Oney Studio x Essembl AI - Paid Media Proposal
Oney Studio Paid Media Proposal for Essembl AI

$30K/month. 2x ROAS. $0.80 CPI. A three-day free trial that converts strangers into subscribers. The product
is proven.
The system isn't built yet.

Three-tier funnel. Weekly creative rotation. Right conversion signals.

2x
Current ROAS
$30K
Monthly ad spend
$0.80
Current cost per install
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01 / Where You Are Right Now

Good ROAS.
Wrong structure.
Fixable in week one.

01

2x ROAS means the product converts. It does not mean the account is built to hold that return at scale. What it needs: a retargeting tier for clickers who did not install, and a separate campaign for installers who never subscribed. Both showed intent - reaching them costs a fraction of cold traffic.

02

Meta is almost certainly not optimising toward the right conversion event. At $30K/month, Meta has enough data to train toward trial start and subscription - not just installs. Switching the optimisation event is the single highest-leverage change in the account.

03

$0.80 CPI is either the floor or the ceiling depending on what happens next. Without a weekly brief cadence and a 7-day cut rule, audience exhaustion pushes CPI up. With it, new angles enter before fatigue sets in and the floor keeps dropping.

04

Your in-house designer is a competitive advantage being underused. The gap is not production speed - it is a structured brief. Without a brief specifying hook, angle, and format, your designer produces assets rather than tests. One wins, the other accumulates.

05

Scaling past $1,000 per day requires more from the account than it currently has. The algorithm needs volume to stay efficient at higher daily budgets - more variants in rotation, broader audience pools, and conversion events deep enough that Meta finds subscribers rather than just installs. We build this infrastructure in week one.

02 / Channel Strategy

Meta first.
Build the signal.
Then Google.

Meta is where Essembl AI's growth lives right now. Fix the structure, establish the right conversion signals, build systematic creative testing. Google comes in month four - once the core funnel is stable and Meta has enough data.

Priority 1 - Start immediately

Meta Ads

Primary scaling channel. The 3-day free trial is the right hook - no card required. The ad gets the right person to tap install. Everything after is a funnel management problem.

Tier 1 - Cold: broad + interest audiences, AI and productivity. Optimised toward trial start, not install.
Tier 2 - Warm: clicked, did not install. Highest-efficiency segment. Friction-reduction messaging, separate budget from cold.
Tier 3 - Hot: installed, did not start the trial. Reminder with a specific reason to return - not a new pitch.
Creative: weekly briefs, new angles every week. Losers cut at day 7. Lookalikes built from subscriber data as pixel matures.
Priority 2 - Month 4 onwards

Google and YouTube

Search captures users already looking for what Essembl AI does - smaller volume, meaningfully higher intent. YouTube adds a demo layer: showing the interface in 15 seconds converts better than any static creative.

Search: category and problem-aware keywords, not brand. Tight negative lists from day one.
YouTube: 15-30 second demo. Hook in 3 seconds, product demo, single CTA.
Cross-channel: Meta conversion data informs Google audience structure from day one.
Svitlana spent years inside Google. The architecture reflects how the platform actually works.

02b / The Install Funnel

Awareness Install / Free Trial Paid Subscriber Installs
Awareness

Lead with the outcome, not the product name

Nobody stops scrolling for "AI-powered productivity app". They stop for a specific result. We test hook angles until we know which framing stops the scroll at the lowest CPI, then scale behind it.

Hook

"Three days free. No card. See what Essembl AI does in under a minute."

Free Trial

The trial is the conversion event - everything else removes friction

Clicked but did not install - they already raised their hand. Friction-reduction messaging, separate campaign. Installed but did not start - different message entirely. Conflating the two wastes budget and dilutes both.

Hook

"You looked at Essembl AI. The free trial is still there - takes 60 seconds to start."

Paid Plan

The product closes the upgrade. The ad just removes the last objection.

Trial completers experienced the product and left without subscribing. At $40/year the price is not the objection - the decision is. One message: here is what you lose when the trial ends. The product earns that conversion; the ad just removes the last friction.

Hook

"Your trial ended. $40 a year keeps everything. Less than a coffee a month."

03 / Deliverables

What's
Included.

Everything needed to scale Meta from $30K to the next level - without ROAS eroding as spend grows. Weekly decisions, not monthly reviews. You always know where the budget went and why.

In the Retainer
Account Audit and Tracking Recommendations Campaign structure, audience setup, conversion events reviewed. We identify what changes and advise on exact events - your team implements.
Weekly Creative Brief Writing Hook, angle, format, and copy direction for every variant. Your designer produces. We test, read the data, brief again. The loop that compounds CPI improvement.
Full-Funnel Campaign Structure and Active Management Three tiers built and managed separately: cold, warm (clicked, did not install), hot (installed, did not subscribe). Each with its own messaging and budget. Reallocated weekly - not held until a monthly review.
Ad Copywriting for All Variants Primary text, headline, and description for every creative and funnel stage - written for Essembl AI specifically.
Weekly Performance Report and Strategy Call What ran, what it cost, what it returned, what we cut, what is next. Live Looker Studio dashboard always available.
Dedicated Account Manager - Always Reachable Svitlana leads strategy and is accountable for results. Your account manager handles day-to-day execution. Friday evening question - you get an answer, not a ticket number.

