{"id":18837,"date":"2026-09-07T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/?post_type=case-studies&#038;p=18837"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:17:28","slug":"expanding-lead-growth-beyond-search-with-demand-gen","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/our-work\/expanding-lead-growth-beyond-search-with-demand-gen\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Lead Growth Beyond Search With Demand Gen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18837\" class=\"elementor elementor-18837\" data-elementor-post-type=\"case-studies\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275b77a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"275b77a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fda9cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fda9cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\">The Challenge<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.excellencedriving.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Excellence Driving<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a prominent RTA-approved driving school in Dubai with over 30 branches and 600+ instructors, specializes in the instruction of light motor vehicles, motorcycles, heavy trucks, and buses. Their growth had been driven predominantly by Search, capturing users already actively looking to convert. While efficient, this approach limited growth to existing demand and provided little visibility into how advertising could influence users earlier in the decision journey. Excellence Driving faced high competition, with more competitors entering the market, making it harder to capture attention and maintain lead volume. Additionally, the business had a high daily lead volume goal, requiring a strategy to scale leads beyond in-market searchers. The challenge was to validate whether Demand Gen could generate leads incrementally on top of existing Search performance, particularly among audiences with lower initial intent, while competing effectively in a crowded market.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\">The Approach<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To overcome these challenges, Excellence Driving partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/\"><strong>Incubeta<\/strong><\/a> to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execute Demand Gen campaigns alongside Search, in order to target users earlier in their decision journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, a Google Ads Conversion Lift Study was conducted to isolate the causal impact of the Demand Gen strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, an analysis of age cohorts was carried out to better understand both scale (high-volume audiences) and incremental influence (the behavioral impact on groups less likely to convert through search alone).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\">The Outcome<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A positive uplift was seen across several key areas:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Incremental Leads:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Demand Gen generated +1,550 incremental leads, increasing total observed leads from 1,290 (control group) to 2,840 (users exposed to Demand Gen ads).<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Statistical Confidence:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The lift was confirmed with \u226590% certainty, validating that these leads were caused by Demand Gen exposure.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cost Efficiency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Incremental CPA was AED 46.69, demonstrating that Demand Gen effectively created new leads at a competitive cost.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Audience Insights:<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>25\u201334:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Naturally the largest source of leads across Search and other existing channels. Demand Gen further amplified this high-performing audience, adding scale to the funnel.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><b>35\u201344:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> While not typically a top-performing lead source in Search, this group exhibited the <\/span><b>highest relative response (+173% lift)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, showing that Demand Gen effectively influenced users who would otherwise have lower engagement.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><b>18\u201324:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The least engaged audience in terms of natural search behavior, yet Demand Gen delivered <\/span><b>+94% incremental lift<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, activating users who might not otherwise have discovered or considered the brand.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Business Impact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By influencing both high-intent and previously untapped audiences, Demand Gen created incremental lead opportunities and scaled performance.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excellence Driving sought to scale lead volume beyond in-market searchers and drive incremental growth by reaching lower-intent audiences earlier in their decision journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18839,"template":"","meta":[],"approach":[21],"solution":[222],"industry":[323],"market":[33],"class_list":["post-18837","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","approach-generative-growth","solution-seamless-technology","industry-education","market-mena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies\/18837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-studies"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies\/18837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18850,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies\/18837\/revisions\/18850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"approach","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/approach?post=18837"},{"taxonomy":"solution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/solution?post=18837"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=18837"},{"taxonomy":"market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incubeta.com\/ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/market?post=18837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}