Case Study / Busbud

Automating SEM to scale global growth

Impact

Facing the challenge of managing hundreds of thousands of routes across multiple countries and languages, Busbud could no longer rely on manual SEM campaign management.

We built a fully automated architecture using scripts and APIs to generate, manage and optimize campaigns at scale. This allowed real time adjustments based on performance while reducing human error.

By combining automation and data analysis, we turned an operational challenge into a growth engine.

Result a return on ad spend of 850%, a 20% click through rate in North America and a tenfold increase in sales. Proof that automation can unlock performance that would be impossible to achieve manually.

Client Objectives

Services and Technologies

Industry

The Mandate

Support Busbud in optimizing its SEM campaigns to improve media performance, accelerate sales growth and increase brand awareness internationally. The mandate also aimed to solve the technical challenges associated with managing a massive volume of campaigns, ads and keywords across 90 countries and 14 languages. 

Thank you to the Adviso team who demonstrated technological creativity to put us on the right track! Pooling the efforts of Adviso's experts and our internal team has brought about an innovative solution that has helped support Busbud's growth around the world.
LP Maurice, President and co-founder, Busbud
+850%

ROAS

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The challenges

Limited organic visibility

Difficulty achieving strong organic visibility on search engines for many popular routes. 

International complexity

Manage more than 500,000 bus routes across 90 countries and 14 languages. 

 

Operational scale

Handle an extremely high volume of ads that would be nearly impossible to manage manually. 

Dynamic optimization

Dynamically calibrate actions based on conversion rates and acquisition costs.

+20%

CTR

At scale, SEM performance depends on automation, data activation and structures capable of dynamically adapting to user behavior.

The Strategy

Media audit

Conducted a detailed digital media audit prior to implementation. 

Automated SEM architecture

Leveraged technology and automation to enable the deployment and management of a large-scale SEM structure. 

Scripts and APIs

Automated operations using scripts and Adwords APIs to reduce errors and improve operational efficiency. 

Machine learning

Enhanced automation through machine learning methods capable of adapting actions based on empirical data analysis from the database.

x10

sales growth

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