Guard Dog Media | Paid Ads & Content Creation

FROM 24X TO 31X ROAS

SCALING MIAMI LUXURY HOTEL

about the brand

A luxury hotel located in Miami, know for its world-class hospitality and design-driven experience. The property already had strong brand awareness and consistent bookings but felt their advertising didn’t reflect their high-end identity.

THE CHALLENGE

Despite impressive results (around 20-24x ROAS), the hotel’s leadership team wasn’t satisfied with the look and feel of their ads. 

Their existing campaigns featured generic images and broad copy that failed to convey the emotional experience of the property.

THEY WANTED TO

  • Elevate the visual storytelling to match their luxury positioning.
  • Maintain – or ideally increase – their already strong ROAS.
  • Build a scalable creative system for year-round campaigns.

WHAT WE DID

POSITIONING & OFFER ARCHITECTURE

  • Shifted messaging from “rooms” to curated experiences (staycation, celebration, escape).
  • Built seasonal narratives around high-intent travel windows.

  • Structured value-add offers (credits, upgrades, limited-time perks) instead of heavy discounting.

  • Created segmented messaging for leisure travelers vs. event-driven guests.

CREATIVE
OPTIMIZATION

  • Built a creative system: we A/B tested angles, visuals, and videos until we found the perfect mix.

  • Each round taught us something new: how to make it feel cinematic without losing performance.

AUDIENCE REFINEMENT & DEMAND CAPTURE

  • Prioritized high-income + travel-intent audiences in key feeder markets.

  • Layered retargeting across 7 / 14 / 30-day windows to capture decision cycles.

  • Leveraged CRM-based custom audiences for repeat guests and lookalikes.

  • Aligned message depth with funnel stage (inspiration → property differentiation → urgency).

OUR APPROACH

Creative Audit & Research

We analyzed past campaigns, top audiences, and competitive positioning across other luxury properties in Miami and beyond.

Creative Brief & Concepting

We developed a new ad structure centered on emotion, aspiration, and experience, rather than static property visuals.

A/B Testing Framework

We tested multiple creative angles – from cinematic video clips to lifestyle imagery and editorial-style visuals- to identify which storytelling formats delivered the best engagement and return.

Luxury-Level Production

Working with our in-house designers and editors, we transformed the bran´s content into ad-ready pieces that looked like high-end commercials while retaining a performance-first layout.

2023 - 2025 RESULTS

Over a three-year partnership (2023-2025), the campaigns achieved consistent year-over-year growth.