Paid Social

AQUIS Exchange

Discover how Overdrive helped AQUIS Exchange increase brand visibility amongst ambitious, growth-focused businesses by using LinkedIn Ads.

What We Achieved

AQUIS Exchange wanted to increase visibility amongst ambitious, growth-focused businesses that could be considering a future stock market listing.

In a highly regulated financial market, trust and credibility play a critical role in the buying journey. Businesses do not make listing decisions overnight. They require education, familiarity and repeated exposure long before they're ready to engage with an exchange directly.

LinkedIn represented a significant opportunity, not just as a lead generation platform, but as a channel for building awareness, educating prospective issuers and creating long-term brand familiarity with senior decision-makers.

We achieved

1.7M

Impressions

We delivered

19.4K

Clicks

We secured

393K

Video Views

We generated

1,285

New LinkedIn Followers

Above Benchmark Performance

The campaign achieved a 1.11% click-through rate, significantly outperforming commonly reported LinkedIn Sponsored Content benchmarks of approximately 0.44%–0.65%.

Traffic was also delivered efficiently, with an average cost per click of £2.09 — well below many commonly reported LinkedIn Ads benchmark ranges for B2B audiences.

This combination of strong engagement rates and efficient media delivery enabled AQUIS to maximise visibility whilst maintaining cost-effective performance.

What We Did

Campaign Direction

LinkedIn activity was aligned to both immediate engagement objectives and longer-term demand generation goals.

Audience Growth

The campaign generated 1,285 new followers, creating a valuable audience that AQUIS can continue to educate and nurture organically.

Increased Visibility

Nearly 1.75 million impressions helped strengthen awareness and familiarity amongst a highly targeted professional audience.

Content Engagemennt

More than 393,000 video views provided opportunities to communicate AQUIS’ proposition and educate prospective issuers.

Traffic Generation

The campaign delivered 19,413 clicks at an average CPC of £2.09, generating meaningful engagement at an efficient cost.

The Results

The campaign helped AQUIS Exchange establish a stronger and more visible presence amongst the businesses it wanted to reach.

By combining audience growth, video engagement and consistent brand visibility, LinkedIn became more than an advertising platform. It became a channel for building trust, educating the market and creating warmer audiences for future conversations.

For organisations operating within high-consideration B2B markets, long-term visibility is critical. The companies most likely to list in the future may not be ready to act today, but maintaining a consistent presence ensures the brand remains front of mind as those businesses progress through their growth journey.

Most importantly, the campaign demonstrated how a well-executed LinkedIn Ads strategy can deliver value beyond immediate lead generation. By increasing visibility, strengthening credibility and growing an engaged audience, AQUIS built stronger foundations for future commercial growth.