Read the in-depth case studies below to get the inspiration you need for your campaign.
Selling courses can be challenging, especially when it comes to finding the right target audience. However, PM3's campaign demonstrated the importance of offering value upfront to attract potential leads. Here, PM3 coordinator Bianca shares their campaign strategy that resulted in 35,773 leads and a 1:1 referral ratio.
To succeed, you need to do more than just sell products—you need to connect with your customers in meaningful ways. This is what Nina Franks did to help Yasmin Boland establish a strong personal brand and turn her book into an Amazon #1 Best Seller! This is our first case study interview about ranking a product high on the Amazon Marketplace.
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While we have a lot of very successful businesses that use UpViral, you're about to learn about the business that accumulated the most leads in 2023! Casa Grande Institute generated a staggering 1,207,733 leads using UpViral. In this case study, we're going to focus on one of their campaigns which resulted in over 143K leads.
What if we told you that you can quickly grow your followers in just 2 weeks just like what Coco O’Connor did for Actiiv? All you need is to partner with the right brand and use a viral marketing platform like UpViral. The following results were achieved: 145,800 visitors, 69,300 leads, and 16,300 Instagram followers. Here, we'll explore the power of collaboration and how it can help you quickly expand your reach online!
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While direct advertising can work, it often costs a lot and might not always give the results you want. An alternative to these advertising methods is giveaways! Jon Cianciullo of Beauty Ritual collected over 16,000 leads in his UpViral account. He did so without overcomplicating things and just keeping it simple.
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Although Biotecnika already has a massive user base — and in fact, they’re one of the top 10 biology websites in India — an area where they needed help with is referrals.
Prior to using UpViral, Narragansett Beer created giveaways on social media. But, the giveaways they were doing weren't focused on leadgen. That's when they discovered UpViral which helped them elevate their results, and be able to collect leads — not just likes and followers!
BeThrifty is in the process of expanding their clothing events to new European markets, so they want to increase brand awareness, grow their email list and attract more social followers to spread the word about their two business lines. Using UpViral helped them gain a bigger audience in a fun and exciting way!
With a 14-day UpViral giveaway campaign Montem generated 30,791 leads for Bataleon and created an additional $34,000 in revenue within 60 days of closing the campaign. But what was unique about this UpViral campaign was that it ran simultaneously in Europe, the U.S., and Canada.
Silvia's first UpViral campaign was an outstanding success. It generated 2395 direct leads and 2934 referral leads. In fact, she had more referral leads, which is even hard to achieve for more experienced UpViral users!
Book funnels are hot in marketing circles, but Horatiu Manea’s UpViral book giveaway campaign is on fire! Horatiu generated nearly 3000 leads with the giveaway in just 30 days. Even more exciting? The same campaign has generated over $150000 in sales on autopilot over the course of a year. If you’ve ever thought about writing and promoting a book to build your brand, you won’t want to miss this outstanding case study.
Amiel Riss didn’t panic when his digital marketing agency began to slow down in the early stages of the pandemic. In the background, Amiel and his wife created a new educational website as an income source. After using UpViral in his client work, Amiel knew that UpViral was the perfect tool to use to promote an evergreen lead magnet for the new website. Here’s how Amiel used UpViral to generate over 7900 leads to date, with a spectacular 59% referral late…
Despite having zero leads and no organic presence on the web, the company called Friendly Rugs managed to run a 4-week campaign generating 4,508 leads with 30% referred leads, $4,775 in sales and 3,087 social media shares and interactions.
Tickets for Good, a UK-based company that distributes free event tickets, used UpViral to collect 13,300 new leads and 900 Facebook group members in a 14-day campaign.
When nonprofit foundation Leading Saints found their traditional fundraising avenues dried up in the pandemic, founder Kurt Francom knew it was time to pivot to online fundraising. Kurt decided to hold a virtual summit fundraiser. He had some success, but didn’t quite hit it out of the park with his campaign. When some marketing friends suggested that he promote his next summit with UpViral, Kurt was blown away by the incredible results…
If you’ve ever wondered about how to power up an UpViral campaign with shout outs from an influencer in your market, you’re in for a treat. Lesna, a Romanian marketing firm, used this strategy with spectacular results for their client iStyle – to the tune of 12,667 leads collected in less than two weeks.
