Explore LinkedIn's transition to audience-based marketing, advertising products like Sponsored Content and InMail, marketing strategies with Mercedes as an example, and the innovation and impressions of German cities in digital advertising industry.
LinkedIn's sponsored content drives revenue growth by targeting both B2B and high consideration B2C audiences.
LinkedIn focuses on delivering relevant ads to combat ad blocking and prioritizes targeted, valuable content for users.
Deep dives
Russ Glass's Journey with LinkedIn and Bizzo
Russ Glass joined LinkedIn in August 2014 through an acquisition of his company, Bizzo, a business audience marketing platform that focused on audience-based marketing. Bizzo's platform aggregated business data from thousands of partners to help marketers reach the right business audience. LinkedIn's interest in Bizzo led to a partnership, eventually resulting in Russ becoming the VP of Products for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.
LinkedIn's Key Advertising Products
LinkedIn's flagship advertising product is sponsored content, a mobile and desktop ad format generating substantial revenue and showing rapid growth. While primarily targeting B2B audiences, it also caters to high consideration B2C brands. They offer sponsored InMail for direct messaging, display ad formats including dynamic ads, and a text ad platform. LinkedIn's focus on relevant content delivery drives high user engagement.
LinkedIn's Perspective on Ad Blocking and Innovation
LinkedIn addresses ad blocking as indicative of consumer dissatisfaction and focuses on delivering relevant ads to combat it. With a large advertising team of approximately 1,200 professionals, LinkedIn emphasizes innovation by streamlining their ad infrastructure and promoting a culture of experimentation and flexibility. The company aims to maintain relevance and value in the advertising landscape by prioritizing targeted, valuable content for users.