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Hilo Sports

Bike accessories, DACH

797 new customers in one week, built with advertorials and Demand Gen.

90-day engagement, May to August 2026
797
new customers in the week to July 21, 2026
2.3new-customer ROAS in July
20x+new-customer ROAS on brand search
9advertorials in 90 days

Starting point

Hilo Sports sells bike accessories such as transport protection sets, padded cycling shorts and saddles. The season is short and brand search was already performing well. What was missing were new customers who had never heard of Hilo. That's exactly where we bet on advertorials.

How we did it

  1. Month 1 · Foundation

    Focus products and new-customer tracking

    We moved transport protection sets and cycling shorts into their own Performance Max campaigns, secured brand search and made new customers measurable with Admetrics.

    We can see which campaign really brings in new customers.
  2. From week 4 · Push

    Advertorials go live

    The first review-style articles on cycling shorts and transport protection go online. Their traffic runs through a separate push account with Demand Gen and search, so the main account stays clean.

    People who had never heard of Hilo enter the funnel.
  3. Month 3 · Peak season

    Scaling the advertorials

    Nine advertorials in play, continuously improved through A/B tests on angles and headlines. Plus summer sale assets, countdown ads and post-purchase upsells for higher basket values.

    797 new customers in a single week.

The result

797new customers in a single week
9advertorials built and tested in 90 days
2.3new-customer ROAS in July

Week to July 21, 2026, new-customer data from Admetrics.

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