Challenges
- Inefficient Campaigns: Existing advertising efforts were costly, generating low sales and an ACoS of 22% (considered poor in publishing)
- Scaling Issues: Couldn’t seem to increase sales without increasing ad spend significantly.
- Budget Headaches: Ineffective budget allocation led to wastage on underperforming titles
- Underwhelming Launches: New launches seemed to have less impact than they used to
Solutions
- Keyword Research: In-depth keyword research identified high-converting, arts & crafts book-specific keywords to sharpen campaign focus.
- Ad Campaign Restructuring: Restructured campaigns into granular units, providing precise budget control and ad group optimization.
- Bid Management: Combined manual and automated bid strategies to ensure competitive bids for relevant keywords and cost savings on less relevant ones.
- Ad Copy Optimization: Revamped ad copy to make it more captivating and informative, spotlighting each book's unique selling points.
- Competitor Targeting: Analysed buyer behavior, user/reader demographics, experience levels to widen the pool of buyers and target ASINs accordingly.
- Performance Tracking: Implemented a robust tracking and reporting system for real-time campaign fine-tuning.
- Implemented Proper Launch Strategies: Set out keywords to target and gain indexing on and put in place strict budgeting & pricing protocols.
Results
Increased Visibility: he publisher’s books garnered significantly enhanced visibility on Amazon, leading to higher click-through rates in the process
Improved ROI: Campaign optimization and bid management significantly boosted the ROI, driving ACoS from 22% to 14%.
Sales Surge: Sales of arts & crafts books witnessed substantial growth of 43% revenue increase by Month 4.
New Title Successes: 6 out of 7 launches were deemed a success. Over the previous year, it was very rare for title launches to be successful