Advertisers define their potential audiences using member attributes such as general location, job title, or skills listed on their profile and more. Advertisers may also create a target audience using their own data that they share with LinkedIn.
Why am I seeing ads on LinkedIn?
Last updated: 10 months agoYou can view details about why specific ads are displayed to you by clicking the
- The pop-up window will give you more information about why you were included in that ad’s target audience, the advertiser, and who paid for the ad.
- You can indicate if this ad is relevant to you by clicking Yes or No at the bottom of the pop-up window.
- If you indicate the ad is not relevant to you, you can remove it from your feed by clicking Yes after indicating the ad isn’t relevant to you.
You can control the type of information LinkedIn uses to show you ads by adjusting your LinkedIn Ads settings.
People also viewed
-
We’ve recently updated the candidate InMail experience to provide quicker and clearer responses to InMail messages with one-click reply buttons. Candidates can now accept or decline your InMail message with a quick reply before responding to your message with additional details. Because of this, when a candidate responds with only the No thanks or Yes quick reply and no text, the InMail message notification you receive won’t show any additional information.
-
When you create an ad set, you’ll choose from settings to determine who your ad is displayed to, where your ad is displayed, how much your ad set spends, and when your ad set runs. Optionally, you can also add tracking such as conversion tracking or URL tracking parameters.
The first step when you select your ad set settings is to choose a marketing objective. An objective is the goal you’d like to achieve with your ad set. Ad sets are optimized for delivery to people most likely to take the action you want based on the objective you select. Each objective offers ad formats and bidding strategies that align with the goals of that objective.
-
If you’re experiencing issues with turning on two-factor authentication in LinkedIn Recruiter, we recommend completing the following steps.
If you receive an error message when entering your two-factor authentication code:
-
You can turn on two-factor authentication through your LinkedIn.com account. Be sure to verify that you have a phone number associated with your account.
-
-
LinkedIn ads help you reach the world's largest professional community across a range of formates and platforms.
As a members-first platform, we aim to show ads that are relevant and useful to our members. To support this, you can define your target audience using specific professional attributes, helping you deliver content to the people most likely to engage with your message.
We are a members-first organization and believe that when you see ads on LinkedIn, they should be useful and interesting to you. Our marketing solutions allow advertisers to select specific characteristics to help them reach their ideal audience. The ads you see on LinkedIn are then targeted to provide content relevant to you. -
Learn how Sales Navigator uses your LinkedIn and third-party data (where applicable) to personalize your sales experience with the features in the following table. Certain features are only available with an Advanced or Advanced Plus subscription.
Learn more