Motorway is a leading UK-based online used car marketplace that connects private sellers with verified dealers through a competitive bidding platform.
Motorway’s paid social performance was heavily anchored in one high-performing creative concept. While initially effective, this over-reliance led to creative fatigue and diminishing returns. The team needed a more scalable strategy that introduced variety into their creative mix and unlocked sustained efficiency gains across Meta campaigns.
To address this, Bamboo launched a structured creative diversification strategy. Working with Batch as an extension of Motorway’s creative team, Bamboo introduced a range of UGC assets. Simultaneously, Bamboo's internal creative resources expanded the variety further by developing branded content and new influencer-led formats.
Before Bamboo took over, Motorway’s Meta investment skewed heavily towards one proven format, limiting creative variation and testing opportunities. Following Bamboo’s takeover, the creative strategy was overhauled: spend was redistributed across a broader range of formats and themes, including UGC-style content, trend-driven concepts, and various storytelling approaches. Over 80% of Meta investment shifted to net-new creative assets that reflected this diversification, building a web of creative storytelling.
Comparing legacy creative performance to new creative strategy, Motorway saw: