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Saw Escape Room — $1.9M in extra revenue.

Two years of relentless optimization across social ads, Google Ads, and email marketing — producing compounding returns and a world-class creative system.

Get results like these
$1.9M
Extra revenue (2yr)
11:1
Retargeting ROAS
3.1:1
Cold ROAS
800+
Ad variants tested
210%
Google Ads growth
60:1
Email ROI
The overview

What hyper-optimized marketing looks like in production.

Saw Escape Room is an immersive entertainment brand operating in one of the most competitive local markets in the country. When they came to ROI Society, they already had advertising in place — but it was underperforming, fragmented, and leaving significant revenue on the table.

Over two years of continuous management, we rebuilt every channel from the ground up — testing relentlessly, refining creative at scale, and engineering a full-funnel system that turned every marketing dollar into a measurable return. The result: $1.9M in additional revenue and a creative infrastructure that compounds month after month.

Channel 01 · Social Ads

$1.9M in extra revenue.
800 ad variants.

Social advertising was the backbone of the Saw Escape Room growth engine. We didn't just run ads — we built a creative testing system designed to surface winners at scale, then squeeze every dollar of return from the best performers.

Over the course of two years, we conducted approximately 100 split tests across 800 ad variants. Every headline, image, video hook, audience segment, and placement was methodically tested and iterated. The end result was a hyper-optimized creative system that could predict performance before launch.

01
Retargeting engine — 11:1 ROAS
We built a multi-layered remarketing system that returned eleven dollars for every one dollar spent. Local audiences who visited the site, engaged with social content, or abandoned a booking flow were re-engaged with sequenced creative — moving them from awareness to purchase with precision.
02
Cold traffic acquisition — 3.1:1 ROAS
Prospecting new customers is the hardest part of paid social. We achieved a 3.1:1 return on cold traffic by combining interest-based targeting, lookalike modeling, and geo-specific creative that resonated with both local audiences and national travelers planning visits.
03
100+ split tests, systematized
Testing wasn't ad hoc — it was a structured process. We ran controlled experiments on creative format, copy angle, hook type, CTA placement, and audience overlap. Winners were scaled; losers were killed fast. This discipline is why the account improved consistently over 24 months.
04
Local + national targeting
Escape rooms serve both locals and tourists. We segmented campaigns by intent — locals received frequency-based retargeting and seasonal offers, while national audiences saw experience-driven creative timed around travel planning windows.
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$1.9M
Extra revenue · 2yr
11:1
Retargeting ROAS
3.1:1
Cold ROAS
800+
Ad variants tested
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8.7:1
Peak ROAS
210%
Revenue growth
$732k
Additional revenue / yr
2.8:1
Starting ROAS
Channel 02 · Google Ads

2.8:1 to 8.7:1 ROAS.
210% revenue growth.

When we inherited the Google Ads account, it was running at a 2.8:1 ROAS — passable, but far from optimized. The campaign structure was bloated, keyword targeting was too broad, and there was no systematic approach to bid management or ad copy testing.

We restructured the entire account from scratch — consolidating campaigns, tightening keyword match types, building granular ad groups around high-intent queries, and implementing a rigorous bid strategy tied to actual conversion value.

01
Account restructure and cleanup
Eliminated wasted spend by removing low-performing keywords, consolidating duplicate ad groups, and building a campaign architecture that gave us clear control over budget allocation. This alone improved ROAS by over 40% in the first 90 days.
02
High-intent keyword targeting
We identified the exact queries that led to bookings — not just clicks — and built campaigns around them. Phrases like "escape room near me," "birthday escape room," and "team building escape room" became the foundation of a conversion-first strategy.
03
ROAS engineering — 2.8:1 to 8.7:1
Through continuous optimization of bids, creative, landing pages, and audience signals, we tripled ROAS from 2.8:1 to 8.7:1. This wasn't a one-time jump — it was a steady climb over months of disciplined, data-driven work.
04
$732k additional annual revenue
The combined effect of higher ROAS and increased budget efficiency meant an additional $732,000 in annual revenue attributable directly to Google Ads — revenue that didn't exist before the restructure.
Channel 03 · Email Marketing

60:1 ROI.
The highest-leverage channel.

Email is often the most underutilized channel in entertainment marketing. Most businesses send occasional blasts and call it a strategy. We built a lifecycle and behavioral email system that became the single highest-ROI channel in the entire marketing stack — returning sixty dollars for every dollar invested.

The key was moving beyond broadcast email and into event-triggered automation. Every customer interaction — a site visit, an abandoned booking, a completed experience, a birthday — became an opportunity to re-engage with precisely timed, relevant messaging.

01
Lifecycle automation flows
We built automated sequences for every stage of the customer journey: welcome series for new subscribers, pre-visit anticipation builders, post-visit review requests, and win-back campaigns for lapsed visitors. Each flow was optimized for timing, subject lines, and content.
02
Behavioral triggers
Abandoned booking recovery, browse abandonment, repeat visit incentives, and seasonal re-engagement — all triggered automatically based on user behavior. These flows captured revenue that would have otherwise been lost, with conversion rates far exceeding industry benchmarks.
03
Segmented campaigns
Beyond automation, we ran targeted campaigns segmented by visit history, location, group size preference, and engagement level. A returning customer saw different messaging than a first-time visitor. A corporate team-building lead received a different pitch than a birthday party planner.
04
60:1 return on investment
The cumulative effect of lifecycle automation, behavioral triggers, and smart segmentation was a 60:1 ROI on email — making it the most profitable channel in the marketing mix by a wide margin. At this ratio, every dollar spent on email infrastructure returned sixty in bookings.
The full picture

Every channel working together. Compounding.

The Saw Escape Room case study is not about any single channel winning in isolation. It is about social ads feeding the retargeting engine, Google capturing high-intent demand, and email re-engaging every customer who entered the funnel. Each channel amplified the others.

Over two years, this system produced $1.9M in additional revenue — not through one lucky campaign, but through thousands of small optimizations compounding into an outcome that transformed the business.

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