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Rocrich AGV Solutions  ·  YouTube Campaign Report
Coverage: Week ending 2026-07-20
Generated 2026-07-20
The Automation Journey · Campaign Report
YouTube ad performance across all live campaigns
5 Jun 2026
Campaigns started
$721.38
Spend to date
29,111
Views
254,538
Impressions
11.4%
View rate
$0.025
Cost per view
630
Subscriptions
YouTube channel since 4 Mar 2026
828
Subscribers
▼ 11% WoW
111,944
Channel views
▼ 32% WoW
1,766
Watch time (hrs)
▲ 24% WoW

How these campaigns work

Up until now, we've run a campaign per episode, with all videos (long-form and short-form) under one campaign. That established a baseline of viewers and subscribers we can now retarget. Moving forward, we're running three perpetual campaigns, Shorts, bite-size, and long-form, with the videos under each updated weekly based on performance and as new episodes launch.

01 · Shorts: cold reach
Gets the show in front of cold, relevant audiences who've never heard of Rocrich, targeting industry keywords, competitor URLs and (soon) customer target lists. Shorts are cheap, mobile-first and stop the scroll. Everyone who watches a Short becomes a warm audience for Campaign 2.
02 · Bite-size: build trust
Takes warm audiences (people who saw a Short or found the show organically) and gets them watching something more substantial, proving the value of the show and building the trust that leads to a subscription.
03 · Long-form: convert
Converts the highest-intent viewers into subscribers. People searching specific terms, or who engaged with Campaign 1 or 2, get served the long-form episode with a clear call to subscribe.

The campaigns run at $14/day in total ($5 Shorts, $4 bite-size, $5 long-form), reviewed at the start of each week before our team call. As views grow, the audience compounds month over month and the algorithm gathers more data to optimise delivery, so the cost per subscriber should keep falling over time.

Live campaign status

Campaign Type Status Impressions Views
The Automation Journey | 01 | Awareness | Shorts Video Live 87,636 4,592
The Automation Journey | 03 | Conversion | Long-form Demand Gen Live 80,081 2,714
The Automation Journey | 02 | Consideration | Bite-size Video Live 47,277 15,097
The Automation Journey | 04 | Views | Ep4 Long-form Video Paused 22,929 4,032
The Automation Journey | 04 | Views | Ep 5 Long-form Video Live 16,615 2,676

Spend to date, by campaign

Campaign Spend to date Views View rate CPV Subscriptions Last 7 days
The Automation Journey | 01 | Awareness | Shorts $231.44 4,592 5.2% $0.050 0 $35.20
The Automation Journey | 03 | Conversion | Long-form $231.38 2,714 3.4% $0.085 626 $35.01
The Automation Journey | 02 | Consideration | Bite-size $185.26 15,097 31.9% $0.012 2 $28.18
The Automation Journey | 04 | Views | Ep4 Long-form $41.91 4,032 17.6% $0.010 1 $5.76
The Automation Journey | 04 | Views | Ep 5 Long-form $31.39 2,676 16.1% $0.012 1 $31.39
Total $721.38 29,111 11.4% $0.025 630 $135.55

