Case Study

Rescuing a Stalled Account

Rescuing a Stalled Account

When a rising clean-beauty brand saw their performance analytics drop immediately prior to Q4, we deployed an accelerated asset velocity pipeline and aggressive iterative testing to turn structural account stagnation into their highest-yielding holiday run-rate on record.

Client Name

Aura Labs

Services

UGC Asset Production, Paid Media

Industry

E-commerce, Retail

Year

Minimalist skincare bottle on a rough rock plinth, flanked by green leaves against a soft, shadow-draped gray background.

Project Overview

An emerging clean-beauty skincare enterprise experienced consistent early momentum but lacked the automated creative infrastructure required to handle high-volume holiday competition.

The brand had built a strong, multi-six-figure foundation on the back of a clinically proven, high-ticket acne-clearing serum with substantial customer validation. Their early growth was driven primarily by traditional, high-gloss influencer placements and aesthetic product photography. However, this static asset inventory lacked the dynamic architecture needed to scale when digital acquisition networks became highly competitive.

+210%

Increase in Revenue

+210%

Increase in Revenue

45%

Decrease in CPA

45%

Decrease in CPA

4.1x

Peak Black Friday ROAS

4.1x

Peak Black Friday ROAS

$1.8M

Peak Q4 Portfolio Capital Secured

$1.8M

Peak Q4 Portfolio Capital Secured

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Project Challenge

A sudden, aggressive escalation in network acquisition costs eroded account efficiency overnight and placed their projected seasonal revenue targets at severe capital risk.

By late October, just weeks before the critical Black Friday / Cyber Monday scaling windows, the ad account experienced severe performance degradation. Their flagship creative assets succumbed to rapid ad fatigue, causing Customer Acquisition Costs (CPAs) to double almost instantly and pushing returns below break-even. The brand was trapped with a high-fidelity creative inventory that could no longer stop the scroll or convert cold traffic efficiently.

Open skincare jar with swirled cream on a textured stone, framed by leafy stems under a soft, directional light.
Matte cream tube on a beige pedestal and rock, accented with green sprigs against a soft, shadow-cast gray backdrop.

The Strategic Execution

We permanently eliminated account stagnation by deploying an accelerated studio pipeline paired with algorithmic advantage-shopping frameworks.

Our team engineered an accelerated production protocol to rapidly rotate high-converting, problem-focused asset variations.

  • Targeted Problem-Solution Asset Sourcing
    We bypassed generic mega-influencers to source 20 micro-creators whose specific demographic profiles directly matched the brand's target audience, capturing highly authentic problem-solution video assets.

  • Direct-Response Structural Scripting Protocol
    We replaced superficial product reviews with hard-hitting, performance-vetted narrative frameworks focusing directly on timeline-based transformations and clear ingredient authority to capture analytical luxury buyers.

  • High-Velocity Modular Hook Multiplication
    We extracted top-performing three-second visual anchors and algorithmically mapped them across 10 separate creator videos, instantly multiplying our winning visual assets without generating extra production overhead.

A young woman with glowing skin applies cream in a calm, minimalistic setting, demonstrating a skincare routine.

The Performance Impact

Our real-time asset rotation and structural account stabilization bypassed seasonal ad fatigue entirely to yield a record-breaking corporate growth cycle.

The rapid injection of high-velocity creative assets completely revitalized the stalled account. By continuously rotating native, problem-focused variations and iterating on verified hooks, we insulated the brand from rising holiday network costs. The acquisition cost compressed by 45%, converting seasonal traffic efficiently to generate a 210% increase in holiday revenue and securing an elite 4.1x campaign return.

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The Metric of Trust

"Evoke® completely rebuilt our performance library in record time"

"We faced severe performance degradation entering our most critical sales window. Our legacy assets were failing, and our capital investments were at risk. Evoke Agency deployed a high-velocity studio infrastructure that completely revitalized our account, allowing us to scale spend with absolute predictability."

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Vivienne Mercer

Chief Marketing Officer, Clean-Beauty Labs

"Evoke® completely rebuilt our performance library in record time"

"We faced severe performance degradation entering our most critical sales window. Our legacy assets were failing, and our capital investments were at risk. Evoke Agency deployed a high-velocity studio infrastructure that completely revitalized our account, allowing us to scale spend with absolute predictability."

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Vivienne Mercer

Chief Marketing Officer, Clean-Beauty Labs

Stop Hitting Spend Ceilings

Are your creative assets fatiguing right when your brand needs to scale capital deployment? Let our team build a rapid-testing creative engine for your brand.

Are your creative assets fatiguing right when your brand needs to scale capital deployment? Let our team build a rapid-testing creative engine for your brand.

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