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Real, sourced case files from paid-search and paid-social campaigns actually run: platform, spend range, timeframe, the metric that mattered (ROAS, CPA, or CTR), the verdict, and honest post-mortems on what failed, not only wins. This is the flagship section and the site's only defensible moat; nothing here is aggregated industry data or a platform's claimed lift figure, and every record carries a last-reviewed date because AI ad defaults change fast enough to make older figures misleading. Tactics in Bidding and failures documented in Creative link back to specific records here as their evidence base.

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Case filePlatformCampaign typeSpend rangeMetricClaimed vs. actualVerdictLast reviewed
How Paramount+ Built a Pre-Release Launch Playbook for Frisco King
How Gigi Hadid's Handbag Dupes Fuel Influencer Marketing
How Hertz's EV Discount Spiral Backfired
HubSpot AI Features Update: What Changed in 2024 for Marketing Automation
Salesforce Einstein for B2B Marketing: What the Features Actually Do and Where the ROI Is
SEO Content Brief Prompt Templates with Claude Projects: A Team-Scale Setup Guide
AI in Advertising Examples: Where It Works, Where It Doesn’t, and the $100 AOV Decision Rule
AI for Real Estate Marketing: The Adoption Data, ROI Benchmarks, and Agent Use Cases That Matter in 2026
What AI Video Ad Creative Actually Delivers: Case Study Results from Wyndham, Realtor.com, Goop, and Tuckernuck
When AI Movie Ads Work and When They Don't
AI for Sales and Marketing in 2026: Where to Invest Your Budget for Maximum ROI
The Right AI SEO Tool Depends on Your Workflow
Alphabet's Q2 Earnings Signal Rising Google Ads CostsGoogle Ads
The AMD vs Nvidia marketing battle and what it teachesB2B Marketing
How Delta Marketed 7 New Routes in One Summer
How the Coca-Cola Fairlife Ransomware Attack Stalled Marketing
Google Ads AI Max Campaigns: Feature Breakdown for Paid Search PractitionersGoogle Ads
How McDonald's Built a Year-Long Marketing Platform Around the Biscuit
Nothing Bundt Cakes Uses Data to Drive Gluten-Free Growth
YouTube TV's Genre Plans Reshape Marketing ReachYouTube TVConnected TV
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