Snapchat, the ubiquitous social media platform, offers marketers and brands a variety of tools to find the audiences they seek within their walled garden:

• Snap Audience Match: This tool allows advertisers to use their own customer data to reach Snapchat users who have already engaged with their brand. By uploading hashed data, brands can create custom audience segments for targeted campaigns.
• Snap Pixel: The Snap Pixel is a piece of code that marketers can place on their website to track the actions of Snapchat users. This helps in understanding the conversion paths and optimizing ad spend by retargeting users who have visited the website or taken specific actions.
• Snapchat Lifestyle Categories: These predefined audience segments are based on user interests and behaviors on the platform, allowing for precise targeting of ads to relevant groups.

These tools and solutions enable brands to effectively use their first-party data for targeted advertising, measure campaign performance, and optimize ad spend on Snapchat, while ensuring privacy compliance and enhancing user engagement.