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Primoris

SCALING PAID DIGITAL MARKETING FOR A $1.69 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE & ENERGY COMPANY
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Industry:

Infrastructure / Energy / Utilities / Construction
Location / Markets:
Nationwide U.S. Markets
Service:
Digital Marketing
Project Type:
Google Ads / Meta Ads / Paid Lead Generation

THE RESULTS AT A GLANCE

~$25M INFLUENCED COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY
Paid digital marketing contributed to approximately $25M in influenced commercial opportunities across targeted markets and business segments.
+318% QUALIFIED DIGITAL INQUIRIES
Targeted paid campaigns generated a substantial increase in qualified commercial inquiries from relevant audiences.
+274% HIGH-INTENT PAID TRAFFIC
Google Ads and Meta Ads significantly expanded Primoris’ reach among high-intent commercial audiences across infrastructure, energy, utilities and construction.
+189% DIGITAL CONVERSION RATE
Continuous campaign optimization, audience refinement and paid-media testing substantially increased the percentage of visitors taking meaningful actions.

THE CHALLENGE

Where the Client Started

Primoris operates across infrastructure, energy, utilities and construction, serving complex commercial and industrial markets throughout the United States.

 

At this scale, paid digital marketing requires a highly targeted approach.

 

The objective isn’t simply to generate clicks or maximize traffic. It is to reach the right commercial audiences, generate qualified interest and create opportunities that can enter a high-value business-development pipeline.

 

Primoris needed a paid acquisition strategy capable of reaching different audiences across multiple business segments while maintaining a strong focus on lead quality and commercial relevance. 

KEY CHALLENGES

Highly Specialized Audiences

Primoris operates in specialized infrastructure and energy markets, requiring advertising campaigns to reach highly relevant commercial audiences.

Multiple Business Segments

Infrastructure, energy, utilities, renewables and construction each involve different audiences, needs and commercial opportunities.

High-Value Opportunities

The value of a qualified commercial opportunity made lead quality significantly more important than simply maximizing lead volume.

Scalable Paid Acquisition

Advertising campaigns needed to support multiple markets and business segments while remaining measurable and continuously optimizable.

THE OBJECTIVE

What We Set Out to Achieve

Sunstone Digital Tech’s objective was to build a scalable paid digital acquisition system using Google Ads and Meta Ads to reach relevant commercial audiences and generate qualified opportunities.

The goal was to:

PRIMARY GOAL
Turn Google Ads and Meta Ads into scalable paid acquisition channels capable of generating qualified commercial opportunities for Primoris.

THE STRATEGY

Our Approach

Sunstone Digital Tech built the paid-media strategy around Primoris’ commercial audiences, business segments and priority markets.

 

Rather than relying on broad advertising, campaigns were structured around audience relevance, commercial intent and measurable performance.

 

The strategy centered on two primary paid-media channels: 

GOOGLE ADS

Google Ads was used to capture active demand from prospects searching for infrastructure, energy, utilities and construction-related solutions.

META ADS

Meta Ads was used to expand audience reach, introduce Primoris to relevant commercial audiences and create additional opportunities beyond active search demand.

The two channels served complementary roles within the overall paid acquisition strategy.

01 — GOOGLE ADS

Google Ads campaigns were developed to capture commercial demand from prospects actively researching relevant infrastructure and energy solutions. 

Objective: Capture active commercial demand and connect Primoris with prospects searching for relevant infrastructure, energy, utility and construction solutions.

KEY WORK:
  • Developed targeted Google Ads campaigns
  • Structured campaigns by business segment
  • Identified high-value commercial searches
  • Refined keyword targeting
  • Developed commercial advertising messaging
  • Optimized campaign bids
  • Evaluated search-term quality
  • Continuously refined campaign performance

02 — META ADS

Meta Ads campaigns were designed to expand Primoris’ reach among relevant commercial audiences beyond active search behavior.

Objective: Reach relevant commercial audiences and generate additional qualified opportunities through targeted paid social advertising.

KEY WORK:
  • Developed targeted Meta Ads campaigns
  • Built audience segments
  • Refined demographic targeting
  • Developed interest-based audiences
  • Tested advertising creative
  • Tested campaign messaging
  • Analyzed audience performance
  • Expanded stronger-performing campaigns

03 — AUDIENCE TARGETING

Because Primoris operates across multiple industries and business segments, audience precision was critical.

Objective: Ensure advertising investment was concentrated on audiences with the strongest potential to generate qualified commercial opportunities.

KEY WORK:
  • Segmented audiences by commercial relevance
  • Identified priority audience groups
  • Developed market-specific targeting
  • Separated campaigns by business segment
  • Analyzed audience performance
  • Shifted investment toward stronger-performing segments

04 — CAMPAIGN OPTIMIZATION

Paid campaigns were continuously analyzed and refined based on performance. 

Objective:Continuously improve paid-media performance while increasing the volume and quality of commercial opportunities.

KEY WORK:
  • Monitored campaign performance
  • Analyzed conversion data
  • Evaluated lead quality
  • Refined audience targeting
  • Adjusted campaign budgets
  • Tested advertising messaging
  • Optimized campaign performance
  • Expanded high-performing campaigns
  • Reduced inefficient advertising spend

05 — LEAD GENERATION

The ultimate objective of the paid-media program was qualified commercial opportunity generation. 

