The challenge
CDR writing is a genuinely competitive space on Meta. Multiple services target the same audience — overseas engineers living in Australia or planning to migrate — with similar promises. Standing out requires precise targeting and compelling creative.
CDR Report Help had never run paid advertising before. No pixel data, no saved audiences, no creative to learn from. We were starting completely from scratch — and the account needed to perform from the very first day.
The client's audience is also specific: engineers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines and similar countries who are already in or planning to move to Australia. Reaching the right people — not just any engineers — was critical to lead quality.
Our approach
The key insight for CDR Report Help's audience: engineers aren't just looking for a CDR writing service — they are anxious about a high-stakes process they do not fully understand. A rejected CDR means a 12-month wait and a damaged migration timeline.
We structured the campaign to lead with that anxiety, then immediately provide the solution: a service with a 98% approval rate, written by qualified engineers in your own discipline, with unlimited revisions.
We ran a combined approach — Instant Lead Forms for frictionless enquiries alongside website traffic for higher-intent leads willing to explore the site — giving us two quality signals from the same budget.
The results
Within 30 days of launching a brand new account on a $20/day budget, we delivered 48 qualified leads at just $11.91 each — roughly 1.6 leads per day. Total spend was $572 AUD, generating 105,251 impressions and 47,471 unique reach.
For professional services on Meta, achieving sub-$15 CPL in the first month of a new account — with no prior data — is rare. Most new accounts spend weeks in the learning phase at 2–3x this cost. Against a typical CDR niche benchmark of $40 – $90+ per lead, $11.91 CPL from a brand new account is exceptional.
The campaign is ongoing and continues to improve as the account matures.
“We had no paid ads before this. Humming Web set up our Meta account from scratch and within the first month we had 48 genuine enquiries from engineers looking to migrate. At under $12 a lead, the numbers are exceptional for our industry.”
— CDR Report Help