How Data Analytics helped an Ed-Tech startup achieve their Performance Marketing Goals

Industry
EdTech
Organization Type
EdTech Start-up
Tagline
Understanding user persona to implement targeted marketing
Services
Solution design, Data pipelines, AI/ML models
About the Client
This growing ed-tech is an online transformative upskilling platform for working tech professionals. It aims to effectively enhance the skills of tech professionals with an industry-vetted approach. They are on a mission to create 1M+ world-class tech professionals by providing them with exceptional mentorship and relevant course material.
The Problem
The company’s marketing team runs different campaigns for their courses in different channels like YouTube, Inshorts and other media platforms in different timeframes. Managing all that data from various platforms and then integrating it into one model was extremely challenging. They wanted a consolidated view of the operational efficiencies of these campaigns and deeper insights as to how they can run the campaigns more efficiently. They needed a platform to better manage their advertising cost and improve their rate of conversion based on their customer data.

Our Approach
After having multiple discussions with the client team, we have dived deep into the challenge they were facing and tried to produce the solution that was not only robust and solid, but also scalable and elastic at the same time.
Our Development Process
During the R&D phase, we successfully developed effective Proof of Concepts (POCs) for all six marketing channels, leveraging various APIs. Once connectivity and API-level communication were established, we initiated the development process. Gathering requirements involved collaborative sessions with client stakeholders to ensure all business needs were understood. In the design phase, we created architectural diagrams and obtained stakeholder sign-off. Development proceeded with concurrent streams, including API development for data collection, staging area table creation in Redshift schema, and data transformation jobs for consolidating data into the target schema. After populating the consolidated data mart, we provided analytical insights through intuitive dashboards with drill-down functionality for each source channel. Deployment was managed through CI/CD pipelines built on Jenkins, integrating code from Bitbucket for builds and deployments across AWS environments.
Tech Stacks Used
AWS Data Pipeline
AWS Data Pipeline
AWS Glue
AWS Glue
AWS Datasync
AWS Datasync
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon SES
Amazon SES
AWS Quicksight
AWS Quicksight
Lambda
Lambda
The Results
The implemented consolidated data platform serves as a comprehensive hub for aggregating and summarizing all marketing campaigns across various channels. This platform facilitates deeper and more productive insights into the efficiencies of these campaigns, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions regarding cost allocation across different media platforms. As a result, business teams can optimize their strategies for maximum impact and efficiency. Notably, the utilization of this platform has contributed to a significant reduction in Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) by approximately 25%, highlighting its tangible impact on the organization's bottom line.