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    Early and growth-stage startups already spending on ads that want a partner who can run paid campaigns and fix the attribution behind them

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    Paid search management
    Paid social management
    Campaign strategy and scaling
    Conversion tracking setup

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    Bottleneck Marketing

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    paid • Custom engagement
    Updated Oct 2026

    Bottleneck Marketing is a paid media and marketing analytics agency founded by Plínio Marques de Siqueira, built for startups that are already spending on ads but cannot tell which spend is actually working. The agency's pitch is the pairing most paid media shops skip: channel execution and measurement together. Campaigns across paid search and paid social are run alongside conversion tracking setup and marketing analytics, so every scaling decision is tied back to attribution a founder can actually trust. Services cover paid search and paid social management, campaign strategy and scaling, conversion tracking setup, and marketing analytics and reporting. The approach is analytics-first: rather than adding channels for their own sake, the team focuses on finding and removing the specific bottleneck holding growth back — whether that is a broken tracking setup, a mispriced bid strategy, or a channel that looks good on last-click but fails under cleaner measurement. Hands-on founder involvement means clients work directly with senior operators rather than being handed off to a rotating account team. Bottleneck Marketing is best suited to early and growth-stage startups that are already spending on ads and want a partner who can both run the campaigns and fix the attribution behind them — founders who cannot tell which spend is working come here for clean measurement first, then scale the channels the data proves out.

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    Pros

    • Analytics-first approach — measurement is fixed before spend is scaled
    • Both channel execution and attribution under one roof
    • Hands-on founder involvement rather than a rotating account team
    • Focus on removing the actual growth bottleneck, not adding channels for their own sake
    • Built specifically for early and growth-stage startups

    Cons

    • Agency model — not a self-serve tool, so it requires real ad budget to make sense
    • Best fit for startups already spending on ads; too early for pre-launch teams
    • Engagement pricing is custom rather than published
    • Focused on paid channels — organic and content are outside the core scope
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    All Features

    Paid search management
    Paid social management
    Campaign strategy and scaling
    Conversion tracking setup
    Marketing analytics and reporting
    Attribution and measurement audits

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