Ads in market

The Automation Journey | 01 | Awareness | Shorts Video
4,592 views · 5.2% view rate · $0.050 CPV
Beyond the Standard - What a Well-Run Automated Facility Actually Requires
Beyond the Standard - What a Well-Run Automated Facility Actually Requ…
Where People Beat Machines - and Where They Don't
Where People Beat Machines - and Where They Don't
The Overseas Automation System That Would Fail OSHA on Day One
The Overseas Automation System That Would Fail OSHA on Day One
She Ran 15 ROI Scenarios. Here's What She'd Change.
She Ran 15 ROI Scenarios. Here's What She'd Change.
What Is Functional Safety? The Second Brain Explained
What Is Functional Safety? The Second Brain Explained
The biggest mistake operations leaders make when evaluating automation?
The biggest mistake operations leaders make when evaluating automation?
How to Get Ahead of Automation Standards Before They're Published
How to Get Ahead of Automation Standards Before They're Published
The AMR Market Has Grown 10x - But Is It Inevitable?
The AMR Market Has Grown 10x - But Is It Inevitable?
Every Wrong Assumption in Automation Becomes a Change Order
Every Wrong Assumption in Automation Becomes a Change Order
Compliance Alone Isn't Enough - Here's Why
Compliance Alone Isn't Enough - Here's Why
Why Automation Projects Stall - and It's Not the Technology
Why Automation Projects Stall - and It's Not the Technology
Beware choosing the wrong automation vendor!
Beware choosing the wrong automation vendor!
Your Automated Facility Is an Electric Car. And It Just Broke Down.
Your Automated Facility Is an Electric Car. And It Just Broke Down.
Why a 2-Day Training Session Sets Your Team Up to Fail at Go-Live
Why a 2-Day Training Session Sets Your Team Up to Fail at Go-Live
Your automation ROI model probably isn't comparing the right things
Your automation ROI model probably isn't comparing the right things
The Automation Journey | 02 | Consideration | Bite-size Video
15,097 views · 31.9% view rate · $0.012 CPV
Why Most Automation Risk Assessments Fall Short - and How to Fix Yours
Why Most Automation Risk Assessments Fall Short - and How to Fix Yours
What to Ask a Vendor Before You Sign - And the ROI Conversation You Need to Have First
What to Ask a Vendor Before You Sign - And the ROI Conversation You Ne…
Training Was Planned at 3 Months. Reality Delivered Half That.
Training Was Planned at 3 Months. Reality Delivered Half That.
Do You Actually Need Warehouse Automation? 3 Visual Signs Every VP Should Know
Do You Actually Need Warehouse Automation? 3 Visual Signs Every VP Sho…
Why Automation Projects Stall Before They Start: The Alignment Problem Nobody Talks About
Why Automation Projects Stall Before They Start: The Alignment Problem…
The One-Page Requirement That Can Push Your Automation Go-Live Back by 3 Weeks
The One-Page Requirement That Can Push Your Automation Go-Live Back by…
ANSI B56.5, R15.08, ISO 3691-4 - A Plain-English Guide to Automation Standards
ANSI B56.5, R15.08, ISO 3691-4 - A Plain-English Guide to Automation S…
Why Automating a Manual Process Is the Most Expensive Mistake in the Warehouse
Why Automating a Manual Process Is the Most Expensive Mistake in the W…
Who Actually Fixes Your Automation System When the Vendor Leaves?
Who Actually Fixes Your Automation System When the Vendor Leaves?
The Safety Assessment That Changes What's Possible in Your Automation Layout
The Safety Assessment That Changes What's Possible in Your Automation …
The Automation Standards Landscape Decoded - What Every Buyer Needs to Know
The Automation Standards Landscape Decoded - What Every Buyer Needs to…
The Automation Journey | 03 | Conversion | Long-form Demand Gen
2,714 views · 3.4% view rate · $0.085 CPV
What It Really Takes to Deliver Complex Automation Projects - A Project Manager's View
What It Really Takes to Deliver Complex Automation Projects - A Projec…
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner
Why Automating a Manual Process Is the Most Expensive Mistake in the Warehouse
Why Automating a Manual Process Is the Most Expensive Mistake in the W…
Who Actually Fixes Your Automation System When the Vendor Leaves?
Who Actually Fixes Your Automation System When the Vendor Leaves?
Is Your Automation Vendor Actually Going to Be There When It Breaks?
Is Your Automation Vendor Actually Going to Be There When It Breaks?
Are You Automating the Wrong Process? The Question Most Teams Never Ask
Are You Automating the Wrong Process? The Question Most Teams Never Ask
How to Build an Automation Business Case Finance Will Approve
How to Build an Automation Business Case Finance Will Approve
The Automation Journey | 04 | Views | Ep 5 Long-form Video
2,676 views · 16.1% view rate · $0.012 CPV
What It Really Takes to Deliver Complex Automation Projects - A Project Manager's View
What It Really Takes to Deliver Complex Automation Projects - A Projec…
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner
The Automation Journey | 04 | Views | Ep4 Long-form Video
4,032 views · 17.6% view rate · $0.010 CPV
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner

