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CPG Brand Uncovers 1.33x ROAS Opportunity Using AI Performance Marketing Agent

A national consumer goods brand unlocks revenue by replacing fragmented ad workflows with AI-led optimization

Industry
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)

Platform Used
Glue’s AI Performance Marketing Module

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+133%

in ROAS across Meta and Google Ads

72%

Reduction in non-performing ad spend

4.2x

Increase in weekly A/B tests executed (compared to manual baseline)

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“We had years of account data, but no way to make sense of it all without a senior performance marketer. Glue gave us real-time feedback, fixed misfires in our ad accounts, and turned our campaigns into a revenue engine—without hiring anyone.”

— VP of Growth at a National CPG Brand

The Challenge

Underperforming campaigns, data chaos, and no internal growth team

The CPG brand—a fast-growing national player in the wellness snacks category—was spending heavily across Google and Meta Ads, but lacked clear attribution and insight into what was actually driving returns.

They were running

  • Over 200 keyword groups in Google Search
  • Multiple broad interest and lookalike audiences in Meta Ads
  • Manual reports stitched across GA4, Ads Manager, and spreadsheets

Despite increasing media budgets by 40% YoY, blended ROAS was declining. They suspected bugs in the Google account, but without a dedicated media buyer or analyst in-house, they had no clear way to debug, optimize, or scale efficiently.

The Outcome

A 133% ROAS turnaround in 8 weeks using AI-led optimization

After onboarding Glue, the brand connected their ad accounts, website events, and historical conversion data. Within 72 hours, Glue’s Performance Marketing Agent delivered a diagnostic report highlighting

  • 11 conversion tracking issues in Google Ads (attribution dead zones)
  • 8 wasted audiences in Meta that accounted for 36% of spend but <3% of conversions
  • Keyword clusters with overlapping intent cannibalizing Google CPCs
  • Missed opportunities to segment creative by UGC, product category, and buying stage

Glue’s AI Agent didn't stop at diagnosis. It recommended and executed rapid-fire experiments, including

  • Isolating high-converting branded and long-tail terms
  • Rebuilding custom audiences based on purchase recency and category engagement
  • Rotating creative variants based on meta learnings (product benefits vs lifestyle imagery)
  • Simulating ROAS impact before launching changes live

Within 60 days, the results were measurable

  • ROAS jumped from .6x to 1.4x on Meta
  • CPA dropped by 38% on high-intent Google terms
  • Weekly campaign iterations increased from 2 to 9, with no added headcount
Overview

The brand originally treated paid media as a necessary expense but had no optimization layer. By plugging in Glue, they unlocked full-funnel visibility—from clicks to conversions—and a system that didn’t just suggest changes, but made them.

“Before Glue, we were guessing what worked and hoping performance held up. Now we run more tests in a week than we used to in a month—and we’re not relying on an agency to do it.”

Approach

Glue’s AI Revenue Agent connected to

  • Google Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • GA4
  • Shopify (purchase data)
  • Klaviyo (email segments used for custom audiences)

In the first phase, the Agent

  • Diagnosed conversion tracking mismatches and duplicate events
  • Clustered thousands of keywords into high vs low ROI segments
  • Suggested audience pruning and reallocation strategies
  • Simulated impact of budget shifts between channels

In the second phase, the Agent

  • Deployed A/B creative tests with auto-generated copy for new SKUs
  • Reallocated spend in real-time based on predicted ROAS
  • Updated audiences weekly based on performance decay curves
  • Synced winning strategies to other channels (e.g., email and SMS)
Result

The CPG brand saw ROI across three key dimensions

MetricBefore GlueAfter 60 Days
Meta Ads ROAS0.6x1.4x
Google Ads ROAS0.7x1.3x
Non-Performing Spend41%<12%
A/B Tests per Week29
Time to Launch New Campaign6–8 days<24 hours

This shift from reactive to proactive performance marketing created a self-optimizing system that made decisions at the speed of data, not agency check-ins.

Conclusion

Glue enabled the CPG brand to compete with the speed, insight, and testing cadence of enterprise growth teams—without hiring a single marketer. By replacing tool sprawl and lagging workflows with a full-stack AI Agent, the brand transformed its ad spend into a measurable, scalable revenue engine.

“Glue became our most valuable hire—and it isn’t even human.”

FAQs

What specific tracking issues did Glue help uncover?

Glue identified redundant conversion events, missing GA4-to-Google Ads attribution links, and underreported purchase values due to misfired tags.

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