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Grilla Grills

Overview

Grilla Grills is a manufacturer and online retailer of wood pellet and kamado grills.

Problem

Grilla Grills was a fairly new entrant into the world of grilling, and being new to the scene they weren’t ranking well for important organic keywords and instead were relying heavily on paid search to drive traffic to their site.

Approach

We engaged a partner for public relations, Rogo Marketing & Communications.
Thru Rogo we targeted regional and national TV, radio, digital and print media
Netvantage provided on site optimization to improve their visibility for high value terms like “wood pellet grill”, “pellet grill recipes” and “pellet grill”.
Netvantage continually refined on page optimization and helped develop new content to target new keywords and attract links.
Netvantage also strategically lowered paid search spending as organic visibility and traffic grew.

Outcome

Over the course of 10 months organic search grew from accounting for only 2.85% of sales to 44.5%, with transactions growing by 5,164%.
As organic rankings and traffic increased, Netvantage was able to cut AdWords spending by 62% while increasing total transactions by 79%.
In four months of public relations outreach we earned 10+ local, regional and national media opportunities and links on TV, radio, digital and print outlets.

Services Provided

PR and Marketing strategy consulting
Public relations for local and national markets
SEO Audit
Link Building & Content Generation
AdWords support and consulting

TallySheet

Overview

TallySheet is a new garage sale cash register app for Android and iOS.

Problem

TallySheet was a brand new app targeted at a specific audience; the hosts of garage sales. The developers did a soft launch thru various marketing tactics including paid search campaigns, blogger outreach and social media. Their initial experiments led them to gain a grant from the SBDC. They targeted that money towards marketing and PR. TallySheet needed to be fully launched prior to the garage sale season in the spring and summer of 2017.

Approach

We engaged a partner for public relations, Rogo Marketing & Communications.

Thru Rogo we targeted local TV, radio, digital and print media
Thru Rogo we identified and contacted bloggers and influencers in the DIY and tech spaces

Netvantage provided on site optimization to improve their visibility for high value terms like “garage sale app” and “yard sale cash register.”
Netvantage created and implemented a content strategy to increase visibility for people looking for advice on running a garage sale or tools to try to find garage sales. optimizing the results from their garage sales.

Outcome

Secured 8 earned local media spots over 3 months.
Secured 5 key blogger spots, both earned and paid, over 3 months.
Distributed a national press release resulting in almost 300 links.
Organic search traffic increased 765% in three months.
Website traffic to the App Store and Play Store increased by 400%.

Service Provided

PR and Marketing strategy consulting
Public relations for local and national markets
SEO Audit
AdWords and App Store Search Ads support and consulting

MSU MBA

Overview

Michigan State University offers a Full-time MBA Program through their Eli Broad Graduate School of Management.

Problem

The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management’s full-time MBA Program at Michigan State University was using paid search and display banner ads to build awareness and attract prospective students to the program as they research nationally ranked MBA programs. The campaign was not performing well. Display and remarketing ads were not being effectively used, showing in sites that were not aligned with the Broad brand. Additionally, paid search keywords were all being treated as broad match, and thus not properly reaching prospective students researching MBA programs. The campaigns were costing the program thousands of dollars a month, in unqualified clicks.

Approach

We evaluated the campaign and linked the Google AdWords account properly with the Google Analytics account to measure visitor retention levels.
We poured through the actual search query reports of the keyword selection and eliminated hundreds of keywords that were generating low quality traffic at a high price.
We reorganized ad groups, created tightly aligned ad groups with specific matched keywords, and wrote ad copy that was aligned with those keywords in order to increase relevancy, Quality Score, and click through rate.
We cleaned up the Display campaign and created a digital media plan that was closely aligned with the Broad brand, only advertising on handpicked websites where prospective students spent time online.

Outcome

Decreased overall campaign costs by 64%.
Click through rate across the campaign rose 19%.
Improvement of average cost per click of $16.23.

Service Provided

Paid search management

Data Recovery Group

Overview

Data Recovery Group provides a variety of data recovery services for personal or business computers and electronic devices.

Problem

Google implemented a manual penalty on their website as a result of low quality inbound links to their site, resulting in them not showing up in search results for anything; even their brand name.

Approach

Assembled a list of all backlinks to their site, including backlinks not recognized by Google.
Developed a systematic and organized approach to removing or discrediting bad backlinks.
Presented our work to Google in the form of a reconsideration request.
Developed a future long term link building strategy that focused on quality over quantity.

Outcome

Google lifted the manual penalty after the first reconsideration request two weeks after the penalty was implemented.
Search engine traffic numbers returned to where they were before the penalty and nearly all rankings remained unchanged.

Services Provided

Google penalty recovery

America by Rail

Overview

America by Rail is a provider of train vacations primarily throughout North America. They also offer rail and sail vacation packages which combine train travel with cruises and have expanded their tours to Europe as well.

Problem

America by Rail was nowhere to be found in the search results for the primary keywords in their field when they first came to us in 2009.

