Case Study: Freelance-writing course · United States | Altafar
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Total store revenue over time for freelance-writing course, from the client's Shopify dashboard

Total store revenue · Shopify

Lead Gen · Info-product · United States

CPL from $12 to $4 in 6 weeks.

Total store revenue over time for freelance-writing course, from the client's Shopify dashboard

Total store revenue · Shopify

An online freelance-writing course generating leads at $12 through a chaotic set of overlapping campaigns with no funnel discipline.

$4
final CPL
from $12 baseline
$190K
Revenue generated
in 6 weeks
3×
Qualified leads
volume at lower cost
Freelance-writing course · United States
Managed on Meta Ads
First results in weeks

Leads, at the wrong price.

Demand existed but the account was a dozen boosted posts and duplicate lead campaigns bidding against each other. With no dedicated funnel or qualification, cost-per-lead sat at $12 and lead quality was inconsistent.

A dozen overlapping lead campaigns bidding against each other
No dedicated lead funnel — boosted posts as strategy
Zero qualification, so sales chased cold leads
No tracking of lead-to-call conversion

We were getting leads but paying too much and half of them ghosted. It was all boosted posts and hope, not a system.

Course Creator · Online Education · US

What we built in 6 weeks.

01
Account restructure
Consolidated the scattered campaigns into one clean lead-gen structure with a single objective.
Campaigns consolidated
One lead objective
Learning reset
02
Funnel & lead magnet
Built a proper funnel — free 'first client' guide → email → call — replacing boosted posts.
Lead-magnet funnel
Email nurture sequence
Clear call-to-book step
03
Qualification & hooks
Added qualifying questions and result-driven UGC hooks so sales spoke only to warm, fitting leads.
Qualifying form
Student-result UGC
Objection-led hooks
04
Reporting & rules
Tracked cost-per-qualified-lead and lead-to-call, cutting what didn't book calls.
CPQL tracking
Lead-to-call view
Mon/Wed reviews

CPL from $12 to $4 in 6 weeks.

The funnel and qualification halved cost-per-lead in three weeks while raising lead quality. CPL settled at $4 with more calls booked.

Timeline
Week 1–1 Audit and restructure
Week 2–2 First new creatives live
Week 6 Cost stabilised
Week 4 CPL $8
Week 6 CPL $4, volume up
Cost per lead
Before: $12
↓
$4
−67% CPL
Qualified leads
Before: low
↑
3×
volume at lower cost
Revenue generated
Before: baseline
↑
$190K
in 6 weeks
Avg. CTR
Before: 1.0%
↑
2.2%
+120% CTR
Landing page CVR
Before: 9.0%
↑
21.0%
+133% conversion
Creatives tested
Before: few
↑
14
active testing system

"We went from expensive, flaky leads to cheap, qualified ones who actually show up to the call. The funnel changed the whole economics of the course."

Founder · Freelance-writing course
United States · Lead Gen · Info-product
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