Google Ads for B2B SaaS companies | Founder at Grouts Online | Book a Call below to fix and scale your ads

Helping B2B SaaS marketers turn Google Ads into a predictable source of high-intent demo requests and pipeline opportunities with a 90-day Google Ads Growth Sprint.

We build and execute Google Ads strategies designed to drive measurable pipeline impact for B2B SaaS companies. 

Results for our clients:
- Generated $1,65 in pipeline from Paid Search campaigns in 12 months
- Scaled Google Ads from 0 to 30+ demo requests a month in 6 months
- Generated $100k in the Pipeline in 2 months with 5k/month in Paid Search
- Improved conversion rate from 0.3% to 2.25% and reduced CPA by 83%
- Scaled Paid Search from 10k to 20k/month and generated 200k in pipeline in first month

If you’re a B2B SaaS founder or marketing lead spending $20K+/month and want to cut wasted spend and scale pipeline in 90 days, book a call or send me a DM.

Roman Krs

CRM changes are more dangerous for Google Ads than you think.

When you’re spending $30K+ per month and using offline import, optimizing for MQL, SQL, or Opportunities, and you tweak something in the funnel.

You can break the momentum and campaign results for weeks if you are not prepared.

Any changes that cause differences in quality or volume will impact the campaigns.

- lifecycle stages
- qualification logic
- definitions 


The more you spend, the greater the impact. 

Suddenly: 
- Performance looks “off” 
- Conversion signals shift 
- Algorithms starve data

The campaign targeting and bidding stop working, and it starts wasting money on different segments, overbidding on keywords, etc.


Tracking stability matters more than most teams realize.

If you rely on smart bidding and offline conversions, CRM changes are not small admin updates.

They’re structural events to the campaigns that you have to take into account ahead.

Google Ads for B2B SaaS companies | Founder at Grouts Online | Book a call to cut wasted spend & scale pipeline → best for $20K+/mo budgets

One client hit a ceiling.

Not because Google Ads “stopped working.”

But because budgets were capped.


Performance felt flat, and volume wasn’t growing.

CPL looked high, so the instinct was to optimize down.


Maintain budgets, search terms, keywords, and bidding strategies. 

Focus on Lower CPL before we start scaling.


But that wasn’t the constraint.

We stepped back, mapped the actual unit economics, and confirmed a reasonable CPL based on historical data.

So we started scaling budgets on converting campaigns.

- Volume increased.
- Pipeline increased.
- Efficiency held within expected range.

Suddenly, scaling wasn’t guessing, and we had a clear benchmark. 


We still focused on efficiency, pausing keywords and working on landing pages. 

But the growth gave confidence to scale further and to prioritize fixing bottlenecks in optimization.

The problem with low volume isn't always the budget or keywords.


Sometimes the problem isn’t reach.

It’s the offer and how it resonates with users at different stages of the funnel. 


In one account, search volume was there.

Traffic was qualified, attracting ICP accounts.


But the conversions were inconsistent.

Some people converted 1-3 months after first visit. 

Silence in between.


So instead of expanding keywords, we: 
- Tailor LP messaging for mid-funnel traffic.
- Stopped pushing only demo request
- Added “Build Your Business Case” CTA

We kept both because we don't want to disqualify users ready to convert.

But we also want to capture and start conversations with prospects in the research stage.

Because it’s better to capture intent early and help the prospects. Rather than waiting for them to do their own research and convert with competitors.


When volume stalls, don’t always expand.

Sometimes you need to reposition the offer with lower friction to start a conversation.

I didn’t close a single new client for months, and I felt stuck.

I kept telling myself I needed:

- Start outreach to build a pipeline
- Better LinkedIn posts to improve reach
- Have more sales calls to grow

But that wasn’t the real issue.

The truth?

I was drowning in service delivery.

Ad hoc fixes, cleaning tracking, improving structures, and reporting.


Important work.

But time consuming or reactive.


There was no time left for:
- Improving processes
- Designing scalable delivery
- Focusing on sales & marketing

I was fragmented.

My business still relied too much on me.

And every new client added weight instead of leverage.

That’s why this year isn’t about growth first.

It’s about foundations.

1/ Fewer priorities
2/ Standardizing delivery
3/ Locking 2-week ops sprints
4/ Removing steps from processes
5/ Protecting focus (the actual mental focus)


Because growth before structure feels exciting. But it's stressful.

And growth with structure feels more effortless.


And I burned myself doing both and haven't made real progress.

Demo volume is inconsistent, and the pipeline isn’t converting?


Campaigns delivering. Competitive spend. Relevant keywords. 

Everything looks right from a high level.


But the performance feels off.


