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Case Study
ABOUT INTERACTIVE AVENUES
Established in 2006, Interactive Avenues is a full service digital marketing company with offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. The agency’s experience and domain expertise stretches across sectors like finance, telecom, automotive, travel, e-commerce, IT, FMCG and education, which makes them the preferred choice for blue chip companies.
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ABOUT INTERACTIVE AVENUES
Established in 2006, Interactive Avenues is a full service digital marketing company with offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. The agency’s experience and domain expertise stretches across sectors like finance, telecom, automotive, travel, e-commerce, IT, FMCG and education, which makes them the preferred choice for blue chip companies.
OVERVIEW
Interactive Avenues, in partnership with their customer, relied on a digital presence to build the automotive brand and generate a loyal following of engaged customers. Focusing on one of the flagship vehicles, Interactive Avenues had been leveraging Facebook heavily to build a fan base for their marketing and promotional efforts.
CHALLENGE
Interactive Avenues had been running a successful Facebook campaign. However, after a few months, they started seeing a lower growth rate of fans and an increase in cost-per-fan acquisition.
SOLUTION
Interactive Avenues decided to deploy Marin Software to help with their Facebook campaigns. Marin Software’s automated bidding, creative rotation, and granular reporting and attribution set the platform apart. Using Marin’s creative rotation, Interactive Avenues was able to put performance thresholds in place such that new creatives would be rotated in when the click through rate or impression levels started to decrease. Furthermore, the creative rotation setting allowed Interactive Avenues to create multiple variations of a single ad at one time and have the system automatically rotate them versus manually rotating ads.
RESULTS
With over 1.5 million fans and counting, the brand page for Interactive Avenue’s automotive customer is continuing its successful Facebook advertising campaigns thanks to the help of Marin Software. Shortly after deploying the platform and setting up their campaigns with creative rotation enabled, the Facebook campaigns quickly started to see improved returns.
Interactive Avenues has been able to save time on more manual tasks and focus on Facebook campaign optimization and expansion to grow their customer’s global fan base.
Improvements included:
2,500 fans acquired daily
150% increase in new fans per day
3.85 to acquire a new fan
23% decrease in cost per Fan acquisition
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Super Bowl Ads, Sweetheart Tools, and Reddit’s AI Crush
Happy Valentine’s Day, Darlings,
Whether you’re swooning over heart-shaped chocolates or side-eyeing this Hallmark holiday, I’m here for you and your weekly dose of marketing tea. Love it or loathe it, let’s dive into the real relationships that matter - between brands, platforms, and those elusive clicks…
This year’s Super Bowl ad game showed us that throwing big bucks at AI buzzwords or Hollywood A-listers doesn’t guarantee a touchdown. While generative AI brands mostly fumbled (except Meta’s smart play with Ray-Ban AI glasses), T-Mobile and Starlink’s partnership proved that practical value wins hearts - and clicks - with a staggering engagement rate 12x the average. Celebrities? Sure, they work, but only when they authentically connect with the brand (see: Post Malone with Bud Light). The real MVPs? Poppi’s Gen Z influencers, who sipped their way to a 442% engagement boost. For marketers, the takeaway is clear: flashy plays are fun, but data-driven authenticity? That’s how you win the game - and the hearts of consumers.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Google is reminding us all that relationships - especially with your customers - need constant upkeep. Starting April 7, Customer Match list durations will be capped at 540 days, meaning no more holding onto stale data like an ex’s old love letter. While this privacy pivot aligns with consumer trust (aww), it’s also a nudge to advertisers: keep your data fresh or risk shrinking audience lists and fizzling campaigns. For marketers, the move underscores the importance of frequent data refreshes to keep your campaigns effective - and your targeting game strong. Consider it Google’s way of saying, “If you love them, update them.”
Meta just sent marketers a bouquet of new AI features designed to woo you into Advantage+ campaigns. From streamlined setups to lead-gen tools boasting a 10% lower cost per qualified lead, Meta is making it easier than ever to fall for its automated charm. And let’s not forget the new opportunity score system - because who doesn’t love a little judgment with their ad strategy? Marketers, whether you’re smitten with AI or still playing hard to get, these tools are a reminder that automation is Meta’s love language.
Google Analytics is playing matchmaker with its new “Report Collections,” promising to help advertisers organize data by themes like “User Behavior” or “Acquisition.” But let’s be real—while this feature might feel like swiping right on the analytics setup of your dreams, the real test is whether it delivers actionable insights or leaves marketers with analysis paralysis. Pro tip: focus on curating collections that align with your goals to avoid getting ghosted by irrelevant data. After all, it’s not about how much data you have - it’s how you use it.
Google Ads is giving brands an ultimatum: update your business names and logos in their platform by March, or let Google play matchmaker with your “top-performing” assets. Sure, automation sounds convenient, but do you really want Google deciding which logo speaks for your brand? (Hint: probably not.) Marketers, take this as your love letter to refresh your guidelines and lock in your identity - because in the game of branding, control is the ultimate power move. Don’t ghost this deadline, or you’ll be left with a look Google swipes right on… not necessarily you.
Reddit is playing matchmaker between users and its 20-year treasure trove of conversations, hinting at an AI-powered search expansion that could answer even the most niche “subjective hard, [and] interesting questions.” For advertisers, this could be the start of a long-term relationship with the ultimate data soulmate. Reddit’s hyper-engaged communities already deliver premium targeting opportunities, but AI-powered search could bring even more relevance to campaigns. If you’ve been eyeing Reddit as part of your 2025 strategy, it might be time to shoot your shot - before your competitors slide into those communities first.
And that’s a wrap, sweethearts! Whether tonight calls for champagne or crunching campaign data, remember: love might be unpredictable, but your strategy doesn’t have to be. See you next week for more digital drama and marketing magic!
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Background
Alumni Ventures is the #1 most active venture firm in the US and America’s largest venture firm for individual investors. They believe in the power of networks, and their network is uniquely broad and deep. The 600,000+ members of their community are the source of their capital, deal flow, and value-added services to their portfolio of companies. Alumni Ventures relies on performance digital media to generate leads for their sales team.