$1.06M Revenue at 85% Growth in One Quarter, US Beauty, Google Ads

The challenge

A US beauty brand wanted to scale acquisition without breaking the unit economics that worked at lower spend levels. The mandate was simple: more revenue, better returns, smarter spend, not just a bigger budget.

What we did

• Launched category-focused campaigns aligned to the highest-converting beauty buying intents

• Prioritised high-intent queries over broad-match volume plays

• Mapped creative to each stage of the beauty funnel, discovery, comparison, purchase

• Built scalable performance tracking so spend decisions could happen weekly, not quarterly

The results (Q4 2024)

• Conversion value: $574K → $1.06M, added $486K (+85%)

• Conversions: 2,850 → 5,220 (+2,370 sales, +83%)

• ROAS: 4.45x → 4.70x (+5.6%)

• POAS: lifted ~4% over the period

• Ad spend: $130.3K → $227K (+$96.7K, +74%)

Why it matters

Doubling spend usually costs 10-20% on efficiency. This account gained it. A 5.6% ROAS lift on a 74% spend increase is what scaling looks like when the structure is right, and at $227K in a quarter, this client now runs paid acquisition as a profit engine, not a top-of-funnel experiment.

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