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LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Score 8.5 out of 10
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LinkedIn Marketing Solutions is a recently (2015) expanded marketing platform for reaching audiences through the popular Linkedin work-oriented social network that includes modules like the Lead Accelerator (supporting segmentation features to improve conversion), Sponsored Updates, LinkedIn Onsite Display, LinkedIn Network Display, and Sponsored InMail. While still at its core a social marketing engine, Linkedin Marketing Solutions now presents a more comprehensive B2B advertising platform. The…N/A
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Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
I use Twitter ads when I want to expand the reach of something I am promoting, but will use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions as part of a targeted funnel and user journey for my audience later in the conversion cycle.
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions is better suited for our B2B use cases while Meta is used and runs better for B2C use cases.

Targeting by job role, company size, geography yields better results for our marketing use cases and campaigns. If you are considering promoting for B2B go …
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Both platforms have great options for specific targeting which is a key determining factor for me when deciding where to advertising and how to best get in front of our desired audience. However, LinkedIn is expensive whereas Facebook is more cost effective. LinkedIn is great …
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There is no cost to create a business account and get access to the Campaign Manager platform, so from a price perspective, this is a competitive advantage for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions compared to other platforms like Bombora or Terminus, which have technology licenses …
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LinkedIn ads CPC is typically higher than Facebook ads and can be higher than Google Ads depending on who you are targeting. I've found IT and CEOs to be the most expensive targets on LinkedIn.
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Google Ads and Facebook are too general, while LinkedIn Marketing Solutions lets us target specific profiles. With the other two you're never sure if the people that are going to see your ads are the appropriate ones, since they have no way fo knowing where they work or what …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn offered a different way to market and that was through direct messaging on the platform. Those direct messages result in a push notification and an email (depending on the user's settings), so we knew that was a more creative and attention-getting spend. It made more …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Audience type (professional) - LinkedIn has worked great for SaaS offerings while other social media advertising platforms seem better suited for product offers.

Lead volume - other platforms tend to produce more form submissions
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
When trying to reach professionals while maintaining a self-serve ad set up process and minimizing costs, LinkedIn can't be beat. We consistently see lower CPMs and CPAs for LI ads compared to going to independent professional sites for native advertising. Also, when driving …
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LinkedIn is definitely more expensive if you are doing video or image ad formats, unless you're in an extremely competitive industry for search ads on Google. However, Google has nowhere near the capabilities for audience targeting if you are selling business-to-business. They …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Facebook for Business revolves a lot around building build brand awareness, but we have not had much luck with conversions. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions seems more aligned with our goals of growing our customer lists. Furthermore, Facebook for Business's platform for marketers …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn made it easier because it allows peer to peer connection, which means that you will always have someone new to contact, someone new to reach and someone new to offer your product or service. In our case, which is recruitment, it is far different from Google that …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions is the best option for B2B audience. The other platforms are not as beneficial considering that LinkedIn is made specially for business profiles. I would go with LinkedIn if I want to target B2B clients.
