Promotion of an offline exhibition of foreign education through TikTok Ads: from $1.99 per lead

Our client is engaged in foreign education, and also organizes exhibitions as one of the ways to attract clients and students. These are educational exhibitions aimed at meeting students with representatives of European universities, colleges, schools and campuses, mainly from Europe and the USA. The main goal of the exhibitions is to provide students with the opportunity to choose an educational institution abroad (Europe and the USA), as well as to provide educational institutions with a stream of potential applicants.
$4 363,7
total budget
1 309
conversions
$4,07
CPA
6 340 135
Views
11 627
clicks
7,05%
СVR

Details

GEO
Dubai, Antalya, Almaty, Tel Aviv
Target audience
students aged 11-22 who intend to pursue higher education abroad, as well as their parents (aged 35-55) with high and middle incomes who are actively involved in the decision-making process regarding their children's education.
Niche
Exhibits

We have worked with the client before on a similar project, but we used YouTube traffic. You can find out more at the link.

Task

Our task is to attract a larger number of leads (visitors) to the client’s educational events.
Traffic: TikTok Ads.
Traffic source: to the website – registration for the exhibition + outreach via email and official WhatsApp newsletter.
Work period: 2 months.
Target: students aged 11-22 who intend to pursue higher education abroad, as well as their parents (aged 35-55) with high and middle incomes who are actively involved in the decision-making process regarding their children’s education.

Work progress

Analyzing the client and setting the task

We were approached by a client engaged in organizing educational exhibitions aimed at meeting students with representatives of European and American educational institutions. The main goal of the exhibitions is to provide students with the opportunity to choose an educational institution abroad, and educational institutions with a flow of potential applicants. The client had already cooperated with us before, and this time our task was to attract more leads for the upcoming events with the help of TikTok Ads.

Working on the project of an offline exhibition of foreign education

Unique Selling Proposition (USP): We developed an attractive UTP that emphasized the benefits of studying abroad - prestigious education, world-class degree, language immersion, practice-oriented learning and country safety. Positioning: We defined the company as a reliable partner with rich experience and successful cases of students enrolling in the best universities in the world. It was important to emphasize individual approach, professionalism and a wide choice of educational institutions.

Creatives creation and optimization

Video Creation: For a successful promotion, we developed 24 videos for each country, dividing them into groups by beginning, middle and end, which gave us the opportunity to generate a variety of combinations. The videos were translated and adapted for different countries, taking into account local languages. The formula for calculating the number of creatives: Number of groups x Number of pains x 2. This allowed us to create a large amount of diverse content aimed at capturing the attention of the target audience.

Launching creatives on TikTok

Turkey: Launched a campaign in English, Turkish and Russian. The English campaign had the best results. Dubai and Tel Aviv: Faced the need to license advertising materials, as the client was not a representative of educational institutions. Through a partnership with TikTok, utilized high-turnover ad rooms and helpdesk support to successfully launch campaigns. Kazakhstan: Focused on the Russian-speaking audience by launching the campaign in Almaty. This allowed us to closely evaluate the results and increase the number of leads.

Work on the project of an offline exhibition of foreign education

Unique selling proposition (USP): we developed an attractive USP for our client that distinguishes it from competitors. Main features:

  • Provision of prestigious education abroad.
  • A diploma that is recognized worldwide.
  • Immersion in the language environment and fluency in the language.
  • Practical education.
  • Safe countries for study.

Positioning: we identified our company as a reliable partner with rich experience and successful stories of students entering the best universities in the world. They are leaders in the field of educational services abroad and offer the following key advantages:

  • Individual approach.
  • Professionalism and personal experience.
  • A wide choice of educational institutions.
  • Free enrollment in partner schools.
  • Special offers.

Creative creation: we focused our efforts on creating creative and exciting videos that would attract the attention of the target audience. The videos were short (30-50 seconds), for the most effective transmission of information and attracting attention. We needed to get 24 videos for a cold audience. To get this many videos, we created 6 different beginnings, 2 middles and 2 endings for the script. When combining them, we will get 24 videos at the output.

We created 24 videos for each country. We also performed dubbing and translation of the videos using neural networks in several languages ​​​​(English and 1-2 local languages). To understand exactly how much creative materials we would need, we used a simple methodology.

First, we determined the number of groups in our target audience. Then, we analyzed what pain points customers in each group had, and created at least two different video variations for each problem. At the final editing stage, we prepared 1-2 different triggers for each creative, addressing different pain points.

So, to calculate the total number of creatives, we used the formula: Number of Groups x Number of Pains x 2. Thus, we provided a large amount of diverse content that helps attract the attention of our audience and ensure a successful start to the advertising campaign.

In the scenarios, we revealed:

  • Information about studying abroad.
  • Consideration of possible objections to admission.
  • Overcoming fears.
  • Emphasis on secondary and higher education.

Launching creatives on TikTok:

  • Turkey: We started our cooperation in 2022 with Turkey, where we launched advertising campaigns in English, Turkish, and Russian. Thanks to our efforts, the campaign in English brought the best results.
  • Dubai and Tel Aviv: The next step was to expand the geography of our advertising activities. However, in these regions there was a difficulty associated with the need for a license for advertising materials, since the client is not a representative of educational institutions. We solved this problem. Since we have a partnership with this platform, we used high-trust accounts and collaborated with technical support to successfully launch advertising campaigns in these regions.
  • Kazakhstan: In 2023, we started promotion in Kazakhstan, focusing on the Russian-speaking audience. We used video content to attract the attention of potential visitors. As we expanded the market, we decided to simplify the experiment and promote our services only in Almaty (Kazakhstan). This gave us the opportunity to carefully evaluate the results and ensure an increase in the number of leads.

Results of offline exhibition promotion on TikTok

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