Lick Library

Google Ads, Meta Ads, portal development

Scaling a global community through bespoke portal development and paid media

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LickLibrary is one of the world's leading online guitar learning platforms, with a vast library of courses, lessons and tutorials taught by world-class guitarists. They first came to us to grow their subscriber base and drive online sales through paid advertising across Google and Meta. As the results grew, they returned with a bigger challenge: a bespoke member portal that could match the ambition of their platform and give their global community of guitarists a real home online.

ClientLickLibrary
IndustryOnline guitar courses
Specialist areasGoogle Ads, Meta Ads, portal development
A LickLibrary sale advert running on Facebook
Google Ads

Capturing purchase-ready demand.

LickLibrary came to us to scale its international subscriber base and improve conversion value within a saturated digital education market. We replaced fragmented tactics with an integrated paid media strategy, using structured Search and Performance Max campaigns to reach high-intent users at the point of greatest purchase intent.

By continuously optimising assets and refining keyword targeting, we protected established revenue streams while diversifying lead sources, building a reliable engine for sustained global growth.

Online sales
+27.27%

Increase in purchases made through Google Ads

New subscriptions
+24.65%

Increase in monthly and annual memberships

ROAS
4.03x

Initial ROAS, rising further through ongoing subscriptions

A LickLibrary summer sale advert running on Meta
Meta Ads

Generating high-impact awareness.

Our Meta strategy focused on precise audience targeting and continuous optimisation. We ran separate campaigns for high-value guitar courses alongside sales-driven promotions for monthly offers, testing video against static creative and refining ad copy to maximise conversions.

That let us identify what resonated with guitar enthusiasts at different stages of their journey, building a qualified audience of engaged learners while driving immediate revenue.

Online sales
+68.08%

Increase in online sales through Meta Ads

New subscriptions
+73%

Increase in monthly and annual subscriptions

ROAS
+43.94%

Increase in ROAS year on year

Bespoke member portal

Building a community-centric learning environment.

As the membership base grew, the existing experience was not delivering the depth of engagement or the sense of community members expected. We designed and developed a bespoke member portal from the ground up: a scalable, feature-rich environment built to support thousands of users while keeping it personal and easy to use.

Community architecture

A social layer that encourages participation. Students share progress through a dedicated feed, engage with peers through posts and comments, and build their own networks with private messaging, friend requests and follower systems.

Public and private groups

Members join public groups by genre and skill level, or create private spaces for collaborative projects. That segmentation keeps content relevant to each student and lifts long-term retention and daily active use.

Live streaming and real-time chat

A high-performance live streaming module with automated announcements to drive attendance, and interactive chat so students can engage with tutors as it happens. It turns the portal into a live destination for masterclasses.

Secure single sign-on

A bespoke SSO framework gives the membership base a one-click entry point that protects premium content and private community interactions, and scales to thousands of international users without slowing down.

A guitarist playing along with a LickLibrary lessonThe LickLibrary member portal dashboard
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