Campaign targeting
  • 29 Jan 2025
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Article summary

Campaign targeting is the process of defining your target audience. By specifying what type of users you want to see your ad, you maximize your ad’s ability to reach the right people at the right time.  

You can target different groups based on Location, Demographic, and Interests & Behaviors in the New Campaign form.

How To Use Campaign Targeting

Your approach will depend on the type of audience you want to reach.

If you want to reach the widest possible audience, select fewer and broader options to include as many audiences as possible.

If you want to reach a specific audience (examples: only women interested in documentaries or an audience in a specific zip code), selecting more options allows you to narrow in on your ideal audience.

Be aware that selecting more targeting options will reduce the size of your audience. Selecting multiple elements is an excellent way to reach niche audiences, but adding too many elements can make the audience overly restrictive. For example, targeting TV viewers who are in California AND male AND ages 18-24 will create a smaller audience than one created from selecting just male AND California.

Location Targeting

Location targeting lets you target your ad to specific states, cities, zip codes, and designated market areas (DMAs). This is located in the States and DMAs section of the New Campaign form. By default, Samsung Ad Manager sets campaigns up to reach audiences in all of the USA.

You can select one or multiple of each location category depending on how broad or narrow you want your audience to be.

Sample location targeting options:

Campaign reach type

Sample location targeting

Broad

United States (Country), Texas, Florida, New York, (States), All (Cities), All (Zip Codes)

Moderate

Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles (Cities), All (Zip Codes)

Niche

90210 (Zip Codes)

Demographic Targeting

Demographic targeting lets you select the age, gender, and language spoken of your desired audience.

Targeting type

How to use

Age

  • Select one or multiple age groups depending on the age of your desired audience.

  • Select All to target audiences of all ages.

Gender

  • Target all genders or either male or female audiences.

  • By default, viewers of all genders are included in the audience.

Language

  • Target audiences based on language.

  • We support ads in English and Spanish.

Interests and Behaviors Targeting

Use the Interests and Behaviors section of the New Campaign form to target audiences with interests and behaviors that are in line with your ad.

Select one interests or behaviors to target your campaign exclusively to viewers with that interest or select multiple interests to target your campaign to viewers from multiple groups.

Desired sample audience

Interests and behaviors selections

Golf equipment.

  • Sports Games (Gaming Genres)

  • Golf (Sports Enthusiasts)

  • PGA Enthusiast (Sports League)

An action-packed adventure comedy movie.

  • Action Games (Gaming Genres)

  • Action (TV & Movie Genres)

  • Comedy (TV & Movie Genres)

A new car racing video game.

  • Action Games (Gaming Genres)

  • Racing Games (Gaming Genres)

  • Motor Racing (Sports Enthusiasts)

  • Action (TV & Movie Genre)

Click here to display a list of the interests and behaviors that can be targeted

  • Gaming Genres

    • Action games

    • Puzzles

    • Racing games

    • Role playing games

    • Shooter games

    • Sports games

    • Strategy games

  • Music

    • Music app users

  • Sports Enthusiasts

    • Sports Category

      • Baseball

      • Basketball

      • Football

      • Golf

      • Ice Hockey

      • Motor Racing

      • Soccer

      • Tennis

      • Watersports

    • Sports Events

      • March Madness Viewers

      • Super Bowl Viewers

    • Sports League

      • ATP Tennis Enthusiast

      • MLB Enthusiast

      • NBA Enthusiast

      • NCAA College Basketball Enthusiast

      • NCAA College Football Enthusiast

      • NFL Enthusiast

      • NHL Enthusiast

      • PGA Enthusiast

      • WTA Tennis Enthusiast

  • TV & Movie Genres

    • Action

    • Animation

    • Comedy

    • Documentary

    • Drama

    • Education

    • Family

    • Fashion

    • Food

    • Home Improvement

    • Music

    • News

    • Pet

    • Reality

    • Sci-fi

    • Shopping

    • Talk Show

    • Technology


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