PaidLab
B2B Paid Media & PPC Performance Strategy
Your paid media engine stops working when you stop asking why.
Paid media is the fastest lever in B2B marketing and the easiest to waste. PaidLab covers paid search, programmatic, and performance strategy for teams that need ad spend to turn into qualified pipeline — not impressions.
Every piece is built around the question most platforms train you to stop asking: why is this working, and what happens when it stops?
LinkedIn Ads Strategy for 2026: What AJ Wilcox Told the MarketingProfs Community
AJ Wilcox just dropped $200M worth of LinkedIn Ads wisdom, and it's the kind of operator-grade guidance that actually survives a CFO conversation. Here's the framework for 2026—from LLM-ready content plays to the funnel discipline that shows pipeline impact fast.
Microsoft Search Ads Grow 12% as Brands Rethink Budgets
Microsoft's search ads just posted 12% growth while Bing hit 1 billion users, and Copilot is driving 73% higher CTRs. If your paid media plan still treats Microsoft as a rounding error, this earnings report should trigger a strategic review.
Google Ads Audit: The 2026 Checklist
Most Google Ads accounts aren't broken, they're drifting. I've watched the same pattern unfold across dozens of pipeline reviews: the platform says 200 conversions, the sales team logged 47 qualified leads. That 4:1 gap isn't a reporting quirk. It's the algorithm optimizing toward whatever you told it was a conversion.
How to Advertise on LinkedIn: The Complete Cheat Sheet
Most B2B marketers who tell me LinkedIn Ads 'didn't work' made the same mistake: they imported their Google or Meta playbook and expected identical results. Let me walk you through the operating model that actually produces pipeline, not just impressions.
ChatGPT Ads: A 7-Step Launch Framework for B2B Marketers
OpenAI's ad platform is live, CPCs are half of Google's, and most B2B teams are still watching from the sidelines. Here's the 7-step framework to launch your first ChatGPT Ads pilot, before the early-mover window closes.
Zoom Cut CPC by 77% and I Have Questions
A case study landed on my desk that made me actually pay attention, not because the numbers are impressive (they are), but because it tells a story every B2B marketer running paid campaigns at scale needs to hear. Let me break down what's real and what questions remain unanswered.
LinkedIn Ads for B2B: The CFO-Safe Playbook for Provable ROI
A $24 click converting at 8% to SQLs costs $300 per qualified lead, but whether that's a 25:1 return or a loss depends entirely on your deal size. Here's the math your CFO will actually respect, and the pilot framework that proves LinkedIn belongs in your channel mix before you commit real budget.
B2B Meta Ads Case Study: 129 Leads, 2.09x ROI, What Spilno Agency Got Right
A 2.09x return on ad spend in B2B Meta campaigns isn't a headline number, but in a space where the average return hovers around $1.75 per dollar spent, doubling your money while generating 129 qualified leads is the kind of result most marketing teams would quietly celebrate with a very expensive bottle of wine.
The Sales Feedback Loop That Turns PPC Leads Into Pipeline
Your Google Ads account is probably optimizing for the wrong thing. The keyword that produces the most form fills is rarely the keyword that produces the most pipeline, and that gap is where marketing budgets go to die.