Marketing Leadership Podcast: Strategies From Wise D2C & B2B Marketers · Dots Loves Marketing

What Is the Demand and Supply Paid Search Model?

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Anu recommends a 20% testing budget and says smaller accounts may have “0% for testing” at £1,000.

Dots opens by introducing Anu Adegbola and framing the discussion around demand and supply in paid search. The conversation quickly gets practical, with Anu explaining that small businesses often do not have enough data for automation to do all the heavy lifting. In that situation, the work still needs more manual structure and human judgment. The show keeps coming back to the landing page, because that is where paid search either proves itself or wastes money. Anu argues that marketers should look at organic traffic first and figure out how well the page converts before paying for visits. That gives you a baseline. Once that baseline exists, paid search becomes easier to judge, because the team can tell whether the problem sits in the ad, the audience, or the page itself. Dots keeps the exchange moving with follow-up questions that let Anu expand on the point instead of turning it into a slogan. The result is a practical back-and-forth about measurement, testing, and the limits of AI in performance marketing. The episode treats that uncertainty as normal, which fits a topic built on tradeoffs. By the end, the conversation lands on a simple idea: paid search is not just about buying clicks, but about understanding what a click is worth.

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A direct paid search discussion that puts baseline testing ahead of automated spend.

This episode keeps its focus on paid search and the tension between demand and supply, with Dots Oyobulu steering the discussion and Anu Adegbola speaking from her work at PPC Live UK.

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Get a clearer read on paid search before you spend another dollar.

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