- 29 Jan 2025
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Campaign targeting
- Updated on 29 Jan 2025
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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 |
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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 |
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Age |
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Gender |
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Language |
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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 |
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Golf equipment. |
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An action-packed adventure comedy movie. |
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A new car racing video game. |
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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