Midsummer Agency

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Target market: US

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DESIGNER JEWELRY ECOMMERCE CASE STUDY

How we managed to go from $0 to $60K/month in sales in just 9 months with continuous account expansion.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

The client is a US Shopify eCommerce specializing in luxury designer jewelry. Inspired by vintage classics, their products are crafted by hand with a modern touch for ladies of all ages.

CHALLENGE

The client wanted to maximize brand awareness activities and push conversions with a specific return on ad spend (ROAS) goal. The brand and Google Ads account were starting from scratch. Therefore, there was no historical data available.

SOLUTION

  1. We started collecting performance data, using our proven methodology to create brand and shopping campaigns from scratch. These activities and the product feed optimization let us maximize the brand’s exposure and sales.
  2. When the volume of data was sufficient, we focused on the performance analysis. As a result, we could make informed decisions and correctly support the account expansion.
  3. To expand the account, we supported the launch of new products, collections and marketing promotions, maximizing the results of the client’s cross-channel strategies.

RESULTS

We achieved $60K/month in revenue, hitting the client’s ROAS goal of $6.5, +1.9K orders, and 45 new monthly customers. General performance exceeded the client’s expectations despite the account being created from scratch.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Google Shopping, Product Feed Management, Search, Display, Microsoft Ads

I know that you guys are already looking at the testimonials, but I wanted to share my thoughts. We came to Midsummer Agency with a new jewelry brand and they did an excellent job of telling our story.

Patrick – Owner

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INTERNATIONAL FASHION ECOMMERCE CASE STUDY

How we leveraged Google local campaigns and multi-country Google shopping for a luxury fashion eCommerce.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

The client is a US-based luxury fashion brand serving clients in more than 20 countries worldwide via an eCommerce channel and physical retail stores. Its catalog counts thousands of products with continuous seasonal updates. The monthly budget allocated for Google Ads PPC is in the $160K – $180K range.

CHALLENGE

The client wanted to drive more traffic to the physical stores in the US market and increase eCommerce sales in the international market. Our main goals were:

  1. Drive selected geo-targeted traffic to the physical stores without compromising the online channel performance.
  2. Expand the brand presence and its current product feed to three additional countries with different currencies, shipping terms, and brand penetration.

SOLUTION

We set up local campaigns with driving directions conversion. These campaigns allow potential customers to discover products and “get directions” to their nearest store after viewing an ad. We implemented the catalog extension to serve the additional markets via a third-party feed management tool. This solution allowed us to set up custom rules that assign specific attributes to the thousands of catalog items according to the market peculiarities. We streamlined the product feed management without losing any possibility of feed optimization at a deep level. This is especially important for our customer’s need to run sale initiatives and seasonal updates frequently.

RESULTS

The local campaigns generated an average of 3000 monthly interactions of users getting directions to physical shops, with a cost per action (CPA) under $3. Within the first few weeks, the campaigns targeting foreign markets with the extended product feed yielded a return on ad spend (ROAS) of 600% and an Impression Share above 95% for the brand keywords.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Google Shopping, Product Feed Management, Search, Local Campaigns

I must say that I am really happy with Midsummer Agency. They were really helpful with international pay per click campaigns for our fashion brand. They are very knowledgeable and professional, and I have been in touch with them for a few years now. Midsummer Agency helped us, and we would recommend them to any company looking for advertising help..

Claire – Marketing Director

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HAIRCARE ECOMMERCE CASE STUDY

How we leveraged Google Shopping structure to double the impression share of a haircare eCommerce.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

The client is a US-based haircare eCommerce brand using Shopify. Their core product is a patented technology specifically created to restore damaged hair.

CHALLENGE

The client wanted to maximize their impression share on Google Shopping results to consolidate brand awareness while improving conversions and revenue simultaneously.

SOLUTION

We replaced the standard shopping campaign with a more advanced structure made of different shopping campaigns based on users’ queries. This adjustment allowed us to maximize results and segment traffic according to each step of the customer journey. Then we optimized product titles to match high-performing search queries and adjusted the bids and budgets to guarantee the highest ROAS possible.

