Advertising made easier

Choose your LinkedIn ad format based on your objective and customer journey

1. Select the objective that best fits your goal

Advertisers can create full-funnel marketing campaigns by selecting the objective that best meets their advertising needs—brand awareness, consideration, or conversion.

Awareness

Consideration

Conversion

Brand awareness campaigns are impression-based, top-of-funnel campaigns ideal for brand building, expanding reach and gaining followers. Read our brand awareness guide to learn more, or scroll down and select your objective below to see which ad formats we recommend for building brand awareness.

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Brand awareness

Get more people to know your brand through LinkedIn ad formats.

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Consideration • Conversion

Designed for nurturing a middle-of-funnel audience, consideration campaigns are ideal for increasing engagement, driving website traffic and gaining video views. Learn how to nurture and engage your target audience in our B2B Playbook, or scroll down and select your objective below to see which LinkedIn ad formats we recommend for driving consideration.

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Website Traffic

Get more people to visit a website

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Engagement

Drive clicks, social actions and company page follows, increasing brand awareness

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Video Views

Tell your product or business story through video

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Awareness • Conversion

Conversion campaigns are best for a bottom-of-funnel audience and are designed to generate, capture, and convert high-quality leads. Learn how to increase your conversion rate in this lead generation guide, or scroll down and select your objective below to see which LinkedIn ad formats we recommend for driving conversion.

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Lead Generation

Get leads using forms pre-filled with LinkedIn member information

Website Conversion

Drive valuable action on your website such as increasing website traffic, generating leads or downloading ebooks

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Job Applicants

Promote job opportunities at your company

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Awareness • Consideration

2. Choose your ad format

Select your objective from the filter below

All Objectives
Brand Awareness
Website Visits
Video Views
Engagement
Website Conversions
Lead Generation
Job Applicants

Filters

All Objectives
Brand Awareness
Website Visits
Video Views
Engagement
Website Conversions
Lead Generation
Job Applicants

We recommend using the following LinkedIn ad formats to achieve your objective

Carousel Ads

Tell an interactive story that inspires prospects to take action.

Explore Carousel Ads
Conversation Ads

Start quality conversations with professionals through a choose-your-own path experience.

Explore Conversation Ads
Event Ads

Maximize attendance to your LinkedIn Events with an ad highlighting key event details.

Explore Event Ads
Follower Ads

Promote your business LinkedIn Page to seamlessly acquire more followers.

Explore Follower Ads
Lead Gen Forms

Collect even more quality leads from your ads on LinkedIn with seamless pre-filled forms.

Explore Lead Gen Forms
Message Ads

Send direct messages to your prospects to spark immediate action and website traffic.

Explore Message Ads
Single Image Ads

Run native ads in the LinkedIn feed with an engaging visual across desktop and mobile.

Explore Single Image Ads
Single Job Ads

Drive quality candidates to your LinkedIn Job slots.

Explore Single Job Ads
Spotlight Ads

Showcase your product, service, event and more to increase website traffic to your landing page.

Explore Spotlight Ads
Text Ads

Drive new customers to your business – on a budget that works for you – with our easy, self-service pay per click (PPC) advertising platform.

Explore Text Ads
Video Ads

Captivate a professional audience with native video at every stage of the customer’s journey.

Explore Video Ads

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Ad format specifications

Already have an ad format in mind? Take full advantage of our LinkedIn ad formats and explore their capabilities and specifications.

View all Linkedin ad formats

Why our customers choose LinkedIn Marketing

Up to 2X higher engagement rate for marketers

13.5%

Up to 13.5% lower cost per acquisition using LinkedIn’s conversion tracking tool

Up to 2X higher conversion rates for marketers

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Learning Resources

For in-depth detail on how best to achieve your objectives, check out these resources

Build brand awareness

How to build & sustain brand awareness on LinkedIn

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Drive lead generation

How to drive high-quality lead on LinkedIn

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Learn best practices

Create effective campaigns with our ad solutions & best practices

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Marketing Labs

Get the most out of the LinkedIn Ads with free online training

Learn more

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