What are Audience campaigns?

What are Audience campaigns?

Learn about Audience campaigns, a way to place custom-designed ads in high-quality web properties.

Show compelling ads to your ideal audience in placements across the web—all powered by Microsoft AI. Audience ad types include Native ads, Display ads, and Video ads. Audience ads can appear on sites like MSN, Microsoft Start, Microsoft Edge, Outlook.com, and publisher partners based on our unique knowledge about your potential customers. Note: To opt out of Audience ads, we recommend using website exclusions. See below for more information on creating ads with images, feeds, and videos.

Audience ads are visually rich and integrate naturally into page content. Audience ads on Outlook.com and other Microsoft sites are integrated into the user experience of the webpage where they are displayed. When a potential customer clicks an ad, it takes them directly to the advertiser's website. It's common for mobile views to only display a portion of the ad content followed by an ellipsis (...) to indicate that there's more text. This format is designed to make the ad blend naturally into the webpage's content while still providing a pathway to the full landing page after clicking the ad. These ads are designed to be highly relevant for potential customers, including those who have demonstrated purchase intent and those who are ready to buy.

How does audience marketing work?

While search engine marketing is focused on showing the best ad for a search query, audience marketing is all about showing the best ad for individuals. With audience marketing, you can reach your ideal audience in the right place at the right time. Microsoft Audience ads are targeted to potential customers based on our unique understanding of their interests.

Microsoft AI learns about individual consumers, including: 1) Their content preferences, 2) what products and services they're searching for, 3) what they've read on the web, 4) what they've purchased, and 5) LinkedIn profile data, among other variables. Then, our AI matches individuals with Audience ads that are personalized for them, so advertisers can reach an audience that's ready to take action.

The benefits of using Audience ads

• Reach a wide audience across Microsoft sites, including MSN, Microsoft Start, Microsoft Edge, Outlook.com, and more.
• Maximize your return on ad spend and increase conversions by engaging with potential customers who are ready to take action.
• Optimize performance. We leverage our data about potential customers to help ensure that you meet your advertising goals.
• Ensure your brand is safe with Integral Ad Science-certified brand safety protection.

Creating Audience ads

There are two different ways to create your ads: 1) You provide a feed and we'll automatically create your Audience ads, or 2) you provide assets (images, text, and video) and these assets will serve with your Audience ads.

Audience are easy to create, maintain, and optimize. To create an Audience campaign, see How do I create an Audience campaign?

Creating Audience ads with images

Rich visual imagery grabs people's attention and drives clicks. You can leverage any existing image assets from Meta Ads, Google Ads, or Pinterest Ads. You also have the option to create display ads, which are designed to showcase your brand with eye-catching, customized image ads. For more information about best practices for adding images to your Audience ads, see Best practices for Audience ad images. Here's an example of what Microsoft Audience Ads with images could look like:

Creating Audience ads with feeds

You can use dynamic remarketing lists to remarket to potential customers based on the specific products they have looked at, considered, or already purchased on your website. You can promote ads to those potential customers using the same product IDs from your catalog feed file. Here's an example of what a feed-based Audience ad could look like:

Online video and Premium Streaming

Video ads are designed to capture your audience's attention and showcase your brand, boost visibility, and expand your Video ad reach. You may choose to create online Video ads or Premium Streaming campaigns. With each ad type, you can reach your target audience while they're streaming media. For more information about creating Video ads, see About Video ads (Online Video and Premium Streaming).

Here are examples of what your online Video ads or Premium Streaming campaigns could look like:

Online Video ads

Premium Streaming campaigns

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