AMBROSIA & NEKTAR

REDUCE CAC BY 56%

By working with PQC Digital to create better, more authentic ad creative & focus on Klaviyo retention

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After partnering with an AI-first agency that left customer acquisition costs above $80 and impossible to scale, Ambrosia & Nektar came to us looking for a reset. We rebuilt the creative strategy from the ground up, bringing CAC below $40 while successfully tripling ad spend. Now, we're focused on turning first-time buyers into lifelong customers through Klaviyo, with a goal of achieving a 50%+ repeat purchase rate. Checkout Ambrosia & Nektar's PDO certified and delicious organic olive oil!

$8k - $10k   a month revenue

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24.6%   returning customer rate and growing

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0% -> 10.90%    Klaviyo retention improvement

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Scaled Meta Ad Budget  3x since starting with PQC

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Space  CPG food product

PHASE 1 - MY OLD AGENCY IS KILLING ME...

New Agency Or Go Bankrupt

Working full time with a family, Ambrosia & Nektar's founder Theo partnered with an agency to help him make ad creative and scale his Meta ads for his olive-oil-centric brand. It didn't go so well. The agency promised high-converting creative yet delivered ads that drove CAC as high as $80 per purchase with an AOV of just $52.58. The math was not mathing!

Ambrosia's Situation

New agency's creative quality was very poor. High in ai usage, non-concrete language, and poor visuals.

Agency was willing to increase budget claiming this would help. 

As a food brand / CPG product where retention is critical, Theo had no Klaviyo flows in place.

Example 1: BAD olive oil ad

  • Too much text! Meta will make ads with too much overlay text super expensive to run (High CPM)

Example 2: BAD olive oil ad

  • Clearly ai generated and the overlay text says nothing meaningful or obvious about the product.

Theo's Situation

New agency's creative quality was very poor. High in ai usage, non-concrete language, and poor visuals.

Agency was willing to increase budget claiming this would help.

As a food brand / CPG product where retention is critical, Theo had no Klaviyo flows in place.

Example 1: BAD Ad

Too much text! Meta will make ads with too much overlay text super expensive to run (High CPM)

Example 2: BAD Ad

Clearly ai generated and the overlay text says nothing meaningful or obvious about the product.

PHASE 2 - ADS MANAGER  & IMPROVE CREATIVE

Authenticity & Diversity

First things first, we cleaned up Theo's Meta ads manager. The previous campaign structure was cluttered with too many tests and underperforming creatives, making it difficult to scale. We implemented the same proven campaign and ad set structure we've refined across our own brands and other client accounts. With the foundation in place, the focus shifted to what mattered most: creating better creative.

 

Rather than relying on generic AI-generated ads, we built a creative strategy centered around Theo himself given his Greek origins. We scripted a founder-led ad, edited it with a turnaround of less than 48 hours, and it quickly became the brand's top-performing creative. 

 

At the same time, we identified a growing trend of consumers taking daily olive oil shots and used AI where it made sense: to rapidly produce trend-driven creatives that educated customers on Ambrosia & Nektar's exceptionally high polyphenol content and kept the brand at the forefront of the conversation.

PQC created scripts for Theo to follow during the making of his founder video

PQC edited videos Theo created while also providing other feedback and examples

PQC used Theo's existing photography to create effective ads

See the Founder Script -> HERE

See the video here!

Improved Static Ads From PQC

Improved Static #1

  • Using ChatGPT, PQC took a studio image of Theo's bottle and inserted a cohesive background and shot glass, then added text.

Improved Static #2

  • Using a cell phone image provided by Theo, PQC transformed this into a polyphenol-first static ad.

PHASE 3 - GET KLAVIYO GOING

Secure Repeat Purchases

While acquisition has been a major focus, we're now building out Ambrosia & Nektar's entire retention ecosystem. From welcome email and SMS onboarding flows to post-purchase education and replenishment campaigns, our goal is to increase customer lifetime value and achieve a repeat customer rate of over 50%.

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