Scaling AI-Driven Local SEO with Paid Media Precision

Overview

Merchynt is an AI-powered platform that helps local businesses and agencies grow by optimizing their Google Business Profiles. With both B2B and B2C offerings, the platform needed a scalable and efficient way to drive new customer acquisition.

They partnered with Kraken Ads to do just that—scale ad spend, grow sign-ups, and maintain profitability. The result? A 4x increase in budget with CPA goals fully intact, and over 400 new customer signups.

Approach

Merchynt’s platform was driving real results for small businesses and digital agencies—but paid growth had stalled. The team wanted to scale up advertising efforts across search and social while keeping acquisition costs sustainable.

They needed a partner who could take over media buying strategy and execution, while continuously optimizing for results.

Kraken Ads deployed a cross-channel media strategy focused on scalable growth and cost-efficiency. Our approach included:

  • Audience Tiering for B2B and B2C
    Segmented campaigns by customer type to tailor messaging and landing pages, improving conversion rates across both segments.
  • Creative Testing Across Meta & Google
    Launched new messaging concepts for local business owners and agency partners, testing dozens of ad variations for efficiency.
  • Lookalike & Retargeting Infrastructure
    Built high-performing lookalikes from CRM data and deployed full-funnel retargeting using video and static formats.
  • Conversion Tracking Optimization
    Ensured accurate reporting through enhanced conversions and verified event matching across all platforms.

Scaled budget 4x

400+ New Customer Signups

CPA Goal Maintained

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Conclusion

Merchynt's product-market fit was strong—our job was to build the systems that could scale it. With audience alignment, clean tracking, and creative iteration, Kraken Ads turned media buying into a true growth engine.

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