The Situation

A regional educational services company was experiencing year over year growth, however growth was limited because of its small geographical footprint.

As part of the growth strategy, independent consultants were hired across key United States (U.S.) markets to service parents and families who desired private education admissions support (K-12 and College).

Leads were primarily generated based on word of mouth, high touch and referral based.  Reframe was asked to conduct a landscape analysis and help the leadership team understand the benefits of developing an automated, personalized, performance based lead generation go-to-market approach.

  • Help the leadership team understand the landscape, quantify the total addressable and serviceable market opportunity.
  • By automating and scaling lead generation, help the leadership team understand the business impact and requirements to modernize the business model.
  • Develop a phased approach for transforming the business model from OLD word of mouth, regional and high touch customer experience approach to a NEW automated, National, personalized and performance based business model.

The Opportunity


The Approach

  • Conducted a market analysis and landscape analysis to better understand the total and serviceable addressable markets. 
  • After gaining organizational alignment for the opportunity, conduct a full funnel analysis for how leads were generated, media (earned, owned and paid) and the customer experience.
  • PHASE 1:  Based on the findings, recommended:  personas, segments, earned and owned media, customer experience design strategy, go-to-market plan, phased approach to customer experience optimization with ongoing measurement & reporting to better understand marketing effectiveness. 
  • PHASE 2:  Brand and Creative Experience Redesign and PHASE 3:  Brand Amplification, Media Investment and Scale Learnings.

The Results

  • Built three year financial model and secured organizational alignment for the growth ambition.
  • Made business case and secured funding for an headcount to grow earned and owned media channels.
  • Executed phase one of automating lead generation, testing, learning and media mix modeling for the most effective performance based outcomes.
  • Performance to date:  No. of Leads (+66% vs. LY) and No. of Buyers (+40% vs. LY)