RESULTS

Compared to the previous period, Search impression share grew by 115%, while impressions increased by 153%. Clicks and conversions were, respectively, 12% and 7% higher while hitting the target ROAS.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Google Shopping, Product Feed Management, Search, Display, Discovery, Retargeting

The Midsummer Agency team always amazed me with its business insight and unique approaches to solving problems. They showed a high level of proactivity, creativity, technical skills, and were valuable contributors to our project.

Josh – CEO

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FASHION ECOMMERCE CRO CASE STUDY

How we leveraged user behavior and customer feedback to double the website conversion rate.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

SEASE is an Italian outdoor fashion brand offering a contemporary wardrobe for passion-driven lifestyles.

CHALLENGE

Increase the eCommerce conversion rate on luxury price tag products and improve the add-to-cart rate.

SOLUTION

We set up the traffic monitoring infrastructure – heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys – to identify patterns among users leaving the checkout page without making a purchase and those visiting the product page without adding products to the shopping cart.

We discovered two types of barriers:

  1. Product perceived value, which was directly related to a low add-to-cart rate
  2. UX gaps that were mostly connected with the checkout process

Knowing this allowed us to support the client’s teams with website optimization solutions, intervene on both aspects, and accurately measure before/after results.

RESULTS

We doubled the overall website conversion rate just one month after implementing our suggested optimization techniques. A similar uptrend continued during the following months, hitting an overall +288% conversion rate after seven months.
Thanks to session recordings analysis, we also resolved an ongoing issue that hindered users from completing orders for weeks without the client or dev even noticing it.

SERVICES

CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION: Heatmaps, Session Recordings, Surveys, Net Promoter Score

PPC MANAGEMENT: Paid Social, Google Shopping, Product Feed Management, Search, Display, Retargeting

With Midsummer Agency’s help, we hit the highest e-commerce revenue in the last quarter. The team was a pleasure to work with. Their communicative and strategic nature allowed us to integrate seamlessly within our in-house team. Their experience in the fashion industry was outstanding.

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Lorenzo S. – eCommerce Manager

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GOOGLE PERFORMANCE MAX CASE STUDY

How we increased overall business performance with Performance Max campaigns through advanced brand segmentation and feed management.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

The client is a fashion eCommerce retailer on Shopify, selling to the US and Canada. With a complex product catalog of 17.000 different items grouped in 10 categories, 80% of the total revenue comes from printed t-shirts. New collections are online every two weeks.

CHALLENGE

The client’s product feed was frequently updated. New t-shirts were printed depending on customers’ demand, so there was no inventory. This meant no best-selling products and no promo on remaining stock, making it difficult to run campaigns on specific products.

SOLUTION

We launched brand-dedicated performance campaigns (pMAX) in order to personalize the asset groups with dedicated images and ad copies, each linked to each brand of the client’s portfolio.

We expanded the reach across multiple channels, including youtube, shopping, display, and search. This way, we could easily manage prospecting and remarketing strategy based on seasonality.

Thanks to the PMax campaigns, the account structure has been simplified to focus more on strategy and optimization, thus pursuing a higher efficiency level.

In the second phase, we used external tools (Optmyzr, Google Analytics, Google TrendS) to find what made t-shirts successful. It was not only the brand but also the size. 70% of the revenue was coming from 20% of the sizes.

With the help of the feed management tool Data Feed Watch, we grouped t-shirts based on size and excluded poor-performing t-shirts from the campaigns. We could maximize budget and returns on the most profitable categories and best-selling sizes. Also, newly added products would automatically land in the optimized campaign.

RESULTS

Overall, we achieved a higher conversion rate of 30% thanks to higher-quality traffic. This which resulted in an increase in revenue by 7%, also thanks to the average order value improved by +73% compared to the previous period.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Performance Max, Google Shopping, Product Feed Management, Microsoft Ads

We are quite impressed with Midsummer Team’s catalog and performance analysis. We loved the idea of a different approach, and these sizes were definitely the most important and purchased, thus a good indicator of potential sell-through.

