Catalunya Motor · SEAT
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Catalunya Motor · SEAT

338 leads in 17 days for the official SEAT dealership in Barcelona.

338
Leads captured
137
Facebook leads
17 días
Acquisition campaign
4
Digital channels
The Project

Catalunya Motor is the official SEAT dealership in Barcelona, with three sites spread across the city. To mark La Mercè 2018—Barcelona's main festival—, the client decided to run three special sales days to clear 75 units of SEAT stock, brand-new and yet to be registered, at unbeatable prices. On 20, 21 and 22 September only.

The brief was to design and run the digital lead-generation campaign across the 17 days leading up to the event. The work covered media strategy, landing page design, creative production for four channels —including programmatic Display for the first time in the series— and the SMS reminder system for confirmed leads.

Period
September 2018
Acquisition 5–21 · Event 20-22
Category
Automotive · Dealership
Google Ads · Display · Social · Lead Gen
The models

75 SEAT stock units at unbeatable prices

SEAT León

The flagship model of the campaign. The highest search volume and a standout presence across every channel.

SEAT Arona

An urban SUV in high demand in the Barcelona market. Especially sought after by a younger, female audience.

SEAT Ibiza

A benchmark in the small-car segment. Its competitive price made it the most attractive vehicle in the offer.

SEAT Ateca

The largest SUV in the catalogue. It drew the attention of the highest-spending profile, mainly via Google Search.

La Mercè 2018 · SEAT
La Mercè 2018 · SEAT
The campaign's main creative for the three Catalunya Motor dealerships in Barcelona.
Exclusive SEAT offers
Exclusive SEAT offers
A supporting piece on social media and Display focused on stock and availability by point of sale.
The challenge

Filling three dealerships in 3 days with real buyers

Catalunya Motor's special sales days work because the entire sales team, on extended hours, attends solely to buyers who have already confirmed their attendance. The lead had to be someone with genuine interest in buying a SEAT, available on the event dates and willing to visit the dealership.

The challenge was not awareness or web traffic. It was lead quality and volume: enough to fill the diaries of all three sites, yet without overwhelming the call centre tasked with confirming the appointments.

A 3-day window
The event ran only on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The sales diary had to be full before the doors opened.
75 units to sell
Specific stock, a finite number. The campaign had to generate the volume needed without overshooting or falling short.
Three dealerships
Managing demand across three sites and distributing leads according to each point of sale's availability.
A festive backdrop
La Mercè 2018 created advertising noise. The message had to stand out clearly above the seasonal competition.
Catalunya Motor · Zona Franca
Carrer A, 51 · 08040 Barcelona
Catalunya Motor · Plaza Cerdà
Plaza Cerdà, 140 · Barcelona
Catalunya Motor · Avda. Madrid
Avda. Madrid, 179 · Barcelona
The strategy

Four channels. One shared goal: the confirmed lead.

Google Ads
Channel 01

Google Ads Search

  • Search campaigns built on high purchase-intent SEAT keywords in Barcelona
  • Geographic targeting: Barcelona + a 60 km radius
  • Ads geared towards requesting attendance to the special-day event
  • Highest-converting profile: men aged 45–54
Channel 02

Google Display + Remarketing

  • A new channel added compared with earlier campaigns in the series
  • Animated banners in 4 IAB formats: 300×250, 300×600, 336×280, 728×90
  • Programmatic buying targeted by potential SEAT-user profile
  • A remarketing layer over users who visited the landing page without converting
Meta
Channel 03

Facebook & Instagram Lead Ads

  • Native in-platform form: users never leave the app to submit their details
  • Targeting by age, gender and automotive interests
  • Users chose their visit day and nearest dealership directly within the form
  • The dominant channel by volume: 262 of the 338 total leads came from social media
Support

SMS Marketing

  • A personalised reminder sent the day before to each lead confirmed by the call centre
  • An attendance nudge to reduce no-shows during the event days
  • A message with the confirmed date, the adviser's name and the assigned dealership
Results

338 leads in 17 days. Facebook, the dominant channel.

Social media contributed 77.5% of the total lead volume. Google captured fewer but with higher declared purchase intent. Combining both approaches secured both volume and quality.

MetaFacebook
137 leads · 40.5%
MetaInstagram
125 leads · 37%
Google AdsGoogle
76 leads · 22.5%
Total338 leads
Daily evolution (social)
5 Sep21 Sep
Peak: 29 leads on 9 September
77,5%
Leads from social media
22,5%
Leads from Google
Google AdsGoogle Search · Detail
2.532
Total clicks
12.174
Impressions
20,8%
CTR best segment
Lead profile

Two audiences, two intentions, one destination

Google AdsGoogle Search · Ideal profile
Gender
Male
Age
45–54 years
Behaviour
Active SEAT search
Peak CTR
27.4% · 45-54 segment
MetaFacebook · Best performance
Gender
Male
Age
25–34 years
Behaviour
Interest-driven discovery
Volume
137 leads · leading channel
Google Display · Best profile
Gender
Female
Age
45–54 years
Behaviour
Programmatic visual impact
Role
Remarketing · brand reinforcement
Overall assessment

338 leads in 17 days. The volume needed to fill three dealerships.

Facebook and Instagram generated the highest lead volume thanks to the native form and interest-based targeting. Google Ads, with lower volume, delivered the highest purchase-intent profile: users who were already searching for a SEAT and found the event to be a concrete opportunity.

Adding Google Display as a new channel broadened the reach to audiences who had not yet searched actively, and the subsequent remarketing recovered visitors who had not converted on first contact. The SMS reminder, sent the day before to each confirmed lead, reduced no-shows during the event days.

338
Leads captured
17 d
Acquisition campaign
137
Facebook leads
+1 channel
Display added
"We managed to fill the diaries of all three sites before the event even began. The leads arrived qualified: the call centre confirmed them quickly and the sales team could focus on closing, not on convincing."
Carlos Sanjosé
Sales Director · Catalunya Motor · SEAT

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