SEM & Paid Media
Google, Bing, and LinkedIn acquisition built for a considered B2B buying cycle.
What this is
SEM & Paid Media is paid acquisition for B2B buyers: search ads, display, and LinkedIn campaigns built around how a business purchase actually gets evaluated — usually by more than one person, over more than one session. It is the budget-dependent, immediate counterpart to SEO's compounding organic growth, and the two work best run together rather than as substitutes for each other.
Problems it solves
- Ad spend going toward broad consumer-style targeting that generates clicks but not qualified B2B leads.
- Campaigns with no reliable conversion tracking, so spend cannot be tied to which keywords, audiences, or ads actually produced a lead.
- Landing pages that do not match ad intent, so paid traffic arrives and bounces instead of converting.
- LinkedIn and B2B channels treated like a smaller version of consumer search advertising, when the targeting options, cost structure, and buyer behavior are genuinely different.
What the work involves
- Campaign structure: account and campaign architecture on Google Ads and Bing Ads built around your actual buyer segments and purchase intent, not a single flat campaign.
- B2B targeting: LinkedIn Ads targeting by job function, seniority, and company attributes, for offers where the buyer and the decision-maker are specific, identifiable roles.
- Conversion tracking: setting up accurate tracking (form fills, calls, qualified-lead events) so spend can be attributed to outcomes, not just clicks.
- Landing page alignment: making sure the page an ad sends traffic to matches what the ad promised, closing the gap between ad intent and page content.
- Budget management and reporting: ongoing bid and budget adjustment based on what the tracking data actually shows, with reporting tied to lead quality, not just volume.
What you get
Paid campaigns built for how a B2B purchase decision actually happens, with tracking that tells you which spend produced qualified leads rather than just traffic.
When this isn't the right fit
If your offer or budget cannot support the minimum spend needed to gather meaningful conversion data, paid campaigns will produce noise rather than a usable signal — content and organic-focused work is usually the better starting point until that changes.
Others in this practice areaGrowth, Performance & Marketing
Next step
If you are spending on ads without a clear read on what they are actually producing, talk to our team about tightening targeting and tracking before increasing budget.