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CASE STUDYEducation · Chennai, India

GSBM, Ganesan School of Business Management

Brand presence, admissions campaigns and lead tracking for a Chennai business school, delivering a 2.25× return on ad spend.

CLIENT
Ganesan School of Business Management
SECTOR
Higher education
LOCATION
Chennai, India
ENGAGEMENT
Ongoing partnership
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01 · The business problem

GSBM offers a focused, industry-connected MBA. Yet prospective students shortlist colleges on their phones, and GSBM's digital presence did not reflect the quality of its programme. Campaigns ran in isolation, and the admissions team could not tell which spend produced genuine applicants.

02 · The insight

Admissions is not a traffic problem. It is a trust and measurement problem: students need a clear reason to choose GSBM, and leadership needs to see which channels actually produce admissions.

03 · What Ariar built
  1. 01

    A programme-first website

    Faster pages, clearer programme information and one direct path from every page to the application.

  2. 02

    One integrated campaign

    Google for high-intent search, Meta for reach and retargeting, and LinkedIn for working professionals, managed as a single funnel.

  3. 03

    Lead tracking

    Every enquiry tagged by source and passed to the admissions team, so counselling effort goes where it converts.

  4. 04

    Campus storytelling

    Reels and shoots featuring real students and faculty, used across advertising and organic social media.

04 · The result

In the most recent admissions cycle, GSBM's campaigns returned 2.25 times their advertising spend. Leadership now reviews a single report that connects spend, enquiries and admissions, and plans each cycle with confidence.

2.25×
Return on ad spend in one admissions cycle
3
Paid channels run as one funnel
For the first time, we could see exactly which campaigns brought us serious applicants. Ariar treated our admissions like their own target.
Director
GSBM, Chennai
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