Create a Classic campaign in Campaign Manager

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</h2> <span class="hue-default-secondary-color t-14" data-test-selector="relativeTime-container"> Last updated: 3 days ago </span> </div> </div> <div class="page-width-content article-details-content"> <div class="article-details-content__main"> <article data-test-selector="article" data-article-source="urn:li:helpCenterArticle:(1324756,LITHOGRAPH)"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>You can display ads to your target audiences by creating advertising campaigns in Campaign Manager.</p> </div> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>When you create a campaign, you’ll select from various settings to: </p> </div> <ul class="article-content__unordered-list" data-test-selector="unorderedList-container"> <li class="article-content__unordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="article-content__unordered-list-item-wrapper" data-test-selector="unorderedListItem-wrapper"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Organize your campaigns using campaign groups. </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__unordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="article-content__unordered-list-item-wrapper" data-test-selector="unorderedListItem-wrapper"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Optimize your campaign for performance by selecting an objective, budget and schedule, optimization goal, and bidding strategy.  </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__unordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="article-content__unordered-list-item-wrapper" data-test-selector="unorderedListItem-wrapper"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Choose who your ads are displayed to by selecting an audience.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__unordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="article-content__unordered-list-item-wrapper" data-test-selector="unorderedListItem-wrapper"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Choose where your ads are displayed by selecting an ad format and placement.  </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__unordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="article-content__unordered-list-item-wrapper" data-test-selector="unorderedListItem-wrapper"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Measure ad performance by adding optional URL tracking parameters or conversion tracking.  </p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>After choosing your campaign settings, you’ll create or select ads, review all campaign settings and ads, and launch the campaign to activate it.  </p> </div> <div class="article-content-callout article-content-callout__background--note" data-test-selector="callout-container"> <div> <h3 class="t-16 article-content-callout__headline" data-test-selector="callout-headline"> Here's a tip </h3> <div class="article-content-callout__text-rich-description t-14 article-content-callout__text-rich-description--hue" data-test-selector="callout-rich-description"> <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>When you choose website visits or lead generation as your campaign objective, you can create an Accelerate or Classic campaign depending on your advertising needs. Learn more about the <a rel="" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a1642380" target="_self">differences between Accelerate and Classic campaigns</a>. <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="article-content-callout article-content-callout__background--permission" data-test-selector="callout-container"> <div> <h3 class="t-16 article-content-callout__headline" data-test-selector="callout-headline"> Who can use this feature? </h3> <div class="article-content-callout__text-rich-description t-14 article-content-callout__text-rich-description--hue" data-test-selector="callout-rich-description"> <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>You need campaign manager access or higher to create campaigns.<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>To create a campaign: </p> </div> <ol class="article-content__ordered-list" data-test-selector="orderedList-container"> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Go to your ad account in Campaign Manager.</p> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Click the<strong> Create</strong> <li-icon type="caret-filled-down-icon"></li-icon> button in the upper-left corner of the page and select <strong>Campaign</strong>. </p> <ul> <li>As you create a new campaign, you can use the navigation pane on the left side of the page to keep track of your progress.  </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Select the objective for this campaign.  </p><ul><li>If you selected website visits or lead generation as your objective, select <strong>Classic</strong> and then click the <strong>Next</strong> button.  </li></ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Create a new campaign group or click <strong>Select group</strong> in the upper-right corner to choose from your existing campaign groups. Click the <strong>Next</strong> button after creating or selecting the campaign group.</p> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Select an objective.</p> <ul> <li>If your campaign group has a group objective, the campaign will automatically select that objective. To change the objective, create a new campaign group with a different group objective. </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Select an audience. You can choose to: </p> <ul> <li>Manually select audience attributes. </li> <li>Select one of your previously used Saved Audiences. </li> <li>Select a LinkedIn Audience template to use audience attributes suggested by LinkedIn. </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Select an ad format.  </p><ul><li>Your ad account must be associated with a LinkedIn Page to select most ad formats. If your ad account isn’t associated with a LinkedIn Page, you’ll only be able to select text ads as the ad format.  </li><li>If your campaign group has Dynamic Group Budget turned on, you can only select Sponsored Content ad formats. </li></ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Optional: Add URL tracking parameters for the ads in your campaign.  </p> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Optional: If available for your ad format, you can select the checkbox to enable or disable LinkedIn Audience Network placement for your ads. </p> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Select a budget, optimization goal, schedule, and bidding strategy.</p><ul><li>If your campaign group has Dynamic Group Budget turned on, the budget, schedule and bidding strategy are set at the campaign group level instead of the campaign level. You can set a bid amount if the campaign group has a cost cap or manual bidding strategy selected.</li><li>If you have a brand awareness campaign for LinkedIn Connected TV (CTV), you can set a custom frequency cap or keep the default frequency cap setting.</li><li>For lead generation campaigns that meet the qualified leads requirements, the optimization goal defaults to qualified leads and the bidding strategy is maximum delivery. You can change the optimization goal, but it’s recommended that you select qualified leads to ensure your ads are delivered to members who are most likely to convert.</li></ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Add conversion tracking (optional) or qualified leads conversions.  </p><ul><li>Keep in mind, we’ll automatically select conversions to associate with your campaign based on your conversion category and campaign objective selection. You can review, add, or remove conversions as needed.</li><li>If you selected the qualified leads optimization goal, you must have at least one qualified lead conversion.</li></ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Click the <strong>Next</strong> button and the <strong>Save</strong> button to confirm your choices and continue with creating or selecting ads.  </p> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>After setting up ads for the campaign, click the <strong>Next</strong> button.  </p><ul><li>Use the links below for help on setting up ads for your selected ad format. </li></ul> </div> </li> <li class="article-content__ordered-list-item t-14"> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text--in-list" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>Review the campaign settings and click the <strong>Launch campaign</strong> button. </p> </div> </li> </ol> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>After you launch a campaign, your ads will be reviewed. If approved, your ads can display impressions based on your campaign settings. </p> </div> <div class="article-content-callout article-content-callout__background--warning" data-test-selector="callout-container"> <div> <h3 class="t-16 article-content-callout__headline" data-test-selector="callout-headline"> Important to know </h3> <div class="article-content-callout__text-rich-description t-14 article-content-callout__text-rich-description--hue" data-test-selector="callout-rich-description"> <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Before you can launch your campaign, you’ll need to associate a valid form of payment with the account.<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p><strong>Learn how to create ads</strong></p> </div> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <p>For help creating ads for your campaign, you can review detailed steps in the articles linked in the following chart: </p> </div> <div class="t-14 article-content__rich-text hue-default-color article-content__rich-text-table" data-test-selector="preRenderedMarkup-container"> <table class="artdeco-table--striped"> <thead 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class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOOPENER NOOPENER NOOPENER" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a733950" target="_blank">Create document ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOOPENER NOFOLLOW" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a425152" target="_blank">Create single job ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a1696141" target="_blank">Create click-to-message ads</a></td> </tr> <tr class="artdeco-table-row"> <td class="artdeco-table-cell">Dynamic</td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOOPENER NOFOLLOW" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a1576130" target="_blank">Create spotlight ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOFOLLOW NOOPENER NOOPENER" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a420273" target="_blank">Create follower ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOOPENER NOFOLLOW" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a1582140" target="_blank">Create jobs ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> </tr> <tr class="artdeco-table-row"> <td class="artdeco-table-cell">Sponsored Messaging</td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOFOLLOW NOOPENER NOOPENER" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a422183" target="_blank">Create message ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOOPENER NOFOLLOW" href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/lms/answer/a425089" target="_blank">Create conversation ads</a></td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"> </td> </tr> <tr class="artdeco-table-row"> <td class="artdeco-table-cell">Text</td> <td class="artdeco-table-cell"><a rel="NOFOLLOW NOOPENER NOOPENER" 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