G4 Educaçao had a lofty goal in mind: to pull off the biggest launch in their three-year history. To accomplish this goal, operations manager Gabriel Bechi knew that G4 would need to attract at least 50,000 qualified leads to reach their sales goals. With UpViral’s help, G4 not only crushed that goal, but also had lead acquisition costs of a mere .06 per lead and produced total sales of over $1.5 million USD (including an unexpected $40,000 revenue stream!)
This multi-brand giveaway campaign resulted in almost 10,000 visits to the contest landing page, 4,300 unique leads, an additional 1,579 referred leads, and a 20% boost in back-to-school sales.
When the pandemic forced Quantum Way to change their focus from live to online events in 2021, Florence Bernard received an email from a competitor that was instrumental in the company gaining 24,523 targeted leads inside a single month. What was inside this mysterious email that changed the company’s fortune was...
Nothing is better than results that exceed all expectations. And Daniela, founder of South African marketing firm Savvy Social delighted her eCommerce client with an UpViral campaign that had an original goal of attracting new leads and increasing social engagement (and also made $1200 in sales without even trying)...
Jocelyn Quintero’s UpViral campaign for her company ‘Armonía Financiera’ featured a deep understanding of the psychology of her target audience of women aged 35-60. Her case study offers extraordinary insights on how to maximize your UpViral results by considering the deepest needs and wants of your target audience...
Collected tons of passive social followers for your e-Comm store brand but unsure how to turn them into engaged subscribers? PPC Manager Shawn McCarthy used an UpViral giveaway campaign to turn his client’s social followers into enthusiastic subscribers. The campaign helped Shawn’s client gain 10,631 new email subscribers, and make $7000 in new sales on a $4000 budget (a remarkable 1.75x ROAs.)
Bruno Cordeiro came up with an evergreen UpViral campaign for a local restaurant “Kumbucas Grill Restaurant” that resulted in 151 direct leads and 2219 referred leads on a tiny ad budget of only $10. He then replicated this campaign for other local business clients with equally impressive results. If you own a local business or marketing agency, Bruno's case study is a must read.
Rodrigo Noll stopped by the Co-Pilot show to deliver a virtuoso marketing masterclass. Not only did Rodrigo share his results from a remarkable client campaign for “Dr. Italo Marsili” that generated over 91K leads and $115k in sales in just 30 days, but also gave us a deep dive into marketing psychology and advanced evergreen referral marketing strategies you can start implementing immediately.
Agency owner Nina Franks created an UpViral campaign for a beauty E-commerce client “Elixeri” that was so successful that the client asked her to shut down the campaign after only 21 days. Not only did Nina generously share her entire campaign with us, she also provided invaluable insights for agency owners to consider when creating viral campaigns.
Terry Mitchell & his wife, Shelly, run a new UpViral campaign for their eCommerce business each month, yet they only create one new campaign from scratch per year. By keeping it simple, Terry and Shelly have over 94601 targeted email leads with the help of UpViral.
Siddharth Pal leveraged donated prizes in a genius UpViral campaign that generated 4691 leads with a massive 80% referral rate. But that’s not all. This campaign created instant brand awareness for his business, set him up with a positive email sender reputation and formed solid brand partnerships with the businesses who donated the prizes. Here’s how he did it . . .
Gisèle Rebel runs an agency that helps hospitality business owners gain social media exposure for their businesses. When her client wanted to build buzz and generate leads for their new online BBQ store, Gisèle turned to UpViral for a perfectly timed campaign that generated 2,599 Leads and €8,000 in sales over two and a half weeks.
Brick-and-mortar specialty food retailer Fallon & Byrne needed to get the word out fast about their new eCommerce store when pandemic restrictions severely limited their foot traffic. UpViral provided the perfect solution to increase their audience—but their clever campaign twist helped them double their campaign exposure without spending a penny.
Dutch holiday firm Van Maanen wanted more exposure and bookings for their pup-friendly holiday homes. UpViral provided the perfect solution to grow their audience, add bookings, and also helped them get national exposure in magazine and television interviews. If you’re in the hospitality industry, this case study will inspire you.
