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The need to build the perfect media strategy for KPI success

The client, a museum network, approached us for a targeted marketing plan. They aimed to reach potential visitors and drive ticket bookings across multiple museums. They had previously run similar campaigns and were looking for the perfect media mix to hit KPIs at a lower cost while ensuring broad reach.

Challenges:

  • Limited creatives that could cause content fatigue

  • Varying themes across museums: Culture & History, Culture & Art, Culture & Entertainment, Cultural Heritage, and Children’s Museums

  • Specific budget allocations for each platform and museum campaign

The approach Mavlers adopted

We took a data-driven, targeted approach, tailoring strategies for each museum and leveraging the client's tech-savvy understanding of metrics. We then suggested the media mix, which included Meta, Google, and TikTok, primarily focusing on conversions. This approach was tailored to align with the individual budgets assigned for each museum.

After obtaining approval, we meticulously crafted and optimized the ongoing campaign, ensuring every detail was scrutinized to maximize its potential. Through continuous monitoring and refinement, the campaign started to yield tangible results within the first month of implementation.

Strategy

Landing pages
A/B testing
Creative rotation
Platform focus

Approach

Shifted focus from main landing page to individual museum event booking pages.
Implemented A/B testing for ad copies with key callouts, keyword expansion, and ad extension inclusions.
Despite limited creatives, we rotated them with new headlines and captions.
Utilized different platforms strategically.

Outcome

This led to improved conversion rates, more engagement, and increased ticket bookings.
This boosted performance across search campaigns, aligning with each museum’s unique appeal.
Kept content fresh for users, avoiding ad fatigue.
TikTok, Meta, and Google contributed uniquely to the campaign’s success (details below).

Platform performance insights

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We observed that TikTok was particularly effective in reaching the target audience, driving both traffic and conversions. We thus shifted our focus to conversion-optimized targeting on TikTok, making it one of the top-performing channels.

Here’s what we helped the client achieve with TikTok:

Metric
Value
CPA
Lowest of all platforms
Contribution
Major share of overall conversions
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(Facebook/Instagram)

Meta delivered the highest conversions across various adience segments, including interest-based, retargeting, lookalike, and gender-specific targeting (particularly female audiences).

Gender-based optimization: Early results showed a higher conversion rate among females, prompting us to develop gender-specific campaigns and increase the budget allocation for ads targeting female audiences.

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Google Performance Max Campaign

Google's Performance Max campaign yielded significantly lower CPAs than traditional search campaigns, leveraging multiple Google platforms - YouTube, Display, Search, Discover, Gmail, and Maps. Utilizing smart bidding, we use Performance Max to relinquish manual bidding control, relying instead on Google's AI to manage bidding and optimize budgets.

Through the PMax campaign, we utilized Google AI across various facets, including audience targeting, creative optimization, attribution modeling, and more, leveraging audience signals provided by advertisers.

Additional campaign formats

We thought of going the extra mile. So, to meet performance KPIs, we also introduced Demand Generation and Display Remarketing campaigns. These additional formats helped drive incremental performance beyond existing strategies.

The results achieved

Improved conversions (+40%)
Enhanced conversion rate (+61%)
Reduced cost per acquisition (CPA) (-65%)

The road ahead

Through this partnership, Mavlers successfully delivered results that surpassed the client's goals. Happy with our work and exceeding their expectations, they expanded the scope of work and entrusted us with future campaigns.

Looking ahead, our strategy will focus on:

Lead nurturing: Maximizing the value of the high-quality leads generated during the campaign.
Budget expansion: Leveraging the increased ad budget for further campaign growth.
Continuous innovation: Enhancing our approach to maintain strong performance, with potential expansions into new creative formats and further platform optimizations.

This project showcases the importance of adaptability and data-driven decision-making in delivering outstanding marketing results.