Performance Marketing

Paid ads that return more than they cost, across Google, Meta, and LinkedIn.

Most agencies optimise for clicks. We optimise for revenue. Real ROAS targets, server-side attribution, full-funnel campaign structure, and the discipline to kill what isn’t working before it bleeds budget.

Selected accounts each month · Senior attention · Google · Meta · LinkedIn
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Multi-channel performance, Q2
Live
Spend
$22,400
all channels
Revenue
$102,800
↑ 28% QoQ
Blended ROAS
4.6×
target: 3.5×
M
Meta Ads
Reels · Carousels · Retargeting
3.8×
ROAS
in
LinkedIn Ads
Lead Gen · Sponsored InMail
$10
CPL
Channels we run, end to end
Google Search Ads
Performance Max
YouTube Ads
Meta Ads
Instagram Ads
LinkedIn Ads
TikTok Ads
Twitter / X Ads
Google Search Ads
Performance Max
YouTube Ads
Meta Ads
Instagram Ads
LinkedIn Ads
What separates working ads from wasted ads

Running paid ads is easy. Running paid ads that make you money is the hard part. The difference usually has nothing to do with creative or copy. It comes down to four boring things: clean attribution so you actually know what’s converting, a campaign structure built around the buying journey instead of the platform’s defaults, conversion tracking that survives mobile privacy updates, and the discipline to turn off losing campaigns before they bleed your budget dry.

Most agencies skip the first three and obsess over the fourth. We build all four into every account before we even think about scaling spend. Then we scale only what proves itself. The result is a paid-media programme that compounds quarter after quarter, not one that flatlines after the initial honeymoon.

The Process

How we build paid-media programmes that actually scale.

Six phases. Each one designed to prevent a specific failure mode that kills 80% of paid campaigns within their first six months.

01

Account & Funnel Audit

Before touching any campaigns we audit what’s already running. Account structure, conversion events, audience overlap, attribution model, landing pages, ad creative library. We also map your full funnel from first click to revenue so we know where money is actually being lost. Usually it’s not where you think.

Account structure audit Funnel mapping Attribution review
Output
Audit report & roadmap
A written breakdown of what’s working, what’s broken, and what we’d change first.
02

Tracking & Attribution Setup

The single biggest reason agencies report fake results: broken or naive tracking. We install GA4 properly, server-side tagging via GTM, conversion API for Meta, enhanced conversions for Google, UTM hygiene, and CRM sync so revenue tied back to the original campaign. Without this, every other number is fiction.

GA4 + GTM Server-side tracking Conversion API CRM revenue sync
Output
Bulletproof attribution layer
Every click, every lead, every closed deal traceable to source. No more guessing.
03

Campaign Architecture

Structure follows the buying journey, not the platform’s defaults. Awareness campaigns for cold audiences, consideration for warm, conversion for hot. Separate campaign types for separate jobs: Search for intent, PMax for breadth, YouTube for awareness, Retargeting for closing. Built so every rupee can be traced to its purpose.

Funnel-stage campaigns Audience segmentation Budget allocation
Output
Account structure built right
Campaigns aligned with how buyers actually move from stranger to customer.
04

Creative & Landing Page Build

Ads are won or lost at the creative. We produce static designs, video edits, UGC-style content, and motion graphics tested against each other. Every campaign ships with at least 3 to 5 creative variants per audience. Landing pages get the same treatment: built fast, tested against each other, optimised for the specific keyword or audience that drove the click.

Static + video creative UGC production Landing page builds A/B variants
Output
Creative library, tested
A library of proven creatives plus pages that convert the traffic those creatives bring.
05

Launch, Test, Scale

Campaigns launch at small budgets. Two-week learning phases. Daily monitoring for delivery issues, weekly performance reviews, monthly strategy retros. Only campaigns that hit target ROAS or CPL get scaled. The rest get killed or rebuilt. We don’t fall in love with our ideas.

Learning-phase testing Weekly reviews Kill criteria Scale criteria
Output
Scaling roadmap
A clear plan of what scales, what holds, and what gets killed every month.
06

Reporting & Optimisation

Custom dashboards your founder actually opens. Channel ROAS, blended ROAS, CAC, payback period, LTV cohorts. Monthly strategy calls covering what shifted, what we’re testing next, and what the next quarter looks like. Quarterly reviews where we audit our own work and recommend the right next moves, even if those moves shrink our scope.

