Asphalt Division

Client

Asphalt Division

Industry

Construction

Year

2020

Service

Performance Marketing

Brief

The objective was to fix an underperforming Facebook advertising effort for a Texas-based construction company and turn it into a reliable source of qualified leads and clients. The company was already investing in ads but struggling to generate leads and convert them, which was stalling growth. The goal was to rebuild the approach around credibility, a structured buyer's journey, and precise targeting, so the same advertising channel could deliver dramatically better results at a far lower cost per lead.

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The objective was to fix an underperforming Facebook advertising effort for a Texas-based construction company and turn it into a reliable source of qualified leads and clients. The company was already investing in ads but struggling to generate leads and convert them, which was stalling growth. The goal was to rebuild the approach around credibility, a structured buyer's journey, and precise targeting, so the same advertising channel could deliver dramatically better results at a far lower cost per lead.

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Challenge

The greatest challenge was a broken conversion path rather than a lack of effort. Despite running Facebook ads, the company was struggling to generate leads and turn them into clients, and the low conversion rate was holding back growth. Reversing this meant addressing several gaps at once: the business needed the credibility to earn trust, a system to guide prospects from first awareness through to purchase, and messaging sharp enough to attract the right audience. Without those pieces working together, ad spend was producing activity but not clients.

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Discovery

Research into the account and audience shaped a strategy built on trust, structure, and precision. Verifying the business manager emerged as a foundational step, adding credibility and trustworthiness that prospects respond to. It also became clear that leads were slipping away without a guided path to conversion, which pointed to the need for a proper sales funnel to move prospects through the buyer's journey. Speaking directly to contractors and zeroing in on the correct interest groups would ensure the ads reached the people most likely to convert rather than a broad, unqualified audience.

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Design

Research into the account and audience shaped a strategy built on trust, structure, and precision. Verifying the business manager emerged as a foundational step, adding credibility and trustworthiness that prospects respond to. It also became clear that leads were slipping away without a guided path to conversion, which pointed to the need for a proper sales funnel to move prospects through the buyer's journey. Speaking directly to contractors and zeroing in on the correct interest groups would ensure the ads reached the people most likely to convert rather than a broad, unqualified audience.

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