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Drivo Performance

Rebuilding advertising and SEO for a car rental service in New York and New Jersey. This story covers paid demand, content and analytics; AI-search visibility is documented separately in Drivo GEO.

Period
4+ years working together
Market
New York & New Jersey, USA
Scope
Google Ads, paid social, SEO and analytics
Stack
Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Analytics, Roistat
ROI on digital channels
600%+
Average CPL
$20
Website leads
5x
Drivo Performance project artwork

The client and the challenge

Drivo operates around Newark, JFK, LaGuardia and Brooklyn. The business wanted more online reservations and stronger recognition in a highly competitive local market.

Acquisition was expensive and measurement was fragmented. We needed to improve Google Ads and SEO while connecting traffic sources to inquiries and bookings.

Paid search

The audit revealed an unclear campaign structure, irrelevant keywords, missing negative keywords and high click costs. We regrouped keywords by intent and rebuilt campaigns around the stages of the funnel.

New ad copy emphasized relevant offers and calls to action. A/B testing, search-term analysis and ongoing budget and bid adjustments improved relevance and conversion efficiency.

The comparison below shows how the earlier structure was expanded to support discovery, acquisition, revenue and retention.

Before the rebuild

Campaigns did not separate demand stages or show a connected path from click to booking.

Mixed keywords

Different intent inside one structure

Generic ads

Low message relevance

Expensive clicks

Weak negative-keyword control

Fragmented data: Channel disconnected from bookings.

After the rebuild

The structure follows customer intent and continues measurement after the inquiry.

  1. 01IntentCommercial demand groups
  2. 02AdSpecific offer
  3. 03PageMatched to the search
  4. 04AnalyticsInquiries and bookings
  5. 05RetentionCRM and remarketing

Google Ads results

The published 2023–2024 comparison shows a 73% reduction in cost per lead and 5.14 times as many leads. The results below use the shared report system.

Google Ads, 2023-2024

Published paid-search comparison. Metrics from different channels are not additive.

-73%
cost per lead
5.14x
lead volume
+460%
ROMI

Paid social

The previous campaigns lacked clear audience segmentation and personalized creative. We audited Facebook and Instagram, then segmented audiences by location, behavior and demographics.

Distinct creative and dynamic ads made the message more relevant to each group. Travel ideas and local content helped the brand stay useful beyond an immediate rental offer.

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Creative, testing and optimization

Budgets were shifted toward the most effective segments, with bidding guided by conversions and return on investment. Creative production supported the channels with specific, recognizable messages.

Regular A/B testing and reporting turned campaign results into the next set of decisions. The examples below show seasonal offers, travel scenarios and rental benefits.

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Paid-social results

The 2023–2024 comparison shows cost per lead falling 50% and lead volume increasing 1.83 times. Campaigns became more relevant and supported repeat interactions.

Paid social, 2023-2024

Segmentation, tailored creative and ongoing budget reallocation improved channel efficiency.

-50%
cost per lead
1.83x
lead volume
+275%
ROMI

SEO: pages and local visibility

The SEO audit identified queries and pages with meaningful traffic potential. We optimized local profiles, created pages for target searches and connected the work with analytics.

The results below cover backlink development and search visibility. The published visibility comparison runs from April 2023 to November 2024.

Search visibility

The published comparison covers April 2023 through November 2024.

5,000+
new backlinks
18.4x
growth in search visibility
Local
pages for locations and airports

Content, links and analytics

Google Analytics and Roistat connected acquisition with downstream behavior. External publications and link-building supported site authority, while the blog addressed useful local and travel questions.

Internal linking connected informational content to commercial pages. Technical work covered loading speed, broken links, redirects, mobile usability, titles and metadata.

Authority and traffic results follow. Their labels and periods are retained rather than combined into a new aggregate metric.

Content, links and analytics

Source metrics and periods are preserved without combining them into a new aggregate result.

+725%Domain Rating: 4 in 2023, 33 in 2024
+560%URL Rating: reported as 4 in 2023, 33 in 2024
+300%organic visitors: 2,100 per month to 7,000
+204%total traffic

The overall result

Drivo moved from disconnected launches toward an ongoing performance-marketing system. Acquisition, follow-up and analytics could be evaluated together.

Repeat bookings became an important measure, supported by CRM and remarketing. The source comparison shows total lead volume growing 3.3 times between 2023 and 2024.

This established the foundation for later work. The separate Drivo GEO case explains the next stage: visibility and referrals from AI assistants in 2025–2026.

Overall result, 2023-2024

This comparison belongs to this stage of the engagement. Later results and AI visibility are documented separately in Drivo GEO.

3.3xtotal lead volume
+
215%digital-channel revenue

The work continues

We have worked with Drivo for more than four years. The charts above document 2023–2024; later reporting reflects the next stage. Digital-channel revenue grew threefold in 2025. The AI-search visibility stage is covered in its own case.

Read Drivo GEO

Chart period: 2023–2024. Channel results are not additive. Original reporting labels are retained.

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