Episode 4 spotlight: Pat Davison

Guest: Pat Davison  ·  Published 3 Jun 2026

YouTube views · paid + organic combined
Shorts · reach
41,986
5 Shorts · cold reach
Bite-size · mid
1,305
3.1% of Shorts reach
Full episode
149
0.4% of Shorts reach

Of 41,986 Shorts views, only 149 reached the full episode (0.4%). The cold-reach layer is doing its job; the click-through to the full episode is where this episode is leaking.

VideoStageYouTube views
The Automation Standards Breakdown You'll Wish You'd Seen Sooner Long-form 149
Why Most Automation Risk Assessments Fall Short - and How to Fix Yours Bite-size 581
The Automation Standards Landscape Decoded - What Every Buyer Needs to Know Bite-size 724
How to Get Ahead of Automation Standards Before They're Published Short 8,079
Where People Beat Machines - and Where They Don't Short 8,920
The AMR Market Has Grown 10x - But Is It Inevitable? Short 8,509
Beyond the Standard - What a Well-Run Automated Facility Actually Requires Short 8,089
Compliance Alone Isn't Enough - Here's Why Short 8,389

What's working & what isn't

Bite-size is the breakout performer. The "02 | Consideration | Bite-size" campaign is running way ahead of the account benchmarks (blended CPV $0.0248, blended view rate 11.4%): lifetime view rate of 31.9% at a CPV of just $0.0123, roughly half the account's average cost and nearly 3x the average view rate. It actually accelerated last week (view rate 41.5%, CPV $0.0112 on $28.18 spend), suggesting the creative is still finding fresh, receptive audience rather than fatiguing.

The two "Views" long-form campaigns are healthy too. Ep4 Long-form (46 days... actually 14 days live) posted a lifetime view rate of 17.6% at $0.0104 CPV, the cheapest CPV in the whole account, and was trending even better in its final week (19.8% view rate, $0.0093 CPV) before being paused. Ep5 Long-form, only 6 days old, is already tracking almost identically (16.1% view rate, $0.0117 CPV), a strong early signal that this format/approach travels well across episodes.

Conversion campaign looks weak on view metrics but is actually doing its job. "03 | Conversion | Long-form" has the lowest view rate in the account (3.4% lifetime, 4.6% last week) and the highest CPV ($0.085 lifetime, $0.076 last week), on the surface this looks like the worst performer. But it's the only campaign generating meaningful conversions: 626 lifetime (98 in the last 7 days). Cost per conversion is roughly $0.37, both lifetime and last week, which is efficient. View rate is the wrong lens for this campaign, it's built to convert, not rack up cheap views, and by that measure it's performing consistently.

Awareness Shorts is the clear laggard. Lifetime view rate is just 5.2%, less than half the account average, at a CPV of $0.050, roughly 2x the account blend. It's also moving in the wrong direction: last week's view rate dropped to 4.2% and CPV rose to $0.073, nearly 3x the blended average, on $35.20 of spend for only 482 views. This is the one campaign spending real money without earning proportionate views.

Odd flag: Ep4 was paused despite being one of the two best-performing campaigns in the account on both CPV and view rate. Worth confirming whether that was intentional (e.g., swapped for Ep5) or accidental, since the underlying creative/format was clearly working.

