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Atlas DTC

A direct-to-consumer brand replaces 60% of its paid social budget with clipping. CAC drops 34%.

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Atlas had a meaningful paid social budget and a punishing CAC trend. The brand had stopped responding to its own ads and was paying more to reach a softer audience. The brief: replace the paid-social middle of the funnel with clipping and see if CAC could fall without hurting top-of-funnel reach.
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We took Atlas' founder podcast and product-walkthrough library and built a continuous clip roster, ~60 clips per week, across 200+ accounts. Each clip linked back to product pages via a single bio link rotated weekly. The paid budget shifted from prospecting to retargeting only — clipping handled the discovery side.
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Week-over-week cumulative views across all platforms.

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  • TikTok · 54%
  • Reels · 24%
  • Shorts · 14%
  • Facebook · 8%
We're not going back to spending what we used to spend. The honest comparison is uncomfortable for paid social.

Devon Park, VP Marketing · Atlas DTC

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