Cracked Media

Paid Ads

We've run paid media for stadium tours and for products Google would rather pretend don't exist. Both taught the same lesson: performance comes from structure and restraint, not from spending louder.

The approach

Our paid accounts are built the unfashionable way: tight structures, ruthless search-term hygiene, creative matched to intent, and measurement that tells the truth even when platforms make that hard.

We're happiest in accounts where the money matters. High demand that needs orchestrating, or restricted categories where every click costs real thought. Vanity reach has never paid anyone's payroll.

What that covers

Google Ads & PPC

Search, Shopping and Performance Max, structured to compound rather than churn.

Paid social

Meta and beyond. Creative-led prospecting and retargeting that respects the feed.

Microsoft Ads

The quietly profitable channel most agencies forget exists.

Restricted-category paid

Compliant strategies for verticals where the platforms say 'it's complicated'.

Tracking & measurement

GA4, GTM and attribution you can make decisions on.

How we judge it

One number matters: what a pound of spend brings back. We report on that, plainly, and we'd rather lose a pitch than promise a metric we don't believe in.