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?
Stop Overriding Smart Bidding This Black Friday
New data from nearly 6,000 Google Ads accounts reveals a brutal truth: advertisers who applied seasonality adjustments saw CPCs spike 34% while ROAS tanked. The algorithm already knows it's Black Friday, maybe it's time to stop pretending you know better.
What Happens to PPC When You Stop Managing Google Ads
A SaaS company paused Google Ads management for six weeks. When they returned, CAC had climbed 34% and Quality Score had tanked. The rebuild took longer than the drift, and cost more than continuous management ever would have.
Scaling Google Ads Affiliate Funnels Past $500K/Month: The Math Your CFO Needs to See
Most affiliate marketers hit a wall between $50K and $100K in monthly spend. The operators who push past $500K/month share one trait: they stopped optimizing for platform metrics and started optimizing for cash flow. Here's the math that changes everything.
Google Ads Is Automating More Decisions. Your Job Is to Become the Algorithm's Best Teacher.
Google just killed language targeting in Search campaigns. Enhanced CPC is gone. Performance Max now drives 45% of all conversions. The question isn't how to fight this automation wave, it's how to win inside the new game by becoming the algorithm's best teacher.
The 20% CAC Drop Hiding in Your Channel Silos
Most B2B marketing teams run SEO and paid search as separate line items, separate teams, separate dashboards. The result is a 20% CAC penalty they never see because no one owns the gap between the two, and closing it could free up $100,000 in annual spend.
Google's August Bidding Change Will Punish Lazy Targets
Your Target CPA has been lying to you, and starting August 17, Google will call the bluff. If you've been quietly over-performing on your stated targets, expect the algorithm to start spending exactly what you told it to, whether you meant it or not.
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.
Retargeting Ad Costs: The Math Your CFO Actually Needs
Retargeting ads cost 40-60% less than cold acquisition and convert at 2x the rate, but most teams are measuring the wrong metrics. Here’s the CFO-ready math that actually earns budget.
The Best Real Estate PPC Agencies in 2026: A CMO’s No-BS Guide to Finding Your Lead Gen Partner
Real estate PPC is where the gap between burning cash and printing leads is razor-thin. Here’s my no-BS breakdown of which agencies actually know what they’re doing in 2026.