We Drove 300% Growth, Then Watched It Collapse

Client Overview
A well-funded SaaS company in the martech space with ambitious goals and pressure to scale fast.
the challenge
They hired us to grow—and we did. We scaled their paid media to 300% over target in 3 months. Then leadership asked for even more within two weeks. The problem was simple. Growth is not linear. It adapts to market behavior, not executive pressure.

What We Did Right:

  • We rejected Playbook Advertising and instead deployed our proprietary Adaptive Advertising™ methodology to reverse-engineer their exact growth target.
  • We audited their entire funnel to identify conversion friction and messaging-market misalignment, especially between the ads, landing pages, and sales process.
  • Designed and launched revenue-focused campaigns across Google, Meta, and YouTube, using pain-point driven messaging specific to each funnel stage.
  • We didn’t just optimize for clicks — we engineered for Pipeline-Primed Leads™, integrating real paying customers feedback to tighten targeting around actual sales-ready behaviors.
  • Our creatives weren’t based on guesswork — we relied on first-party intent signals, creative resonance data, and adaptive audience feedback to scale top performers.
  • Throughout the process, we collaborated with their internal teams to ensure alignment across ads, product positioning, and GTM execution.

Where It Went Wrong:

Since the client saw the crazy results we generated through paid media, they began to see it as the savior — the fix-it-all solution for gaps left by other strategies.

The dark side that people don’t talk about in generating demand is that sometimes executives use paid media to become the band-aid solution for missed targets in sales, product, and retention.

We were asked to hit the gas beyond what the system could sustain — sacrificing alignment for momentum. We gave in — because we, too, were ambitious. And that was on us.

The campaign was pushed beyond what it was designed to handle. We paused optimization loops, overextended creative volume, and diluted the targeting. Leads came in. But they were low-intent, and conversion rates tanked.

We stopped steering. And we paid for it.

The Fallout:

  • 🚨 Campaigns collapsed after over-scaling with misaligned pressure
  • 🔄 Client confidence dropped, and we were asked to step back

But before we walked away, we fixed it.
We cleaned up the mess, restructured the funnel, and built them a revenue-generating model they could run on their own — without us.

Why It Mattered:

This taught us the cost of playing by someone else’s definition of growth. Not all growth that looks impressive on the surface is actually healthy for the business.

Now, we lead differently.
We don’t just take orders. We advise. We protect the strategy.
Because that’s what creates sustainable, scalable growth.

If you want a team that won’t just follow but will lead your growth with strategy, truth, and backbone, book a call.

At LEADx, we’ve seen what happens when strategy gets compromised. We’ve made it our mission to never let that happen again.

Today, we’re sharper, bolder, and more committed than ever to building revenue systems that work—not just on dashboards, but in the real world.

Let’s build your growth engine the right way, with partners who know how to scale and when to say no.