Brand Voice & Website Rewrite Case Study: Taking Testive from generic to growth with deeply researched buyer personas
College admissions test prep program Testive came to me for copywriting help because they had reached a plateau in terms of customer acquisition.
When they first started out, they created a website with the vague notion that high school juniors and seniors looking for ACT and SAT practice tests would be their main customers.
BEFORE: Testive’s home page targeting high school students prepping for ACT/SAT
But after digging into who was actually buying from them, we discovered that it was the parents, especially mothers, who were making the decisions to sign up for their paid test prep coaching program.
After doing research into the main reasons their current customer base was buying from us, we distilled their main customers into three distinct personas—all moms, all with different motivations for seeking help with their kids’ college test prep.
Knowing precisely who our target customers were and what circumstances led them to purchasing a coaching plan shaped everything we did next in the brand repositioning and website redesign project.
AFTER: The redesigned and rewritten home page, targeted to parents.
“I just did a read through of the site and damn girl you “get” us! Fantastic job telling our story. Thank you.
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The result? Testive’s marketing director tells me they’re watching their sales skyrocket as they see more qualified leads requesting consultations. In fact, they just added three new members to their customer success team to keep up with the new business coming their way.