OKIMA Case Study: 20+ New Students per Campaign | Catchings Creative
Oklahoma Institute of Martial ArtsMartial arts school, Oklahoma

20+ newstudents percampaign.

How Oklahoma Institute of Martial Arts turned two seasonal Meta ad campaigns into more than 40 new students, with every lead followed up automatically.

Meta adsSmart-Website + CRMNew Year's 2025Back-to-school 2026
110Leads across two campaigns
$8.72Lowest cost per lead
40+New students, 20+ per campaign
<3 wksPer campaign, start to finish
01

The goal

Fill OKIMA's classes during the two biggest enrollment windows of the year: New Year's, when families make fresh commitments, and back-to-school, when new routines start.

02

What we did

  1. Built the system to catch every lead

    A Smart-Website + CRM with instant text and email follow-up, trial-class booking, and automatic reminders, so no lead went cold.

  2. Planned the offer and wrote the script

    A seasonal offer for each campaign, plus a script and shot list so OKIMA knew exactly what to film.

  3. Edited the footage into ads

    OKIMA captured the shots during class. We cut them into Facebook and Instagram ads with captions and copy.

  4. Launched, targeted, and tracked

    Ads Manager setup, local targeting, and pixel tracking, with every lead routed straight into follow-up.

03

The results

Both campaigns brought in more than 20 new students, and both wrapped up in under three weeks. The second campaign beat the first on volume and on cost.

62% more leads16% lower cost per leadAbout $27 to $30 a day
Leads
New Year's 2025
42
Back-to-school 2026
68
Cost per lead
New Year's 2025
$10.39
Back-to-school 2026
$8.72
Campaign length and spend
New Year's 2025
16 days
Back-to-school 2026
20 days
20new students
×
$120monthly tuition
=
$2,400in new monthly tuition

That's from about $593 in back-to-school ad spend, or less than $30 in ad spend per new student.

04

Why it worked

01

Right offer, right season

Each campaign ran when families were already looking for a new activity.

02

Instant follow-up

Every lead got a text and an email within seconds, so OKIMA reached families before other schools did.

03

Real footage

Ads filmed in OKIMA's own classes showed parents exactly what their kids would experience.

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