Approach

Performed an on-site audit and implemented SEO alterations to client's page titles, headers, and body copy.
Created link building content after researching topics that would be of interest to site visitors.
Compared backlinks from similar sites to America by Rail’s links to find new link opportunities.

Outcome

Improved America by Rail’s rankings for main keywords including the top ranking for train tours.
Increased clients’ organic traffic up to 100% year-to-year.

Services Provided

On-site SEO audit
Link building

Autocam Medical

Overview

Autocam Medical is a manufacturer of precision machined medical components including implants, instruments and handpieces. They target a global audience and have locations across the United States and in Brazil.

Problem

Autocam Medical wanted to rank for a set number of highly searched and highly competitive keywords.

Approach

Structured website to be optimized for highly searched keywords that were aligned to their target market.
Developed and implemented a long term link building strategy.

Outcome

In 2011, Autocam Medical grew its organic traffic by 58% year-to-year.
In 2012, Autocam Medical grew its organic traffic by 97% year-to-year.
In 2013, Autocam Medical grew its organic traffic by 46% year-to-year.

Services Provided

On-site audit
Link building
Paid search management

GMPP Direct Smith

Overview

GMPP Direct is a supplier of used car warranties for all makes and models of GM products.

Problem

GMPP Direct had seen a decline in both traffic and leads to their website. Netvantage was contracted to rebuild their lead funnel for extended warranty sales through their website.

Approach

Performed keyword research and implemented an on-site SEO audit, including the development of dozens of new pages, to target the best keywords in the extended car warranty business.
Removed low value links and duplicate content put in place by previous SEO firms.
Implemented guest blogging campaign and broken link building to obtain more links from automotive related websites.

Outcome

Rankings and organic traffic have risen dramatically, with first page rankings for nearly every term related to all makes and models of GM cars.
New quotes on the website from organic traffic have increased by more than 32%.
Overall organic traffic is up more than 77%.

Services Provided

On-site SEO audit
Link building

Valley Brokers

Overview

Coldwell Banker Valley Brokers is a major real estate company in Corvallis, Oregon and the surrounding area.

Problem

Valley Brokers was not ranking well for highly searched real estate keywords. In addition, they wanted to set up a paid search campaign that would only target potential clients and would run on a tight budget.

Approach

Took a close look at competitor backlinks.
Used innovative link building strategies tailored to the real estate industry.
Grew the occurrence and strength of citations.
Developed Google AdWords campaigns uniquely designed for each of their target markets.

Outcome

With two years worth of Google Analytics data in the books, organic traffic was up 28% from the previous year.
Organic search traffic to their three office location pages was up 110% from the previous year.
Rankings for all target keywords continue to outrank local competitors.

Services Provided

Local SEO
Link building
Paid search management

PM Environmental

Overview

PM Environmental is an environmental consulting firm with many regional offices across the United States. They provide clients with a number of services including compliance audits and environmental site assessments.

Problem

In an industry with national and international competitors, PM Environmental struggled to gain visibility within search results when potential clients would search for environmental consulting, phase I and phase II environmental site assessments and many of their other services.

Approach

Perform an on-site audit to ensure the pages on the site were matched with the right keywords and were properly optimized to get Google’s attention.
Create high value, unique content that could gain links from high authority websites like universities and other environmentally focused sites.
Implement an aggressive outreach plan to encourage target sites to link to these new high value resources.

Outcome

Despite only being a regional company, PM Environmental outranks all competitors for the phrase “environmental consulting.”
Business critical services like phase I and phase II site assessments also have earned multiple first page rankings for related keywords.
Organic search traffic increased by nearly 150% within the first year of work.
Traffic to their phase keywords pages, a focus service they provide, has increased by 307%.

Services Provided

On-site SEO audit
Link building
Local SEO

Capital Steel & Wire

Overview

Capital Steel & Wire is a supplier of steel bar and steel wire, their products service a number of industries including fastener, forging, machining and construction industries.

Problem

Capital Steel was virtually invisible within all of the search engines; their site had no links and they didn’t rank out for any terms of consequence in their industry. Monthly search traffic was only a few hundred visitors.

Approach

Performed an on-site audit to identify the most searched and most relevant keywords for Capital Steel’s products and made substantial website changes to accommodate those keywords.
Researched competitor backlinks and relevant industry websites that linked out to similar businesses and approached them with link requests.
Developed new website content to attract links from other relevant industries.

Outcome

Gained first page rankings for many of their most targeted products.
Search traffic has increased by nearly 1000% since the on-site audit was implemented.

Services Provided

On-site SEO audit
Link building

Swimtown Pools

Overview

Swimtown Pools is an e-commerce company selling a variety of supplies for swimming pools and hot tubs.

Problem

Swimtown was looking to build traffic from ground zero. The online store opened at the beginning of 2009 and received only 478 organic search visits for the entire year.

Approach

Performed extensive keyword research and on-page optimization to make the Swimtown site more “Google friendly.”
Built links to gain ground on companies that had been playing in the space for more than a decade.
Performed a variety of link building campaigns through 2010 and 2011.

