SetupMate Case Study: How Himanshu Soni Improved Lead Quality and Scaled UAE Business Setup Revenue by 10X Through Meta Ads
The Client
Client: SetupMate Management Consultancy
Industry: UAE Business Setup & Company Formation
Engagement Model: Individual Remote Collaboration
Performance Marketing Strategist: Himanshu Soni
Engagement Start: March 2025
Services: Meta Ads, International Lead Generation, Audience Strategy, Funnel Optimisation & Performance Marketing
Target Market: United Kingdom and International Entrepreneurs
Project Overview: Turning Irrelevant Leads Into High-Value International Business Opportunities
Generating leads for a business setup consultancy is not simply about reaching people interested in entrepreneurship. The real challenge is reaching individuals who have a genuine intention to establish a company in the UAE and are willing to invest in the process.
SetupMate provides business setup and company formation services for entrepreneurs and business owners looking to establish their businesses in the United Arab Emirates.
When Himanshu Soni started working individually with SetupMate as a remote Performance Marketing Strategist in March 2025, the business was facing a significant lead quality problem.
The existing Meta Ads campaigns were generating a large volume of irrelevant enquiries. Previous targeting strategies relied on broad interests, including luxury watches, in an attempt to reach premium audiences. However, an interest in luxury products does not necessarily indicate an intention to establish a business in the UAE.
The result was a disconnect between the audiences being targeted and the services SetupMate actually offered.
Himanshu audited the existing advertising account and identified an opportunity to rebuild the strategy around business intent, relevant audience signals, and clearer messaging.
Starting in April 2025, he launched campaigns targeting investment-related audiences in London, with advertising messages clearly communicating SetupMate’s UAE business setup services.
The first month delivered international deal closures generating approximately 6X revenue relative to advertising spend, based on the reported campaign results.
Over the following months, the strategy continued to evolve. By the sixth month of the engagement, revenue had increased to approximately 10X the initial baseline, alongside six reported deal closures. In September, the business closed 12 deals.
This case study explains how Himanshu approached the account, addressed the targeting problem, and aligned paid advertising more closely with SetupMate’s commercial objectives.
The Challenge: Why Was SetupMate Generating Irrelevant Leads?
Before changing the campaigns, Himanshu focused on understanding why the existing advertising strategy was attracting enquiries that did not translate into relevant business opportunities.
Three key challenges stood out.
1. Broad Audience Targeting Was Attracting the Wrong People
The previous team had been using broad interest-based targeting, including luxury watches, to reach audiences assumed to have greater purchasing power.
While these interests may indicate certain consumer preferences, they do not necessarily indicate that someone intends to establish a company in the UAE.
A person interested in premium watches may have no interest in company formation, business licensing, or international expansion.
This created a gap between the targeting strategy and the actual service being advertised.
The problem was not simply the number of leads being generated. It was the relevance of those leads to SetupMate’s business model.
2. The Advertising Message Needed Greater Clarity
Business setup is a specialised service. Potential customers need to understand what a company offers and whether its services match their requirements.
If an advertisement attracts attention without clearly communicating the service, it can generate enquiries from people whose needs do not align with the business.
Himanshu therefore focused on making the advertising message more directly relevant to UAE business setup and company formation.
3. Campaign Performance Needed to Be Measured Against Deal Closures
For a business setup consultancy, the value of an advertising campaign extends beyond lead generation.
A lead may need to be qualified, contacted, nurtured, and converted before becoming a paying client.
Optimising campaigns solely for lead volume or cost per lead can therefore create misleading results.
The objective was to connect advertising performance more closely with qualified opportunities, international deal closures, and revenue.
The Strategy: How Himanshu Soni Rebuilt SetupMate's Meta Ads Approach
Rather than continuing with the existing broad targeting strategy, Himanshu focused on making the campaigns more relevant to people interested in investment and business opportunities connected with the UAE.
1. Auditing the Existing Meta Ads Account
The first step was to review the existing advertising account and understand the underlying targeting problem.
The audit highlighted that the previous approach was using broad consumer interests as a proxy for business intent.
Himanshu identified the need to shift the campaign strategy towards audiences and messaging that were more closely aligned with SetupMate’s actual services.
The focus was on:
- Reviewing the existing audience targeting approach.
- Identifying why irrelevant enquiries were being generated.
- Aligning campaign messaging with UAE business setup services.
- Moving away from relying solely on broad consumer interests.
- Evaluating campaign performance against actual business outcomes.
This provided the foundation for a more focused international lead generation strategy.
2. Targeting Investment-Related Audiences in London
From April 2025, Himanshu launched campaigns targeting investment-related audiences in London.
The strategic change was to focus on a more relevant audience context instead of assuming that an interest in luxury consumer products indicated business setup intent.
The campaigns were designed to communicate directly with people who might be interested in investment and business opportunities.
The objective was not simply to reach an affluent audience. It was to reach people for whom the service being advertised was relevant.
This distinction was important because audience relevance and service clarity can influence the quality of the enquiries generated through paid advertising.
3. Communicating the UAE Business Setup Offer Clearly
Alongside the audience change, Himanshu focused on clarifying the advertising message.
The campaigns communicated what SetupMate offered: business setup and company formation services in the UAE.
This helped establish a clearer connection between the advertisement and the service the prospect would be enquiring about.