I SAY’s UpViral campaign proves that successful UpViral campaigns don’t need to be complicated or need a big ad budget to be highly effective. CEO Ralph di Segni was thrilled how a one-month UpViral helped his company generate 60,340 leads for his PR firm on a low-budget. Could his strategy work for your business too?
Discover how Saastronautics’ CEO Parker Casio Patty went from zero to 7100+ new subscribers with a month-long killer Black Friday promotion by leveraging UpViral. Parker reveals his contest landing page, prizes and more in this in-depth case study.
We didn’t think Gabe Schillinger of Legion Beats fame could top his earlier $200,000 UpViral campaign. Then he told us about the product launch in the middle of his latest UpViral campaign that made over $10,000 in only 10 minutes…
Small marketing budget? Don’t let it hold you back from adding new subscribers to your email list. Michael Winter’s ingenious UpViral campaign added 3100+ new subscribers in just 14 days with a $1 UpViral trial.
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Some people have a knack for creating massively successful UpViral campaigns—and David Fraser of Bunkie Life is one of them. After incredible success with his first UpViral campaign in 2019, David’s back with an update from his three UpViral campaigns that generated 180k leads and $1.5 million in sales in 2020.
Check City is a short-term loan company that had a persistent problem–they faced constant restrictions from advertising their services on Facebook and other platforms. So they turned to UpViral to get likes, shares, and free ‘slap-proof’ traffic that generated $136,458 in sales. If you’re having trouble getting ads approved for your industry, this case study is a must read.
Emanuel Cinca is getting 20% of his subscribers for free without paying an extra dime to Facebook Ads. Watch how you can use his automated list-growth strategy in your own business…
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Discover how Anthony Van Dort generated 4,567 fresh leads for his family business without running any paid ads — exhibiting the true power of viral campaigns for small businesses...
Watch how Wilco combined the best of Jeff Walker and Russell Brunson (also an UpViral fan), and added UpViral to the mix to create a truly compelling viral waiting list.
UpViral is responsible for getting Joe 230,669 leads and over a half-million dollars in sales in just 6 days. Watch the walk-through video from Joe.
TweetLead allows users to collect leads in one click from a tweet, it’s a great solution for marketers looking to build a list, but it’s a highly saturated market. However, this was no problem for UpViral.
Over the years, Mitch Aunger collected over quarter of a million leads for his own business. And now you can steal his best strategies and tactics in this 45-minute video...
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Aside from giveaways and sweepstakes, UpViral can also help businesses create a buzz and build massive email list with targeted leads via Product Launch campaigns.
Rachel Ollen decided to launch a brand new e-commerce store and she was able to get 4,552 leads even before she officially opened her store.
Matthew is no stranger to running viral campaign, but after generating over 100K leads in a single month, Matthew wanted to share his story and winning strategies.
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Trying to get your first few hundred email subscribers on your list? Then check out this case study from Corey Richard who kept his first contest campaign simple, but very effective.
The #1 goal for Dave Statler was to grow their email list and educate the market on why their books are different. Running a giveaway through UpViral helped them achieve their goal.
Want to drive more people to your local event? Then you’ll want to read this case study from Brett Whipp.
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David Fraser ran a 26-day contest for his DIY cabin business and the results speak for themselves... 6-figures in revenue from a single UpViral campaign.
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Drew Bartek was aiming to increase the number of email subscribers, so they created an UpViral account, set up their campaign, and the rest is history...
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Despite being a long-time marketing expert, this was Nic’s first attempt at a viral campaign. UpViral helped him smash his targets.
If you have a podcast channel, chances are you’re hoping to draw a lot of attention and downloads. Problem is, that’s what everyone with a podcast wants.
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Breaking into a heavily saturated market, where people are addicted to their favourite brand, that’s a tough nut to crack, but with UpViral’s help, he did it.
Prelaunch campaigns create a massive buzz so when the product goes live everyone is queuing up to buy. Find out how Shopified did it.
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Unlike many companies, we’ve been doing this for a while now. That’s allowed us to find out what works. Not just once, but almost every time.
It means that your success has become our success, which has helped us rebuild, and retool UpViral to create the most complete, and most user-friendly viral campaign software in the world.
