Performance Marketing That Delivers Measurable Results
Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads, and retargeting campaigns built specifically for coliving operators. 4.2x average ROAS, $12 average cost per lead, and predictable lead flow that fills your beds faster.
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Average ROAS
Average Cost Per Lead
Lower CPA Than Industry Average
Increase in Qualified Inquiries
Why Performance Marketing for Coliving
Performance marketing is the fastest way to fill beds. Unlike organic channels that take months to build, paid advertising puts your coliving space in front of qualified prospects immediately. When you are launching a new property, entering a new market, or simply need to fill vacancies quickly, performance marketing delivers predictable results on a predictable timeline.
The coliving industry presents unique paid advertising opportunities. Your target audiences - digital nomads, remote workers, young professionals, international relocators - are highly active on Google, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. They search for specific terms, engage with lifestyle content, and can be precisely targeted by interest, behavior, location, and demographic. This specificity means your ad budget goes further than in generic real estate advertising.
Scalability is a major advantage. When you find a campaign that works at $2,000/month, you can scale it to $10,000/month and proportionally increase leads. Performance marketing gives you a lever you can pull - increasing or decreasing spend based on occupancy needs, seasonal demand, and new property launches. It is the most controllable growth channel available to coliving operators.
Every dollar is tracked and measured. Unlike brand advertising where results are fuzzy, performance marketing provides exact data on cost per click, cost per lead, cost per tour booking, and cost per move-in. This transparency means you always know your ROI and can make data-driven decisions about budget allocation. Combined with coliving SEO services for long-term organic growth, performance marketing creates a complete acquisition system.
Immediate Results
Generate qualified leads within 1-2 weeks of campaign launch. No waiting months for organic rankings - paid ads deliver from day one.
Precise Targeting
Reach digital nomads, remote workers, students, and relocators with laser-focused demographic, interest, and behavior targeting.
Scalable Growth
When you find a winning campaign, scale it proportionally. Double your budget, double your leads. A lever you can pull on demand.
Full Transparency
Track every dollar from ad click to move-in. Know your exact cost per lead, cost per booking, and return on ad spend in real-time.
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Book Your Free Strategy SessionChannels We Manage
We manage paid advertising across every channel where your future coliving residents spend time - from search engines to social platforms to industry-specific marketplaces.
Google Search Ads
Capture high-intent residents the moment they search for coliving in your city. We build keyword-targeted campaigns around terms like 'coliving in [city]', 'shared living near me', and 'coliving for digital nomads' - reaching people who are actively looking for exactly what you offer.
Google Display & YouTube Ads
Build brand awareness and stay top-of-mind with visual and video campaigns across Google's Display Network and YouTube. Perfect for showcasing your coliving spaces, community events, and lifestyle to prospective residents who are browsing travel, remote work, and lifestyle content.
Meta Ads (Facebook & Instagram)
Facebook and Instagram are where coliving thrives visually. We create scroll-stopping ad creatives that showcase your spaces, community life, and resident stories - targeting digital nomads, remote workers, young professionals, and international relocators with precision demographic and interest targeting.
LinkedIn Ads
Reach corporate housing decision-makers, HR teams, and B2B coliving prospects on LinkedIn. Ideal for operators targeting employee relocations, corporate retreats, and professional networking communities that value premium coliving experiences.
Retargeting Campaigns
Most coliving prospects do not book on their first visit. Our retargeting campaigns follow up with website visitors across platforms - reminding them of your spaces, sharing testimonials, and offering incentives that bring them back to complete their booking.
Listing Platform Advertising
Maximize your visibility on coliving-specific platforms like Coliving.com, NomadList, and other travel and digital nomad marketplaces. We manage your presence, optimize listings, and run sponsored placements to capture traffic where your future residents already browse.
Our ROAS-Focused Approach
Every campaign decision is driven by one question: does this generate a positive return on ad spend?
Coliving-Specific Targeting
We have spent 11+ years building targeting frameworks for coliving audiences. Our custom audience segments include digital nomads by travel behavior, remote workers by job title, international relocators by visa interest, and students by university proximity. These are not generic real estate audiences - they are people actively seeking coliving lifestyles.
Lookalike Audience Building
We upload your best resident data to create lookalike audiences that mirror your ideal customers. By training algorithms on people who actually moved in and stayed, we find more residents just like them - reducing wasted spend on low-quality leads and improving conversion rates at every stage of the funnel.
Creative Testing at Scale
We systematically test ad creatives - headlines, images, videos, copy variations - across platforms to find the combinations that resonate most with your target audience. Our data shows that lifestyle-focused creatives (community events, social spaces, resident stories) consistently outperform property-focused ads for coliving.
Full-Funnel Attribution
We track every touchpoint from first ad click to move-in day. This means we know which campaigns, audiences, and creatives generate not just leads, but actual residents. We optimize for downstream metrics - cost per tour, cost per move-in - not vanity metrics like impressions or clicks.
Performance marketing works best alongside organic social media and content marketing for a complete acquisition strategy.
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Our performance marketing campaigns can be live within 7 days of our strategy call.
Book a Free Strategy SessionResults Our Clients Achieve
These are real benchmarks from coliving performance marketing campaigns we have managed across multiple markets.
Average ROAS
For every $1 spent on ads, our coliving clients generate $4.20 in revenue on average. This accounts for the full booking value of residents acquired through paid channels.
Average Cost Per Lead
Across all channels and markets, our average cost per qualified lead is $12. This includes leads who have submitted an inquiry form or booked a tour - not just website visitors.
Lower CPA Than Industry
Our coliving-specific targeting, creative frameworks, and optimization expertise deliver a cost per acquisition 65% lower than what general agencies achieve for the same clients.
Increase in Qualified Inquiries
On average, operators who switch to our performance marketing management see a 280% increase in qualified inquiries within the first 90 days of optimization.
Budget Recommendations by Property Size
Every coliving business is different. Here are our recommended monthly ad budgets based on property size and growth goals.
| Property Size | Monthly Budget | Expected Leads | Recommended Channels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Property (10-30 beds) | $1,500 - $3,000/mo | 30 - 60 leads/mo | Google Search + Meta Ads |
| Multi-Property (2-5 locations) | $3,000 - $8,000/mo | 60 - 150 leads/mo | Google + Meta + Retargeting |
| Portfolio (5-15 locations) | $8,000 - $20,000/mo | 150 - 400 leads/mo | Full Channel Mix + LinkedIn |
| Enterprise (15+ locations) | $20,000+/mo | 400+ leads/mo | All Channels + Platform Ads |
These are guidelines based on our experience across 60+ coliving clients. Actual budgets depend on your market competition, target audience, and growth goals. We will provide specific recommendations during your free strategy session.
Performance Marketing FAQ
Common questions about paid advertising for coliving businesses.
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