Marketing & Growth Higher Education

A 39x surge in conversions by tracking better, not spending more

NUS Executive Education — 39x more conversions, without spending more
Client
NUS Executive Education

The challenge

NUS Executive Education had the demand-generation problem money alone never fixes: fragmented tracking, a tight budget, and a niche, senior audience spread across several countries. Spending more was not the answer. Knowing what actually converted was.

Measurement first

We rebuilt the measurement before touching the media. Conversion-tracking audits established what was really happening, true-value conversion modelling told us which actions were worth paying for, and that let us reallocate budget across countries to where it performed rather than where it had always gone.

From there we ran a disciplined Search and Display mix against the corrected signals, so every dollar was spent against a conversion we could actually trust.

The programme's results at a glance: a 39x surge in conversion rate (0.18% to 7%) and 2.5x higher return on ad spend

The payoff

Better measurement, not a bigger budget, moved the numbers. Conversion rate climbed from 0.18% to 7%, a 39-fold jump, and return on ad spend more than doubled over the year.

The Results

Better tracking, better returns

39x
surge in conversion rate (0.18% to 7%)
2.5x
higher return on ad spend (1.2 to 3.88)

Campaign Assets

The Creative Work

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