Next steps & strategy

  • Reallocate budget toward Bite-size (Campaign 02). It's outperforming the account average by ~2x on CPV and ~3x on view rate, and improving week over week, this is the format to scale first.
  • Pause or rework Awareness Shorts. At $0.073 CPV and 4.2% view rate last week (vs. $0.025 / 11.4% account blend), it's the weakest use of spend in the account. Recommend testing a new creative angle or shifting that budget into Bite-size / the Views long-form campaigns rather than continuing to fund the current Shorts creative.
  • Confirm the Ep4 pause was intentional. It had the best CPV in the account ($0.0104 lifetime, $0.0093 in its final week) and a strong 17.6-19.8% view rate. If it was paused only to launch Ep5, fine, but if budget/approval lapsed, reactivate it; this format is clearly working.
  • Keep Ep5 running and monitor as it scales past 6 days. Early numbers (16.1% view rate, $0.0117 CPV) closely mirror Ep4's strong performance, a good sign the "Views" long-form approach is repeatable across episodes, not a one-off.
  • Don't judge the Conversion campaign (03) by view rate/CPV. Report cost-per-conversion (~$0.37) alongside spend for this one so the client sees it's actually efficient, not underperforming.
  • Next report: add cost-per-conversion as a tracked metric for Campaign 03 specifically, and view-rate trendlines for Bite-size and the Views campaigns to confirm the Bite-size momentum holds as spend increases.

Your questions, answered

Is there a campaign running behind Pat's episode yet?

Yes, Episode 4 is promoted across all three funnel stages: the full episode runs in the Long-form campaign, its five Shorts in the Shorts campaign, and two bite-size clips in the Bite-size campaign. The episode is being actively pushed, not sitting unsupported.

Is Episode 4 on track versus previous episodes at the 1-2 week mark?

Top of funnel, yes, the Shorts have pulled ~42,000 YouTube views in roughly three weeks, among our strongest cold-reach to date. The full episode (149 views) is tracking below where we'd want at this stage, which is the click-through issue covered above. A precise day-14 benchmark against earlier episodes needs a per-video over-time pull, which we're getting.

Has ad spend changed or been reduced across episodes?

Spend per episode isn't directly comparable anymore: we moved from one-campaign-per-episode to three perpetual funnel campaigns, so budget now sits at the funnel level ($14/day total: $5 Shorts, $4 bite-size, $5 long-form), not the episode level. The daily budgets haven't been cut; we're pulling a weekly-segmented history to confirm the trend.

Is spend now spread too thinly across a growing volume of content?

Likely yes. All three campaigns are flagged "limited by budget" (a combined $14/day across the three), and the library is now 45+ videos and growing weekly, so $14/day total competes across the whole back catalogue, diluting impact on the newest episode. Concentrating budget on the current episode is the fix.

Are the perpetually running campaigns still active and performing as intended?

Yes, all three are live and doing their funnel jobs: Shorts driving strong reach (42k+ YouTube views on Ep 4), Bite-size the most efficient paid view-driver (25.7% view rate, ~$0.011/view), and the Conversion campaign generating subscriptions at $0.39 each. That said, we are making targeted changes to lift the long-form episode's views and put the Shorts reach to work: concentrating budget on the newest episode, adding a dedicated views-optimised campaign, and adding Shorts-to-episode CTAs. The structure is working; these tweaks sharpen the bottom of the funnel.

Pat's Shorts drive views but not full-episode click-throughs, what are the indicators, and how do we improve it?

The gap is clear: of ~42,000 Short views, only 149 reached the full episode (0.35%). The exact click-through rate needs the YouTube Reach export, which we're pulling. To improve it: end screens and a pinned comment linking the episode on every Short, a "watch the full episode" on-screen and verbal CTA, the episode link in each description, and a Shorts→episode playlist so the platform chains them.

Does the budget need increasing, and should we concentrate on Episode 4 over older episodes?

Yes on both. Because the campaigns are capped ("limited by budget"), extra spend converts straight into reach. We'd recommend increasing the daily budget and weighting Episode 4's videos higher in the weekly rotation, rather than spreading evenly across older content, the newest episode is where added budget compounds most.

Is there guidance on LinkedIn posting cadence for the Rocrich team (Brian) and sales?

We'd suggest 2-3 posts a week from Brian and key sales team members, reshared by the Rocrich company page, with at least one tied to the week's episode. Consistency compounds organic reach and feeds the warm audience our paid funnel retargets.

Do you proactively monitor the stats, or is it on Rocrich to raise concerns?

We monitor these figures every week ahead of the team call and proactively flag anything that needs attention. Rocrich doesn't need to surface concerns, we'll bring them to you, with recommendations.