Restaurants & F&B · Pakistan (Islamabad)

Engagement costs 66–76% below benchmark for Ginyaki

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Founder experienceDelivered by Badar Munir as an independent freelance consultant, before he co-founded Digital Genix Solutions, Aug–Nov 2023. Ginyaki was not a Digital Genix client.
Rs 0.18Lowest cost per engagement
76%Below peer average
2Campaign moments: app launch and World Cup

01 · The challenge

Ginyaki, a continental restaurant in Islamabad, needed its app launch and seasonal campaigns to punch well above their budget in a crowded dining market.

02 · What Badar did

  1. 01

    Platform-native creative tuned separately for Instagram and Facebook audiences.

  2. 02

    Moment marketing around the app launch and the Cricket World Cup.

  3. 03

    Continuous benchmark tracking so every ad set was judged against industry cost standards.

03 · The results

App launch (Instagram): Rs 0.18 cost per engagement, 66% below the Rs 0.51 industry benchmark

World Cup ad set (Facebook): Rs 0.20 cost per engagement, 76% below the Rs 0.83 peer average

World Cup ad set (Instagram): Rs 0.23 cost per engagement, 72% below the Rs 0.83 industry average

04 · From the dashboards

The numbers, where they came from.

Screenshots from Badar's Ads Manager, GA4 and Meta benchmark reports for Ginyaki. Click any one to see it full size.

World Cup ad set on Instagram: Rs 0.23 per engagement, 72% below similar peer ad sets
World Cup ad set on Instagram: Rs 0.23 per engagement, 72% below similar peer ad sets
App launch promotion: Rs 0.18 per engagement on Instagram, 66% below peers
App launch promotion: Rs 0.18 per engagement on Instagram, 66% below peers
World Cup ad sets on Facebook and lookalike audiences: 74% to 76% below peer cost per engagement
World Cup ad sets on Facebook and lookalike audiences: 74% to 76% below peer cost per engagement

Taken from the live account at the time. Account and campaign names may be shortened and some figures are rounded in the write-up above.

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