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Paid social

Meta and LinkedIn advertising

Paid social run as a performance channel

Social advertising works when creative, audiences, data, landing pages and campaign structure pull in the same direction. We plan and manage Meta and LinkedIn campaigns for ecommerce and lead generation businesses, measured on cost per acquisition and revenue rather than engagement.

108% more monthly paid social revenue for UFC Collectibles. Read the case study for UFC Collectibles

  • Meta, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
  • Prospecting and remarketing structures
  • Creative testing built into the plan
  • Tracking designed for a privacy-restricted world

Why social is different

Interruption, not intent

Paid search reaches people already looking. Paid social reaches people who were not. That single difference changes everything about how a campaign should be built: the creative has to earn attention, the offer has to be understood in seconds, and the landing experience has to carry a colder visitor further than a search click would need to.

It also changes measurement. Platform-reported conversions are modelled, and taking them at face value leads to overspending on remarketing and underinvesting in the campaigns actually creating demand. We reconcile platform data against real revenue and enquiries before making budget decisions.

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Everything your campaigns need

What we manage

  • Meta Ads

    Facebook and Instagram campaigns across prospecting, remarketing, catalogue and lead forms.

  • LinkedIn Ads

    Used where the audience justifies the cost: defined roles, sectors, company sizes and account lists.

  • Audience strategy

    Interest, behavioural, lookalike, customer list and value-based audiences, structured to avoid overlap.

  • Prospecting

    Campaigns built to create demand and feed the rest of the funnel, measured on incremental contribution.

  • Remarketing

    Segmented by intent and recency, capped sensibly, and stopped when it is simply buying sales you already had.

  • Creative testing

    Structured testing of propositions, formats and hooks, with clear rules on what wins and when.

  • Campaign structure

    Consolidated where the algorithm needs volume, separated where budget control and reporting matter.

  • Ecommerce

    Catalogue and advantage+ campaigns, feed quality, product-level performance and margin awareness.

  • Lead generation

    On-platform forms versus landing pages, lead quality filtering and CRM feedback loops.

How we work

How we approach paid social

  1. 01

    Define the commercial job

    Whether the channel is there to create demand, convert it, or both – and what a good result costs.

  2. 02

    Fix measurement first

    Conversions API, consent handling and a blended view so decisions are made on real numbers.

  3. 03

    Build audience and creative matrix

    A test plan mapping audiences against messages so results are readable.

  4. 04

    Run, learn, scale

    Kill losing angles quickly, scale winners carefully, and refresh creative before fatigue hits performance.

  5. 05

    Connect the follow-through

    Landing pages, remarketing and CRM sequences so a click has somewhere worthwhile to go.

Accountable for results

Commercial outcomes we work towards

  • Profitable customer acquisition from a channel with no existing intent
  • Lower blended cost per acquisition across paid channels
  • Creative that keeps performing because testing is continuous
  • Better quality leads, filtered before they reach your sales team
  • Stronger remarketing performance from cleaner audience data
  • Honest reporting on what social contributes to revenue

UFC Collectibles · Ecommerce / official UFC memorabilia

increase in monthly paid social revenue
108%
increase in monthly site visitors from paid social
246%

In the first four months of scaling paid social activity.

Client results

Results and evidence

UFC Collectibles, the official home of UFC memorabilia, launched with a single brand awareness campaign. We then scaled it into a structured paid social strategy across EMEA, the EU, North America and LATAM. We report on every account the same way: against agreed commercial metrics such as revenue and cost per acquisition, not engagement.

What we changed for UFC Collectibles

  • An always-on brand campaign, so fans kept finding the new store
  • Campaigns before and after major UFC events, with budgets flexed to each event
  • Continuous tests of creative formats, audiences and messaging in each region

Case studies

Serious work, measured commercially

International healthcare provider

Healthcare / international patients

988%

Increase in sales revenue

Meta lead generation for an international healthcare provider

Meta instant forms captured contact details from prospective patients, and feedback from actual sales shaped the follow-up. Sales revenue rose 988% over six months.

  • Paid Social
  • Lead Generation
Read the full case study for International healthcare provider

FDS Contracting

Construction / smoke ventilation

£14.99

Cost per lead

160 B2B leads in five months from LinkedIn Ads

A brochure on changing regulations was offered to developers and contractors through LinkedIn lead gen forms. Ad copy and audiences were tested, and budget moved to the ads delivering the best results.

  • Paid Social
  • Lead Generation
Read the full case study for FDS Contracting

Prestige Wicker

Shopify store

594%

Increase in sales value

Effects of Facebook Shop for eCommerce Client

No social activity had run for two years. Facebook Shop, the Pixel and a product catalogue were synced with the Shopify store, then retargeting and catalogue ads reached a better-qualified audience. Purchases rose 450%.

  • Paid Social
  • Ecommerce
Read the full case study for Prestige Wicker

IRIS

B2B SaaS / hospitality technology

71%

Increase in leads

LinkedIn lead generation for hotel decision‑makers

LinkedIn campaigns tested case studies against food and beverage eBooks. An eBook generated just over six times as many leads, so budget moved to the eBooks and lead numbers rose 71%.

  • Paid Social
  • Lead Generation
Read the full case study for IRIS

F1 Authentics

Ecommerce / motorsport memorabilia

13.52

Return on ad spend, up from 0

Facebook and Instagram ads run as a full paid social strategy

A full paid social strategy started in February 2021. Spend was reduced when shops reopened, which helped return on investment, and direct traffic rose 200% compared with the previous period.

  • Paid Social
  • Ecommerce
Read the full case study for F1 Authentics

Selected clients

  • The Royal Marsden Private Care
  • London Specialist Hospitals
  • K9 Jets
  • RealD
  • Private Jet Charter
  • IRIS
  • FDS Consult
  • F1 Authentics
  • Fire Design Solutions
  • Holemaker Technology
  • Tiles360
  • Be Safe Direct

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Is paid social right for a B2B business?

Often yes, but with different expectations. LinkedIn works for targeted reach into defined roles and sectors, and Meta can work for demand generation and remarketing. B2B paid social usually earns its place alongside search rather than replacing it.

Do you produce the creative?

We plan creative direction, messaging and testing structure, and we can produce and adapt assets. Where you have an in-house or brand team, we brief them on what the data says is working.

How many creatives do you need to test?

Enough to test genuinely different angles rather than colour changes. Creative is the main performance variable on social, so we test propositions, formats and hooks – not just headlines.

How do you handle tracking after privacy changes?

Server-side tracking where appropriate, conversion API set-up, consent-aware measurement and blended reporting so platform-reported results are sense-checked against actual revenue or enquiries.

Can paid social work for considered, high-value purchases?

Yes, when it is treated as a full funnel rather than a direct response channel. Prospecting builds demand, remarketing and CRM follow it through, and measurement is set up to credit the channel fairly.

Still have a question?

Next step

Discuss your paid social with a specialist who will be honest about the fit.

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  • Microsoft Advertising Partner
  • Since 2002 · 300+ clients