Estimate what one quarter of LinkedIn ads will cost in buying season
Audience size, suggested bids, minimum budgets and a 90-day cost estimate for three LinkedIn targeting versions.
When to use it
When your B2B buyers have a budget season coming and you want to know what a quarter of LinkedIn ads will cost before you commit.
What you get
You get a comparison table for narrow, medium and wide targeting (audience size, suggested bid, minimum daily budget, estimated clicks and 90-day cost) with one recommended version and starting bid.
Does it change anything in my account?
No. The assistant only reads your data and reports back.
Works with
LinkedIn Ads
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[months][job titles or functions][country][daily budget]
My B2B buyers plan their budgets in [months]. Before committing, I want to know what reaching them for one quarter will cost.
The core audience is [job titles or functions] in [country].
1. Look up the targeting entities.
2. Get LinkedIn's audience forecast for three versions:
- Narrow: job titles only
- Medium: job titles plus seniority Manager and above
- Wide: job functions plus seniority Manager and above
3. For each version, get the suggested bid, the bid range and the minimum daily budget.
Build a table with these columns:
- audience size
- suggested bid
- minimum daily budget
- estimated daily clicks at the suggested bid with a [daily budget] budget
- estimated 90-day cost
Flag any version under 50,000 members as too narrow for Sponsored Content.
If I have campaign history, pull the same months last year. Compare actual CPC and CTR with today's suggested bids.
Recommend one version and a starting bid. Do not create or change any campaign.
A one-page brief mapping who advertises in the client's market, where, with what message, and where the client stands today.
When to use itWhen you are about to start with a new client and need to understand who they compete against in paid and organic search before the kickoff call.