04 / Add-Ons

When the
baseline is
working.

The retainer is Meta campaign management - full-funnel structure, creative brief cadence, tracking recommendations, weekly reporting. The services below add new growth vectors as Essembl AI scales and the core channel is performing consistently.

Available add-on

Google Search and YouTube Ads

Search captures users already looking for an AI tool in Essembl AI's category - explicit intent. YouTube adds a pre-roll demo. Introduced in month four once Meta data cross-informs Google targeting. Svitlana spent years inside Google - the architecture reflects how the platform actually works.

Available add-on

Press Release and AI Search Visibility

When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini for the best tool in Essembl AI's category, Essembl AI needs to be in the answer. 300+ outlets, structured for AI indexing. Our case: #1 in Gemini within two days from zero. Paid ads bring users to the product. AI search brings them before they decide to search.

Available add-on

AI UGC Video Ads

AI-generated UGC-style video for Meta. A 15-second screen recording with voiceover outperforms polished brand creative at awareness. $50 per video - test new angles cheaply before heavier production.

Available add-on

App Store and Landing Page CRO Audit

Paid traffic is only as efficient as what it lands on. App Store listing and landing page audit - identifying where users drop between click, install, and trial start. Prioritised action list, not a document that sits unread.

05 / What to Expect

Audit in week one.
Restructured campaigns
live by week two.

Week 1

Audit, Strategy, and First Briefs

Account audit: structure, audience performance, creative history, conversion signals. ICP and strategy defined. First creative briefs sent to your designer.

Week 2

Rebuild and Launch

Three-tier structure built, copy finalised, first creatives live. Proper audience exclusions from day one - no overlap, no wasted budget.

Month 01

Test and Cut

Losers cut at day 7. Winners scaled. New briefs weekly. CPI and ROAS benchmarked against the baseline every week.

Month 02+

Scale What Works

Winners scaled. Lookalikes built from subscriber data. Google introduced when Meta signal is strong enough. Monthly review with Svitlana.

06 / Investment

Simple, transparent pricing.

Flat fee up to $15K/month. At $30K spend the fee is $2,250. Only grows when your spend does.

Meta Ads Management

$1,500

per month - up to $15K ad spend

+ 5% of ad spend above $15K


Full-funnel Meta campaign management (3 tiers)
Account audit and tracking recommendations
Weekly creative brief writing for all test variants
Ad copywriting for all formats and funnel stages
Weekly performance report, strategy call, and Looker Studio dashboard
Dedicated account manager - always reachable
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Account Audit

Before any budget moves, we audit structure, conversion events, creative history, and what the algorithm is actually optimising toward.

Campaign structure and funnel gaps
Conversion event audit and recommendations
Creative fatigue and rotation analysis
Audience overlap and budget waste
$200 one-time

Credited in full toward month 1 of the retainer if we work together.

07 / Our Work

The problems
we have
already solved.

Mobile app, free-entry funnel, in-house creative, competitive market. And an AI product that needed to appear in AI search answers before its category was owned by someone else.

Meta Ads / Mobile App / US Market
Scrambly

Reward-based mobile app, saturated US market. CPI $1.50, tracking incomplete, algorithm chasing cheap installs. Rebuilt around the right conversion signals, weekly brief cadence, restructured segmentation. CPI to $0.68, ROAS up 37% in under three months.

$0.68
CPI achieved
$2.35
In-app action CPA
+37%
ROAS improvement

Same model as Essembl AI. Same fix: right signals, weekly briefs, losers cut at day 7.

Meta Ads / Subscription App / EU Market
Wellness App - NDA Client

Habit-tracking app, 7-day free trial, $59/year paid plan. Entered at $15K/month, 1.4x ROAS, single broad campaign optimising toward installs. Rebuilt with three-tier funnel, event switched to trial start, weekly creative cycle. Scaled to $45K/month in four months - ROAS held at 2.6x throughout.

2.6x
ROAS at $45K/mo
3x
Spend scaled
4 mo
To stable scale

Free trial, subscription model. Tripled spend without ROAS erosion.

SEO + GEO / SaaS / AI Search Visibility
Fintech SaaS - Payment Gateway

Payments platform competing against Stripe. Zero AI search presence. Press release across 300+ outlets built for AI indexing, not SEO. Ranked #1 in Gemini for the core query within two days.

#1
Gemini ranking
300+
Press outlets
2 days
Time to result

Paid ads bring users to the product. AI search brings them before they decide to search.

Ready to start this week

The product works.
Now build the
system around it.

2x ROAS means the market already answered the most important question. What scales it from here is structure, conversion signal, and a testing loop that compounds weekly. Audit starts this week.

Oney Studio x Essembl AI