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Paid Media / Meta Ads Case Study
How Targeted Facebook Ads Helped Sell Out Somatic Therapy Workshops
A somatic therapy business needed to attract more participants to its workshops and retreats across multiple locations. SAAR® Media developed Facebook Ads campaigns combining location-based audience targeting, wellness-related interests and video creative to reach people likely to be interested in its events. The campaigns reportedly helped sell out the client’s workshops and events and reached 46,909 accounts across Australia, Bali and the USA.
Workshops & Retreats
Paid Media / Meta Ads
Sold out
Workshops & events
46,909
Accounts reached
3 regions
Reported geographic reach
THE CHALLENGE
Low event attendance was creating financial pressure for a business whose workshops and retreats depended on attracting participants.
The client offered somatic therapy courses, training programs, workshops and retreats that combined body-based practices with mindfulness, yoga and other holistic activities. Its business depended in part on attracting participants to scheduled, location-specific experiences.
Despite promoting events through several channels, the business was experiencing low attendance and declining engagement. Unfilled places created financial pressure and raised concerns about the sustainability of continuing to offer its programs.
The client needed marketing that could reach people with relevant interests in the locations where workshops and retreats were being held. A broad awareness campaign alone would not address the practical challenge of filling scheduled events.
SAAR®’s opportunity was to combine geographic targeting, audience interests and event-focused creative to attract potential participants and generate enquiries for the client’s workshops.
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THE STRATEGY
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SAAR® built a Facebook Ads approach around the client’s workshop locations and the interests of prospective participants. The campaign combined geographic targeting, relevant audience segments and event-specific messaging to encourage enquiries and registrations.
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Target relevant locations
Build campaigns around the client’s workshop and retreat locations, including audiences in Bali and the USA, with expatriate communities identified as a targeting consideration.
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Reach interest-aligned audiences
Target people interested in health and wellness, yoga, physio Pilates, spirituality, yoga teacher training, coaching and mentoring.
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Communicate the event offer clearly
Develop ad copy that presents relevant workshop information so prospective participants can understand what is being offered and decide whether to enquire.
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Use video-led lead generation
Combine engaging video creative with a lead-generation campaign to introduce the workshops to relevant audiences and encourage expressions of interest.
THE EXECUTION
Connecting Location-Specific Workshops With Relevant Facebook Audiences
SAAR® developed Meta campaigns around the client’s workshop and retreat locations. The targeting approach included expatriate audiences in Bali and geographic audiences in the USA, alongside broader targeting described in the source as including Europe.
The team selected interests associated with the client’s offerings, including wellness, yoga, physio Pilates, spirituality, yoga teacher training, coaching and mentoring. These audience choices were intended to connect the events with people whose interests aligned with the workshop themes.
SAAR® then created event-focused ad copy highlighting relevant workshop details and paired it with video creative designed to introduce the experiences to prospective participants.
The source reports that the campaigns generated leads, helped sell out the client’s workshops and events, and reached 46,909 accounts across Australia, Bali and the USA. It does not specify the campaign duration, number of events, advertising budget or individual registration figures.
Platform: Facebook Ads / Meta Ads
Campaign objective: Lead generation for workshops and retreats
Creative: Video ads and event-focused copy
Campaign duration: Not specified
Ad spend: Not specified
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THE RESULTS
Sold-Out Events and Reach Across Three Geographic Markets
Sold out
Workshops & events
The source reports that the Facebook Ads campaigns helped sell out the client’s workshops and events. The number of events, available places and registrations is not specified.
46,909
Accounts reached
The campaigns reportedly reached 46,909 accounts across Australia, Bali and the USA. Reach represents exposure, not leads, registrations or attendance.
3 regions
Reported geographic reach
The reach result identifies Australia, Bali and the USA, illustrating the campaign’s geographic scope. This is a breakdown of the reach result, not an independent KPI.
WHAT CHANGED
The business moved from struggling to fill its workshops to reporting sold-out events, supported by Facebook Ads that connected its experiences with geographically relevant audiences.
Before the campaign, low attendance was placing financial pressure on the business and making it harder to plan its workshops and retreats with confidence. SAAR® introduced an advertising approach built around the locations of the events and the interests of prospective participants. Event-specific messaging and video creative helped introduce the workshops to audiences with an existing interest in related wellness practices. The source reports that the campaigns generated leads and helped sell out the client’s workshops and events. Their reach across Australia, Bali and the USA also demonstrated the ability to promote the offering across multiple geographic markets. For the business, the reported sell-outs addressed an immediate operational challenge: attracting participants to scheduled experiences. The available evidence does not establish how much revenue increased or whether the business subsequently expanded its permanent operations internationally.
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