LinkedIn ads agency · B2B lead generation & ads management
Reach exactly the right people
No other platform lets you advertise to 'operations directors at UK manufacturers with 50 to 500 staff', by name of job, industry and company. LinkedIn clicks cost more; the right ones are worth it, and we make sure they're the ones you pay for. Measured in qualified leads and pipeline, not likes.
Why B2B budgets keep landing on LinkedIn
LinkedIn costs more per click than anywhere else. Here's why B2B buyers still make it back, and how we keep the waste out.
Your buyers are already on it
Four in five members drive business decisions at their company. That concentration is why B2B budgets keep moving here.
Precision is what pays it back
At that price a broad audience burns a budget in days. Job title, seniority, industry, company size and named-company lists are what make the click worth paying for.
You speak to the person running your ads
The same in-house team that runs Google and Meta for our clients. Audiences, copy and creative all built here, and a free strategy and forecast before you spend a penny.
What we'll get you, and how
LinkedIn is the B2B channel, and everything here serves one outcome: qualified conversations with the people who sign off. Selling to consumers? Your budget almost certainly works harder on Meta or Google, and we'll say so.
Decision-maker leads, in seconds
LinkedIn's native Lead Gen Forms open inside the feed, pre-filled from the person's profile, and convert several times better than sending clicks to a landing page. Every lead syncs straight into your CRM, warm and ready to call.
The exact room you want to be in
Job title, seniority, function, industry, company size, even named companies. This is what those pricier clicks buy: the one platform where 'our exact buyer' is a targeting setting, not a hope.
Ads that earn their place in the feed
Single image, video, carousels and document ads that give value before they ask for anything. Written and designed in-house to read like insight, not interruption.
How UK manufacturers are cutting downtime by a third, without new machinery. The 4-step playbook: ↓
Your dream-client list, reached directly
Give us the companies you want and we'll put your brand in front of their decision-makers, only them. Sales and marketing finally pointing at the same names.
Stay with them through the long sale
B2B deals aren't won on the first click. We retarget pricing-page visitors, video viewers and past engagers with the case studies and proof that move a considered sale forward.
A voice people actually read
LinkedIn feeds are full of corporate wallpaper, and buyers scroll straight past it. We test human-voiced angles against the safe stuff, and scale whichever earns the attention.
From click to pipeline, in plain sight
The Insight Tag and Conversions API wired properly, every lead traced from form to CRM to opportunity value. Your report leads with leads, meetings and pipeline, not impressions.
What you get, and how we work
At £2 to £6 a click, waste hurts fast on LinkedIn. Here's how we run it next to how it usually gets run.
How we manage your LinkedIn ads
At LinkedIn prices, discipline is the strategy. Here's what active management looks like, step by step.
Audit and discovery
We start by understanding your business, your goals and your current position, before a penny gets spent.
- Existing campaigns audited thoroughly before we touch anything
- Your buyer defined precisely: titles, industries, company sizes
- Honest advice on whether your budget fits your goals
- Quick wins identified and flagged from day one
Strategy and setup
A campaign structure built around your goals, not around what's easiest to manage.
- Campaigns built around one outcome: qualified conversations
- Conversion tracking set up properly, so every click, call and sale counts
- Landing pages reviewed, because clicks mean nothing without conversions
- You see and approve the strategy before we spend anything
Careful launch
Campaigns go live under close watch, with adjustments made as the data comes in.
- Close monitoring through the critical early days
- LinkedIn's learning phase managed so it doesn't drain your budget
- Early signals acted on fast, good and bad
- Clear communication about what's happening and why
Ongoing optimisation
This is where most agencies go quiet, and where we do our best work, week after week.
- Creative and angles refreshed on schedule
- Daily budget control and bid management
- Continuous A/B testing of ad copy and landing pages
- Cost per acquisition pushed in the right direction, month on month
Reporting and reviews
Every month, a clear report that connects your ad spend directly to business outcomes.
- Leads, meetings and pipeline value, in plain English
- What we did, what it changed and what's next
- Regular consultancy calls with the person managing your account
- A live marketing dashboard you can check any time
Transparent plans, priced in the open
Most agencies make you sit through three calls to hear a number. Ours are published: find your ad budget, see your plan.
Every plan begins with the free LinkedIn strategy and forecast, so you start with a strategy, not a subscription.
Start with the strategy & forecast ↓All prices exclude VAT · Pricing correct as of July 2026 · Ad spend is paid to LinkedIn directly and is separate from management fees
Get a free LinkedIn strategy and forecast
Guessing is expensive. Before you commit to anything, we'll research your audience, your market and your competitors' ads, then forecast what your budget could realistically deliver on LinkedIn. You get an honest plan you can hold us to, including being told straight if LinkedIn isn't your best channel right now.
- Your audience sized and your market's costs researched
- What your competitors are running, and where they're weak
- A realistic forecast of results from your budget
- No cost, no obligation, no hard sell
Why B2B businesses trust us with LinkedIn
A few honest reasons clients choose us, and stay with us.
You speak to the person running your ads
No account managers relaying messages. Your specialist builds the audiences, writes the ads and answers your questions, one person who knows your pipeline properly.
Honest about where your budget belongs
LinkedIn is brilliant for B2B and wrong for plenty else. We run Google, Meta and LinkedIn under one roof, so our advice is about your results, not our retainer.
Creative and copy, in-house
B2B doesn't have to mean beige. Our designers and writers make ads that earn attention in a feed full of corporate wallpaper, and we test them like it's science.
Built for the long sale
B2B buyers take months, not minutes. Retargeting, nurture and CRM-synced follow-up mean the lead you paid for actually becomes the meeting you wanted.
What our clients say about working with us
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Richard Combs
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LinkedIn works even harder alongside
B2B buying journeys cross channels for months. Because everything at designbox is in-house, the team running your LinkedIn ads also runs the search, email and website that finish what the ads start.
Google Ads
Catch the demand LinkedIn creates: when that director searches you a week later, be there too.
Google Ads →
Meta ads
Decision-makers scroll Instagram at 9pm like everyone else. Reach them cheaply between board meetings.
Meta ads →
Lead generating websites
Ads win the click; the website wins the enquiry. Ours are built for exactly that handover.
Lead gen websites →
Email marketing
Nurture every LinkedIn lead automatically, from download to discovery call to deal.
Email marketing →
SEO
The searches your buyers make between meetings. Own them organically alongside the ads.
SEO services →
AI search optimisation
Buyers ask ChatGPT to shortlist suppliers now. Be the B2B name it recommends.
AI search →One team, one plan, built around your business
The services above aren't a menu you have to work out alone. Tell us what you're trying to achieve and you get a dedicated team across every channel, working to one plan built for your business: strategy, delivery and reporting handled, like a marketing department of your own.
LinkedIn ads, explained properly
LinkedIn ads FAQs
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