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IBERO Enhances Student Acquisition with DBA Campaigns and Dynamic Academic Program Personalization

 

Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana (IBERO), a higher education institution offering a broad portfolio of academic programs, aimed to strengthen its digital student acquisition strategy to improve lead quality and increase enrollment conversions.

 

In an increasingly competitive education landscape, attracting prospective students is no longer just about reaching more people. It's about presenting each user with the most relevant academic offering based on their interests, digital behavior, and stage in the decision-making journey.

2,479Leads Generated
3.13%Conversion Rate
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The Challenge

Improving lead quality without sacrificing acquisition efficiency.

IBERO needed to improve the efficiency of its digital student acquisition campaigns while maintaining competitive costs. The goal was not simply to generate more leads, but to attract prospective students with stronger intent and a genuine likelihood of progressing towards enrollment.
The institution faced several key challenges:

  • Improving the quality of the leads generated.
  • Increasing lead-to-enrollment conversion.

  • Optimizing media investment while maintaining competitive costs.

  • Showing each user the most relevant academic programs based on their interests and digital behavior.

In a sector where many institutions compete for the attention of the same student profiles, message relevance becomes a real competitive advantage. Showing the right program at the right time tends to work considerably better than presenting the same offer to everyone and crossing your fingers. Turns out, the algorithm appreciates a little strategic thinking too.

Solution

Combining automation and personalization to show each user the most relevant program

Adsmurai designed and implemented a DBA (Dynamic Broad Audience) campaign strategy to leverage the platform’s automation and machine learning capabilities, enabling communications to be dynamically adapted to each user.

The strategy focused on connecting behavioral signals, interests, and academic offerings to show each prospective student the most relevant programs. As a result, campaign activation moved beyond broad-reach advertising and evolved into a smarter, more personalized student acquisition system focused on conversion.

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The main actions included:

  • Dynamic personalization of academic programs based on interests and behavioral signals.
  • Campaign optimization towards higher-quality signals and users with a greater likelihood of conversion.
  • Activation of broad audiences enhanced by machine learning algorithms.
  • Development of creative assets focused on the key differentiators of each academic program, from their value proposition and curriculum to institutional credibility and the university’s high-quality accreditation.
  • Continuous strategy adjustments based on campaign performance and the quality of the leads generated.

This approach made it possible to combine scale and relevance: broad audiences to expand reach, automation to identify conversion opportunities, and dynamic messaging to better connect academic programs with each user.

IBERO Mockup 02

Results

Higher-quality leads, stronger conversion, and more efficient media investment.

The strategy improved the efficiency of the student acquisition process and helped IBERO move towards a model focused on quality, personalization, and conversion.
Key results:

  • 2,479 net leads generated.
  • 3.13% lead-to-enrollment conversion rate.
  • 5.49% reduction in CPM.
  • Greater alignment between the academic programs shown and each user’s interests.
  • More qualified prospective students generated through dynamic program personalization.

The combination of automation, machine learning, and trust-focused creative enabled IBERO to optimize its media investment and strengthen the connection between its academic programs and prospective students.