Lookalike Audience
A targeting type where ad platforms (Meta, Google) find new users who share characteristics with your best existing customers. Lookalike audiences are one of the most efficient cold-audience targeting methods for scaling paid media.
How Lookalike Audience works in practice
The quality of a lookalike audience depends entirely on the quality and size of the seed audience — 500 high-LTV customers who converted in the last 90 days will produce a significantly better lookalike than 10,000 general website visitors from the past year. Regularly refreshing seed lists with your most recent best customers keeps lookalike models current as your customer profile evolves. Testing different similarity percentages (1%, 3%, 5%) identifies the trade-off between precision and reach — 1% lookalikes are closest to the seed but smaller, while 5% lookalikes are much larger but less precise. Suppressing existing customers from lookalike audiences avoids wasting acquisition budget on people who have already converted.
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Defining who sees your ads based on demographics, interests, behaviours, in-market signals, or custom data. Precise audience targeting reduces CAC and improves conversion rates by matching ads to high-intent prospects.
Paid advertising on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and the Meta Audience Network. Meta Ads leverage detailed demographic, interest, and behavioural data to reach and retarget audiences at scale.
Serving ads to users who have previously visited your website or interacted with your brand. Remarketing audiences typically convert at a higher rate and lower CPA than cold audiences, making it a high-ROAS channel.
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