Ad formats for objective-based advertising

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The objective-based ad set creation flow in Campaign Manager guides you to create ad sets based on your marketing goals. Ad formats have been aligned with each objective to optimize the results of your ad set.

Once you select your objective in the ad set creation flow, you are prompted to choose your ad format from the available options.

Learn more below about which ad formats are available for each of the ad set objectives.

Ad Objective Goal Ad Formats
Brand Awareness I want more people to know about my brand or organization.

Single image ads

Carousel image ads

Video ads

Event ads

Text ads

Spotlight ads

Follower ads

Document ads

Article and newsletter ads

Thought leader ads

Conversation ads 

Website Visits I want more people to visit a website destination on or off LinkedIn.

Single image ads

Carousel image ads

Video ads

Event ads

Text ads

Spotlight ads

Message ads

Conversation ads

Document ads

Engagement I want more people to engage with my content posts.

Single image ads

Carousel image ads

Video ads

Event ads

Follower ads

Document ads

Article and newsletter ads

Thought leader ads

Conversation ads 

Video Views I want more people to watch my videos. Video ads
Lead Generation I want to collect more quality leads on LinkedIn.

Single image ads

Carousel image ads

Video ads

Message ads

Conversation ads

Document ads

Article and newsletter ads


Note: Promoting a newsletter using the Lead Generation objective is currently not supported.

Website Conversions I want people to complete actions I’ve defined.

Single image ads


Carousel image ads


Video ads


Text ads


Message ads


Spotlight ads


Document ads

Conversation ads 

Job Applicants I want qualified candidates to apply with my organization.

Single job ads


Jobs ads


Single image ads


Spotlight ads

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