The University of Valley Forge was founded in 1939 and is part of an international network of Assemblies of God colleges and universities. A private university with undergraduate, graduate, and lifelong learning programs, our mission is to prepare individuals for a life of service and leadership in the church and in the world.

OptionsSwing is an investment education company teaching investors how to make money through stock options trading and other stock investments. I advise their Director of Marketing, Warwick Gorman, on social media strategies to increase brand awareness and member subscription rates.

Client is in a highly competitive industry - flowers. They compete with brand names that are wasting money acquiring customers. Their competition - the local florists have an easier time of acquiring local customers nationwide.

HOW AN ECOMMERCE STORE GENERATED 4,475 PURCHASES IN 2 YEARS WITH OVER 697% RETURN ON AD SPEND USING FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ADS

   4,475 purchases

   6.97 ROAS across a 2 year period

   $416,879.29 Purchase Conversion Value

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Located in Pigeon Forge, TN, in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, Client’s Factory Store has been charming locals and visitors with handcrafted southern belle girls’ dresses for more than 25 years. Client also has an enormous inventory of beautiful quilts, throws and home decor. Client’s Factory Store is right up there with Dollywood and other Pigeon Forge attractions. You can purchase their merchandise online or at their store.

 INTRODUCTION

The brand was new to Facebook advertising and had never run Facebook ads before. They had a Facebook page and posted to it occasionally.

SOLUTION

Develop a strategy which included organic content development and a strategic paid advertising campaign. The strategy also included regular recommendations, inbound engagement monitoring, as well as monthly analytics reporting.

SOCIAL PROFILE RESULTS:

COMPANY OVERVIEW

While the brand had a business Facebook account set up, their follower base and engagement rate was very low as they were not actively posting on this channel. Within the first couple of months Facebook following more than doubled.

With the follower growth campaign along with paid social media campaigns Lid’l Dolly's Factory Store following grew 460% over 2 years.

PAID ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN RESULTS:

BRAND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS:

These strategically-targeted ads and boosted posts generate significant product views and add to carts.

WEBSITE PURCHASE CONVERSION CAMPAIGNS:

Prior to the social media marketing strategy, an online store had not run any Facebook ads. We were able to test and find their target audiences and scaled their ad spend from 1k/ month to 20k/ month and still retain the same ROAS.