How SEO + Social Increases Revenue by 56% (YoY)

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• Our Strategy: Content + Search + Social

Our Mission StatementDeveloping optimized and engaging digital foundations supported with ongoing, hyper targeted, dynamic content strategically designed to build online presence and grow your business.

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Client X: A Case Study

Prepared for:Learn@Lunch – Innovate NiagaraNiagara College Welland CampusThursday August 6th 2015

WhoClient XA manufacturer of packaging supplies for the dairy, food and beverage industries.

WhatSpecializing in: • ice cream packaging• ice cream filling equipment• manufactured food containers• paper board ice cream cups• premium glass container screening• glass milk bottles & related packaging

WhereOntario based with almost 500 employees.

Also have locations in the US and Mexico.

Today’s Focus

• Client X

• Client X Facebook page #1

• 12 month test project

Glass Milk Bottles & Related Packaging

WhyDuring the summer of 2013, Client X approached VPDM to craft:

• A long term SEO strategy • A B2B focused content / social media marketing

strategy for Canada, USA, & Mexico

Goal: • Focus SEO• Boost rankings for targeted keyword searches• Increase website traffic and

ecommerce sales

How

Understand who we are talking to.

Step 1

Create multiple marketing personas.

Step 2

Target the right people at the right time in the right place.

Step 3

HowClient X Client X

Facebook Page #1Test

Project

• Smaller ice creamshops, creameries, and restaurants

• Dairy farmers in North America

• 255 Facebook Fans

• 2,257 Facebook Fans

• Target dairy farmers in North America

• People who work in agriculture, enjoy fresh organic milk

• Focus on increasing sales of glass milk bottles in Rhode Island and Massachusetts

• 436 Facebook Fans

• Health conscious millennials & newly married couples 1-2 children

Who We Are Talking To

HowPlatforms We Use

Client X

Client X Facebook Page #1

Test Project

The PlanTwo User Segments for Client X Test Project

• Large Households

• Married

• Stay-at-home mothers

• Higher household incomes ($100.000+/year)

• Husbands hold professional jobs

• Smaller households, no children

• College Educated

• Early in their career

• Lower incomes ($20,000 to $40,000/year)

• Live alone or with one other person

Marketing Personas

The Plan• Create relevant, quality content, targeted to dairy farmers (B2B)• Also target dairy consumers (B2C)Part A

• Publish to Client X Website and Test Project Website Part B

• Share and amplify via social media platforms• Including FB, TW, G+, LI, IG, Pin – includes social media advertisingPart C

Rollout

• Create custom audiences and look-a-like audiences• Remarket to each with custom, relevant, high quality contentPart D

B2B/B2C SEO StrategyStep 1: Research and Optimization

• Optimize website for users & search engines.

• Relevant search topics for SEO.

• Never assume customers search terms.

• SEO strategy proven with data.

B2B/B2C SEO Strategy

57%The average B2B buyer is

through the purchase decision before engaging a supplier sales rep

12%B2B suppliers are said to have only

of their customer's total mindshare

SOURCE: executiveboard.com

B2B/B2C SEO StrategyRemember…Customers have questions.You have the answers.

Google is a referral engine. NOT a search engine.

Optimized website +

high quality content = ROI

B2B/B2C SEO StrategyStep 2: The Content Strategy

• Relevant high quality content optimized for users and search engines.

• Unique content targeted at each marketing persona that gives them useful & interesting information.

• Frequent publication.

B2B/B2C SEO Strategy

48%Companies with 51-100 pages generate

More traffic than companies with 1-50 pages.

9.5x

Companies with over 50 employees & 1,000+ web pages see

more traffic than companies with under 51 pages

SOURCE: hubspot.com

B2B/B2C SEO Strategy

2.5xBoth B2B & B2C companies with 101-200 pages generate

More leads than those with 50pages or fewer

70%B2B companies that blog only 1-2x/mo generate

more leads than those who don’t blog

SOURCE: hubspot.com

B2B/B2C SEO Strategy

5xCompanies that blog 15 or more times per month get

More traffic than companiesthat don’t blog

Small businesses(1-10 employees) tend to see the biggest gains in traffic when they post more articles.

SOURCE: hubspot.com

B2B/B2C SEO Strategy

45%An average company will see a

Growth in traffic when increasing total blog articles from 11-20 to 21-50 articles.

SOURCE: hubspot.com

59%B2C companies see a

Increase in traffic after growing blog articles from 100 to 200 total.

B2B Social Media StrategyFacebook is not a social network!

It’s an advertising platform.

1.44 BILLIONFacebook’s monthly active users

SOURCE: thesocialmediahat.com

B2B Social Media Strategy

Facebook allows you to

hyper target: Right people. Right place.Right time.

B2B Social Media Strategy

• Facebook likes are for vanity.

• Organic reach for businesses is dead

• Hyper targeting with Facebook Ads = SUCCESS

Facebook Engagement on a Boosted Post

12, 240 Paid Reach

1, 073 Actions

$18.00 Budget Spent

Facebook Ad Campaign Results

575 48, 397 $327.63

Results Website Clicks People Reached Amount Spent

Facebook

Ad Campaign Targeting

FacebookAttracting Qualified Prospects

128 13, 825 $68.42

Results Website Clicks People Reached Amount Spent

FacebookVideo Engagement

Twitter

106%Companies with 51-100 followers generate

More traffic than those with 25 or fewer.

B2C companies experience a larger increase in traffic than B2B companies after crossing 1,000 followers.

SOURCE: hubspot.com

Pinterest5, 931 Average Monthly Viewers

The Wrap Up

56% 54%

Through a combined strategy of Content + Search + Social we increased Client X’s year-over-year ecommerce sales back to back!

January to July 2013-2014

January to July 2014-2015

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The Wrap Up

Exceeded the client's goals & expectations.

Increasedwebsite traffic by 76%+

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