Outcome

In 2010, Swimtown grew its year-to-year organic traffic by 2,277%.
In 2011, Swimtown grew its year-to-year organic traffic by 271%.
The site’s 2011 sales more than quadrupled the 2010 totals.

Services Provided

Paid search management
E-commerce search marketing
On-site SEO audit
Link building

SVM Cards

Overview

SVM Cards is the industry leader in bulk gift card management.

Problem

SVM was running its paid search campaign in-house, with moderate success. With the crucial holiday season approaching, SVM wanted to increase the ROI from its paid search initiatives.

Approach

Meticulously applied keyword matching to ensure SVM ad visibility for the best queries.
Broke down the campaigns and created tight ad groups and ad copy that matched campaign keywords.
Tested out several landing pages across the same ad copy to test conversion rates.

Outcome

When measuring the critical two-month holiday time period against the same period in 2012, we:

Increased click through rate by 294%.
Increased year-to-year conversions by 257%.
Reduced cost per conversion by 71%.
Increased conversion rate by 103%.

Services Provided

Enterprise paid search management

CB-HB, Lansing, MI

Overview

Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood, or CB-HB, is one of the largest and most prominent real estate firms in Lansing, Michigan.

Problem

In January of 2009, CB-HB approached us after undergoing a merger which included combining websites. The new site could not be found anywhere on Google for high volume search terms such as “Lansing real estate,” “Lansing homes for sale,” and similar terms.

Approach

Started with a standard SEO site audit.
Embarked on a long term link building campaign.
Targeted several credible sites across the real estate industry in order to obtain quality links.

Outcome

Several of CB-HB’s rankings for real estate and homes for sale queries were pushed to the first page of Google’s search results.
CB-HB gained number two rankings for keywords such as “Lansing real estate.”
Year-over-year site traffic improved to 16.3%.
Traffic coming from keyword “Lansing real estate” increased 102.3%.

Services Provided

Local SEO
On-site SEO audit
Link building

Wharton Center

Overview

The Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University is a leading performance venue that hosts world class arts and theater performances, including major Broadway shows from New York City each season.

Problem

The Wharton Center had two issues. First, it needed a digital supplement to its heavy offline marketing strategy with TV, radio, billboards, print, and direct mail. Additionally, it was struggling with losing ticket sales to third party brokers bidding on Broadway show names. These brokers were flooding the paid ad space on Google, and poaching potential buyers looking for the official Wharton site for ticket purchase, hurting ticket revenue for the Center.

Approach

For each show, we deploy a digital strategy that includes a paid search campaign for the show to counter third party ticket brokers.
Bid heavily on branded terms related to the Wharton Center name.
Deploy an intercept campaign across related theater and arts keywords.
We utilize a display ad campaign that is geo-targeted to the footprint that Wharton draws from. This campaign uses a combination of local sites, national sites, Broadway and theater sites, as well as sites that fit within the niche of each show's target demographic.

Outcome

Each Broadway show that comes through Wharton is solidly placed between the 1st and 2nd average position on Google - placing it above third party brokers in the critical real estate at the top of search pages.
Using site extensions, we help "push" broker sites down and get ticket buyers to the official site.
For placements, our campaigns typically average between .05% and 1.2% click through rates across many prominent national sites such as nytimes.com, and local sites such as detnews.com.

Service Provided

Paid search management

Gordon Food Service

Overview

Gordon Food Service is the largest privately owned food distributor in North America. GFS operates from Western Canada to Florida.

Problem

GFS had performed a massive overhaul of their website to service both the distribution side of their business as well as their retail locations. With such a huge makeover to their website, they wanted to be certain they maximized their exposure in organic search results.

Approach

Recommended an optimal website taxonomy for search engine indexing.
Created page by page recommendations for each new section of the website, including meta data, site code, page copy and internal linking.
Meticulously laid out a plan to redirect URLs for the site's new page structure to make sure sites linking to the old GFS site were properly redirected to the most relevant new page on the website.

Outcome

Upon launch the site was able to maintain traffic and keyword rankings for all major keywords and retained strong indexing within all major search engines.
Within nine months of launch, organic search traffic had increased by over 18%.

Services Provided

On-site SEO audit
Paid Search Management

DTE Energy

Overview

DTE Energy Home Protection Plus (HPP) offers protection plans on home appliances as well as repair services for broken-down appliances.

Problem

The HPP direct marketing program did not have any digital presence and was getting outpaced by large national competitors in Google search results. Our partners, Dziurman Dzign and ICS Marketing Support Services, coordinated a comprehensive direct marketing program to help gain awareness and new enrollees for HPP.

Approach

Created a comprehensive paid search campaign geo-targeting DTE service areas.
Focused on appliance repair and protection program-related keywords.
Incorporated the program’s hot water tank sales and duct cleaning services into the keyword segment of the campaign.
Launched a large scale ad placement campaign using banner and text ads on sites matching the program’s target audience.

Outcome

Increased traffic to HPP Services and program enroll websites.
Improved conversions through HPP Enroll to 14%.
Elevated call rate to an extremely high 32% within both repair and duct cleaning service areas.

Services Provided

Enterprise paid search management