Block & Chisel x Tomorrow Labs

The evolution of

digital efficiency

How Block & Chisel slashed ad spend by 80% to boost digital profits

When Block & Chisel reached the limits of its campaign efficiency, Tomorrow Labs overhauled its Google Performance Max feed using Channable. Within weeks, wasted ad spend fell sharply, driving a steady increase in profitable e-commerce revenue.

R690,574.61

Month-to-month revenue

+44.41%

YoY revenue growth

R38,64

New Return On Ad Spend

-79.55%

Reduced Ad spend

The reach revolution

The reach revolution isn't about buying impressions – it’s about using broad reach, organic content and smart efficiency to turn wasted spend into profitable sales. For Block & Chisel, Tomorrow Labs shifted from broad visibility to high-efficiency returns – by refining its Google Performance Max approach and optimising the product feed structure.
1

The challenge

Block & Chisel had the budget and demand, but spend wasn't translating into consistent, efficient visibility.
2

The shift

Tomorrow Labs restructured the product feed via Channable, replacing a flat product list with a structure built around actual shopping behaviour.
3

The reach

Performance Max campaigns were given cleaner data inputs, allowing the algorithm to accurately target high-intent buyers.

The comparison
Capped vs uncapped

Metric
The status quo
Advantage+ creative test
Google Ads spend
High / Inefficient
Decreased by 79.55%
Return On Ad Spend
R18.28 ROAS
R38.64 ROAS
Monthly revenue
R193,687.05
R690,574.61

The project blueprint

Data refinement and structural alignment turned existing ad spend into profitable, scalable e-commerce revenue.

The client

Block & Chisel is a high-end South African furniture retailer with a distinct visual identity and an established position in the market. Tomorrow Labs manages their paid media, focusing on Google Ads to drive e-commerce performance.

Our role

When Block & Chisel wasn’t showing up as strongly as expected on Google, its Performance Max strategy was refined using Channable. A more intentional product feed and clearer signals drove a sharp efficiency gain, lifting returns on ad spend.

The strategic pivot

The challenge

For a brand this strong, Google visibility should follow naturally. It didn’t. The brand wasn’t appearing consistently, and performance didn’t reflect the strength of the product or the demand around it. Spend was there but efficiency wasn’t.

The action

Channable was used to restructure the product feed to reflect how people shop across categories, rather than presenting everything as a flat list. This gave Performance Max clearer intent signals to work with. Campaigns weren’t rebuilt; we gave them better data, changing how they performed.

The road ahead

As the account scales, we keep efficiency sharp. Product feed structure is the core strategy – as it directly dictates how campaigns optimise. We treat profitability as the ultimate benchmark, measuring revenue in context.

Team Member Spotlight

Michael Slabbert
Senior Performance Marketing Specialist

We follow the approach that revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, so scaling campaigns only matters if margins scale with them

Michael had a clear goal: to build sustainable profit, not just inflated revenue. Restructuring the account improved feed structure and signal precision – turning wasted ad spend into efficient, profitable growth.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Block & Chisel reduce ad spend while growing revenue?

Tomorrow Labs restructured Block & Chisel's product feed in Channable to reflect how customers actually shop. Clearer product data gave Google Performance Max stronger intent signals, so the same demand was captured far more efficiently.

What results did Block & Chisel achieve?

Block & Chisel reached R690,574.61 in monthly revenue, up 44.41% year on year, while ad spend fell by 79.55% and return on ad spend rose from R18.28 to R38.64.

What is Google Performance Max?

Performance Max is a Google Ads campaign type that uses automation to serve ads across Search, Shopping, YouTube, Display, Discover, Gmail and Maps from a single campaign. Its results depend heavily on the quality of the product feed and conversion data you give it.

What is product feed optimisation and why does it matter?

Product feed optimisation improves the titles, categories and attributes that describe your products to Google. Better data helps Google match products to the right searches, which improves relevance, click-through rates and return on ad spend.

What is ROAS?

ROAS, or return on ad spend, is revenue divided by advertising cost. A ROAS of R38.64 means every rand spent on ads returned R38.64 in revenue.

Why focus on profit rather than revenue?

Revenue growth only matters if margins grow with it. As Senior Digital Marketing Strategist Michael Slabbert puts it: “revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, so scaling campaigns only matters if margins scale with them.”

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