
Our paid campaigns saw the total registrations or undergraduate student prospects grow more and more each year.
+183% INCREASE IN registrations achieved from paid traffic
-79% cost-per-registration for an undergraduate Open Day since 2014
With our paid campaigns, the registrations for postgraduate open evening events have increased significantly over the last five years without any changes to the media spend.
+220% INCREASE IN registrations achieved from paid traffic
-72% cost-per-registration for an undergraduate Open Day since 2014
In 2018 our paid campaigns generated 75% of all visits to the Clearing site.
16,000,000 viewable impressions Generated By our innovative display campaigns
205,606 CLICKS Generated By our innovative display campaigns
300,000 impressions on video campaigns on YouTube and Facebook
Beyond the overarching objectives, our main focus was with undergraduate and postgraduate student recruitment through ongoing campaigns, as well as advertising university courses, open days, postgraduate open evenings and Clearing.
Specific examples of objectives set by Leeds Beckett also included:
1) Supporting the university’s growth plans through targeted and effective campaigns
2) Growing the number of applications
3) Improving efficiencies and reducing costs in all paid channels
We were able to deliver highly refined campaigns with precise audience targeting and careful geographical mapping across a variety of platforms via search ads, Facebook Lead Gen campaigns, Video advertising and lead nurturing campaigns across social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and LinkedIn)
Our paid campaigns saw the total registrations or undergraduate student prospects grow more and more each year.
+183% INCREASE IN registrations achieved from paid traffic
-79% cost-per-registration for an undergraduate Open Day since 2014
With our paid campaigns, the registrations for postgraduate open evening events have increased significantly over the last five years without any changes to the media spend.
+220% INCREASE IN registrations achieved from paid traffic
-72% cost-per-registration for an undergraduate Open Day since 2014
In 2018 our paid campaigns generated 75% of all visits to the Clearing site.
16,000,000 viewable impressions Generated By our innovative display campaigns
205,606 CLICKS Generated By our innovative display campaigns
300,000 impressions on video campaigns on YouTube and Facebook
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Existing challenges within the account limited their ability to test new prospecting strategies and limited their growth potential. For example, prior to our involvement, the majority of the budget was dedicated toward branded search campaigns, as many competitors were bidding on their branded terms in hopes to capture away TaxJar's most valuable traffic. Unfortunately, this fierce competition resulted in higher-than-expected costs and required much of the focus, energy, and budget.
Even after successfully freeing up budget from the branded search issues, profitably acquiring new business was no easy feat. Tax services are consumed on an as-needed basis. A brand awareness effort would only be effective if the messaging was powerful and the timing was perfect. That is, even if a business owner hears about TaxJar and thinks they should sign up for the services, it’s typically something that is pushed on the back-burner.
More than ever, if would be crucial to meet their potential customers when they are actively in the market for tax services and in the medium in which they would best respond to our messaging.
During our initial analysis of the company we identified the following challenges:

Gradelink offers schools a comprehensive and user-friendly software solution, streamlining administrative tasks, improving enrollment processes, and supporting the mission of educational institutions. Despite their innovative software, Gradelink faced challenges in effectively communicating their offerings through email marketing.