Turning Conversations into Conversions: The Lead Generation Success Story of Western Consulting Firm.
Client Overview
Western Consulting Firm (WCF) is an overseas education consultancy company supporting students with study-abroad planning, admissions, and visa processing. As a relatively new player, just one year into operations, WCF was looking to scale quickly in a market dominated by long-established consultancies.
To accelerate growth and generate consistent, high-quality leads, WCF partnered with GEEKY Social to design and execute a performance-driven media buying strategy focused on trust, intent, and conversion.
Key challenges
Western Consulting Firm entered an extremely competitive education consultancy market where established brands already commanded strong visibility and trust. As a new company with limited case studies and social proof, building credibility was a major hurdle. At the same time, the study-abroad category requires high levels of confidence and personalized guidance, making lead quality far more important than lead volume. The challenge was to generate trust-driven, high-intent leads and convert them efficiently without the advantage of a long market history.
Key Strategies & Actions
To overcome trust barriers and intense competition, GEEKY Social executed a performance-led, insight-driven growth strategy combining paid media experimentation with intent-focused organic visibility.
Funnel-based omni-channel campaign
We designed a full-funnel approach to guide prospective students from discovery to decision:
- Awareness: Meta (Facebook and Instagram) campaigns focused on educating audiences about country-specific study opportunities, visa pathways, and long-term career outcomes.
- Consideration: Country comparison videos, expert guidance, and student success narratives helped prospects evaluate options and build confidence.
- Conversion: High-intent users were driven to lead forms, WhatsApp, and Messenger touchpoints to connect directly with consultants.
- Awareness: Meta (Facebook and Instagram) campaigns focused on educating audiences about country-specific study opportunities, visa pathways, and long-term career outcomes.
This ensured consistent engagement across every stage of the decision journey.
2. A/B testing with different target groups
Instead of scaling blindly, we adopted a test-and-learn approach to identify the most responsive audience segments.
- Multiple audience groups were tested using small, controlled budgets
- Segments included demographics, education intent, geographic clusters, and behavioral signals
- Once high-performing audiences were identified, budgets were strategically scaled
- Multiple audience groups were tested using small, controlled budgets
This approach helped maximize ROI while minimizing wasted spend.
3. Advantage+ targeting and creative experimentation
To further improve delivery efficiency and performance:
- We leveraged Meta’s Advantage+ targeting, allowing the algorithm to identify high-intent users beyond predefined constraints
- Ran multiple creative variations across formats and messaging angles
- Continuously optimized based on engagement, lead quality, and conversion data
This combination allowed the platform to learn faster and deliver better-quality leads at scale.
4. Segmented country campaigns
We launched country-specific campaigns to match student intent with the right destination messaging. Ads highlighted:
- Visa timelines and approval advantages
- Tuition affordability and scholarships
- Career and settlement opportunities
Top-performing destinations included:
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Cyprus
- UK
This segmentation significantly improved relevance and lead quality.
5. SEO, Ask Engine Optimization & local visibility
Alongside paid media, we implemented a high-intent SEO and Ask Engine Optimization strategy to support long-term demand and trust-building.
Key actions included:
- Optimizing content for Google Search, Google AI Overviews, and ChatGPT-style recommendations, which play a growing role in education-related decision-making
- Structuring content to answer common student questions clearly and authoritatively
- Optimizing Google My Business and local map listings to capture intent-driven searches such as:
- ‘Student consulting companies in Dhanmondi’
- ‘Study abroad consultant near me’
This helped Western Consulting Firm generate consistent traffic from local community searches, reinforcing credibility and supporting paid media performance.
Result
We achieved the targeted KPI within 6 months (Jan 2025 to June 2025)
- 65+ visa successes, representing nearly 80% growth compared to the previous session
- 3,800 new messaging contacts ( 262.3% growth from last year)
- 718 qualified leads generated
- 65+ visa successes, representing nearly 80% growth compared to the previous session
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- 500+ quality organic visits per month
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- 16x Increase in Total Clicks
- CTR skyrocketed to 17.1% - which indicates high relevance and improved strategy.
- 25+ Keywords ranked in the top 5 positions within 3 months.
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- 50+ keywords in the top position of SERP
- Monthly organic traffic surged by 200%
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- 10k organic traffic per month
- 4 million+ individuals reached
- 20k + Potential Leads
- Avg. cost/lead ~ $1
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- 200+ keywords ranked in top 3 positions in Google