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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

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.