ILEX PUBLICATIONS
ILEX PUBLICATIONS
PAY-PER-CLICK
PAY-PER-CLICK
The standardized test preparation industry has long been dominated by a few well-known companies, but other companies have since entered the market and have become increasingly competitive, creating a more diluted market. The challenge was to place ILEX in an advantageous position so as to stand out from other test preparation companies. We needed to highlight the unique characteristics of ILEX that would attract and benefit customers.
ILEX is a book publishing company that special-izes in educational textbooks for students to use in preparing for the SAT® and ACT® standardized tests. ILEX’s textbooks are designed to help these students increase their scores on the aforemen-tioned tests. With more than 5 years of experience, ILEX has carefully developed effective test-taking strategies that they then incorporate into their publications. As a subsidiary of a homegrown test preparation academy, IES Test Prep, based in Metuchen, New Jersey, ILEX needed assistance in creating brand awareness and executing their marketing plan.
Goal Summary
- Distinguish ILEX from its competitors with unique and beneficial characteristics
- Increase revenue through an effective pay-per-click campaign
The Campaign
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- Create pay-per-click campaign materials including copywriting and graphics
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- Define key performance indicators to determine how effective each campaign is
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- Target regional audiences, and then expand to national audiences
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- Implement and devise new campaigns including holiday, seasonal, and time-sensitive campaigns
THE RESULTS
- +42% increase in electronic sales in the first month of work
- 88% of total sales were a direct result of our pay-per-click campaigns
- ILEX’s textbooks became among the most sought- after test preparation books on Amazon.com within 10 months, beating out seasoned competitors such as The Princeton Review, Barron’s, Kaplan, and McGraw-Hill
- ILEX ranked within the top 10% of test preparation book publishers on Amazon.com within 6 months — after once being the worst performer
- Successful process improvements include: Distribution and sales strategy; Key performance indicators; Pipeline management