Case Study: One Direction Driving School

Key Results

500

New enquiries in 3 months

£8

Cost per new enquiry

16%

Conversion rate

Key Results

500

New enquiries in 3 months

£8

Cost per new enquiry

16%

Conversion rate

CLIENT

One Direction Driving School

SERVICE

Google Ads

INDUSTRY

Education

CLIENT

One Direction Driving School

SERVICE

Google Ads

INDUSTRY

Education

The Brief

One Direction Driving School, based in Essex, employs a team of PDI and ADI driving instructors operating across Essex and into Suffolk. They approached OCPR to support the improvement and optimisation of their existing localised Google Ads campaigns. Additionally, they required assistance in expanding their reach into new locations across the country, including campaigns to hire new driving instructors and further expand their presence. Our primary goals were to drive new pupil enquiries at a low cost per conversion and achieve a high conversion rate.

KPIs

New pupil enquiries

Cost per new enquiry

Conversion rate of enquiries

THE CHALLENGES

Competitive Market: The driving lesson and instructor market is saturated with freelance operatives and franchise businesses, including major players like Bill Plant, AA, and Red Driving School. Our challenge was to position One Direction Driving School as a specialised, local driving school with expert local instructors through compelling ad copy.

Fluid Budgets: The number of new pupils each driving instructor can take on varies. We needed to respond quickly to regular changes in budgets and campaigns, ensuring that the budget was spent efficiently in areas needing the most support based on the number of enquiries and availability.

Speedy Setup: The client was already investing heavily in Google Ads and required a fast turnaround on creating a new strategy and building new campaigns. This was crucial to prevent wasted budget and ensure efficient use of funds on the new campaigns we created.

THE WORK

Campaign Rebuild: We utilised the initial period of working on the One Direction Google Ads account to rebuild existing campaigns. This involved best practices in bid strategy, keyword implementation, ad group structure, and generating relevant ad copy and landing pages to ensure high quality scores and low cost per click, ultimately reducing CPA.

Effective Reporting: To measure the results of our optimisations and ensure the budget was spent wisely, we established well-structured weekly and monthly reporting. This reporting informed the client and their administration team, allowing us to feedback and implement required changes based on performance.

Flexible Budgeting: We worked proactively with One Direction’s admin team to update budgets as needed. By frequently adjusting them, we ensured campaigns optimised spend in locations where the need for new pupils was greatest.

THE RESULTS

500+ New Enquiries: In the first 3 months, we drove over 500 new enquiries to One Direction for their administration team to convert into pupils.

Low CPA: We successfully delivered a low CPA of £8 from new campaigns within a competitive space and with a limited budget.

High Conversion Rate: Our campaigns averaged a conversion rate of over 16% for the past 3 months since the campaigns began.

OCPR has provided One Direction Driving School with a platform to scale up and grow their business in new locations through our targeted campaigns. We are still in the early stages of optimisation and look forward to helping them further expand their reach across the UK.

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