USBC's NO CAP Campaign Exceeds Goals with Targeted Advertising
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ATLANTA, Oct. 14, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) has seen significant success with its “NO CAP: Credit Is Capital” campaign, which ran from August 18 through September 30, 2026. The campaign, conducted in partnership with The Agency by Color Vision, aimed to arm small business owners, founders, and consumers with the tools to become bankable and to advocate against a proposed federal cap on credit card interest rates.
The campaign delivered 1,656 page visits to usbcnocap.com, with each visit costing $18.12, 475% of the nonprofit display benchmark goal. The top display ad groups drove visits for just $3.85 each, achieving 2,234% of the benchmark. These results underscore the campaign's effectiveness in reaching its target audience.
USBC's mission expanded beyond credit education to include a broader advocacy effort opposing a proposed federal cap on credit card interest rates. The cap, if implemented, could eliminate or limit credit lines for as many as 85% of Americans. The multi-channel strategy ensured that USBC’s message reached small business owners and founders during a pivotal stretch for the proposed cap, directing them to usbcnocap.com, where they could take USBC’s Bankability Lessons, share their credit stories, and tell Congress to oppose the cap.
The campaign utilized Trailblazer™, DCG’s political and advocacy intelligence module, to identify USBC’s highest-intent advocacy segments. The module analyzed financial behaviors, civic engagement, and issue alignment to surface three audience profiles most ready to act on the NO CAP message: Black Entrepreneurs & Founders, Black Business Owners, and a Financially-Engaged Business Audience. ARI predicted Black Entrepreneurs & Founders as the campaign’s primary growth audience, leading all segments with 526 page visits at a $12.36 cost per visit, 696% of the benchmark.
ARI also predicted a 32% overlap between Black Entrepreneurs & Founders and Black Business Owners, supporting shared messaging and budget consolidation in future flights. These predictive insights were activated through programmatic display, streaming audio, and CTV placements, featuring small business owners. Additionally, DCG scaled reach with its lookalike audiences and activated first-party audiences from The Agency by Color Vision’s 100,000+ member community, extending NO CAP to people who already trust Color Vision’s voice.
The campaign’s multi-channel strategy resulted in $18.12 cost per visit, 475% of the $86 nonprofit display benchmark goal, making the campaign 4.7x more efficient than benchmark. Display drove 2,897 clicks, delivering 120% of the click-through rate benchmark goal, with Black Business Owners leading at 957 clicks and 187% of the CTR benchmark goal. CTV video completion reached 102.5% of the benchmark goal.
The Agency by Color Vision’s first-party audiences added 148 page visits, with display reaching them at 637% of the cost-per-visit benchmark goal (6.4x more efficient). The three Trailblazer audiences drove 1,387 page visits at 610% of the cost-per-visit benchmark goal (6.1x more efficient).
The campaign's success demonstrates the power of applying cultural intelligence to policy advocacy, transforming a credit-education message into a trackable push to protect small business access to capital.