Referrals Alone Won’t Scale a Firm, or an Acquisition Pipeline.

Waiting on word of mouth caps your growth at whoever your clients happen to know. We helped an accounting firm roll-up acquire 100+ practices using AI video ads, narration-style creative that speaks directly to firm owners considering succession, merger, or growth, generating qualified conversations at scale.

100+

Firms Acquired

$15 to $30

Cost Per Lead

12+

Months Running

Multi

Batch Campaigns

Our Hook & Pitch System for Professional Services

Professional service firms are built on trust and relationships. Our narration-style ads build that trust in 30 seconds by speaking to the specific challenges firm owners face, succession planning, growth plateaus, and operational burnout.

For the accounting roll-up, our hooks targeted firm owners at inflection points, approaching retirement, burned out from growth, or looking for a partner. Each hook addressed a different emotional trigger that makes owners consider selling or merging.

Hook Angles (Accounting Roll-Up):

• • Succession planning anxiety
• • Operational burnout (wearing all hats)
• • Growth ceiling frustration
• • Valuation curiosity (what's my firm worth?)

Over 12+ months, we ran multiple creative batches. Each with 10 new hooks. This prevented creative fatigue while continuously testing new angles. The result: consistent lead flow month after month without performance degradation.

Campaign Longevity Strategy:

• • New 10-hook batch every 4 to 6 weeks
• • Top performers scaled, underperformers retired
• • Seasonal messaging adjustments (tax season, etc.)
• • Geographic expansion over time

We target firm owners specifically. Not employees, not students, not bookkeepers. The creative itself acts as a filter: only someone who owns a practice would resonate with succession planning or valuation messaging.

Targeting Approach:

• • Interest-based targeting (CPA, accounting software)
• • Behavioral signals (business owner indicators)
• • Creative-driven self-qualification
• • Lookalike audiences from converted leads

Lead forms qualify for firm size, revenue, timeline, and motivation. For the roll-up, we needed owners who were genuinely considering a transition. Not just curious about their valuation. The qualifying questions filtered for serious intent.

Qualification Questions:

• • Annual revenue of the firm
• • Number of clients / staff
• • Timeline for transition (1 to 3 years, immediate)
• • Primary motivation (retirement, growth, burnout)

Related Case Studies

See proven results from our professional services campaigns.

100+ firms acquired through multi-batch AI video campaigns targeting firm owners ready to sell or merge.

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Ad Formats We Run for Professional Services

Real narration-style creative from live campaigns, press play.

Narration, Hyper Targeting

Hook & Pitch Format

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