Where ON24's ads lose the buyer

ON24 is running 11 live ads on LinkedIn and Google. Their average fit to their own ideal buyer is 6.4 out of 10, and 6 ads need fixing. Each ad below is one of ON24’s real live creatives, read straight from the ad libraries.

ON24’s live ads, scored against their buyer

  • Turn Engagement Data Into LinkedIn Campaigns, scored 7/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Clear first-party data use case lands well, but no proof or specific outcome to seal the click.
  • Expand Reach With Better Audience Targeting, scored 6/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Same message as ad 0 but softer hook and vaguer subhead dilute the value proposition.
  • The old event formula, promote, register, follow up, can’t keep pace with today’, scored 7/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Playbook offer with a clear scope hits the ICP pain, but 'next-gen' is generic and no urgency drives the click.
  • Expand Reach With Better Audience Targeting, scored 6/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Clear mechanic but no proof or outcome metric to earn the click.
  • Activate High-Intent Audiences, scored 6/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Relevant use case for demand gen buyers but headline is generic and proof-free.
  • Activate High-Intent Audiences, scored 5/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Softer, conditional framing undercuts urgency and no proof backs the claim.
  • 93% of marketers are using or planning to use AI. Top-performing organizations a, scored 7/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Strong stat hook and a named report give demand-gen buyers a real reason to download.
  • Create a seamless buyer journey with ON24, scored 5/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Headline mismatch with creative copy and no CTA weakens an already soft message.
  • Turn Engagement Data Into LinkedIn Campaigns, scored 7/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Outcome-led headline with a clear mechanism lands well for demand-gen buyers, but no proof metric.
  • AI Adoption Is Mainstream. Advantage Isn't., scored 8/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Sharp contrarian hook, 93% stat, visible report preview, and a hard download CTA all combine well.
  • Create a seamless buyer journey with ON24, scored 6/10 against ON24’s ideal buyer. Relevant mechanic for the ICP but identical to ad 1 with no proof or CTA to differentiate.

See ON24’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.