HELM
Case Studies

Receipts, on request.

Three engagements, three different wheels. Names withheld, numbers real. Ask us about any of them on a call.

01
Consumer financeOutsourced marketing

$3 leads in a market where $40 is normal

$3
cost per lead at steady state
+30%
of leads converted downstream
11x
lead volume in six months
The challenge

A national finance offer needed lead volume without torching acquisition costs in one of the most competitive ad markets there is.

The approach

Performance-format media buying, aggressive landing page testing, and an AI-enhanced pipeline producing creative variants weekly instead of quarterly.

The result

$3 per lead with over 30% converting. The account scaled 11x while cost per lead held. This one is our favorite receipt.

02
B2B SaaSFractional CMO

From founder-led guesswork to board-ready

+140%
qualified pipeline in two quarters
-35%
customer acquisition cost
30 days
to the first board-ready scorecard
The challenge

A Series A founder was running marketing between fundraising and product. Spend was scattered across five channels with no way to tell which ones worked.

The approach

A HELM fractional CMO took budget ownership on day one, cut the two weakest channels, and rebuilt reporting around pipeline instead of impressions.

The result

Pipeline up 140%, CAC down 35%, and a marketing section of the board deck the founder stopped dreading.

03
DTC ecommerceCreative strategy

Creative that finally pulled its weight

1.8 → 3.4
blended ROAS in one quarter
40+
creative variants tested per quarter
60%
of spend moved to the winning concept
The challenge

A DTC brand was refreshing creative twice a year and watching ad fatigue eat its return a little more each month.

The approach

HELM built a continuous testing pipeline: new hooks, offers, and landing pages every week, with AI handling variant production and humans handling judgment.

The result

ROAS nearly doubled in a quarter. The winning concept came from test #23. Nobody guesses which one that would have been.

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