How Black Crow Slashed CPO by 50% With Smart Newsletter Marketing
Why They Replaced Traditional Sponsorships With beehiiv’s Streamlined Ad Network
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Situation:
Black Crow is an AI-powered solution designed to extract hidden value from Shopify businesses. With a $100K monthly marketing budget, the team deployed a broad strategy across paid social, search, events, influencers, and newsletters—targeting a highly specific Ideal Customer Profile (ICP).
Challenge:
While newsletters were promising as a direct response channel, traditional sponsorships were inefficient—manual outreach, variable ad formats, inconsistent execution, and poor scalability. Managing these efforts consumed valuable time and resources without delivering scalable returns.
Solution:
The team switched to the beehiiv Ad Network, which streamlined newsletter sponsorships through a unified platform. It simplified campaign setup, centralized audience targeting, and allowed the team to scale quickly without needing to manage individual publisher relationships or creative workflows.
Results:
- Newsletter advertising now drives qualified leads at half their target cost per opportunity (CPO)
- Scalable results with significantly less time investment from their team
- Confident in ramping future spend due to proven ROI
As Director of Demand Gen Adam Cohen put it: “It doesn’t scale—until you use beehiiv. Now it does.”
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