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Microsoft Performance Max adds new customer acquisition goal in open beta

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IN BRIEF

Microsoft Advertising has launched a new customer acquisition feature for Performance Max campaigns. Advertisers can now target new customers specifically, with options to either increase bids for new customers or focus exclusively on acquiring them.

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What changed

Best practices include setting new customer conversion values at least 30% above the average revenue, and refreshing customer lists daily or weekly.

THE COLLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

Why it matters for advertisers

For you, this means a dedicated acquisition mode for PMax that separates new customer revenue from existing customer performance.

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Microsoft Performance Max adds new customer acquisition goal in open beta

Microsoft Advertising has launched a new customer acquisition feature for Performance Max campaigns. Advertisers can now target new customers specifically, with options to either increase bids for new customers or focus exclusively on acquiring them. Best practices include setting new customer conversion values at least 30% above the average revenue, and refreshing customer lists daily or weekly. For you, this means a dedicated acquisition mode for PMax that separates new customer revenue from existing customer performance.

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