Advertising

How to get started

First, build your company's brand and build trust with your community.

Second, create your first ad campaign on LinkedIn's ad platform.

Ad formats

Reach and engage a professional audience in the LinkedIn feed.

Engage your prospects where professional conversations happen.

Engage prospects with ads automatically personalized to them.

Self-service ad formats to create campaigns in minutes.

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Discover how much it costs to advertise on LinkedIn.

Reach the people who matter most to your business.

Qualified leads come from a quality audience on LinkedIn.

An easy way to reach new audiences by amplifying your best content.

Measure the true impact of your LinkedIn ads.

Measure the ROI of your LinkedIn ads.

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

Document Ads

Inspire audiences with thought leadership or collect leads at scale with your documents.

What you can do with Document Ads

Collect quality leads

Capture interested audiences by gating your

content with a LinkedIn Lead Gen Form.

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Measure audience interest in your content

Learn how much of your document is read and

downloaded to inform your strategy across all

phases of the marketing funnel.

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Build awareness and nurture key audiences

Build trust and warm key audiences through

educational content and inspire them with your

thought leadership.

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How you can use Document Ads

Allow members to read and download documents directly in their newsfeed.

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How to get started with Document Ads

1. Choose your campaign objective

You can use Document Ads with the Brand Awareness, Engagement, and Lead Generation objectives.


Choose to share your content freely to build awareness and grow thought leadership or gate your documents with a Lead Gen Form to collect high-quality leads.

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2. Create Document Ads that play to your objective

Decide whether to share your content freely or in exchange for their lead information.


Leverage your content library to build awareness with eBooks & whitepapers or drive engagement with customer testimonials & case studies. Collect high-quality leads by gating documents with a Lead Gen Form.

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3. Prove your Document Ads ROI

Measure impact of your Document Ads by understanding member interest and engagement with your document.


Track what percentage of your document was viewed and total downloads.

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Get your company story in front of more professionals with Document Ads

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