fbpx

Facebook – Instagram – Сontent Сreation

How to scale to 4 mln revenue with ROAS 9.5 in pandemic times

Hey everyone, we would like to share the cool results of one of our clients and reveal some tips and tools that our team has used to achieve success.

The results

$422 002
Ad Spent
$4 012 890
Purchase Conversion Value
9.51
ROAS
Where we started

When we started working together, this brand already had some profitable campaigns, but every scaling attempt led to plummeting ROAS. The client’s average ROAS was 4.1 with $29Đš in monthly ad spend. Every time the daily budget was increased, ROAS went down to 3 – 3.5. Before starting to work on any project, I always make an audit of ad campaigns and study the entire project funnel. I analyze the main mistakes and problems that may affect the worsening of the project’s results and also think the strategy through.

Above all else, this project had a problem with building the correct funnel structure inside FB ads. There were also no steady retargeting campaigns that could have constantly driven profitable sales, as well as there were no campaigns for previous customers. They also had a problem with audience overlap and didn’t have a system of new texts and creatives testing, most of the campaigns had DPAs with cookie-cutter texts

Project Details

The Client:

Apparel brand

Time Period:

April – August
GEO: USA
Target ROAS: 3.6

Ad Platform:

Facebook Instagram
Project KPIs
  • To make ROAS 5+ so that the business could steadily be profitable and 2X or 2.5X its current revenue.
  • To adjust funnel structure in such a way so that it would be possible to steadily track all the key KPIs on every stage.
  • To set up retargeting.
  • To resolve the issue with audience overlap, and start testing new creatives and ad copies.
Implementation

Funnel building

This project didn’t have a well-defined funnel structure. For most of our eCommerce projects we use a standard funnel structure:

This kind of structure allows distributing traffic more effectively on all the funnel stages and helps to achieve the best possible results while scaling. To implement it, your creatives, texts and formats should be carefully prepared for every stage of the funnel.

On TOF, we used videos of several bestselling products and DPAs as collection ads with products on the bottom and a video or an image on the top. On MOF, we added video feedbacks from previous customers and videos with influencers. On BOF, we ran DPA carousels, texts with promo codes, and text feedbacks. We also made upsells and cross-sells with special offers for previous customers.

Testing New Ad Copies

Many believe that ad copies do not really influence campaign effectiveness. But this project proves such belief to be wrong. One of the key objectives was to find new ad copies variations that could keep ROAS stable. For this, we had to create a system of continuous testing because the client was using short cookie-cutter texts back then. We started testing various texts for certain funnel stages:

  1. short
  2. long
  3. feedbacks
  4. with and without discounts
  5. lists of characteristics and advantages

We tested a fair amount of new texts in Split test campaigns, and within the first week, we managed to find several variations that allowed keeping ROAS at 6-7. Ad copies variations that helped to generate max ROAS in Split Test campaigns were carried over into the main TOF campaigns.

Using Collection ads

Along with ad copies, we also tested new creatives. We chose Collection ads as the key format for this. Generally, it’s nice and easy to use because you can add dynamic catalogue to it. We mostly utilized it for TOF, but also tested this format for other funnel stages. We started testing Collection ads using brand products videos, and then we switched to testing more vibrant videos that we edited ourselves. We also told our client more about the types of videos that would perform the best and advised them to start cooperating with influencers.

And we kept testing different videos.

The format of ads that we used for this client started showing good results pretty soon after we had combined best performing ad copies and collection ads. We also noticed that this method could 3X ROAS.

How to deal with audience overlap

Audience overlap is one of the most frequent issues on Ecommerce projects that start scaling. Most often it causes some adsets to either stop spending at all or to spend far less than they should. It happens because Facebook algorithm detects high audience overlap in certain adsets and starts showing other adsets more often. Audience overlap on this project was up to 60% in some adsets and we had to resolve this issue somehow. Since we had experience with this kind of problem, we knew how to deal with it. Here’s how:

  • Kill adsets with the highest audience overlap if they perform much worse than the other adsets (it’s not always the case, though)
  • Turn on CBO (this client wasn’t using CBO)
  • Add exclusions to the adsets. You have to at least exclude your customers and VC for the last 30-180 days (amount of days depends on a project). You can also make broader exclusions, for example, of those who watched videos for the last 30-180 days.
  • Try broadening your current audiences in adsets. I mean, if you use certain targeting settings by interests, you can try to broaden these audiences. Or if you use 1% LAL, you can try 3% or 5%

We applied the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tips listed above, and almost did not use the 1st one because we had to keep certain adsets running. First off, we started testing CBO on several campaigns, and within a week all the other key campaigns were also switched to CBO.

Then we addressed the problem of exclusions in the adsets. While making an audit for these guys we noticed that they weren’t excluding custom audiences in most of the campaigns. We excluded all those who made a purchase and VC audience for the last 180 days.

In addition, this client was using a 1% Purchase LAL audience for 30 days in the majority of the adsets. We decided to test 3% and 5% LALs in most adsets.

All these steps helped to make audience overlap on average three times lower.

Retargeting System

The client didn’t have permanent retargeting campaigns and that was the problem we had to deal with immediately. Not targeting users who had abandoned carts, the company failed to have at least 20% of additional sales.

The first thing we did was creating and launching the retargeting structure. Our perfect structure for long-term retargeting campaigns is to gather VC, ATC, and IC audiences for 3-7-14-21 days and show different ads variations to each group. You can also test broader time periods.

Previous customers
This stage of the funnel implies working with users who purchased some goods from different categories. It aids in adding more value to increase overall ROAS. Our first priorities were audiences of those who purchased 2 or more times and of those who spent $300 or more because these audiences were the most loyal to the brand. And at the same time, we also used audiences of those who purchased something from only one of the categories and showed them goods from the other categories.
Results and conclusions
The results we’ve managed to generate prove that the chosen strategy is successful. We achieved such results thanks to the deep analysis, detailed elaboration of creatives and audiences, and correctly built campaigns structure.
$422 002
Ad Spent
$4 012 890
Website purchases conversion value
9.51

ROAS

Keys to success

  • Split tests for faster creatives and ad copies testing
  • Constantly updated video content
  • Correct campaigns structure
  • Well-worked retargeting system
  • Quickly resolved issue with audience overlap
This case study proves that eCommerce projects can be successfully scaled even during challenging pandemic times.

Let’s Discuss Your Business Growth

If you want to ask a question, become a client, or just say hi, don’t hesitate to contact us - we’re here for you!

More Successful Cases
Here you may find projects similar to your business
How to make ROAS 13+ with $180,000+ ad spend
Our team 6.5X-ed the profitability of this project. We made over 10 500 sales totally amounting to $2 400 000
How we achieved ROAS 12 with the help of unsaleable goods
We wanna share an idea that we are currently using in ad campaigns on one of our projects. Understanding business processes can help you create truly awesome ads and promotions
Tests of products positions and sales scaling in Electronics and Gadgets Store
We would like to share a little success. This is a project of one client, he has an online store selling unusual electronics
Scale profitable goods in the store in 10 – 20Ń…

Hey guys! We would like to share with small success. This is the project of one client, he has a dropshipping business selling clothes and accessories

Get in Touch

hello@aamfunnel.com

We are always around for a chat!

Social Links

Keep up to date and follow us on social media

© 2022 AAMfunnel. All Rights Reserved.