🎯 Advanced Targeting Mastery
- • Precision audience selection
- • Behavioral targeting strategies
- • Advanced lookalike audiences
- • Custom audience optimization
- • Interest stacking techniques
Targeting Foundation & Strategy
🎯 Targeting Hierarchy
Custom Audiences
Highest intent: Website visitors, customers, email lists
Lookalike Audiences
High similarity: Based on your best customers
Interest Targeting
Medium intent: Interests, behaviors, demographics
Broad Targeting
Algorithm optimization: Minimal constraints
Custom Audience Mastery
📊 Custom Audience Types
Website Traffic
- • All website visitors (180 days)
- • Specific page visitors
- • Time-based segments
- • Event-based audiences
Customer Data
- • Email subscriber lists
- • Customer purchase data
- • CRM integrations
- • Offline event data
Advanced Lookalike Strategies
🔄 Lookalike Optimization
Source Audience Quality
Best Sources:
High-value customers, recent purchasers, engaged users
Minimum Size:
1,000+ people for stable performance
Percentage Testing
Interest Stacking & Layering
🎯 Interest Combinations
AND Targeting
Users must match ALL selected interests (narrow)
OR Targeting
Users match ANY selected interests (broad)
Exclusion Targeting
Remove unwanted audiences
📊 Interest Research
Audience Insights
Analyze audience overlap and affinity
Competitor Analysis
Target competitor audiences
Interest Expansion
Find related interests and behaviors
Behavioral Targeting Advanced
🧠 Behavioral Insights
Purchase Behaviors
- • Online shopping frequency
- • Device usage patterns
- • Payment method preferences
- • Shopping cart abandoners
Digital Activity
- • App usage patterns
- • Content engagement levels
- • Social media activity
- • Video viewing habits
Geographic & Demographic Precision
🌍 Geographic Targeting
City-level targeting, radius targeting, location exclusions, travel patterns
👥 Demographic Layering
Age ranges, gender, education, income levels, life events, relationship status
📱 Device & Platform
Mobile vs desktop, operating systems, connection types, device models
Audience Exclusion Strategies
🚫 Strategic Exclusions
Recent Customers
Exclude purchasers from last 30-90 days
Existing Customers
Avoid showing acquisition ads to current users
Low-Quality Traffic
Exclude audiences with poor conversion rates
Competitor Employees
Exclude competitor company employees
Advanced Retargeting Sequences
🔄 Funnel-Based Retargeting
⏰ Time-Based Segments
Hot Prospects (1-3 days)
High intent, immediate offers
Warm Leads (4-14 days)
Educational content, social proof
Cold Prospects (15-30 days)
Brand awareness, value proposition
Audience Testing Framework
🧪 Systematic Testing
Phase 1: Broad Testing
Test 5-10 different audience types with equal budgets
Phase 2: Winner Optimization
Scale top 2-3 performing audiences, test variations
Phase 3: Refinement
Add exclusions, test interest combinations, optimize demographics
Platform-Specific Targeting
📘 Facebook Targeting
Detailed targeting, life events, connections, behaviors
📸 Instagram Targeting
Visual interests, hashtag followers, aesthetic preferences
💼 LinkedIn Targeting
Job titles, company size, industry, skills, seniority
Targeting Performance Metrics
📊 Key Performance Indicators
Efficiency Metrics
- • Cost per click (CPC)
- • Click-through rate (CTR)
- • Cost per acquisition (CPA)
- • Return on ad spend (ROAS)
Quality Metrics
- • Conversion rate
- • Relevance score
- • Audience overlap
- • Frequency management
Common Targeting Mistakes
❌ Over-Targeting
Too many restrictions limiting audience size and algorithm learning
❌ Audience Overlap
Competing against yourself with overlapping audiences
❌ Ignoring Exclusions
Not excluding irrelevant or converted audiences
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Advanced targeting is the foundation of successful static ads campaigns. By mastering custom audiences, lookalike strategies, behavioral targeting, and systematic testing, you can significantly improve your campaign performance and ROI while reducing costs.