The issue usually isn’t the keywords.

It’s the lack of B2B SaaS structure.

Most accounts I audit show the same structural gaps:

1/ No clear intent segmentation
2/ Generic and low-intent absorbing most of the spend
3/ Wrong match types and bidding strategies wasting budgets
4/ Generic ads and landing pages not aligned with intent

Traffic comes. Demos don’t convert. Pipeline build slowly.


Search isn’t just about targeting keywords.

It’s about separating high-intent, category, competitor, and brand properly.


Without structure, scaling just increases inefficiency.


Predictable pipeline doesn’t come from more campaigns.

It comes from the right structure.


Fix structure. Then scale.

I don’t struggle with discipline.

I wake up early.
I work weekends.
I workout 4x a week

Discipline isn’t the issue.

Focus is.


What I’ve realized recently is this:

You can be disciplined and still not move forward fast enough.

Because discipline gets you to the desk.

Focus decides whether you execute fast & well.


Most of my days are packed with service delivery.

Campaign launches.
Landing page fixes.
Ad copy updates.
Negative keyword cleanups.
Reporting tweaks.

And other important work to drive results for clients.

On top of that, I’m trying to push growth work forward.

Systemizing delivery.
Implementing AI.
Driving sales.
Creating content.

And doing all of that requires deep focus.


But when you work on a computer all day, distraction is constant.

One tab becomes five.
One idea becomes a rabbit hole.
One “quick check” becomes 20 minutes.

You lose focus and momentum. 


Now, it isn’t only about better discipline.

It’s about designing a system that minimizes ad hoc interruptions.

I’ve tried a lot:

- Website blockers/time schedule
- Planning the day ahead
- Calendar blocks

It helps.


But it’s still difficult to get into real flow, and very easy to drift.

It's hard to build the habit of focus, and easy to break it.


What techniques or tools help you avoid drifting during the day?

Brand Search used to way to protect the brand from the competition.

And it was efficient.

It had a low CPC and didn't require high spend. 

And it generated data for the account.


Now?


Competition is aggressive.

Impression share battles push CPCs and spend.

And losing position means fewer high-intent and high-quality leads that would otherwise come to you.


We tested pushing IS toward 80%. (not even absolute TOP)

Costs became unreasonable. CPA skyrocketed.

We pulled back budgets, adjusted bidding, or shifted to smart bidding.

And it helped to balance protection vs efficiency. (for now)


In some segments, protecting the brand became a fight for high-intent leads, where more players win, and you score less.

And it requires a different approach.

But also isn’t worth all your budget. 


How much are you willing to pay to defend demand?

For months, we were tightening structure, cleaning terms, and improving CPL.

Progress was steady. But volume was flat and inconsistent.


Then we did something simple:

We had a clear unit economics goal, and we decided to keep increasing budgets weekly.


Same structure. Same signals. Same landing pages.

Volume jumped. Efficiency stayed. The pipeline grew.


The lesson?

At a certain point, you’re not limited by optimization.

You’re limited by spending and low positions.


Micro-tweaks feel productive.

But if the math works, the budget is the lever.


Sometimes growth isn’t complicated.


PS: But don't get complacent and keep working on conversion rates.

You’re quietly wasting six figures in ad spend.


On paper, everything looks right.

Performance on dashboards looks normal. Meaningful spend. Relevant keywords. 

Yet demo volume and quality are inconsistent and not growing.


The issue isn’t always the keywords or lack of budget.

What’s often missing are clean, reliable conversion signals.

Most accounts I audit show the same patterns:

- Messy primary conversions not tied to demo intent
- No reporting connecting the pipeline back to the ad spend
- Offline conversions are missing or unreliable


And Google optimizes exactly what it sees.

If it sees mixed or no signals, it creates volatility.

And when you scale budgets, it breaks.


Predictable pipeline doesn’t come only from spending more.

It comes from feeding Google the right outcomes first.

Fix the tracking before you scale or even before you spend the first $.


That gives you more stable performance from the get-go, and CAC starts trending down over time.

CAC goes up, and scaling never feels safe.

The issue usually isn’t budget or bidding.

It’s how the account is managed.

Most audits reveal the same process gaps: 
1/ No structured optimization, 
2/ Budgets spread thin across too many campaigns, 
3/ Structural changes made reactively to fix the problem, 
4/ Changes and experiments not logged or measured. 

Nothing compounds, and every tweak resets learning.

Scaling doesn’t fail because of Google. It fails because discipline is missing.

Predictable pipeline doesn’t come from activity. It comes from structured iteration.


When Google Ads stops resetting every 3 months, it starts behaving like a predictable system and channel.

