CASE STUDIES

How marketing actually works
in your industry

Every engagement on this page is a working example of how marketing behaves inside a specific industry: the constraints, the buyer logic, and the choices behind every decision we made. Each case is a proof point, not a portfolio shot.

INDUSTRY 01

Service Businesses.

Two numbers decide everythingCost per qualified lead, and the share of leads that turn into booked jobs. Everything else is downstream.
One channel always breaksA campaign here, a boost there. Lead costs drift up, close rates drift down, the owner works harder for the same revenue.
The way out is a systemPositioning that justifies the price, ads and content feeding each other, and follow-up that doesn't rely on the owner's phone.
The full industry breakdown

Local service businesses live and die by two numbers: cost per qualified lead and percentage of leads that turn into booked jobs. Everything else is downstream of those two. The brands that scale in this category are the ones that get lead volume and lead quality dialled in at the same time, then build a follow-up system that does not rely on the owner answering the phone.

Most local service businesses are stuck running ads as a single, isolated channel: a campaign here, a boost there, a few posts in between. The math eventually breaks. Lead costs drift up, close rates drift down, and the owner ends up working harder for the same revenue. The brands that break out of that loop treat acquisition as a system: brand and positioning that justify the price, ads and organic content that feed each other, and a follow-up flow that does not let leads go cold.

Our work in this industry usually starts with the foundation: clarifying who the business actually serves, what the offer is, and why someone should pay them more than the cheapest option in the market. From there, we layer on paid acquisition, organic content, and a CRM that captures and works every lead, so revenue stops depending on the owner's personal effort.

Banana Breeze Cleaning · Residential & Commercial Cleaning · Calgary

From unstable demand to doubled revenue

Revenue in 12 months

A Calgary cleaning company with unstable demand, prices they were afraid to raise, and one of the most saturated local markets in Alberta. We rebuilt the brand, the content, the ads, and the follow-up into one working system. One year later, revenue doubled.

1,500+Qualified leads
$5–$15Cost per lead
+30%Average price
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INDUSTRY 02

Finance & Insurance.

Trust is the actual productThe buying cycle is long, the language is regulated, and no ad can shortcut months in front of the same audience.
The person outweighs the firmThe advisor's personal brand carries more weight than the company's. That's where the content has to live.
Consistency wins the categoryOrganic content, posted every week, including the weeks the numbers look flat, is what compounds into authority.
The full industry breakdown

Marketing for financial advisors and insurance brokers does not behave like the rest of the market. The buying cycle is long, the language is regulated, and trust is the actual product, not a marketing claim.

Paid ads can generate volume, but trust is built over months in front of the same audience. The advisor's personal brand often matters more than the firm's. Organic content, done consistently, is one of the few channels that can actually carry that weight. The professionals who win in this industry are the ones who keep showing up after the first 60 days look flat.

Our work in this industry is about turning real expertise into a presence that compounds: positioning, content pillars, and a posting engine that runs every week, on the platforms where buyers actually research.

Larisa Belikova · Insurance & Financial Planning · Canada

An expert brand that compounds, without ad spend

108×Organic reach growth · 12 months · $0 ad spend

A Canadian insurance advisor with real expertise but no scalable brand presence. 12 months of repositioning, content pillars, and a Reels engine, run weekly without ad spend. Proof that organic SMM, executed consistently in a regulated industry, compounds into reach and authority.

5.5K → 595KMonthly views
391 → 4,095Followers · 10×
$0Ad spend
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INDUSTRY 03

E-commerce.

Unit economics rule everythingCAC has to fit inside contribution margin, LTV has to justify the spend. The math is unforgiving.
Foundation before fuelScaling paid traffic onto weak positioning and a leaky site burns every dollar twice.
Two functions keep it profitableCreative velocity and retention economics decide whether your numbers hold as you scale.
The full industry breakdown

E-commerce marketing lives or dies by unit economics. CAC has to fit inside contribution margin, LTV has to justify the spend, and inventory has to align with acquisition timing. The math is unforgiving, and the brands that scale are the ones that respect it from day one.

Before scaling paid traffic, the foundation has to hold: positioning, visual identity, a site that converts, content that does not look like a commodity. Skip that, and every dollar of ad spend lands on a leaky bucket. The brands that win build the foundation first and pour fuel on it second.

Two things decide whether your unit economics stay profitable as you scale: creative velocity and retention economics. Static creative dies after a few weeks of paid spend. Static retention flows leave most of the LTV on the table. The brands that hold their numbers over years treat both as core marketing functions, not afterthoughts.

Unichill · E-commerce · Loungewear · Canada

A premium brand, rebuilt and ready to scale

10+Years of brand history, fully relaunched

A Canadian loungewear brand with proven demand. We rebuilt the positioning, visual identity, website, and content engine: the full brand foundation, ready for the sales system to follow.

2 phasesStrategy → identity, site, content
LiveAds & retention flows running
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MORE CLIENT WORK

The pattern repeats across industries.

Diamond Beauty Centre YYC Beauty & Aesthetics · 2 years of SMM + Meta Ads as an ongoing growth partner. The longest-running proof that consistency compounds.
Enteco Construction & Development Construction · CRM & follow-up automation: a lead tracker, instant auto-replies, and an overdue-task digest, so no lead waits in an inbox.
April In The Rockies Immigration services · Digital presence for a trust-first business, where clients research for months before they ever call.
Bowl & Whisk Food brand · Brand infrastructure built from zero: identity, packaging surface, digital presence. A name turned into a shelf-ready brand.
Bravo Circus Studio Performing arts · Instagram growth engine: a content system and audience building for a business that sells experiences.
Gulnara Omar Personal brand · Identity and content foundation for an expert going out on her own.

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