
Paid social media
Paid social reaches people who were not looking for you, which makes it powerful and easy to waste. The difference between the two is usually the creative and the audience definition rather than the budget. Paid social is planned, produced and run across the platforms where your customers actually are.
What paid social media involves
Audiences built on evidence
The starting point is your own customer data and site behaviour rather than interest categories chosen in a meeting. Lookalikes built on people who bought are worth more than lookalikes built on people who clicked, and that difference is tested rather than assumed.
Creative made for the feed
Repurposed print artwork does not work here. Native creative is produced in the formats each platform actually serves, with enough variants to learn something, and refreshed before fatigue sets in rather than after performance has fallen.
Related to paid social media

Facebook and Instagram advertising
Meta campaigns with creative made for the feed and audiences built from your own customer data, structured so the platform finds more of the right people.

Instagram advertising
Instagram ads designed for Feed, Stories and Reels, with creative that matches the content around it and campaigns aimed at the right audience.

LinkedIn advertising
LinkedIn campaigns targeted by job title, company size and industry, with offers decision-makers value and sequenced messages that lead to a meeting.

TikTok advertising
TikTok campaigns built on native creative made for the platform, produced in enough variety to find what works and managed against clear results.

Social media graphic design
Social posts, adverts and templates designed for the phone, sized for every platform format and built so your own team can keep producing on-brand content.

Retargeting
Retargeting set up by what visitors did on your site, with frequency caps and exit rules that turn return visits into sales without annoying anyone.
Start a conversation
Share what you are spending now and what it is returning. You will get a clear answer on whether the problem is the targeting, the creative or the offer.