I know a little about LinkedIn Ads | Head of Strategy @ Impactable 🧠

Most marketing teams don’t have a 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 -- they have a “ 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵” problem.

If that feels familiar, you’re in the right place.

Because here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud:

You’re not being judged on “running ads.”

You’re being judged on:

– whether the targeting is signal-based (not spray-and-pray),
– whether your spend is defensible,
– whether your funnel isn’t Swiss cheese, and
– whether your campaigns make leadership feel safer, not more nervous.

That’s where I come in.

I’m JD — SVP of Revenue & Growth at Impactable, where we’ve managed $𝟱𝟬𝗠+ 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱, worked with 𝟲𝟬𝟬+ 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, and currently support nearly 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 across multi-channel.

Me personally?

I’ve audited, fixed, or rebuilt 𝟯𝟬𝟬+ 𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀, overseen $𝟮𝟱𝗠+ 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱, and on average save teams ~𝟱𝟬% 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 when I step inside their Campaign Manager.

Not because I’m magical.

Because I actually understand people.

And your pipeline isn’t an algorithm problem -- it’s a 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗢

If you’re a mid-market B2B org (SaaS, IT, pro services, cybersecurity, finserv, AI, etc.) and your ACV actually matters…

I help you:
• Build audience-first programs that target based on intent signals, not job titles
• Stop lighting money on fire with bad structure, sloppy segmentation, and guesswork
• Fix the funnel so retargeting actually works
• Run multi-channel the way real buyers behave (LinkedIn → Google → Direct, not fantasy journeys)
• Prove marketing impact without resorting to vanity metrics
• Look your leadership team in the eyes and confidently say:
“Yes — this is working.”

Impactable is a 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, but the real secret sauce is our 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚-𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 and 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. We don’t just “push buttons.” We help you avoid the political disasters that get marketers fired.

A little more human stuff
I’m married to an incredible woman.
We have 6 kids, 2 dogs, and I’m in the gym/sauna daily because… well, 6 kids.
Sour Patch Kids own me. No shame.

If you want to chat LinkedIn Ads, funnel design, or how to stop burning budget (without a sales pitch), I’m always happy to yap.

🌎 impactable.com
📨 jonathan.g@impactable.com

JD Garcia

Impactable is now a #linkedinads CAPI Certified Partner 🥳

Still relying on a pixel and a prayer?

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This is the missing piece of your Revenue Factory (™ Trevor Corcoran).

Here is the reality of B2B tracking today:

- standard pixel tracking is wonky at best
- between privacy updates, ad blockers, and the fact that B2B buyers are nomadic (they research on one device and convert on another), your data is incomplete at best
- you're seeing a 0 in your dashboard while a deal is actually moving through your pipeline

That’s where CAPI comes in.

It’s not just a technical setup.

It’s the bridge between your CRM and your ad spend.

Instead of just tracking a page load on your site, CAPI allows you to pipe real business outcomes back to LinkedIn:

- webinar attendees (that happened on a third-party site)
- Sales Accepted Leads (that happened in your CRM)
- Closed-Won deals (the only metric that actually matters)

LinkedIn then cross-references this data to show you exactly which impressions influenced that revenue.

It helps remove the "reasonable doubt" that gets marketing budgets cut.

I’m proud of our team for the work they put in to get this certification.

In a world of button pushers, we’re focused on being the strategic partners that actually connect engagement to pipeline.

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Need to upgrade your infrastructure?

You know how to find us.

I know a little about LinkedIn Ads | SVP of Revenue & Growth @ Impactable 🧠

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Impactable for B2B conversion tracking | LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

Your paid media budget just got slashed.

Marketers may panic and turn paid social off.

"We can't do anything with this budget."

Wrong.

You can't play Offense (cold targeting).

But you can play incredible Defense (retargeting).

> I call this the Lifeboat Strategy 🛶 <

When the ship goes down, you don't try to find new passengers.

You save the ones you already have.

If you have a micro-budget, you don't just target "Website Visitors."

You triage based on intent.

You strictly target the people you already paid to acquire:

- Website Visitors that came via Paid Search UTMs
- Single Image Ad Chargeable Clicks (filter out the vanity engagement)
- Video Viewers at 75% to 97% completion
- Company Page Visitors (tightened to 30 days if the audience is too large)
- Closed-Lost Opps (depending on your sales cycle)

You spent months building momentum with these people.

If you cut the cord now, you waste the energy you spent getting them interested in the first place.

But you have to be careful...

Restricting your audience size this much can artificially spike your CPMs.

So you can't just set it and forget it.

You have to get smart with Manual Bidding to ensure you saturate the audience without blowing the budget on premium costs.

