
Challenging the status quo to drive demand and power leads


Deliverables
- Earned and paid media creation/placement/management
- Organic social media
- Positioning strategy and execution
- New social accounts/landing pages
- Tech stack integration
Long story short
Ampd manufactures battery energy storage system (BESS) generators used to power construction sites. As a startup company, they are a smaller market player. And in most key regions, BESS is not a commonly considered alternative to traditional diesel generators. They wanted to exemplify their position as a partner of the global construction community, instead of just a battery maker, while creating demand and driving leads and pipeline growth.
The agency developed stand-out creative and built a lead generation model and measurement system that ties pipeline activity to marketing activity. This drove more than a 100% increase in qualified leads and a vibrant pipeline.
About Ampd Energy
Ampd Energy is driving the global energy transition on construction sites and heavy industries through the creation of energy storage systems (ESS), connectivity software, and data science. They enable smart, fully automated, low-emissions construction sites of the future with highly efficient and scalable energy management. They needed help developing a creative strategy that clearly differentiated them from BESS competitors, built awareness of their product, created demand, and drove leads and pipeline growth, while squarely positioning them as not just a battery but a quiet, clean alternative to power worksites.


Challenge
Buyers were faced with options that all sounded and looked the same. Competitors relied on similar product features, photos, and statistics. The result was marketplace parity, and a wide-open opportunity for Ampd to rise above the noise.
Rather than call attention to competitors with direct challenges, Ampd opted to stand apart by focusing on the positives and engaging through end-user benefits and masterful use of media to create a pipeline of high-quality leads.
Solution
Ampd’s creative shifted to a completely atypical illustrative look and feel as well as simplified voice. Keeping end-users happier and healthier on worksites would not only increase demand for the product category, but it would further raise awareness and consideration for Ampd among site managers and rental company operators. The end result would ultimately generate an increase in buyer-ready leads and pipeline.
The techniques and channel mix were predicated on specific audience segments for both earned and paid media efforts.
Leads were captured from a variety of sources, both from the Ampd website and in-platform sources (LinkedIn, Meta, etc.) and funneled directly into HubSpot for quality assessments and nurturing. Within HubSpot, we created a series of automatic rules to help weed out unqualified leads, so the sales team didn’t have to. Similar automations were established and fine-tuned as the program progressed to improve lead quality and standardized how sales reps would capture pipeline activity.
Results
Ampd’s original goal was to increase qualified leads by 100%. Here’s an overview of what our campaign accomplished:
- $8M in pipeline directly attributed to digital marketing in <8 months
- 300+% growth in web traffic in <8 months
- ~93,000 web sessions
- 19,000 organic social engagements
- From 0 to ~900 Meta followers in less than 6 months
- 220+% growth in qualified leads
- Paid ad performances
- Google Ads: CTR 70% higher than industry averages; CPC commensurate with industry averages
- Meta Ads: CTR and CPC 54% and 70% higher than industry averages, respectively
- LinkedIn Ads: CTR and CPC commensurate with industry averages
- 824 media mentions
- Global share of voice increased 13% in 2024 and gained 156 million aggregate readers in trade publications from October to December 2024.
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