Case Study: Zentara × Clear Communication — $2M/Week to $9M in 6 Weeks with GHL Performance Marketing
Snapshot: $2M/Week to $9M in 6 Weeks
Here’s what happened when Clear Communication and Zentara teamed up for a 6-week growth sprint powered by Go High Level (GHL):
| Metric | Before | After | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Revenue | ≈$450k/wk | $2.0M/wk (peak) | $9M total / 6w |
| Paid-Ads Revenue (week) | $260k | $1.20M | +362% |
| ROAS | 1.3× | 6.1× | +4.8× |
| Lead → Customer | 4.6% | 18.1% | +13.5 pp |
| Cost per Lead (CPL) | $70 | $22 | −69% |
| Customer Acquisition Cost | $305 | $102 | −67% |
| Speed-to-Lead | 6h | 41s | −99% |
| No-Show Rate | 37% | 16% | −21 pp |
| Average Order Value (AOV) | $190 | $240 | +26% |
| Manual Hours Saved | — | 45+/month | — |
The Client & The Challenge
Clear Communication had rocketship momentum but was fighting drag: tool sprawl, slow lead follow-ups, and tracking that felt like guesswork. They needed growth without more hiring, speed without chaos, and visibility minus the fog.
Zentara was brought in to:
- Build a soup-to-nuts growth operating system in GHL
- Centralize channels and enforce speed-to-lead measured in seconds, not hours
- Turn paid media into a predictable, scalable engine
Zentara’s Playbook (Powered by GHL)
1. Marketing Redesign: The Conversion Engine
- Offer & ICP clarity: Zoned in on two high-value customer cohorts; messaging dialed by funnel stage.
- Full-funnel rebuild: Mobile-first landing pages, frictionless forms, heavy-hitting social proof, and risk-reversal calls-to-action.
- Attribution that sticks: GHL forms plus server-side event tracking to cover gaps across ads, site, and CRM.
Outcome: Landing-page CVR soared from 8.0% to 21.5%. Qualified pipeline tripled by Week 2.
2. Centralized Channel Management: One Command Center
- All-in on GHL: Unified email, SMS, webchat, calendars, pipelines, and support under one hood.
- Lifecycle nurture: 10-touch, multi-channel sequences (email/SMS/VM), cart recovery, plus 30-day re-engagements.
- Content rhythm: Weekly value drops, case-study drips, and proof-driven offer tests—always tuned to buyer intent.
Outcome: Reply rates multiplied 2.6×, and rolling pipeline coverage jumped from ~2 to 6+ weeks.
3. Business Automation: Speed, Show-Ups, Scale
- Speed-to-lead: Every qualified lead triggered instant SMS + email follow-up and a 2-min callback task.
- Missed-call text-back: Automated SMS with a one-tap booking link for missed inbound calls.
- Lead scoring: Opens, clicks, page depth, and replies float the hottest leads to the top.
- Attendance stack: Confirmation, 24h primer, 2h SMS reminder, and revival for no-shows.
Outcome: Median first touch in just 41 seconds. Over 45 hours a month saved on manual busywork.
4. Paid Ads That Print Receipts
- Account restructure: Clean tiers for new prospects, retargeting, and loyalty—all creative mapped to intent.
- Creative lab: 16 hooks × 7 creative variants, with ruthless weekly pruning.
- Budget discipline: Cut ~39% of wasted spend; doubled down on the winning 20% of creative/ad sets.
- Audience design: Lookalikes from high-LTV customers, warm retargeting with proof-heavy offers.
Outcome: ROAS exploded from 1.3× to 6.1×. Paid ad revenue scaled to $1.2M/week. Total weekly revenue peaked at $2M.
Numbers That Matter (Again, Because They're Wild)
| Metric | Before | After | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Revenue | ≈$450k/wk | $2.0M/wk (peak) | +345% |
| Paid-Ads Revenue (wk) | $260k | $1.20M | +362% |
| ROAS | 1.3× | 6.1× | +4.8× |
| Lead → Customer | 4.6% | 18.1% | +13.5 pp |
| Cost per Lead (CPL) | $70 | $22 | −69% |
| Customer Acquisition Cost | $305 | $102 | −67% |
| Speed-to-Lead | 6h | 41s | −99% |
| No-Show Rate | 37% | 16% | −21 pp |
| Average Order Value (AOV) | $190 | $240 | +26% |
| Manual Hours Saved | — | 45+/month | — |
Putting It All Together: Why Did It Work?
- Clarity > Clutter: Zeroing in on the highest-value cohorts and focusing the offer beat trying to be everything to everyone.
- System > Software: GHL became next-level, thanks to Zentara's layers of process, playbooks, and tight guardrails.
- Speed Sells: Responding in seconds grabs deals your competitors don't even know exist.
- Creative as a System: Continual hook testing, creative variant rolling, and weekly budget shifts stack up the wins.
Real Results, In Customers’ Words
“Zentara didn’t just ‘run ads’—they installed a growth machine. We went from chasing leads to choosing customers.”
— Operations Lead, Clear Communication
What You Get with Zentara
- Zentara Growth OS (GHL Snapshot): Proven pipelines, automations, calendars, reporting—installed blazingly fast.
- Performance Marketing Engine: Ad account restructure, in-house creative lab, weekly optimization sprints.
- Full-Funnel Redesign: Conversion-first landing pages, forms, offers, and trust assets.
- Revenue Reporting: Source-to-sale dashboards so you can scale with confidence.
Ready to Scale Like This?
Chasing $2M a week—or a $9M, 6-week leap—isn’t about stacking more tools. It’s about unlocking the system that runs them.
Book your free 20-minute GHL Growth Audit. We’ll map out your funnel, surface 3–5 instant wins, and give you a look at the snapshot that powered this sprint.
Generated on Aug 23, 2025 • Zentara Performance Marketing on GHL
