From Awareness to Action: How a Regional Home Builder Drove 142% More Leads
INDUSTRY
CHALLENGE
One of the client's developments presented a distinct market mismatch: a modern townhome community featuring upstairs master bedrooms, being marketed in an area where approximately two-thirds of the local population is 55 or older — a demographic that typically favors single-level living. The campaign needed to find and activate the right buyers within a demographic minority, while simultaneously generating broad awareness for both developments.
CLIENT BACKGROUND
The client, is a growing Atlanta-based homebuilder, partnered with WSB-TV / Cox Media Group to drive visibility and qualified engagement for two key residential developments. The collaboration was a natural fit given CMG's multi-platform capabilities and proven ability to reach in-market homebuyers at scale across both the Atlanta and Tampa DMAs.
YOUTUBE & PRE-ROLL, RETARGETING DISPLAY, MOBILE PRECISE, & GEOFENCING
142%
FORM SUBMISSION INCREASE
16k
WEBSITE SESSIONS DRIVEN
64%
SESSION GROWTH 2ND HALF VS 1ST HALF OF CAMPAIGN
Audience Strategy
Channel Strategy
Creative Strategy
The Results
The impact of the campaign was swift and measurable. Across both new developments, form submissions increased by 142% in less than five months — a direct reflection of how effectively the strategy reached and activated in-market homebuyers. The momentum extended well beyond paid traffic. Organic sessions grew 19% sitewide during the campaign period, while organic form submissions surged 190%, signaling that the digital campaign was building genuine brand awareness and driving buyers to seek out the homebuilder on their own. Direct traffic told a similar story, with sitewide sessions climbing 8% and direct form submissions rising 159%.
At the campaign level, nearly 16,000 website sessions were driven with 575 onsite conversions recorded — and performance accelerated as the campaign matured, with site sessions growing 64% in the second half of the flight compared to the first. The development-level results were equally compelling. The townhome community saw pageviews increase 344% and key events grow 234% compared to the same period prior to campaign launch. The estate community, which launched mid-campaign, delivered even sharper results — pageviews increased 1,276% and key events grew 659% over its pre-campaign baseline, underscoring the effectiveness of the strategy in generating rapid awareness for a brand-new community entering the market.