Snagajob is a leader in the job boards space. I was brought on as a contractor to help them with digital media buying for a new service they were offering. Snagajob Workers allows people to apply to Snagajob, then select shifts they want to work with local companies. On-demand shifts with weekly payouts. I helped determine budgets for various channels, determine what efficiency goals were expected, what channels we should be in, then executed the media buying and optimized to bring down 'cost per applicant' as much as possible.

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.

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Main objective was to grow the subscriptions as quickly as possible.