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions offers more powerful targeting capabilities than other ad platforms in the space. We are able to target by company, job title, job level, company size etc. which you cannot do accurately on competitor ad platforms like Facebook or Google Ads. Some …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
We chose to use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions as an additional channel to Google Ads (formerly AdWords). Comparatively, Google Ads gives you better reporting features and much lower PPC costs. The tradeoff is user segmentation -- Google lets you pick by general demographics, …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
I think LinkedIn, though a niche product, is not quite as good as Google or Facebook Ad platforms. LinkedIn feels more like Twitter ads platform circa 2012, with the lower view count. However, LinkedIn Ads has a great amount of targeting options that are useful when attempting …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
I rank Linkedin Marketing Solutions below Facebook For Business, as well as Google Adwords and Analytics. You get a much deeper view of how your ads are performing and your ROI with those platforms as opposed to LinkedIn. I'd probably rank Linkedin right next to Reddit Ads in …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
If you want more precision in B2B targeting, then LinkedIn is without question the better alternative. However, as I established before, I've rarely seen LinkedIn campaigns be successful for anything other than brand awareness/thought leadership. And that's almost 100% what …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Compared to other marketing solutions, LinkedIn provides a customizable platform that is useful whether you are trying to get your message out to a smaller audience or more large-scale. This platform is essential for any business or organization that truly wants to take their …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
While both Facebook & Twitter marketing platforms have a much lower CPL, the targeting criteria makes it difficult for B2B companies (as people don't generally put professional information on these platforms). We generated very few leads on these platforms, and do not devote …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions provides targeted users that are ripe for B2B business; however, the cost to reach those users is more expensive the other social platforms. However, for awareness marketing and lead generation - LinkedIn Marketing Solutions offers great ways to …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn marketing solutions can do a lot of what other advertising and demand generation platforms do. The most similar is twitter ad, but they serve a completely different purpose. We selected LinkedIn marketing Solutions because the LinkedIn Platform attracts a specific type …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn is phenomenal in comparison in terms of the data and analytics they provide to you. No other platform tells you the names of the companies of users who clicked on your ads or visited your website, or anything like that. Website analytics provided by LinkedIn are …
Chose LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Compared to other solutions, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions are more extensive in terms of offerings.
Managers have a variety of options to start their online promotions. Each solution comes with a well-build platform, in-depth knowledge of how to use that platform and a team of …
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User Ratings
LinkedIn Marketing Solutionsnfluence Adserver
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
LinkedIn Marketing Solutionsnfluence Adserver
Likelihood to Recommend
LinkedIn has a much higher CPC than most commonly used platforms resulting in a much higher CPL/CPA. For businesses that don't have big CPC budgets, it would be difficult to be able to run tests without breaking the bank. Unless they get it right out of the gate, they may not find success with their efforts. On the opposite side of that, if a business can afford higher acquisition costs, this platform is likely worth exploring. They offer precise targeting with audiences full of professionals so often the leads are really high quality if you get it right.
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Pros
  • Targets the exact right audience for your B2B messaging: you don't have to guess based on likes or any other periphery data to determine whether you're reaching the right audience - you can hit by job title, years of experience, job function, seniority, and other great ways to ensure precision delivery to the correct audience.
  • Offers a helpful variety of ad units that are great for different types of campaigns to make sure you're reaching your audience in the right format for the ask.
  • Self-service platform now for all ad units, enabling you to take control of your LInkedIn marketing with a hands-on approach.
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Cons
  • LinkedIn has a relatively limited audience size when compared to other social media platforms.
  • There is a large group of LinkedIn users that create an account and never return, but messages still hit their inboxes.
  • LinkedIn targeting by job title can be limiting, as they set a hard limit on targeted titles per campaign.
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Usability
in terms of promoted content reporting and usability, the platform is not as flexible or easy to use compared to more established social platforms like Facebook. However, it does offer plug-ins to Google Data Studio which makes pulling and manipulating data easier. My main usability gripe comes when looking at organic performance of a company page. There isn't an easy way to export organic performance data.
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Support Rating
So, everything what I just said previously adds up to the value of LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. Definitely recommending it to a friend. It has its things to improve but its nothing major or nothing to worry about. So I give a 9 because it still has that, some user interface glitches that can be improved but do not damage the experience that you have with it.
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Alternatives Considered
LinkedIn offered a different way to market and that was through direct messaging on the platform. Those direct messages result in a push notification and an email (depending on the user's settings), so we knew that was a more creative and attention-getting spend. It made more sense for our professional clientele as well.
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Return on Investment
  • As an agency, LinkedIn gives us one more way to demonstrate worth: we're managing the LinkedIn page of many of our clients, and this is demonstratively an improvement from before.
  • Also as an agency, LinkedIn ads allow us to offer an additional way to get leads in the door. When we've struck out on other ad programs, we usually try LinkedIn Ads before moving on to a higher investment channel (such as list rental).
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