The HVN performance marketing case study | Pixated

The HVN case study

See how we helped HVN establish a new digital presence and drive high-intent customer actions across paid media in just 3 months.
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  • 10%

    CVR

  • 15%

    CTR

  • 10

    CPM

  • 7.0x+

    ROAS

See how we helped The HVN scale appointments and sales by refining paid media targeting and delivering generating a high conversion rate.

The HVN is a luxury wellness and aesthetic clinic, offering a high-end treatment experience alongside a curated selection of premium skincare products.

Launching into a luxury category with zero digital footprint was a challenge—but also a massive opportunity. The HVN came to us as a newly formed brand with no historical data, no CRM, and no performance marketing in place.

Their goals were ambitious

  • Drive bookings for their London-based luxury aesthetics clinic
  • Generate high-quality leads from affluent audiences
  • Scale product sales online for their doctor-formulated skincare line

With premium pricing, a selective target audience, and no existing funnel infrastructure, we needed to build a full-funnel strategy from scratch—focusing on high-intent targeting, CRO-driven experiences, and premium positioning across channels.

The results spoke for themselves.

 

The challenge

Despite a strong value proposition, The HVN faced the classic barriers many luxury-first brands encounter:

  • No first-party data or prior performance campaigns
    We had to define the target audience, messaging, and performance benchmarks from scratch.
  • Premium pricing hesitation
    Treatments and products came at a high price point, which meant customers needed more reassurance before converting.
  • Narrow audience pool
    Affluent customers in central London are a highly specific, difficult-to-reach demographic.
  • Conversion journey friction
    The booking process wasn’t fully optimised, creating unnecessary drop-off risk at the final step.

The HVN asked us to deliver leads and sales. What they really needed was a ground-up digital marketing engine to fuel long-term, profitable growth.

What we did
What we did
What we did

To hit the ground running, we built The HVN’s digital marketing engine from scratch, establishing campaigns, refining audience strategies, and streamlining on-site conversion.

1. PPC strategy: Branded campaigns and localised targeting

Our Google ads strategy focused on capturing high-intent, location-specific users through branded and premium keyword targeting.

● Keyword strategy: Targeted branded and luxury search terms like “hvn london,” “luxury clinic facial london,” and “doctor-led skincare treatments.”
● Geo-targeting: Limited to high-affluence areas of London to improve quality of leads and reduce wasted spend.
● Value-led messaging: Avoided discount messaging. Instead, ad copy highlighted expertise, trust, and visible results.
● On-site booking integration: We collaborated with The HVN’s dev team to integrate a seamless booking form and connect it to Google Ads conversion tracking.

2. Creative strategy: Trust, transformation, and premium positioning

We leaned into The HVN’s strengths—the beauty experience, expertise, and the luxury aspect of wellness—to create a visual messaging strategy that resonated with high-end audiences

● Creative pillars: Transformation, experiential, trust, clinic environment, and product efficacy.
● Formats: High-quality image carousels and short-form vertical video featuring clinic walk-throughs, customer testimonials, and expert-led messaging.
● Tone: Elegant, reassuring, and informative—aligned with the premium positioning.

3. Meta strategy: Broad reach, luxury refinement

We used Meta to expand beyond immediate intent and build a high-value top-of-funnel audience to nurture through retargeting and sequential storytelling.

Audience strategy

  • Custom interest-based segments around luxury lifestyle, high-end skincare, wellness, and aesthetic clinics
  • Lookalike audiences based on early converters and site engagement
  • Geo-targeting focused on wealthy London postcodes

Messaging hierarchy

  • Awareness: Brand story, expert-led clinic walkthroughs
  • Consideration: Treatment benefits, before/afters
  • Conversion: Service-specific ads, with callouts to booking availability

Retargeting

  • Based on time-on-site, product views, and booking page interactions
Results

In just 6 months, we took The HVN from zero performance data to a well-oiled digital acquisition machine—driving qualified traffic, leads, and purchases through a refined cross-channel strategy.

Across PPC, we delivered strong engagement and conversion, with CTRs between 13-15% and campaign conversion rates consistently landing at 10%.

On Meta, we maintained efficient CPMs between £9-12 while reaching affluent London audiences. Campaigns drove an average ROAS of over 7x, with top-performing creatives featuring clinic walkthroughs and authentic testimonial-led content that pushed users through to conversion.

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