city or town

Company Name – target employees of specific organizations

Company Industry – target users by the industry the work in - each industry also drills down to various sub segments

  • Agriculture
  • Arts
  • Construction
  • Consumer Goods
  • Corporate Services
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Government
  • High Tech
  • Legal
  • Manufacturing
  • Media
  • Medical and Health Care
  • Organizations and Nonprofit
  • Recreation, Travel and Entertainment
  • Service Industry
  • Transportation

Company Size – target users by the size of the organization they work for

Job Title – target by specific job titles

Job Function – target by the function the user serves in their current position

  • Accounting
  • Administrative
  • Arts and Design
  • Business Development
  • Community and Social Services
  • Consulting
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Healthcare Services
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Legal
  • Marketing
  • Media and Communications
  • Military and Protective Services
  • Operations
  • Product Management
  • Program and Project Management
  • Purchasing
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real Estate
  • Research
  • Sales
  • Support

Job Seniority – target by seniority level of the users current position

  • Unpaid
  • Owner
  • Training
  • Entry
  • Senior
  • Manager
  • ·Director
  • VP
  • CXO
  • Partner

Member School – target by who school the user has attended

Fields of Study – target by subjects a user has studied

Degrees – target by degrees a user holds

Member Skills – target by skills a member has listed

Member Groups – target members of specific LinkedIn groups

Member Gender – target by user gender

Member Age – target by user age

Years of Experience – target by the number of years a user has been employed

Website Retargeting – target by visitors to your web properties

Contact Targeting – target to your existing contact database

Account Targeting – target to employees of specific companies (similar to Member Company)

Sample Audience Sizes (US only)

Business Owners – 7.9MM+

CEOs -1.3MM+

Presidents – 2MM+

Marketers – 1.9MM+

IT Professionals – 4.7MM+

Finance and Accounting Professionals – 5.7MM+

HR Professionals – 2.5MM+

Sales Professionals – 8MM+

Product Managers – 350K

Education Industry Workers – 9.5MM+

Manufacturing Industry Workers – 16MM+

IT Industry Workers – 6.2MM+

Healthcare Industry Workers – 11MM+

Consumer Goods Industry Workers – 13MM+

Transportation Industry Workers - 5MM+

Service Industry Workers – 10MM+

Finance Industry Workers – 12MM+

Legal Industry Workers – 2.8MM+

Learn More

Contact us with information about your product or service, location(s) and target customer and we will provide you with a quick summary of your audience potential. Want to learn more about advertising on LinkedIn and how we can help you? Visit our website or contact us directly for more information.

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