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You're paying for form fills, not pipeline

Optimize to demo requests and the platform finds people who request demos. Feed it closed-won revenue and it finds people who buy.

What's different here

SaaS PPC has a measurement problem that no other vertical shares in the same form: the conversion that matters happens 60 to 180 days after the click, long after any attribution window closes. Platforms optimize toward whatever you feed them, so an account fed form fills will faithfully deliver an ever-larger volume of people who fill in forms and never buy. Offline conversion imports from your CRM are the single highest-impact change available in most SaaS accounts, and most accounts don't have them.

-44%Blended CACb2b saas averageFrom Digital Squad client accounts. Orientation, not a guarantee — your starting point changes the range.

B2B SaaS clients

NorthwindLumen LabsHarborlineVerdantAtlas FoodsPoka HealthBrightsideCobalt BankMeridianArdentFoundryKestrel
Vertical-specific tactics

What paid ads looks like for SaaS companies.

These are the plays that wouldn't appear on a generic paid ads page — they only make sense in b2b saas.

01

Closed-won conversion imports with deal value

Push actual won revenue back to Google and LinkedIn with the value attached. The algorithm then optimizes toward deal size, not lead count — which frequently reshuffles which campaigns look profitable.

02

Competitor and alternatives term strategy

Bidding on competitor names is contentious and often correct: those searchers are actively evaluating. It requires careful landing pages that make an honest comparison rather than a bait-and-switch.

03

Exclude your own free-tier and support traffic

Existing users searching for your help docs will click your ads. Audience exclusions for logged-in and customer lists stop you paying to reach people you already have.

04

Separate brand from non-brand reporting

Blended SaaS accounts hide that brand search is carrying the headline ROAS while non-brand — the only genuinely incremental part — looks unprofitable on its own.

The constraints

What holds SaaS companies back

01

Sales ignores marketing leads

The clearest sign your targeting is wrong. Volume-based lead gen optimizes for people who download things, not people who buy things.

02

CAC payback is too long

Boards get nervous above 12 months. Fixing payback usually means better conversion and expansion revenue, not cheaper clicks.

03

Growth stops when spend stops

If every deal traces to paid, you have no compounding asset. Organic and product-led motions are what change the shape of the curve.

04

You sound like every competitor

Undifferentiated positioning turns every deal into a feature comparison and a price negotiation.

What's included

The full scope.

Everything in a paid ads engagement, applied to b2b saas.

01

Free account audit

A line-by-line teardown of structure, tracking, creative, and wasted spend — delivered before you commit to anything.

02

Server-side conversion tracking

GTM server container, Meta CAPI, Google Enhanced Conversions, and offline conversion imports from your CRM.

03

Campaign restructure

Consolidated, algorithm-friendly architecture with clean conversion signals and budgets that can actually exit learning.

04

Creative production

Static and video ad creative produced in volume, built on a systematic hook and angle testing matrix.

05

Landing page optimization

We build and test the destination too. Message match, speed, and form friction all get optimized alongside the ads.

06

Audience & feed strategy

First-party audience building, exclusion hygiene, and product feed optimization for Shopping and Advantage+ catalog campaigns.

07

Structured testing program

One variable at a time, statistically valid sample sizes, and a documented log of what we learned and what we killed.

08

Profit-based reporting

Blended CAC, contribution margin, and MER — not just the inflated numbers the ad platforms report to themselves.

The process

How this runs.

  1. Audit & diagnose

    Week 1

    Full account teardown across structure, tracking, creative, and landing pages. You receive the written audit whether or not you hire us.

  2. Fix measurement

    Weeks 1–2

    Server-side tracking, conversion definitions, and value assignment. Nothing else is trustworthy until this is right.

  3. Rebuild & launch

    Weeks 2–4

    Restructured campaigns, new creative, optimized landing pages — launched with a clear testing roadmap.

  4. Test & iterate

    Ongoing

    Weekly creative refreshes, systematic audience tests, and disciplined budget reallocation toward what's working.

  5. Scale profitably

    Month 2+

    Push spend to the edge of your CAC ceiling, then expand into new channels and markets from a proven base.

Investment

Scoped like the core service, no surcharge.

Every engagement is quoted from your actual brief. There's no vertical surcharge for this combination — request a quote and we'll scope it properly.

Single Channel

One platform, managed properly.

Scoped to your brief

  • 1 platform (Google or Meta)
  • Server-side tracking setup
  • 8 creative assets/month
  • Bi-weekly optimization
  • Up to $40k/mo ad spend
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Multi-Channel

Brands running paid across search and social.

Scoped to your brief

  • Up to 4 platforms
  • Full server-side + CAPI setup
  • 20 creative assets/month
  • Landing page builds & testing
  • Weekly optimization calls
  • Dedicated media buyer
  • Up to $200k/mo ad spend
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Performance

High-spend accounts wanting aligned incentives.

Scoped to your brief

  • Unlimited platforms & markets
  • Percentage-of-spend model
  • Dedicated buying squad
  • Incrementality testing
  • 40+ creative assets/month
  • Custom attribution modeling
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All engagements start with a free audit. Prices exclude media spend, which you pay directly to the platforms on accounts you own.

Questions

B2B SaaS questions, answered straight.

It will, provided you feed it something. We import closed-won conversions with a lookback that matches your cycle, and use an intermediate signal — sales-accepted opportunity, not form fill — as the primary optimization event in the interim. That gives the platform a usable signal within weeks while the revenue data catches up.

Paid Ads × B2B SaaS

Let's talk about your growth constraint.

Optimize to demo requests and the platform finds people who request demos. Feed it closed-won revenue and it finds people who buy.

Our commitment: Free account audit with no obligation. If we can't find at least 20% waste in your current spend, we'll tell you to stay where you are.