The new startup was trying to sell a hemp drink and wanted to use Facebook and Instagram Ads without getting their account shut down. I worked with Aplos and Facebook to get their account white listed so we could launch Facebook ads to direct people to their Shopify website to purcahse.

The challenge faced was how to grow and promote a web development + digital marketing agency, in a hyper competitive space.

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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At Think Influence we were tasked to introduce incard as the new super-app of e-commerce entrepreneurs on their instagram account. We had to re-boot their account with a new strategy emphasizing community, feature benefits, and team.