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
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
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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