You don’t need hacks and endless tests to run PPC for B2B SaaS. You need predictable revenue. Our playbooks have generated millions of dollars of pipeline through paid media, paid social and paid search for our SaaS clients.
Your marketing is in good hands with our team who works on brands like
“Our paid digital program was performing well, but we needed to really scale it to take advantage of the marketing opportunity that we had. [Powered by Search helped us achieve] 20 to 40% range growth quarter over quarter from LinkedIn specifically.”
Marcus Di Rollo
Digital Marketing Manager, Loopio
Revenue first forecasting
Forecasting to keep your CFO happy
We’re deeply focused on growth of your business – not just on marketing metrics. That’s why we give you forecasts for growth including expected traction, acquisition cost estimates, and business cases for appropriate funding.
Good fit traffic
Trials and demos that convert make your CEO squeal with delight
Good results come from clear messaging around customer pain points and how you solve their problems differently. We work with your team to build clear customer avatars so that we get right-fit traffic, signups and demos from your ICP ASAP.
Cross platform
Bring a cross channel strategy to your CMO
Our paid media playbooks are built to work across channels so that your ideal customers build their awareness over time. When they’re ready to convert – choosing your SaaS will be an easy choice for them.
Client Story
‘We give you a dollar, you make us three’
With a previous agency, Projul saw their growth rate plunge from 13% > 2%.
In January they hired Powered by Search. Last month they saw 13% growth in MRR. This month, they’re on track for 20%.
“You guys are a no-brainer. we give you a dollar, you make us three. you guys just make it happen.”
Stephan Foos, Chief Product Officer at Projul
Scale your SaaS trials and demos. On demand.
Results backed methodology Omnichannel paid media approach Clear, results focused reporting.
Most agencies get caught up in lengthy audits and then pottering around in accounts. Here’s how we’re different:
MAKE IT EFFICIENT
Most of the time, the fastest impact we can have is to cut costs significantly. Most clients come to us with hugely inefficient spend, leaking budget.
There are relatively few exceptions. We find opportunities to cut spend rapidly so that we can invest the budget better.
DON’T WASTE TIME
You shouldn’t have to wait months to start feeling progress.
We get to work fast and lay the foundations for long term success in the first few weeks of working with a new client.
CONVERSION DRIVEN
Maybe you’ve been burned by agencies reporting on vanity metrics like impressions or CTR in the past. We don’t work like that.
We’re focused on driving improvement in bottom line metrics first and foremost. Trials, activations, closed deals. That’s what we care about.
AWARENESS ALIGNED
Everyone’s down on MQLs these days. But MQLs form part of a predictable growth system.
We build your entire pipeline and foster awareness as well as driving bottom line revenue growth. This makes your SaaS growth more resilient in the long term.
FLAT FEE SYSTEM
Almost every agency charges a fee for every ad they buy or bills you based on their performance. But that sets all the wrong incentives. We don’t want you to pay us for buying ads. We want you to pay us to drive predictable growth for your SaaS.
Scale your SaaS trials and demos. On demand.
Integrate our framework into your own marketing – or have us do it for you
We publish all our docs so that anyone can take the strategies that have made hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients.
Get a taster of how we think about paid media strategy for SaaS companies
How we grow SaaS companies with paid advertising
FAQs
You’ve probably got a lot of questions. The best way to get them answered is to book a SaaS Scale Session. But here’s the answers to some of the most common questions just in case.
Can I pick which channels to focus on first?
Yes – We work with you to discover where your ideal customers spend their time and get into buying mode.
But we also have a systematic process for reviewing performance of different channels and we can usually tell which channels will work best in advance based on that and our in-depth experience of SaaS.
Are the agency fees and ad spend rolled into one number?
Many agencies will bill you for ad spend. But we think this creates perverse incentives.
Instead, with Powered by Search, you manage your billing for each ad account we work on. We just bill you our agency fee.
How do I know paid media will work for my SaaS?
We have experience of testing and scaling paid media campaigns for over 70 B2B SaaS companies ranging from $1M to $100M ARR.
The question is not: will paid media work for your SaaS (it will)
Instead, you should ask: What’s the correct way to build a paid media strategy for your SaaS.
We’re experts in this and can advise you on it before you spend a dime.
How much money should I set aside for ad budget?
Many agencies will tell you that you need x or y for ad budgets.
Others will say: ‘How long’s a piece of string?’ or ‘it depends’
The reality is, all of those answers are terrible. Instead, you should work out how much you need to grow by and work backwards from there.
We created a framework for doing this (and there’s even a calculator on the blog post so you can work it out). Find out how we work out ad budgets for our clients.
What kinds of companies are a good fit for us?
If you’re a B2B SaaS ready to commit a minimum $7500 a month on marketing for a minimum of 1 year, have strong product market fit and want to make building demand a priority, we can help you scale MRR at record-breaking speeds
What is PPC?
PPC stands for pay-per-click. It’s a blanket term for paid advertising through channels like Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Twitter Ads and Bing Ads.
It’s actually a misleading term because not every ad campaign you run will be paying for clicks – sometimes you’ll be paying for other things like reach or interactions.
But because it’s so widely used as a substitute for paid advertising, we use it too 🙂
Still have a question?
Speak to one of our growth advisors to find out how we can help you scale your SaaS trials and demos at record breaking pace.
