The Challenge

Prior to working with Diogenes Solutions, the team at Gakken focused their efforts on Amazon Marketing with no Success usually just opting for automatic Amazon PPC campaigns that were costly and not profitable.

To position itself as a Top selling children’s book company, Gakken would have to prioritize targeted manual PPC campaigns. They would need to focus on ASIN targeting competitor products. Book targeting needs to be conservative in bidding and hyper targeted.

The Gakken team sought me out as the right person to take on the challenge.

The goal was to refine Gakkens PPC targeting with manual Selection, identify high-impact keywords, Categories and Products as well as display ads to fill topic gaps throughout the funnel, and ultimately, grow traffic and conversions.

The first product we decided to focus on was Capabunga. Capabunga is a wine stopper invented by two veterans of the wine industry. The challenge was a low product price point, so we decided to do a bundle set to raise the AOV and create a separate landing page. Before iOS changes, we were able to hit our goal of a 2.2 ROAS on our Facebook campaigns. We've since decided to focus on another product they're getting ready for launch called the Market Tote.

Dona Jo was 2 years into business struggling with cashflows and needed to generate income online. The business had grown to $300k in yearly revenue using influencer marketing but that revenue stream was quickly fading. The business was is need of a paid marketing plan.

Vaughtons Automotive manufacture and supply the badges that appear on luxury cars - most famous for making the Aston Martin ‘wings’ they have also worked with Rolls Royce, Bentley, McLaren, and a host of other luxury cars. The challenge Vaughtons faced was a rise in cheap, inferior alternatives and a brand that was seen as old fashioned.