How We Ran a $820,000 Ad Campaign...

There is a ZERO percent chance that I need to explain to you just how difficult it is to compete in the SaaS/no-code/web dev space.

You’re probably intimately familiar…

It can cost you anywhere from $3 – $6 just to get a prospect to click on one of your ads, never mind actually getting them to engage with your content.

Tech is a hyper-competitive space, with a tremendous barrier to entry. 

And despite all of that, we managed to generate over $820,000 worth of traffic without spending a single cent on ads. 

How? 🙇

By putting our money where our mouth is… 🦾

And we ran the same playbook that we advocate for with all (most) of our clients:

When it comes to generating organic traffic, the “old-fashioned” approach to SEO doesn’t work.

At least, not anymore. 

The internet as a whole is a MUCH bigger place than it once was, and standing out in a sea of BILLIONS of web pages requires a systematic approach that a single marketing team — no matter how well-trained — simply cannot keep up with. 

That said, in this email, we’ll break down how we leveraged Programmatic SEO and AI to turbocharge our own growth and generate $820,000 worth of organic traffic without spending a single cent on ads. 

By the way…

If you’re looking to get our help generating similar results…

👉 Get in Touch Now to Discover How We Can Skyrocket Your Growth With SEO + AI. 

Obviously, RapidDev started out with minuscule traffic…

At the time we started this venture — back in November 2023 — we were averaging just ~150 clicks per day.

Now, that’s not “bad”… but in the SaaS/no-code/web dev space, it might as well be a whisper in a stadium.

Remember, the SaaS/no-code/web dev space is one of the most brutal on the internet…

And with CPC rates hovering between $3 – $6, “buying our way in” via paid ads would’ve cost us a veritable fortune. 

Forget that, a literal fortune.

Given that our goal was to grow without ballooning costs, we had to take a different approach. 

One that could generate the same kind of traction that traditional SEO did in its heyday, without the ridiculous workload. 

So we turned to what we know best. 

Instead of playing the guessing game and praying something might land, we took a more practical approach. 

We mapped thousands of long-tail opportunities: the ones hiding where competition was thin, intent was high, and CPCs were bleeding advertisers dry.

And once we were done mapping, we got to work building pages that actually answered those queries in full.

That meant creating:

And of course…

We didn’t build a single page or app manually…

We leveraged our understanding of Programmatic SEO… and then supercharged the process with AI.

That meant:

In essence, we built a living system —

One that produced over 10,500 high-quality, SEO-optimized pages.

Here’s a breakdown of the numbers. 🔎

Start Date: November 2023

Initial Clicks: ~150/day

Current Clicks: ~498/day

Peak Clicks: 549/day

Pages Delivered: 10,500+

Total Organic Clicks Generated: 140,000+

Traffic Value (if purchased via ads): $420,000–$840,000

SEO Investment: $120,000

ROI: 5 – 20x

We scaled RapidDev’s inbound pipeline using this exact approach.

Want us to do the same for your business? 😉

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Today, 83% of RapidDev’s traffic comes directly from Programmatic SEO.

What started with ~150 clicks/day has grown into a compounding traffic engine that delivers thousands of visits every single month — with no dependency on ads.

Think about that for a second:

Okay, it wasn’t the exact same statement, but my point is made.

No matter which angle you approach the situation from, RapidDev’s explosive growth is a direct result of implementing Programmatic SEO, combined with AI-driven workflows, to generate organic traffic. 

📌 Every single click comes from high-intent users who generally engage with our content on a deep level, because they’re after solutions to problems they’re currently dealing with. 

Which leaves us with just one question…

If you’re not in the Top 10 of Google’s SERP for your niche, why not use the same principles to get there?

By taking the AI approach to SEO, you actually skip past the competition almost entirely — because at least for now, most people aren’t implementing this approach very well.

Of course…

As with all things, there’s a learning curve…

You’ll still have to do the “hard work” of learning how to tie all of these pieces together into a near-godlike SEO system. 

Or…

You can skip all of that effort and let us handle the work for you. 😏

Sounds good?

👉 Get in Touch Today; Let’s Turbo-Charge Your Organic Traffic.

‘Til then 🤙

RapidDev