LinkedIn announced today the launch of Direct Sponsored Content, an expansion of its year-old Sponsored Content ad product. The new feature is currently only available as a pilot for select partners, including Comcast and NewsCred.
Key features of Direct Sponsored Content include:
- Content can be posted directly in the News Feeds of a target audience, and does not have to be posted on the Company Page
- Content can be A/B tested to multiple audiences and with limited duration
- With approval from the Company Page administrator, other business users and stakeholders can post and manage content
LinkedIn’s Sponsored Updates product launched a year ago, providing advertisers the ability to run native-style ads in the form of articles, blogs or videos on a user’s feed. The ads encourage users to follow companies or like/comment/share content. The new “Direct” feature allows companies to test posts that won’t clog their company page, similar to Facebook’s dark posts offering.
The launch of Direct Sponsored Content comes just after LinkedIn’s acquisition of Bizo, a B2B advertising platform, which the company announced on Tuesday.
-Posted by Elizabeth Pace–
Further reading:
- ‘Introducing LinkedIn Direct Sponsored Content’ via LinkedIn’s Marketing Solutions Blog
- ‘LinkedIn Launches Direct Sponsored Content, Enables Testing With “Dark Posts”’ via MarketlingLand
- ‘LinkedIn’s Direct Sponsored Content Allows Brands To Personalize Messages’ via Media Post
- ‘How and why to create a “Dark Post” in Facebook’ via Smart Insights
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