Founder dashboards Monthly strategy calls Quarterly retros
Output
Programme that compounds
Each quarter you scale more, waste less, and know exactly what’s driving the growth.
The channel mix

Four ad platforms, four distinct jobs.

Most agencies push the channel they’re best at. We pick channels based on where your buyers actually are, then run the right blend.

01

Google Ads

For high-intent search demand: someone is actively looking for what you sell. Search, Performance Max, Shopping, YouTube, Demand Gen. Best when your business has clear intent keywords and a long-tail of related queries. Often the highest-ROAS channel for service businesses and ecommerce alike.

Search Performance Max YouTube Shopping
02

Meta Ads

For audience-based scale: reaching people based on who they are, not what they searched. Facebook, Instagram, Reels, Stories. Best for visual products, lifestyle brands, DTC ecommerce, and businesses where the value is shown more than typed. Strong at top-of-funnel awareness and bottom-of-funnel retargeting.

Facebook & Instagram Reels & Stories Retargeting CTWA Ads
03

LinkedIn Ads

For B2B buyers: precise targeting by job title, company size, industry, seniority. Higher cost per click than other platforms, but the lead quality justifies it when your customer is a specific role in a specific kind of company. Best for B2B SaaS, professional services, enterprise sales, and recruitment.

Lead Gen Forms Sponsored Content InMail campaigns Account-based
04

Conversion Tracking & CRO

Not a channel, the layer underneath every channel. GA4 setup, server-side tracking, attribution modelling, landing page builds, CRO experiments, page-speed work, post-click optimisation. The unsexy work that decides whether the traffic your ads bring actually converts.

GA4 + GTM Server-side tracking Landing page CRO A/B testing
3.5×
Target ROAS
minimum blended ROAS we hold every account to before scaling spend further
2 wk
Learning phase
how long every new campaign runs before we make scale-or-kill decisions
5+
Creative variants
tested per audience per month so we never bet on a single piece of creative
100%
Account ownership
every ad account stays in your name; we get access, not control
Common questions

What clients actually ask.

Honest answer: there’s no fixed number. Your ad budget should be a function of three things. First, what a customer is worth to you over their lifetime (LTV). Second, what you can afford to pay to acquire one (CAC). Third, how much volume the market can absorb at acceptable economics. On the first call we work through these numbers with you and recommend a budget that fits your stage, not a one-size-fits-all figure.
Monthly retainer based on scope, not on percentage of ad spend (we don’t want incentive to push you to spend more than makes sense). Pricing depends on the number of channels, creative production needs, and reporting depth. After a 20-minute scoping call we send a fixed quote, and you see exactly what you’re paying for in the scope document. No hidden fees, no markups on ad spend. We take a limited number of accounts each month so every client gets senior attention.
No, and avoid any agency that does. Paid ads depend on too many factors outside our control: your offer, your competition, your seasonality, your sales team’s close rate. What we guarantee is the process: clean tracking, tested creative, weekly optimisation, monthly transparent reporting. If after 60 days the numbers don’t support continuing, we tell you that instead of milking the retainer.
Weeks 1 to 4 is build and audit work, usually with light campaigns running to gather data. Weeks 4 to 8 is the first real performance window, where we know what creatives and audiences are working. By month 3 we’re scaling what works and killing what doesn’t. If your business has long sales cycles (B2B, high-ticket services), the meaningful revenue signal can take 4 to 6 months to fully emerge.
We do both, depending on the scope. Some clients want us to handle everything from copy to design to motion graphics. Others have an in-house designer and just want strategy and edits. We’ll match your setup. What we’ll insist on is at least 3 to 5 creative variants per audience per month, because betting on one piece of creative is how accounts die.
Every ad account stays in your name from day one. We get manager access, never ownership. Same with GA4, GTM, Meta Business Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager. All creative assets are delivered in editable form. If you ever want to take it in-house or move to another agency, you walk away with everything: the accounts, the data, the assets, the documentation. No exit fees, no hostage situations.
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Stop guessing what your ads are doing. Start scaling what works.

A 30-minute discovery call. We’ll look at your current ad accounts (if any), map your funnel, and tell you honestly whether you have a paid-media problem, a tracking problem, or a fundamental offer problem. Most of the time it’s one of the last two.

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