The challenge SaaS founders kept describing
All three companies we worked with had built something genuinely useful — but their pipeline was unpredictable. Leads came through referrals, occasional inbound, or cold outreach. Nothing consistent, nothing scalable.
None of them had run paid advertising before. LinkedIn Ads felt expensive and uncertain. But they all had the same core problem: they needed to get in front of senior decision-makers at the right companies, at scale, without a large sales team to do it manually.
The three clients
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Vaayushop
AI automation and digital workers for businesses — specialising in Solar, EV, and emerging tech verticals. Forbes India Top 100. They had the product and the credibility. What they needed was a consistent way to reach the business heads and operations leaders who would buy it. We focused specifically on Solar and EV industries where they had strong case studies — not going broad.
↑ 30–100 qualified leads/month
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Saarathy
A communication framework platform helping businesses structure how their teams communicate. Strong product, strong team — but marketing was not their strength. They came wanting demo bookings from decision-makers who had both budget and authority. From day one, the quality of leads coming in was noticeably higher than what their organic efforts had produced.
↑ Qualified demo bookings from week one
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AidaJet
An AI-powered newsletter platform helping businesses build, schedule, and analyse email newsletters without a team. Their ICP was clear — B2B companies losing leads due to poor follow-up. LinkedIn let us reach exactly those founders and marketers by targeting companies where follow-up was likely a problem based on their industry and size.
↑ Consistent high-quality demo bookings
Why LinkedIn — not Google, not Meta
SaaS products targeting business buyers have a targeting problem on other platforms. On Google, you're chasing intent signals that are too broad. On Meta, you're reaching people at work in spirit but not in mindset.
LinkedIn is the only platform where you can filter by job title, company size, industry, and seniority — and reach those people while they're already in a business context. For all three clients, this meant every impression landed on someone who could actually say yes to a purchase.
"The leads from LinkedIn were different — they already understood what we did. The sales conversations started further along."
— Feedback from a SaaS client's sales team
What we did
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ICP and messaging clarity
Before touching Campaign Manager, we got clear on who the real buyer was and what language would land. For Vaayushop, this meant narrowing to Solar and EV — verticals where they had credibility and proof, not going broad across all industries.
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Senior, specific audience targeting
We built audiences around titles and company sizes that actually had buying power. Not every LinkedIn user is a prospect — we filtered hard so every impression was on someone who could approve a purchase.
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Ad format testing
Lead Gen Forms as the primary format — frictionless for the user, clean data for the client. We tested Message Ads (direct, personal feel) and Single Image Ads (broader reach) to find what each audience responded to.
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Ongoing optimisation
Campaigns don't perform the same in week 1 and month 3. We watched what was converting, cut what wasn't, and doubled down on the formats and messages that drove demo bookings — not just form fills.
Who we targeted
Job titles
FounderCo-FounderCEO
MDDirectorHead of Sales
Business HeadVP
Company size
50–200 employees
201–500 employees
500+ employees
Ad formats
Lead Gen Forms
Message Ads
Single Image Ads
Industry focus
Solar & EV (Vaayushop)
B2B across verticals
Businesses with poor follow-up
The results
30–100Qualified leads generated per month, per client
50–70%Of leads converted into demo or discovery calls
DailyConsistent lead flow — not one-off bursts, a predictable pipeline
ZeroPrevious paid ad experience — all three started from scratch with us
What made the difference
The most common mistake SaaS companies make on LinkedIn is going too broad. The platform rewards specificity — the narrower and more relevant your audience, the better your CPL and lead quality.
For Vaayushop, focusing on Solar and EV verticals where they had existing case studies meant conversations were warm before anyone picked up the phone. For AidaJet, targeting companies with a specific follow-up problem meant leads already felt the pain before they booked a demo.
The second factor was Lead Gen Forms. On LinkedIn, asking someone to click through to a landing page is one step too many. A native form pre-filled with their LinkedIn data means more completions, better data quality, and a shorter path to a booked call.
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