Case · Netherlands · 2022

About a fifth off the cost per conversion, through a CMO transition.

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We managed Google Ads for this Dutch car-lease company with offices across the country and both private and business customers. Cost per conversion was high and the number of conversions lagged behind. The second year (Jul 2021 to Jun 2022) brought about 8% more conversions than the first, at about 18% lower cost per conversion.

Period
24 months
Conversions
2.91K
Avg. cost / conversion
€71.21

First without a CMO, then with a new one

01 · Without a CMO

No marketing director for a while.

Changes in management left the company without a CMO for a while, which made decision-making difficult. We kept working on the campaigns through that period.

02 · With the new CMO

Campaigns refined, budget moved to what returned more.

Once the new CMO was in place, we made clear progress. We steered on lower cost per conversion and more conversions: refining the campaigns, making the ads more relevant and moving budget to areas with better returns.

Google Ads Overview · Jul 1, 2020 to Jun 30, 2022 · €1.64 avg. CPC · 2.91K conversions · €71.21 cost/conv. · €207K cost · 80.4% optimization score.
Google Ads Overview · Jul 1, 2020 to Jun 30, 2022 · €1.64 avg. CPC · 2.91K conversions · €71.21 cost/conv. · €207K cost · 80.4% optimization score.

Through Q2 2021, cost per conversion (yellow) sits around €77 to €81, and in Q3 2021 it peaks at about €95. Conversions (red) move between about 290 and 400 a quarter up to that point. From Q4 2021, cost per conversion drops to about €54 to €61 and conversions climb to about 480 in Q2 2022.

~€77 (Q3 2020)
~€61 (Q2 2022)
≈ −21%

Cost per conversion in the first and last quarter, with a peak of about €95 in Q3 2021 in between. Over the same time, conversions went from about 345 to about 480 a quarter (about +40%).

24 months, 2.91K conversions, from ~€77 to ~€61 per conversion

Period
24months
Jul 2020 to Jun 2022
Avg. CPC
€1.64
Average over the whole period
Conversions
2.91K
From ~345 (Q3 2020) to ~480 (Q2 2022) per quarter
Cost / conversion
€71.21
From ~€77 (Q3 2020) to ~€61 (Q2 2022)
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