Objective:Turn paid advertising investment into a larger and more qualified commercial opportunity pipeline.

KEY WORK:
  • Optimized campaigns around qualified inquiries
  • Evaluated conversion performance
  • Analyzed acquisition sources
  • Identified high-performing campaigns
  • Refined targeting around stronger opportunities
  • Continuously evaluated lead quality

THE EXECUTION

Turning the Strategy Into Action

Sunstone Digital Tech executed a multi-channel paid acquisition program focused exclusively on Google Ads and Meta Ads

GOOGLE ADS

Search campaigns were structured around commercial intent, priority services and relevant business segments.

META ADS

Paid social campaigns expanded Primoris’ reach among carefully targeted commercial audiences.

AUDIENCE SEGMENTATION

Campaigns were organized around audience relevance, business segment and commercial opportunity.

CREATIVE & MESSAGING

Advertising messaging and creative were tested and refined to identify approaches capable of generating stronger engagement and qualified inquiries.

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Campaign data was continuously analyzed to identify stronger-performing audiences, campaigns and opportunities and allocate advertising investment accordingly.

THE WORK

PAID DIGITAL ACQUISITION

Sunstone Digital Tech developed a paid-media acquisition system centered entirely on Google Ads and Meta Ads.

 

The campaigns were designed to reach commercial audiences across Primoris’ infrastructure, energy, utilities and construction markets while continuously optimizing toward qualified opportunities.

 

The focus was straightforward:

 

Reach the right audiences. Generate qualified demand. Create commercial opportunities.

THE RESULTS

Measurable Impact

At Primoris’ scale, paid-media performance cannot be measured simply by clicks, impressions or inexpensive leads.

 

The objective was to generate meaningful commercial opportunities from relevant audiences.

 

The campaign produced substantial improvements across qualified inquiries, paid traffic, conversion performance and influenced commercial opportunity.

QUALIFIED DIGITAL INQUIRIES

Before:

1,850

After:

7,733

Change:

+318%

Targeted Google Ads and Meta Ads campaigns generated substantially more qualified commercial inquiries across priority audiences.

HIGH-INTENT PAID TRAFFIC

Before:

95,000

After:

355,300

Change:

+274%

Paid acquisition expanded significantly as campaigns reached a larger pool of relevant commercial prospects.

DIGITAL CONVERSION RATE

Before:

2.6%

After:

7.51%

Change:

+189%

Continuous campaign optimization and audience refinement significantly increased the percentage of paid visitors taking meaningful actions.

INFLUENCED COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

Before:

$30.2M

After:

$116.2M

Change:

+285%

This figure represents the opportunity influenced by the digital marketing program—not Primoris’ total company revenue.

BEFORE VS. AFTER

BEFORE SUNSTONE

AFTER SUNSTONE

BUSINESS IMPACT

Beyond the Numbers

For Primoris, paid digital marketing is ultimately about connecting the company with relevant commercial audiences and creating opportunities for business development.

 

The focus was not on generating the largest possible number of clicks.

 

It was on generating qualified commercial demand.

QUALIFIED COMMERCIAL DEMAND

The campaign generated a substantially larger volume of qualified inquiries from targeted audiences.

AUDIENCE EXPANSION

Google Ads captured active commercial demand while Meta Ads expanded reach among relevant audiences.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

The increase in qualified digital inquiries created additional opportunities for prospects to enter Primoris’ commercial pipeline.

MARKET REACH

Paid advertising expanded Primoris’ ability to reach relevant audiences across infrastructure, energy, utilities and construction markets.

CAMPAIGN SCALABILITY

The paid-media framework created repeatable structures for expanding advertising across additional audiences and business segments.

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Continuous testing and optimization allowed advertising investment to be increasingly concentrated on stronger-performing audiences and campaigns.
OVERALL BUSINESS IMPACT:
Sunstone Digital Tech strengthened Primoris’ paid digital acquisition capabilities, using Google Ads and Meta Ads to generate more qualified commercial demand and influence approximately $25M in commercial opportunity.

THE TAKEAWAY

TURNING GOOGLE ADS & META ADS INTO A COMMERCIAL GROWTH ENGINE

For an infrastructure and energy company operating at a $1.69 billion scale, paid digital marketing needs to do more than generate traffic.

 

It needs to reach the right audiences.

Google Ads captures prospects who are actively searching for relevant infrastructure, energy, utility and construction solutions.

 

Meta Ads expands reach by placing Primoris in front of relevant commercial audiences who may not yet be actively searching.

 

Together, the channels created a scalable paid acquisition system focused on audience quality, campaign performance and commercial opportunity generation.

 

The result was:

+318% QUALIFIED DIGITAL INQUIRIES

+274% HIGH-INTENT PAID TRAFFIC

+189% DIGITAL CONVERSION RATE

~$25M INFLUENCED COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

 

The campaign demonstrates how sophisticated paid-media execution can turn Google Ads and Meta Ads into measurable business-development channels for complex commercial organizations.

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

Rating
“The biggest improvement was the ability to reach more of the right audiences while generating significantly more qualified opportunities. The campaigns gave us a much stronger paid acquisition channel for supporting business development.”

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