Even if you can't afford to grow, you can't afford to be forgotten.

#linkedinads are probably the wrong move for you right now.

Sound weird coming from a LinkedIn partner?

Probably

But if you haven't mastered demand capture, you have no business doing demand generation.

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Here is the situation:

You've validated your product.
You know your ICP.
You’re getting referrals.

Now you want to "step out in front of people" and scale.

Your instinct is to go to LinkedIn to reach your target audience.

Don't do it

LinkedIn is a high-friction, high-cost environment.

It’s where you go to influence the 95% of the market that isn't shopping for your solution right now.

If you haven't optimized your conversion engine, LinkedIn will just be an expensive way to realize your website doesn't work.

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Here's the "Operator" Order of Operations:

1. Capture the 5% Go to Paid Search first. 

Find the people who are literally typing "Best [Your Category] Software" into Google. These people are in "buy mode." They are the low-hanging fruit.

2. Fix the Leaks If you can't convert someone who is actively looking for a solution, you definitely won't convert someone who is just scrolling their feed. Master your Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) here first.

3. Then, and only then, go to LinkedIn once your "demand capture" engine is profitable, and use LI to create the demand for your brand that doesn't exist yet.

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LinkedIn is the multiplier

But you can't multiply zero, homie

If you don't have a predictable way to capture the existing intent in the market, you're just lighting money on fire to build "awareness."

Awareness doesn't make payroll -- cash money does.

Harvest your chunk of the 5% first.

The 95% can wait

Yes, I blew up one of the jumping houses in the house so I could get some work done. 

No, mom doesn’t know 🤫

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I’ve been going hard but realize I need to go harder.

But on the weekends, it’s less about tasks and more about things that are interesting to me. 

Hate me for saying this but you lose so much momentum over the weekend if you aren’t working.

I notice that when I work 7 days a week, my Monday and the subsequent week is much stronger. 

I don’t lose the momentum I built the previous week. 

Do what’s right from you. 

I’m jus saying what I notice about myself. 

Have a great weekend!

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About a year ago, I made a strategy for one of LinkedIn's top influencers thinking it was the best starting point for our engagement...

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This former client has a massive following.

And when we were deciding what the strategy would be, we decided to segment by geo with some light Dynamic ad content to supplement Thought Leadership efforts.

The idea was simple:

Amplify what was already working

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By expanding the reach of the content to the *right* audience, we thought we'd pour gasoline on the fire.

Looking back, I see clearly where we went wrong.

If I had to do it all over again, here's what I do:

1. Deep analysis of the current client base to find key traits that would allow us to artificially constrain the audience.

Audience size was in the hundreds of thousands and ad frequency was low.

And while engagement was cheap, it was also... cheap.

2. Focus on the US first

We tried segmenting by regions, but we later realized that most of the sales were coming from the US.

So while "leads" were cheaper in other regions, the cost barrier for the service made the conversion into revenue much higher.

3. Not underestimating the power of a landing page testing

The client had a strong VSL that they used for organic content, but when we went to paid, the behavior changed.

(duh, right?)

Rookie error -- we relied too heavily on what had worked before that we didn't set expectations that we'd need to test this with paid engagement/traffic.

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I learned something very important from this experience.

Past results is not an indicator of future success.

Having done this for so long, you see the patterns and can spot what starting points make more sense than others.

It's useful but can also bite you in the 🍑

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In the end, we left on good terms.

But as a marketer, nothing is more frustrating that knowing you "should have" seen success but didn't.

Those experiences stick with you.

Did you know there's a magic button you can press in LinkedIn and Google ads to immediately start generating quality leads?

In order to push the button though, you have to:

- fix the capture mechanism
- scrub the algorithmic waste
- narrow the search universe
- focus on high-intent terms
- terminate the audience network
- kill the audience expansion settings
- prioritize intent data over vanity reach
- prune your target list until it only contains your ICP
- identify the retargeting core of engaged prospects
- move the goalpost from form fills to pipeline revenue
- transition from optimizing for clicks to qualified demos
- bridge the efficiency gap between marketing and sales
- stop making your BDRs swim upstream against cold data
- align your bidding strategy with actual business outcomes
- feed the CRM with engagement signals instead of junk leads

Once you do all of those things, the magic button appears and you can press it :D

In all seriousness, there’s no such thing as a "set it and forget it" campaign.

It takes a lot of unsexy work to plug the leaks and build a foundation that actually scales.

You have to sell the vision, align the teams, and identify every other lever you have to support the effort.

It isn't a myopic approach.

It’s an engineering approach.

And when you stop chasing the "magic" and start fixing the infrastructure, the results usually take care of themselves 📈

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