How to maintain profitability with increasingly challenging CAC
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Problem: Mature campaigns face the challenge of having to keep acquiring new subscribers as influencers raise their prices, within a market that becomes more and more competitive and CAC rises.
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Question: How can one maintain the profitability of a mature campaign with increasingly challenging CACs?
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Case Study: One of our more robust campaigns has been running for 33 months with several budget increases, and complete CAC/ROAS evolution tracking.
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Product: This is a subscription-based app, targeting a US, mature, gender-balanced, higher-income audience on Youtube & Instagram.
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Tracking: Performance tracking is being done using our client’s designated tracking tool, and conversions are attributed to each influencer to the month each video went live.
These are our main recommendations:
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Look beyond CAC.
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Iterate your offer.
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Do not be afraid to rise prices.
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Always be testing.