{"id":143,"date":"2026-09-17T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralbulls.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=dgkb_article&#038;p=143"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:49:36","slug":"which-platforms-are-used-for-performance-marketing","status":"publish","type":"dgkb_article","link":"https:\/\/viralbulls.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/which-platforms-are-used-for-performance-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Which platforms are used for performance marketing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main platforms used for <a href=\"https:\/\/viralbulls.com\/performance-marketing\">performance marketing<\/a> are Google Ads (covering search, shopping, and display), Meta Ads (Instagram and Facebook), and LinkedIn Ads (for B2B targeting), with YouTube and programmatic display networks increasingly used as well, and the right platform mix depends on where the target audience actually searches, browses, and makes decisions. Google Ads is generally the strongest channel for capturing existing demand, since it targets people actively searching for a specific keyword, meaning the intent signal is already present at the moment the ad is shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta Ads (Instagram\/Facebook) works differently, targeting people based on interests, demographics, and behaviour rather than active search intent, making it more suited to creating demand or driving impulse-style purchases through visually compelling ad creative, since the audience wasn&#8217;t necessarily looking for the product at that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LinkedIn Ads generally cost more per click than Meta or Google but offer far more precise professional targeting (job title, industry, company size), which makes it disproportionately effective for B2B products and services despite the higher cost per click, since the targeting precision reduces wasted spend on irrelevant audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main platforms used for performance marketing are Google Ads (covering search, shopping, and display), Meta Ads (Instagram and Facebook), and LinkedIn Ads (for B2B targeting), with YouTube and programmatic display networks increasingly used as well, and the right platform mix depends on where the target audience actually searches, browses, and makes decisions. 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