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Paid media

Case file No. 006

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Search and social rebuilt around trial sign-ups, with weekly budget reviews against one target.

Search and social rebuilt around trial sign-ups, with weekly budget reviews against one target.

Search and social rebuilt around trial sign-ups, with weekly budget reviews against one target.

-29% cost per sign-up

Kestrel fitness website on dark blue with the headline Train like it counts

Client

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Kestrel Fitness

Services

Paid media, Analytics

Paid media, Analytics

Paid media, Analytics

Timeline

8 months

8 months

8 months

Year

2026

2026

2026

The case / No. 006

01 · The turning point

Lots of trials.

Lots of trials.

Lots of trials.

Lots of trials.

Few members.

Few members.

Few members.

Few members.

Lots of trials.

Few members.

Lots of trials.

Few members.

Lots of trials.

Few members.

Kestrel paid for search and social ads that brought in trial sign-ups at very different prices.

Kestrel paid for search and social ads that brought in trial sign-ups at very different prices.

Kestrel paid for search and social ads that brought in trial sign-ups at very different prices.

Kestrel paid for search and social ads that brought in trial sign-ups at very different prices.

Each channel was managed on its own, with its own targets. Nobody compared the cost of a sign-up across them.

The challenge

One target for every channel: a cheaper sign-up that turns into a member.

Kestrel paid for search and social ads that brought in trial sign-ups at very different prices.

Each channel was managed on its own, with its own targets. Nobody compared the cost of a sign-up across them.

The challenge

One target for every channel: a cheaper sign-up that turns into a member.

03 / The execution

From idea to impact

One direction.
Three moves.

One direction.
Three moves.

One direction.
Three moves.

One direction.
Three moves.

One direction.
Three moves.

One direction.
Three moves.

One direction.
Three moves.

We made the new positioning work across the story, the creative and the media plan.

01 / Find the signal

$42

$42

$42

$42

Per sign-up

Put every channel on one target.

Two weeks rebuilding reports so search and social were judged by the same cost per sign-up.

01 / Find the signal

$42

Per sign-up

Put every channel on one target.

Two weeks rebuilding reports so search and social were judged by the same cost per sign-up.

02 / Make the story

TRY IT FREE.

TRY IT FREE.

TRY IT FREE.

TRY IT FREE.

Trial offer ads

Sell the first week.

Ads built around the first free week, with each version tested on a small budget first.

02 / Make the story

TRY IT FREE.

Trial offer ads

Sell the first week.

Ads built around the first free week, with each version tested on a small budget first.

03 / Follow the evidence

Illustrative upward trend

Weekly budget reviews

Move budget weekly.

Each week, budget moved to the ads with the cheapest sign-ups that stayed past the trial.

03 / Follow the evidence

Illustrative upward trend

Weekly budget reviews

Move budget weekly.

Each week, budget moved to the ads with the cheapest sign-ups that stayed past the trial.

04 / The outcome

8 months later

The figure that changed

More of the
right people.

More of the
right people.

More of the
right people.

More of the
right people.

The figure that changed

More of the
right people.

The figure that changed

More of the
right people.

-29

-29

-29

-29

%

%

%

%

cost per sign-up

-29

%

cost per sign-up

-29

%

cost per sign-up

-29

%

cost per sign-up

Before

24

After

33

Sign-ups per $1,000 spent

Also improved

+18%

trial to member rate

Less waste / more signal

One target across every channel made the decisions simple. We pay less for each new member now.

One target across every channel made the decisions simple. We pay less for each new member now.

One target across every channel made the decisions simple. We pay less for each new member now.

One target across every channel made the decisions simple. We pay less for each new member now.

Sam Whitfield

/ Head of Growth, Kestrel Fitness

One target across every channel made the decisions simple. We pay less for each new member now.

Sam Whitfield

/ Head of Growth, Kestrel Fitness

One target across every channel made the decisions simple. We pay less for each new member now.

Sam Whitfield

/ Head of Growth, Kestrel Fitness

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