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?
B2B Paid Advertising 2026: 5 Questions to Audit Your Mix
Forty-seven percent of B2B SaaS marketing leaders are increasing ad budgets while headcount shrinks. If you can't answer five basic questions about your paid mix without pulling up a spreadsheet, you're flying a $2 million plane by looking out the window.
How to Build a Google Ads Daily Pacing Script
Your CFO just asked why paid media burned through 47% of the monthly budget in nine days, and you're staring at the Google Ads interface with no defensible answer. Here's how to build a pacing script that gives you one, before Finance comes asking.
What Is a Good CTR for B2B Ads?
Your CFO thinks LinkedIn's 0.67% CTR looks pathetic next to Google's 6.33%. They're comparing apples to airplanes. Here's how to actually benchmark B2B ad performance, and defend the right numbers in your next pipeline review.
Your Paid Media ROAS Is a Fiction. Both Numbers Are Wrong.
Your platform says 5x ROAS. Your backend says 2x. Averaging them gives you a number that describes nobody. The only metric that matters is incrementality, and most marketing orgs don't have the discipline to measure it.
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.
The Post-Click Paradox: Why Marketers Keep Starving Their Highest-ROI Surface
Forty percent of paid media pros say landing pages are the most effective way to maximize spend, yet only 31% actually invested in them. The math on conversion lift is brutal, and the teams closing this gap are compounding their advantage every quarter.
LinkedIn Isn't Just Top-of-Funnel Anymore: What Dreamdata's Data Means for Your Budget
Thirty percent of your SQL sessions are now influenced by LinkedIn, not awareness impressions, actual sales-qualified leads. If you've been treating LinkedIn as a brand-building playground and shutting off campaigns after the form fill, the data says you're leaving money on the table.
Smart Bidding in 2026: The CFO-Safe Playbook for B2B Marketers
Your CFO just asked why paid media spend is up 18% while pipeline stayed flat, and 'learning phase volatility' isn't cutting it as an answer anymore. Here's the accountability playbook that turns Smart Bidding from a black box into a boardroom-ready strategy.
B2B Google Ads: The Math Behind Why Most SaaS Campaigns Bleed Budget
Your $45K monthly Google Ads spend is generating 200 leads, but only 18 qualify. The problem isn't the channel, it's that you're optimizing for form fills instead of buying committees. Here's the math on why 40-60% of your budget is pure waste.