Michael – Owner

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SaaS CASE STUDY

How we increased B2B lead quantity and lead quality and opened a new B2C market.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Trusted Employees offers a B2B software-as-a-service solution that allows US companies to safely hire employees on a large scale. The software performs a background check on candidates to verify identity, employer history, credit, and criminal records.

CHALLENGE

Search engine competition for this industry is fierce, and the customer journey requires multiple touchpoints. The client hired us to make the most out of their marketing investments from a customer acquisition and lead quality standpoints.

SOLUTION

We took care of the Google and Microsoft advertising accounts expansion. We identified thousands of new keywords and target audiences with a “test and learn” approach by integrating the Salesforce CRM on Analytics and sales team insights.

RESULTS

Weekly leads increased from 1.000 to over 1.600 in less than a year, with cost per acquisition decreased by 15%. Thanks to an integrated analysis of users’ queries on Google Ads and lead quality signals, we opened an untapped market, promoting the design and implementation of a new B2C product for candidates.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Search, Display, Retargeting, Microsoft Ads
WEB ANALYTICS: Salesforce integration support

Midsummer’s team has done an amazing job with our campaigns and helped ramp up our lead generation exponentially. Attention to detail and continual optimization has yielded impressive results. They become a key trusted adviser and always provide unique insights.

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TRAVEL & TOURISM CASE STUDY

How we boost boat and berth bookings for a travel marketplace

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Marinanow is a travel marketplace where users can book online more than 10.000 boats and berths in 1.300 destinations in the Mediterranean Sea.

CHALLENGE

The main goal for Marinanow was to expand sales globally. They hired us to support business growth, increase international brand visibility, and drive more bookings on strategic locations.

SOLUTION

We deployed a hyper-granular set of campaigns to promote each of the 300 destinations globally, in 4 languages. We created targeted ads triggered by more than 8.000 keywords. To monitor and analyze performance efficiently, we designed and implemented a custom Google Analytics tracking solution via Google Tag Manager and a custom Google Data Studio performance dashboard.

RESULTS

During the peak season, the brand grew by 57% in overall US traffic compared to the previous year, which resulted in +58% online bookings from strategic locations.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Search, Display, Retargeting.
WEB ANALYTICS: Business analytics strategy, Measurement plan, GTM implementation, Google Data Studio dashboard.

We are delighted with the results. Again, this year, Midsummer has been a great help for us. The team supported us in reaching our business goals, going far beyond expectations.

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Paolo Codina - Marinanow Co-Founder
Paolo – Co-Founder

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BLACK FRIDAY CASE STUDY

How we faced the Black Friday madness for a saltwater aquarium eCommerce

ABOUT THE CLIENT

The client is one of the top US eCommerce companies in the marine aquarium industry, with a complex catalog of over 100 brands, 4.000 SKUs, and more than 14 product categories.

CHALLENGE

Maximize sales through PPC advertising campaigns during Black Friday: an 11-day marathon with massive price reductions, special offers, freebies, and doorbuster promotions.

SOLUTION

After analyzing the previous year’s performance to predict the peak of sales, we implemented a multi-channel strategy on Google and Microsoft Ads that included tens of thousands of ads published at specific times and days. We designed an automated system to manage and switch promotions on and off.

RESULTS

Revenue on Black Friday increased by 102% YoY, and ROAS improved by 50%. The brand’s search volumes also increased, surpassing for the first time their main competitor.

SERVICES

PPC MANAGEMENT: Search, Shopping, Display, YouTube, Retargeting, Microsoft Ads, Product Feed Management

We are quite happy with Midsummer Team’s work on launching and maximizing results during Black Friday. I was impressed by their work ethic, energy, and strategic thinking, all with a smile. We have had stable growth since our collaboration started. Great job.

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