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  • Case Study
  • Smartbroker+
20.10.2025

Case Study: How Smartbroker+ Scaled App Growth with Cross-Channel Strategies

Smartbroker+ accelerates installs, leads, and trading activity through app promotion and creative concepts in collaboration with Peak Ace.

 

Commission-Free Trading, Redefined

Smartbroker+ is one of Germany’s most innovative brokers, offering commission-free online trading for private investors. From stocks and ETFs to funds, derivatives, and crypto-ETPs, the platform combines minimal costs with a smooth, digital-first experience.

To achieve scalable app growth, Smartbroker+ joined forces with Peak Ace to launch a cross-channel performance strategy backed by funnel-specific creative concepts and custom asset production.

Ambitious Goals for Growth

Together, we set clear objectives:

  • Scale app installs across iOS and Android to increase trading activity

  • Grow the customer base rapidly via app and web, driving depot leads and sign-ups

  • Boost in-app engagement and transactions while ensuring cost efficiency

Our Full-Funnel Multi-Channel Approach

To hit these targets, Peak Ace rolled out a multi-channel growth strategy capturing demand at every funnel stage:

  • Multi-Channel Activation: Orchestrated campaigns across Google, Meta, and Apple Search Ads to capture demand at every funnel stage
  • App Promotion at Scale: Dedicated acquisition strategies for iOS & Android with continuous optimisation for install volume and quality
  • Finance-Specific Audience Targeting: Expanded reach by blending branded and non-branded traffic, leveraging precise segmentation in a competitive financial market
  • Creative Concept & Asset Production: Developed tailored ad creatives and funnel-specific assets to maximise impact and ensure brand consistency
  • Sustainable Growth Approach: Balanced acquisition of new customers with engagement of existing users, ensuring long-term profitability

Our Outstanding Results

The partnership delivered measurable, scalable growth for Smartbroker+:

  • Clicks: Increased by a whopping 800%

  • Installs: Increased dramatically to 540%

  • Depot Leads: Increased by 1000%

  • CPL: Only increased by less than 10%

What the Client Says

“Peak Ace is a key partner for us when it comes to efficiently reaching new customer groups. With their data-driven approach and creative mindset, they manage to place our messages precisely in the most relevant channels. What I value most is their flexibility and speed of execution, which allows us to consistently drive our marketing goals forward.”
Dino Bongartz, Master Chief Marketing at Smartbroker Holding AG

Driving Growth in a Competitive Market

This collaboration highlights how a tailored cross-channel strategy – paired with funnel-specific creatives – can deliver sustainable growth and long-term success, even in the highly competitive finance sector.

Lucas T

is a Marketing and Communications Manager at Peak Ace. He joined the company in 2025. When he isn't writing for our blog, Lucas enjoys exploring literature, writing short-stories, and the occasional spot of bird-watching.