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Digital advertising isn't about picking a platform and hoping it works. We advertise across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest and other platforms, testing where your customers respond and putting more budget behind what actually performs. Good tracking, good creative and good data tell us where to go next.

Advertising

How We Approach
Advertising

We don't start with the assumption that your business should be advertising on a particular platform. We look at where the opportunity is, what the existing data tells us and what we can realistically test. From there, we build the right foundations, test across channels and put more budget behind what proves it can perform.

Start with the opportunity

Before deciding where to spend your budget, we look at the business, your customers, existing marketing, previous campaign data and where demand is likely to exist. Google Ads might look like the obvious choice because people are searching for what you sell. But Meta might produce better customers at a lower cost. For another business, the opposite could be true. We use experience to decide where we'd start, but we don't treat assumptions as answers. The results ultimately tell us where the opportunity is.

Get the fundamentals right

Advertising performance depends on much more than what happens inside the ad platform. Campaign structure, targeting, creative, tracking, landing pages, offers and the website experience can all affect the result. If one of those pieces isn't working properly, continually adjusting the campaign isn't necessarily going to fix it. Because The Digital Marketing Consultants can work across those areas, we can investigate the wider problem and make improvements where they're actually required.

Test across channels

We don't believe every trade business belongs on Google or every ecommerce brand belongs on Meta. Those are useful starting assumptions, not rules. Where the opportunity warrants it, we'll test different platforms, audiences, campaign types, creative and offers to see where your budget actually performs. Advertising platforms and their algorithms are constantly changing. What didn't work two years ago may work now, and what worked previously may have become expensive. Testing keeps the strategy based on current results rather than industry convention.

Follow the data

We want enough tracking in place to understand what the advertising is actually producing. That means looking beyond clicks and platform-reported conversions where possible. For a lead generation business, we may need to know which campaigns are producing qualified leads rather than simply form submissions. For ecommerce, revenue, acquisition cost and customer value may matter more. The better the data, the better the decisions we can make about campaigns, channels and budgets.

Test, learn and scale

Once something works, the next question is how far we can take it. We continue testing creative, audiences, offers, landing pages and channels while putting more budget behind the areas producing the strongest results. But scaling isn't simply doubling the budget. A campaign can perform extremely well at $5,000 a month and become much less efficient at $10,000. We monitor what happens as spend increases and look for additional opportunities to grow without assuming performance will scale in a straight line.

Capabilities

Multi-platform advertising

We manage advertising across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest and X, with specialist experience across the different campaign types, targeting options and advertising formats available on each platform. That means we're not limited to managing one channel while you find other specialists for everything else. We can launch, manage and optimise campaigns across multiple platforms as part of the same advertising strategy.

Creative & copy

Advertising needs a steady supply of good creative. We can handle the copywriting, static creative, video editing, variations and adaptations required to keep campaigns moving. More importantly, we can produce creative with testing in mind. Different hooks, messages, formats and offers can be developed quickly, put into market and assessed against actual performance rather than spending weeks debating which concept should work.

Landing page development

Getting the click is only half the job. If the page people land on doesn't explain the offer properly, build enough confidence or make the next step easy, advertising performance will suffer. We can plan, write and develop dedicated landing pages around specific campaigns, audiences and offers. Because the landing page sits within the same scope as the advertising, we can improve the experience after the click rather than treating the website as somebody else's problem.

Conversion rate optimisation

Sometimes the biggest opportunity isn't getting more traffic. It's getting more from the traffic you're already paying for. We use conversion data, heatmaps, customer journey analysis and testing to understand how people actually interact with your website and landing pages. From there, we can identify points of friction and make changes designed to improve the percentage of visitors who enquire, purchase or take the next step.

A/B testing

We test the variables that can materially change campaign performance, including creative, copy, offers, audiences, landing pages and campaign structures. Not every test will win, and that's the point. Rather than relying on what should work in theory, we want enough testing happening to find the combinations that actually perform. Once we find them, we can put more budget and effort behind them.

Campaign scaling

A campaign performing well at one budget won't necessarily perform equally well at twice the spend. As budgets increase, audiences can become saturated, cheaper opportunities can be exhausted and acquisition costs can rise. You might increase spend by 100% and only generate 25% more leads. Scaling therefore needs to be managed rather than assumed. We look at marginal performance as spend increases, test new audiences, channels and creative, and determine where additional budget can be deployed without unnecessarily eroding the return.

Advanced tracking & attribution

Good advertising decisions depend on good data. We can implement advanced tracking across websites, landing pages, forms, phone calls and other important customer actions so we're not relying solely on what an advertising platform reports. Where the systems allow it, we can also track what happens further down the funnel, including qualified leads, sales and revenue. That gives us a much better basis for optimisation than treating every platform conversion as equally valuable.

Detailed reporting & analysis

Reporting should tell us what happened and help us decide what to do next. We bring together the important campaign and conversion data to understand spend, acquisition costs, lead or sales volume, channel performance and how those numbers are changing over time. We then use that information to decide where budgets should move, what needs further testing and where there may be an issue outside the advertising itself.

Next level
performance

Heat mapping

Heat mapping

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Advanced tracking

Advanced tracking

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In depth competitor research

In depth competitor research

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The four pillars of what we do

Digital
marketing strategy

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Digital
Advertising

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Search engine
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Marketing
audits

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Frequently asked
questions

Which advertising platform should my business use?

There isn't a standard answer. Google might make sense when people are already searching for what you sell. Meta or TikTok may be better for creating demand or reaching people before they start searching. Often, the right answer only becomes clear once we test and compare the results.

Do you manage advertising across multiple platforms?

Yes. The Digital Marketing Consultants can manage advertising across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, X and other relevant platforms. We don't require every business to advertise everywhere. We use the channels the strategy calls for.

How do you decide where to spend the budget?

We start with the available data and what we know about your customers and market. From there, we test, measure performance and move budget towards the channels, campaigns and ideas producing the strongest results.

Can you track leads and sales beyond the ad platform?

Yes. Depending on your systems, we can implement tracking for enquiries, calls, sales and other meaningful conversion events. Where possible, we want to understand what happens after someone becomes a platform-reported conversion.

Do you do the creative as well as running the ads?

Yes. Creative is part of running effective advertising. We can produce and edit the assets needed for campaigns and create variations so new ideas can be tested without constantly waiting on another supplier.

What if my ads are getting clicks but not converting?

Then we look beyond the ads. The issue could be targeting or traffic quality, but it could also be the landing page, offer, website experience, tracking or conversion process. Being full service means we can investigate the wider journey rather than stopping at the ad account.

How quickly will advertising work?

It depends on the platform, budget, market and existing demand. However, for almost every client they have seen results on Meta Ads within 7 days, whereas Google Ads takes 2-3 weeks to gain traction. Some campaigns can generate useful data quickly, while others need more time and testing. We don't want to call something a winner or loser before there's enough evidence to make that decision.

Do I need a separate agency for landing pages, tracking or creative?

Usually, no. The Digital Marketing Consultants can handle advertising alongside tracking, CRO, landing pages and creative requirements. If something requires specialist development or another capability outside our scope, we'll tell you.

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