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UpWord to present at NNG Usability Week 2011 Dec. 5th Las Vegas http://bit.ly/tdepJl

 

July 2011: We are settled in to our new larger office space at 98 North Washington St. right between the original Pizzeria Regina in the North End and the Boston Garden, home of the Stanley Cup champion Bruins!

 
Success Stories

Success Stories

SEO Case Study 1 (Referrals): Non-Profit

A non-profit client engaged SEO after a site re-design to ensure the new site would attract qualified traffic. As a non-profit the main goal was to increase page views and educate the public. UpWord reviewed the new site design, recommended design changes such as internal linking structure and other tech/design optimization. UpWord also created a strategic plan to manually optimize main topic areas of the web site, on an ongoing basis, based on keyword research.

Non-Profit

Pre-Optimization

Post-Optimization

#1 Rankings
73
159
Top 5 Rankings
110
510
Top 10 Rankings
130
753
Top 30 Rankings
163
1,095
Monthly Organic Search Referrals
X
+938%

SEO Case Study 2 (Sales): Retail

A retail client engaged SEO with the goal of improving their web site as a direct sales channel. This client was in an industry that was traditionally focused / dependent on retail partner’s brick and mortar stores to sell their product.  UpWord provided recommendations on product content delivery from an SEO perspective, optimized strategic pages from an e-commerce standpoint and optimized product page CMS templates. UpWord also provided consultation for optimizing web site changes and re-optimization based specifically on ongoing conversion trends by keyword.

Retail

Pre-Optimization

Post-Optimization

#1 Rankings 74 304
Top 5 Rankings 235 375
Top 10 Rankings 301 480
Top 30 Rankings 424 742
Monthly Organic Search Referrals X +671%

SEO Case Study 3 (Leads): HealthCare

This client had a strong brand due to heavy traditional marketing efforts yet had low visibility for non-branded keyword searches on the major search engines. UpWord developed a comprehensive non-branded keyword target list and optimized the site accordingly. Based off keyword research UpWord worked with the client to develop new pages based on keyword targets. UpWord also developed a strategic plan for contacting business and strategic relationships to help improve link popularity.

Healthcare

Pre-Optimization

Post-Optimization

#1 Rankings 92 151
Top 5 Rankings 183 313
Top 10 Rankings 281 538
Top 30 Rankings 412 760
Monthly Organic Search Referrals X +35%


SEM Case Study 1 (Leads): Home Improvement Retail

Client’s goal was to target customers in 15 specific regions throughout the U.S. The client had been running a campaign consisting of just two keywords. UpWord executed fundamental keyword selection principles to build out a more complete and relevant keyword list. UpWord also developed creative and compelling ad copy and consulted on landing page creation to improve overall Quality Score. UpWord applied a series of keyword targeting and bidding strategies designed to maximize click-through rates and conversions within the limited budget. Leads were tracked online while sales were tracked off-line.

Home Improvement Retail

Paid Search Results

Length of Campaign 1/1/2007 – 12/31/2007
Clicks 6,308
Cost Per Click $0.97
Leads 442
Cost Per Lead $13.77
Conversion Rate (Click to Lead)
7.01%
Total Sales
$216,548
ROI
$35:$1

SEM Case Study 2 (Sales): Non-Profit

Client’s goal was to target customers in 15 specific regions throughout the U.S. The client had been running a campaign consisting of just two keywords. UpWord executed fundamental keyword selection principles to build out a more complete and relevant keyword list. UpWord also developed creative and compelling ad copy and consulted on landing page creation to improve overall Quality Score. UpWord applied a series of keyword targeting and bidding strategies designed to maximize click-through rates and conversions within the limited budget. Leads were tracked online while sales were tracked off-line.

Non-Profit

Paid Search Results

Length of Campaign 11/1/2007 – 12/4/2007
Clicks 2,475
Average Cost Per Click $2.02
Conversions/Sales 118
Average Cost Per Conversion $42.00
Average Cost Per Sale $40 – $80
Conversion Rate 4.77%