Ice Cube Marketing client story · Royal Wings Travel

How Royal Wings Travel Closed 18+ Deals With a 6X ROAS — And Generated 120+ Qualified Leads Every Month

Royal Wings Travel had the expertise to create unforgettable Japan trips. What they didn't have was a reliable online system for turning that expertise into a steady stream of qualified enquiries.

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99% of leads generated were highly qualified and ready to book a Japan trip.
Royal Wings Travel · Kyoto shoot

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Hear How Royal Wings Travel Transformed Its Marketing

The founder-led video advertisement that became the campaign's biggest breakthrough: the same video referenced throughout this case study.

6X
Return on ad spend
120+
Leads per month
$20
Cost per lead
18+
Closed deals
99%
Highly qualified leads

01 · Who They Are, and the Challenge

Great Travel Expertise, But No Predictable Online Growth

Royal Wings Travel is a boutique travel agency specialising in customised travel itineraries, with a strong focus on Japan-bound travel. Their proposition was not about selling ordinary trips. It was about creating unique and meaningful travel experiences for customers.

Before Ice Cube Marketing, Royal Wings had never hired a marketing agency. Their marketing was handled entirely in-house and relied mainly on organic Facebook posts. There was no structured advertising strategy and no online funnel designed to turn attention into consistent enquiries and bookings.

They relied almost entirely on organic Facebook posts, with no structured advertising strategy.

No predictable lead-generation funnel, and no clear way to consistently reach the right customers.

Growth was slow and stagnant. They were posting regularly, but seeing minimal returns and no consistent lead generation.

They didn’t need more posts. They needed a repeatable customer-acquisition system.
Japan-bound travel: Royal Wings Travel's core specialism.
Posting without a strategy: effort without a target.
The 2-hour audit and strategy session, before any ad spend.
02 · The Turning Point

A Clear Strategy Before Spending More on Ads

Founder Diana discovered Ice Cube Marketing after seeing the results the agency was producing for other businesses. Instead of immediately jumping into a campaign, Ice Cube first conducted a 2-hour social media audit and strategy session.

That session helped uncover the gaps in Royal Wings Travel’s existing marketing approach and gave Diana a clearer path forward. The team’s expertise, willingness to collaborate and focus on practical solutions gave her the confidence to move ahead.
The strategy came first. The advertising followed.

Before

  • Organic Facebook posts only
  • No structured advertising strategy
  • No predictable lead-generation funnel

Ice Cube Strategy

  • 2-hour audit and strategy session
  • Founder-led video creative
  • Targeted advertising and optimisation

After

  • 6X ROAS, 120+ leads a month
  • 18+ closed deals, $20 cost per lead
  • 99% highly qualified leads
03 · The Breakthrough

Putting the Founder at the Centre of the Brand

One of the biggest breakthroughs was creating a professional video advertisement featuring Diana herself as the face of Royal Wings Travel.
Initially, Diana was shy about appearing on camera. But putting a real person behind the brand gave the campaign something that generic travel advertising often lacks: authenticity, personality and trust.

The video campaign performed so well that it generated a record-high number of leads; so many that Royal Wings had to rethink and restructure its internal process to handle the volume of enquiries.

What started as a creative challenge became one of the campaign’s biggest advantages.
On set: producing the founder-led video advertisement.

04 · The System

Strategy + Creative + Advertising + Collaboration

The campaign was built around understanding who Royal Wings Travel should attract, and what would make those prospects trust the brand.

01

Strategic positioning

The campaign was built around understanding who Royal Wings Travel should attract and what would make those prospects trust the brand.

02

Professional creative production

Ice Cube transformed Diana's ideas and expertise into polished marketing assets, including the breakthrough video advertisement.

03

Targeted advertising

Paid campaigns were used to reach audiences beyond the limited reach of organic Facebook posts.

04

Continuous optimisation

Campaign performance was monitored and improved to maintain strong lead volume and cost efficiency.

05

Close collaboration

Diana worked with the Ice Cube team, particularly Craig and Cheryl, to turn raw ideas into finished marketing output.

06

Sales and lead handling

As lead volume increased, Royal Wings had to strengthen internal processes to keep up with the new flow of enquiries.

The Ice Cube Marketing team behind the Royal Wings Travel campaign.

05 · The Results

6X ROAS and a Pipeline of Qualified Japan Travellers

The campaign produced results that went far beyond simply increasing Facebook engagement.

6X
Return on ad spend
120+
Leads per month
18+
Closed deals
$20
Cost per lead
99%
Highly qualified leads
Paused
Campaign, by demand
Volume got so strong it was paused to catch up

Most importantly, 99% of the leads were highly qualified and ready to book a Japan trip. This meant the campaign wasn’t simply creating noise. It was attracting people with genuine buying intent. The volume became so strong that Royal Wings temporarily paused the campaign to catch up with the number of leads and enquiries coming in.

06 · The Real Win, and the Partnership

From Marketing Provider to Strategic Growth Partner

The campaign did more than produce immediate sales. It validated Royal Wings Travel’s brand positioning and helped the business understand who its ideal customers were.

As the results became visible, Diana’s view of digital marketing changed. What initially felt uncertain became a proven growth channel. She valued Ice Cube’s responsiveness, creative execution and collaborative approach.

Diana now considers Ice Cube Marketing not simply a service provider, but an extension of her team and a trusted strategic growth partner.

From the Royal Wings Travel case study

Sustainable marketing is not about finding one lucky advertisement. It is about learning which audience, message, offer and creative combination consistently produces customers. Royal Wings now had data and real-world customer response to guide future marketing decisions.

07 · What This Means for Your Business

Want a Marketing System That Can Produce Customers, Not Just Clicks?

Royal Wings Travel’s story is not really about travel marketing. It is about what happens when a business stops relying on inconsistent organic activity and builds a measurable customer-acquisition system.
If your business is posting regularly but not generating enough enquiries, getting leads that aren’t qualified, spending money on ads without knowing what is working, or struggling to turn attention into sales, the problem may not be a lack of demand. You may simply be missing the right strategy, funnel, offer, creative and tracking system.

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Understand the type of online funnel that fits seamlessly with your existing sales process, so fewer opportunities fall through the cracks and your budget is used more effectively.

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