How Paid Ads Power Brand Awareness, Community, and Conversions
- Jake Aglietti
- Apr 13
- 2 min read
An Advertising Summary

Why Ads?
Building brand awareness isn’t just about being seen
It’s about consistently telling your story in a way that builds community, trust, and connection with your audience.
Whether you’re launching a new brand or scaling an existing one, digital ads allow you to:
Build awareness
Expand your audience
Influence action
In short, ads enhance your brand by making sure the right people hear your message at the right time.
Meeting your needs is always priority one. Here’s what you can expect when partnering with BrightSide Media
Strategy and audience research
Creative testing
Channel recommendations
Campaign execution
Analytics evaluation and performance reporting

Hero vs. Sidekick: The Role of Digital Ads
Digital ads can either lead the charge or play a supporting role alongside your organic content.
Ads as the Primary Effort
Full-service strategy
Minimum $3k/month ad spend
Multi-channel campaign options
More experimentation and testing
Ideal when you want to aggressively grow or launch new offerings
Add-On to Organic
Minimum $1.5k/month ad spend
Supports and amplifies your existing content
Paid social is the main focus
More evergreen creative
Ideal when you’re already building momentum organically and want to scale reach

Your Brand in the Market
At each stage of the customer journey, ads can help your brand stand out from the noise:
Awareness: Be seen by the right audience
Interest: Spark curiosity and desire
Action: Drive meaningful conversions
Results That Matter
We're not just talking about impressions, we’re focused on real outcomes:
Expanding reach
Driving conversions
Turning leads into loyal customers
Building a brand-aligned community

Metrics to Expect
Awareness
Reach should be at least 125% of your current follower count
A healthy cost-per-1,000 impressions (CPM) falls between $6–$12
Interest/Desire
Click-through rate (CTR) should range between 10–20% of total reach
Action
Conversion rate should outperform industry average by 3–5%
Low abandonment rates on landing pages and checkout flows
The Process
Discovery
Learn about your brand and business goals
Identify how ads can directly address your challenges
Proposal
We’ll share a tailored strategy
Review and refine campaign goals, messaging, and budget
Execution
Launch campaigns
Optimize for creative, budget, and targeting performance
Evaluation
Recap campaign performance
Provide insights, trends, and recommendations for future initiatives
Ready to turn your message into momentum?
Whether you need a full-scale ad strategy or just want to boost what you’re already doing, we’d love to hear from you.
Reach out and let’s see what kind of results we can create together.
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