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Agency-era case study (2025).

This case was first published on the old humanswith.ai WordPress site between 2019 and 2024 — before the 2025 platform pivot. Performance, SEO, CRM, content, or growth work from that era. Modern AI-search cases (with per-engine Hermes data) live at /cases. Preserved here as written at the time.


Marketing Campaign on VKontakte

Hair Transplant Target Audience Profile

Website:

https://hfe-hfe.ru

Niche:

Digital marketing in B2C / Social media promotion

Location:

Moscow

Geography:

Russia

Budget:

17,203 RUB (ad spend)

Project Start:

2022

Result:

cost per lead reduced to 300 RUB

Result:

increased leads with minimal budget

Result:

improved quality and spam filtering

Getting hair transplant leads through VK at half the current cost

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Generate initial leads via the marketing platform

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Ensure lead quality by eliminating spam

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Identify effective creatives for a cold audience

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Increase brand reach and awareness on VK

Challenges in optimising the advertising campaign

Poor-quality leads and high spam levels

Large volume of non-target inquiries reduced campaign effectiveness.

Ineffective creatives for cold audiences

Initial creatives failed to capture potential customers' attention.

Low quiz conversion rate during launches

Users weren't completing the funnel journey to submission.

High cost per lead in initial phase

Lead costs reached up to 3,000 RUB per acquisition.

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The scope of work was divided into 4 stages

- Stage 1. Competitor and market analysis

Objective: Assess the potential of the VKontakte advertising platform

Actions taken:

Analysed competitors in the following niches: hair transplantation, alopecia treatment, and men’s cosmetic services

  • Studied the mechanics of the VK marketing platform: selection of communities (publics), pricing, and ad placement algorithms

  • Defined the key objective: generate test leads and reduce cost per lead (CPL) by 50%

Stage 2. Creating and testing the first funnel

Objective: To verify whether the channel is effective

Actions taken:

Developed a conversion sequence: → promotional post in a community → traffic directed to a marketing quiz (landing quiz) → lead submission for a free consultation

  • Prepared creatives focused on the core problem: “What to do if your hair is falling out?”

  • Launched a test campaign across 4 communities in the “Health” and “Beauty” niches

Results:

  • Reach: 20,632

  • CTR: 0.22%

  • Leads generated: 8

  • Cost per lead: up to 500 RUB

Conclusion: The channel is viable — ready for scaling

- Stage 3. Scaling up

Objective: Increase the volume of leads

Actions taken:

Expanded reach to 454,000 — launched posts in larger communities

  • Promoted across topics: “Health”, “Beauty and Fashion”

  • Redesigned the quiz: added clarifying questions and disabled the option to skip steps

Results:

  • Reach: 454,000

  • CTR: 0.09%

  • Leads generated: 5

  • Cost per lead: up to 3,000 RUB

Conclusion: Leads were no longer spammy, but the cost remained high at up to 3,000 RUB per lead

- Stage 4. In-depth funnel optimisation

Objective: Reduce cost per lead (CPL) and improve conversion rates

Key changes:

Creative refresh

Implemented the same creatives that had proven effective in targeted campaigns, but adapted them to appear more native within the VK feed

  • Added "before" photos showing typical hair loss patterns — to maximise audience identification

  • Removed all filler text, leaving only clear, concise messaging: “Hair transplantation — from 99,000 RUB. Scar-free. Growth guaranteed.”

  • Quiz optimisation

Redesigned the entire funnel:→ Added before-and-after photos→ Strengthened engagement-focused questions→ Made all steps mandatory — to filter out spam and low-quality leads

  • Audience targeting overhaul

Shifted focus away from general “Beauty” topics — redirected efforts towards male-dominated interests:→ “Sports”→ “Business”→ “Science and Technology”

  • Selected communities (publics) with a high proportion of male users

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Results of working with the VKontakte marketing platform

As a result of six months of work with the VKontakte marketing platform, we not only achieved our target KPIs but also established a sustainable customer acquisition system.

Key results:

300 RUB per lead

10x reduction in cost per lead from initial performance

+200% efficiency

Increased lead volume with minimal advertising budget

85% lead quality

Improved lead quality with virtually complete spam filtration

New acquisition channel

VK marketing platform established as stable customer source


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