SOMO

CASE STUDY

Lug+Carrie

CASE STUDY

The problem

Grow a category that didn’t exist and become a true change maker to help more Australians ditch their second car and eBike around our cities. With an established customer base in Melbourne, Lug+Carrie was struggling to grow in new markets Sydney & Brisbane. They had used agencies in the past with limited success.

The results

After the first three months

Leads in Brisbane surged by over 400%.

Average Cost Per Lead (CPL) across all three cities dropped by 17%.

Google Ads delivered a 36% increase in leads and a 10% decrease in CPL — driven by a strategic restructure of campaigns and keywords.

Sustained Growth & Long-Term Impact

A year after taking over, leads from non-branded keywords rose significantly while CPL dropped — Q4 2023 saw a 73% increase in leads and a 48% decrease in CPL compared to Q4 2022.

In 2024, 65% of all online leads (form submissions) came from paid media.
Online leads grew 85% year-on-year, with an 8% improvement in CPL.

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In November 2024, we shifted focus to grow retail revenue. Within 1 month, revenue increased by 108%. Over the next month, it grew by an additional 42%, delivering a total 238% uplift within 4 months.

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Summer is Lug+Carrie’s key sales season — and year after year, we’ve driven better results. In Q1 2025, leads from search ads were 24% higher than Q1 2024 and 49% higher than Q1 2023 – all while keeping CPL stable.

The goal

Overhaul digital customer acquisition funnel, and drive business growth and revenue that would allow them to continue to invest in the business and expand.

The solution

After a comprehensive audit, we restructured the ad accounts and improved the conversion tracking which was vital to any future work that we conducted. Analytics and providing clean accurate data is a service we’re proud to provide to our clients, we find it’s increasing important as the platforms move further to a ‘Big Data’ model and something that is lacking in the industry. 

Furthermore, we established a creative and CRO testing structure that allowed us to present a hypothesis, and provide the framework to test and glean insights that improved performance and helped dictate future strategy. 

During the first 3 months of taking control of the account, Melbourne was the most successful city due to its established brand and cycling culture. However, Sydney and Brisbane presented challenges, particularly Brisbane as it was the newest city. We ran awareness activities in Sydney and Brisbane while tolerating higher CPL in Brisbane initially, only to lower it over time. To find successful creatives, we consistently tested new Meta ads through a creative testing campaign that included all markets.

Month by month the incremental gains started to stack up, with the now signature Lug+Carrie beetle blue bikes spotted rain, hail and shine all over the major cities on the east coast of Australia.

 
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“Partnering with SOMO has been an extraordinary journey. From our very first conversation, it was clear they fully grasped the essence of &Dine. The SOMO team didn’t just meet our expectations; they exceeded them, assisting us in areas ranging from intricate email strategies to captivating ad creatives. The impact has been phenomenal — with exceptional growth and remarkable lead generation, we’ve watched &Dine expand and scale at an impressive rate. A heartfelt thank you to SOMO for being pivotal in our journey.”

Charles Brafman, &Dine.

 

Some tactics used

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Google Ads (Search, YouTube)

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Paid Social Media

CRO A/B Testing

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