This case study describes a real engagement. The client's name, trade and location are withheld because their marketing results are commercially sensitive. The work and the numbers are accurate.
The challenge
- Minimal visibility: low online visibility and low domain authority
- No rankings: the website did not rank for the inspections customers searched for
- No local presence: nothing across the suburbs where the work actually came from
- No growth path: no way to grow without fixing the visibility problem first
A building inspection company had almost no online presence. Low visibility meant few enquiries, and few enquiries meant limited room to grow. The business was competing in a market where the inspection work is often decided before the phone rings: by who shows up in the search results.
What Sagar did
Step 1: Build the authority base
The first job was website authority. Without it, every other effort would hit a ceiling. The site's structure and content were rebuilt so that authority could build over time.
Step 2: Find the right keywords
A custom keyword analysis was done, separated into segments and by search intent. The business did not just chase traffic; it chased the searches most likely to become inspection bookings.
Step 3: Target the local area
A geographical expansion strategy targeted the suburbs around the business, so it showed up for inspections in the areas it actually served. More landing pages were built to capture that local demand.
Step 4: Compete on backlinks
A competitive analysis was run on backlinks, so the business could see who was ranking and what it took to overtake them. The link building then went after the same ground.
Step 5: Cover the language gap
A separate stream of keywords and pages was added in Mandarin to reach buyers who searched in their own language, opening a segment competitors were ignoring.
A note on results
Marketing results vary. These numbers reflect this business, this market and this timeframe, not a guarantee for anyone else. What I promise is the process: honest diagnosis, clear planning, real work and straight reporting.
Read the other five
This is one of six anonymised case studies: retail, trades and services, professional services, healthcare, wellness and manufacturing. Every engagement follows the same path.
The results
- Enquiries: up 43% per quarter since 2021, from 9 a month to 135
- Rankings: more than 150 keywords now rank on page one of Google
- Traffic: organic sessions grew from 114 a month to 701
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