lookalike

Definition

In digital advertising, an audience segment created by finding people who resemble your existing customers like some kind of algorithmic clone army. It's Facebook's way of saying "we found more people just as gullible as your current buyers." Marketers love these because stalking one customer base apparently wasn't enough.

Example Usage

We created a lookalike audience from our top 1% spenders and now we're targeting their doppelgangers across the internet.

Source: Common digital marketing terminology

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