Where Bitly's ads lose the buyer
Bitly is running 18 live ads on LinkedIn and Google. Their average fit to their own ideal buyer is 7.4 out of 10, and 1 ad needs fixing. Each ad below is one of Bitly’s real live creatives, read straight from the ad libraries.
Bitly’s live ads, scored against their buyer
- Unbranded links create friction. Bitly helps 2000+ financial companies replace t, scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Sharp visual contrast and 2000+ financial company proof make the trust case fast.
- See how retail brands use Bitly to enhance the whole shopping experience, in-sto, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Retail-vertical guide with in-store and online framing hits a sweet-spot segment cleanly.
- Jess Carr , Senior Paid Acquisition Manager at Bitly, is focused on knowing whic, scored 6/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Attribution angle is on-ICP but internal employee framing dilutes buyer relevance.
- 99.9% Uptime for Every Link, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Scale and uptime angle targets developers well, but analytics and QR pain points are buried.
- Customer trust is hard to earn and easy to lose. See why leading financial brand, scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Sharp social proof number and peer-pressure hook land hard for financial services buyers.
- Connect Every Touchpoint in One Platform, scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Full product suite shown visually with clear pricing and a unified-workflow pain point addressed.
- Customer trust is hard to earn and easy to lose. See why leading financial brand, scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Same strong social proof and peer-pressure hook as sibling ad, vertical fit is tight.
- Grab the guide on building customer trust into every alert, reminder, and login., scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Punchy customer-voice hook earns attention from fintech marketers, but ebook CTA cools urgency.
- Bitly, Built Into Your Stack, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Developer and product-team angle is clear, but marketing and brand managers may not self-identify.
- Trust Built Into Every Click, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Compliance badges are strong proof for regulated-industry buyers but leave analytics pain unaddressed.
- When customers get a message from their bank or fintech app, they decide in seco, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Gated guide with a relevant vertical hook works for mid-funnel, but no product benefit is stated.
- Grab the guide on building customer trust into every alert, reminder, and login., scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Sharp emotional hook targets financial services trust pain, but branded-link solution stays implicit.
- Free guide: how branded links help financial services build customer trust., scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Strong customer-doubt hook, clear vertical fit, free ebook CTA, and product title visible on cover.
- Free guide: how branded links help financial services build customer trust., scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Same strong hook and vertical targeting as sibling ad, equally well-executed with clear download CTA.
- Connect Every Touchpoint in One Platform, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Covers all three core products clearly with pricing anchor, but headline is generic and lacks a pain hook.
- Most security warnings start with one thing: a link that doesn't look right. Lea, scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Specific social proof of 2000+ financial companies and visual URL trust ladder make a compelling case.
- See Where Your Audience Really Engages, scored 8/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Real dashboard data with city-level specifics directly addresses the ICP's core analytics blind-spot pain.
- Unlock City-Level Analytics with Bitly, scored 7/10 against Bitly’s ideal buyer. Calls out the gap clearly and names city-level and device-type features, but proof is illustrative not data-driven.
See Bitly’s full live-ad board on AdRoast. Every creative scored against their ICP, with the exact fix for each.
Learn the method behind these scores: the AdRoast guides cover how to audit your ads against your ICP and why clicks do not turn into pipeline.