You will see better campaign results when you select the right objective.
- To collect leads on your LinkedIn campaign, select Lead Generation
- To capture leads on your own website, select Website Conversions
Use LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms to capture high quality leads directly on your LinkedIn campaign. Pre-filled lead gen forms help increase lead form conversions by 5X.
To optimize lead generation campaigns, monitor these key metrics:
• Number of leads
• Cost Per lead
• Lead form fill rate
Access your campaign results in Campaign Manager. Navigate to the dashboard, open the Columns dropdown, and choose Conversions & Leads for detailed insights
LinkedIn Ads Global Benchmarks | Single Image Ad | Video Ad | Carousel Ad |
CTR (Click Through Rate) | 0.61% | 0.64% | 0.59% |
Engagement Rate | 1.16% | 1.35% | 0.94% |
CPM (Cost Per 1,000 Impressions) | US$ 37.44 | US$ 30.11 | US$ 23.96 |
CPC (Cost Per Click) | US$ 6.31 | US$ 4.91 | US$ 4.14 |
Form fill rate | 6.36% | 2.44% | 1.96% |
Cost per lead | US$ 81.61 | US$ 122.9 | US$ 120.64 |
Best Practice 1:
Use a maximum of 2-3 targeting filters
Targeting too narrowly limits the reach and performance of your campaign.
Use a max of 2-3 targeting filters and start with an audience size of at least 50,000 members.
Basis your campaign performance, add more filters along the way to target more specifically.
Best Practice 2:
Retarget people who engaged with your ad
When people engage with your ad, they express their interest in your business. If you want them to fill up a lead gen form, nurture them further by retargeting campaigns that share valuable content your audience will be interested in.
Launch a new campaign to retarget this audience, using Lead Gen Forms to encourage conversions.
Best Practice 3:
Target people who are similar to the leads you are already generating
- Check the demographic profile of your leads: What is their Job Function, Job Seniority, Company, Industry, Location, etc?
- Apply this information to your targeting to reach similar people. You can also save this audience to reuse for your next campaign.
Best Practice 1:
Include 4-5 ad creatives in your campaign
Best Practice 2:
Ask for information that you really need
Best Practice 1:
Daily budget of more than US$ 80 a day
Best Practice 2:
Use ‘Maximum Delivery’ as your bidding strategy