Back to Glossary
Paid Media 1 min read
Last updated: May 2026

What is Custom Audience?

An ad targeting option built from your own data sources like email lists, website visitors, or CRM contacts.

What is a Custom Audience?

A custom audience is an ad targeting segment built from your own first-party data, email lists, website visitors, app users, or CRM contacts. You upload this data to an ad platform, which matches it against their user base.

Why Custom Audiences Matter

Custom audiences have the highest match quality of any targeting method because you're reaching people who already know your brand. They're ideal for retargeting, upselling, and reactivation campaigns.

How FlowStrata Enables Custom Audiences

FlowStrata's outbound campaigns generate engagement data (email opens, clicks, website visits) that can be used to build custom audiences on LinkedIn, Meta, and Google, enabling coordinated retargeting alongside direct outreach.

Related Terms

Audience Targeting

Selecting specific groups of people to show ads to based on demographics, intere...

Lookalike Audience

A targeting option finding new people who share similar characteristics with you...

Retargeting

A digital advertising strategy that shows ads to people who have previously visi...

Retargeting Pixel

Code placed on your website that tracks visitors and enables targeted ads on oth...

Want Us to Handle This For You?

Now you know what Custom Audience means. Let FlowStrata implement it as part of a fully managed outbound engine that books qualified meetings on your calendar.

Browse More Terms