NightJarr helps a luxury travel company exceed its targets

Industry: Travel & tourism
Services / solutions: strategy, paid media
Author: Ferdie Bester

Our client first engaged us for a paid media review and training. After reviewing our feedback and proposal, they saw the value in extending our work to drive quality leads and boost ROI through data-driven paid media.

Objectives

NightJarr was tasked with developing a comprehensive luxury travel marketing review and training, which resulted in:

Full funnel paid media to generate quality leads



Data-driven marketing to maximise digital media ROI

Strategy

  • The first step for the NightJarr team was to conduct a workshop with the client, focusing on gaining further clarity, identifying KPIs and outlining a measurement framework.

    • The paid media work required a restructured approach that incorporated data-driven marketing, effective audience targeting, innovative campaigns and diverse ad creatives.
        • A key project was for NightJarr to create an integrated data structure with GA4 implementation, GTM event tracking and dashboards that enabled seamless data analysis across channels.

Paid media

  • NightJarr created a smooth customer journey, by employing a paid media plan focused on guiding users from research to bookings.

Seamless customer journey

  • By using targeted search terms, Google Ads, and Meta platforms NightJarr successfully guided users smoothly through the funnel — from awareness to consideration and conversion.

Budget allocation

    • The budget was dynamically allocated, with 62% for middle-of-funnel and 38% for bottom-of-funnel strategies, on Meta and Search platforms.

The NightJarr funnel graphic

Global target audience

The global target audience was strategically addressed at different research stages, transitioning from top-of-funnel inquiries to specific destinations.

NightJarr used data for precise targeting and to build lookalike audiences, laying the foundation for Performance Max (Pmax) campaigns.

Maximizing visibility

By collaborating with the client's creative team and using diverse ad formats NightJarr maximized visibility, which contributed to the campaign’s success.



Data driven approach

NightJarr's data-driven approach not only delivered tangible results, but also empowered the client's marketing team with a culture of continuous improvement and informed decision-making.

Analytics

GA4 dashboard

  • NightJarr implemented GA4 for the client by following best practices, ensuring the setup met the client’s specific requirements for conversions and custom events.



Form submissions & holistic user journey

  • Custom events, such as form submissions and conversion point clicks, were strategically incorporated for a holistic user journey view and to ensure that the full conversion funnel could be tracked and optimized.





Synced bookings & revenue data

  • A unique first-party identifier, the "reference number," linked user interactions seamlessly, utilising GA4 Data Import to connect media activity with bookings and revenue.

NightJarr’s analytical insights identified key conversion touch-points, enabling targeted campaigns and accurate revenue attribution to guide actions within the paid media stream.

Results

NightJarr's collaboration with the client yielded exceptional outcomes, surpassing predefined targets and achieving substantial year-on-year growth.


Cost per conversion:

-27%

  • NightJarr played a pivotal role in propelling the brand to a remarkable 65% increase in conversions from Year 1 to Year 2.
  • Additionally, we not only met, but exceeded the client's conversion target by an impressive 55%.

Enhanced ROI and sales growth:

+35.89%

  • Our strategic efforts resulted in a noteworthy 36% increase in return on investment (ROI), complemented by a substantial 63% boost in sales from Year 1 to Year 2.
  • Sales even surpassed the set targets for Year 2, achieving a remarkable 35% above expectations

Traffic and engagement surge:

+63.18%

  • This achievement was driven by improved tracking, refined media targeting, and consistent customer experiences across channels and messaging throughout the year.