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+340% qualified leads.

Industrial equipment, twelve months. The strategy, the work, the math.

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Paid Media · Google Ads · Platform 01 of 04

Google Ads for B2B manufacturers.

Search, Performance Max, YouTube, and Display campaigns built around the queries serious technical buyers actually type. Spec-driven architecture, conversion tracking wired to your CRM, and pipeline reporting your CFO will read.

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What we hear, going in

The wrong half of Google Ads is hitting tire-kickers.

Two complaints we hear from B2B manufacturing leadership, almost weekly:

“Half the spend is going to broad-match terms our sales team would never call back. The high-intent searches are buried in the long tail.” What we hear from B2B marketing directors, most weeks
“Performance Max is a black box. We’re spending $30K a month and the report just says ‘conversions up.’ Up from what? Of what quality?” What we hear from technical-product CMOs

Most B2B Google Ads accounts are running the consumer-grade defaults — broad-match expansion, smart-bidding without negative-keyword discipline, Performance Max with no asset-group steering. That setup is engineered to spend the budget. It is not engineered to land RFQ-ready buyers. The accounts we rebuild concentrate spend on model-specific, spec-comparison, and competitor-replacement queries — the searches that actually precede a serious purchase.

How we run it

Spec-driven architecture, not broad-match sprawl.

Three structural moves on most Google Ads engagements in the first 90 days.

Query rebuild around real buyer intent.

Search Term Report deep-dive. Identify the spec-comparison, model-name, capability-specific queries that signal serious buyers. Negative-keyword discipline to cut the broad-match drift. Smaller campaigns, sharper targeting, higher lead quality.

Performance Max steered, not on autopilot.

PMax does its best work when the asset groups, audience signals, and conversion values are wired correctly. We build PMax with intent-class segmentation and feed-driven catalog targeting (where applicable). Not a one-campaign catchall.

Conversion tracking that survives iOS.

Enhanced Conversions, server-side GTM, offline conversion imports tied to CRM stages. The attribution that holds up after Apple’s privacy updates and the cookie deprecation cycle. So the bid strategy optimizes for revenue, not form-fills.

Reporting your CFO will read.

GA4 + Looker Studio dashboards wired to pipeline stages. Cost-per-SQL, not cost-per-lead. Channel mix tied to revenue. The board-defensible math that lets a CMO defend the budget instead of explain it away.

What you get

What runs in the Google Ads engagement.

01

Search campaigns — spec-driven

Model-name, comparison, capability, and competitor-replacement query architecture. Geo-targeted where it matters; broad where it earns spend.

02

Performance Max — steered

Asset groups by intent class. Catalog feeds where applicable. Audience-signal seeding. Reviewed weekly, restructured quarterly.

03

YouTube + Demand Gen

Where product-education video is part of the funnel. Skip-the-pre-roll cuts and dealer-training content as both prospecting and remarketing.

04

Conversion tracking + attribution

Enhanced Conversions, server-side tagging, offline conversion imports. Wired to your CRM stages so bid strategies optimize for revenue.

05

Landing page conversion work

Pages built for the ad. Spec sheets, RFQ paths, dealer-locator integration. If the ad converts but the page doesn’t, we fix the page.

06

Live reporting + monthly review

Looker Studio dashboard your team and your CFO can both read. Monthly written readout. Quarterly business review with channel mix recommendations.

A real story · A mid-size industrial OEM

How spec-driven Google Ads outpaced the broad-category playbook.

A mid-size CNC plasma cutting equipment manufacturer came to us with paid media that was burning budget on broad-category traffic that wasn't converting. The previous setup chased clicks. Sales got overwhelmed with hobbyists and tire-kickers; the buyers this OEM actually wanted were three queries deep, not on the head terms.

We rebuilt paid search around spec-driven buyer queries. Cost-per-lead dropped, lead quality climbed, and pipeline-influenced revenue followed. Twelve-month total: +340% qualified leads on the same monthly spend.

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+340%

Qualified leads
12 months · Same monthly paid-media spend

-62%

Cost per qualified lead
Better targeting, not budget cuts

$487K

Pipeline sourced / month
Attributed to channel for the first time

FAQ · Google Ads questions

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How quickly can you take over an existing Google Ads account?

Two weeks for the audit, four to six for the full rebuild if rebuild is what the audit says. We can run the existing structure in parallel during transition so spend doesn’t go dark.

Do you handle Performance Max or just classic Search?

Both. PMax is most of the budget on most B2B Google accounts now. We run it with intent-class asset groups and audience signals — not as the autopilot it defaults to.

What about YouTube and Demand Gen?

When the product education content is there to support it. YouTube works for capital equipment, dealer training, application demos. Skip the pre-roll polish — cinematic looking but didactic.

How do you handle conversion tracking with iOS / cookie deprecation?

Enhanced Conversions, server-side GTM, offline conversion imports tied to CRM stages. Bid strategies optimize against pipeline value, not form fills. Survives the privacy cycle.

Do you run shopping / catalog feeds for industrial product lines?

Yes — for clients where catalog data is workable. PMax with feeds plus Search makes the cleanest combination.

Will you also handle the landing pages?

Yes — landing pages are part of the Google Ads engagement. If the ad sends traffic somewhere that doesn’t convert, we fix the page. Not a separate engagement.

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