Instead of relying on a broad message designed to attract general attention, the strategy focused on communicating the business proposition more directly.
The objective was to encourage enquiries from people interested in the actual service rather than from people with unrelated financial or consumer interests.
4. Focusing on International Deal Closures
Himanshu approached campaign performance from a business perspective.
For SetupMate, a successful campaign needed to do more than generate form submissions. It needed to contribute to actual business opportunities and paying clients.
The focus therefore extended to the commercial outcomes reported by the business, including international deal closures and revenue.
This made the campaign strategy more closely aligned with the consultancy’s sales objectives.
The approach also reinforced an important performance marketing principle: the cheapest lead is not always the most valuable lead.
5. Continuing to Optimise for Sustainable Growth
Following the initial results in April 2025, the engagement continued through subsequent months.
The focus remained on improving campaign relevance, evaluating business outcomes, and building a more effective international acquisition strategy.
By the sixth month, SetupMate had reported approximately 10X revenue relative to the initial baseline, alongside six deal closures. In September, the number of reported closures increased to 12.
These milestones illustrated the importance of evaluating campaign performance over time rather than relying exclusively on initial lead generation metrics.
The Results: International Revenue Growth and More Deal Closures
The results reported during the engagement highlighted improvements in the commercial outcomes associated with the advertising strategy.
SetupMate Performance Highlights
| Metric | Reported Result |
|---|---|
| Client | SetupMate Management Consultancy |
| Strategist | Himanshu Soni |
| Working arrangement | Individual remote collaboration |
| Engagement start | March 2025 |
| New targeting strategy | April 2025 |
| Initial breakthrough | Approximately 6X revenue relative to ad spend |
| Sixth-month milestone | Approximately 10X revenue relative to the initial baseline |
| Deal closures by the sixth month | 6 |
| Deal closures in September | 12 |
| Primary service promoted | UAE business setup and company formation |
| Initial international targeting focus | London investment-related audiences |
The first major breakthrough came in April 2025, when the new campaign approach generated international deal closures with reported revenue approximately six times the advertising spend.
By the sixth month, the reported revenue had increased to approximately 10X the initial baseline, with six deal closures. September subsequently recorded 12 closures.
These results highlighted the importance of connecting audience selection and campaign messaging with the actual service being offered.
Reporting note: The 6X figure refers to revenue relative to advertising spend, while the 10X figure has been described as growth relative to the initial baseline. These are different measurements and should remain separate unless the underlying financial data confirms that both use the same ROAS calculation.
What Made This Strategy Effective?
The key change was moving away from assumptions about purchasing power and focusing more closely on business relevance.
1. Service-Relevant Audience Selection
The strategy moved beyond broad interests such as luxury watches and focused on investment-related audiences more closely aligned with the business setup proposition.
2. Clearer Advertising Communication
The campaigns communicated SetupMate’s UAE company formation and business setup services more directly, helping potential customers understand what was being offered.
3. Commercial Performance as the Primary Objective
Instead of evaluating campaigns only by lead volume, the strategy emphasised reported revenue and deal closures.
4. International Market Focus
The London targeting approach provided a defined starting point for reaching potential international clients interested in business opportunities connected with the UAE.
5. Continued Performance Evaluation
The results were assessed across multiple months, allowing the strategy to be considered in relation to actual commercial outcomes rather than only the first month’s performance.
Himanshu Soni's Role in the SetupMate Project
Himanshu Soni worked individually with SetupMate as a remote Performance Marketing Strategist starting in March 2025.
His work on the project included:
- Auditing the existing Meta Ads account.
- Identifying gaps in audience targeting.
- Reassessing broad interest-based targeting.
- Developing a more focused international audience strategy.
- Launching campaigns targeting investment-related audiences in London.
- Improving the clarity of the UAE business setup advertising message.
- Evaluating performance against international deal closures.
- Optimising campaigns around commercial outcomes.
His approach centred on understanding the business problem first and then aligning campaign strategy with the actual audience the business needed to acquire.
Conclusion: From Broad Interest Targeting to More Relevant International Business Leads
SetupMate’s experience demonstrates why audience selection is particularly important for specialised B2B and business consultancy services.
When Himanshu Soni began working individually with SetupMate in March 2025, the advertising account was generating irrelevant enquiries under a broad interest-based targeting approach.
After auditing the account, he shifted the strategy towards investment-related audiences in London and clearer communication of the company’s UAE business setup services.
The first month of the new campaign approach generated reported international deal closures at approximately 6X revenue relative to advertising spend.
By the sixth month, the business reported approximately 10X revenue relative to the initial baseline and six deal closures. In September, the number of reported closures reached 12.
The central lesson is that effective lead generation is not about reaching the broadest possible audience. It is about connecting the right service with a relevant audience, communicating the offer clearly, and measuring performance against meaningful business outcomes.
Looking for a Performance Marketing Strategist for Your Business?
Himanshu Soni works on performance marketing strategies focused on audience research, campaign optimisation, international lead generation, and measurable commercial outcomes.
For businesses struggling with irrelevant enquiries or low-quality leads, a structured audit of targeting, messaging, and conversion performance can help identify opportunities for improvement.
Visit Dioptre Media to explore performance marketing services and learn more about Himanshu’s approach to paid advertising.
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