Where Sublime Security's ads lose the buyer
Sublime Security is running 24 live ads on LinkedIn and Google. Their average fit to their own ideal buyer is 7 out of 10, and 6 ads need fixing. Each ad below is one of Sublime Security’s real live creatives, read straight from the ad libraries.
Sublime Security’s live ads, scored against their buyer
- Download the whitepaper to learn how SEG and ICES work together to close securit, scored 6/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Solid ICP topic but generic gated-content hook lacks urgency or a specific threat pain.
- Learn about tailored email security., scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Sharp pain hook names the exact gap M365 buyers feel.
- Your M365 stack, our agentic email security., scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Non-disruptive positioning resonates with M365-committed buyers but 'deeper' is vague without a specific threat named.
- Inside the latest attacks targeting Booking.com hosts, scored 6/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Clever wordplay hooks curiosity but the blog CTA keeps buyers at arm's length from a product conversation.
- 🌱 🌿 🌸, scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Peer-to-peer testimonial format is highly credible to security practitioners but redacted detail blunts the proof.
- How Sublime's AI agents are secure by design · Blog · Sublime Security, scored 5/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Thought-leadership angle on AI agent security is relevant but the blog-link CTA and abstract creative stall buyer intent.
- Email security without the implementation lift., scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Concrete implementation promise directly kills the biggest objection security teams have to deploying a new email layer.
- Your Google Workspace stack, stronger security., scored 6/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Platform fit is clear but 'fortify' is generic and the CTA 'Add Sublime' skips any proof of what gets added or why.
- Find out what Microsoft misses and Sublime stops., scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Implying live threats already sitting in the inbox creates urgent, specific fear that lands hard on M365-reliant security teams.
- "Agentic- this; AI- that; autonomous- that too" -- I know it's all kinda startin, scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. The autonomy spectrum creative gives security leaders a concrete mental model, but the conversational hook buries the insight.
- Catch what Google's built-in protections miss., scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Direct gap-framing against Google Workspace native security resonates with the ICP but lacks any proof point to close the gap.
- Sublime Email DLP is generally available today! ASA already investigates inbound, scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Concrete DLP scenario on creative lands well.
- Proofpoint Alternative Full Transparency, scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Displacement query matched with full transparency and org-specific detections, two ICP-resonant differentiators.
- Abnormal Alternative Hours Not Weeks, scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Speed-of-deployment contrast against Abnormal directly hits the ICP pain of slow vendor update cycles.
- Abnormal Alternative No Black Box, scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Zero-delay protection, full transparency, and BEC sitelink stack three ICP-critical proof points cleanly.
- AI Agents For Email Security, scored 6/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Headline is generic AI positioning.
- Move Beyond Proofpoint Transparency, scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. No black box decisions and zero-delay protection directly address the ICP frustration with opaque legacy SEGs.
- Mimecast Alternative Every Verdict Explained, scored 8/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Readable detection logic behind every verdict is a precise hook for security engineers who demand full visibility.
- Autonomous Email Defense Enterprise Platform, scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Backtest and deploy in hours is a credible differentiator but no displacement anchor limits urgency for in-market buyers.
- Transparent Email Security Alternative, scored 7/10 against Sublime Security’s ideal buyer. Full visibility angle hits the ICP nerve but stops short of naming what legacy tools miss.
See Sublime Security’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.