Where Poweredbysearch's ads lose the buyer
Poweredbysearch is running 10 live ads on LinkedIn and Google. Their average fit to their own ideal buyer is 6.9 out of 10, and 0 ads need fixing. Each ad below is one of Poweredbysearch’s real live creatives, read straight from the ad libraries.
Poweredbysearch’s live ads, scored against their buyer
- "You don't understand our business - it's too technical", scored 7/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Named client quote directly kills the 'too technical' objection with real social proof.
- member logo, scored 7/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Timely GEO playbook hooks AI-anxious B2B marketers but stops short of a pipeline or revenue promise.
- member logo, scored 8/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. 95 vs 5 percent market visual names the exact broken system the ICP lives inside daily.
- member logo, scored 5/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Talking-head video with no visible result or stat gives no reason to stop scrolling.
- member logo, scored 9/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Specific before-and-after numbers on a red-hot AI search pain point land squarely on the ICP.
- Are founders happy after hiring Powered by Search? This founder says yes, big ti, scored 6/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Anti-agency angle is on-brand but targets founders, not marketing leaders, and lacks a hard result.
- member logo, scored 5/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Screen-recorded slide title is a topic label, not a value hook, and offers no outcome for the ICP.
- Can Powered by Search drive results? Stephan Foos, Head of Growth, says yes. Big, scored 6/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Real customer quote signals results but no metric or SaaS context makes it forgettable.
- member logo, scored 8/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. Venn diagram frames the exact paid-plus-organic tension the ICP lives with, with clear named motions.
- member logo, scored 8/10 against Poweredbysearch’s ideal buyer. MQL Trap quadrant names the budget-waste fear the ICP feels daily, making this highly stoppable.
See Poweredbysearch’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.