We had our project goals: to build a robust, search-optimised website that would reach users in time for the launch of an influencer campaign. That tight deadline was one of the biggest project challenges.
We approached the project tactically and with a plan that had tightly integrated phases, running in parallel between our SEO, content and development teams. While our developers got to work on the platform, our SEO and content teams were busy researching the best way to make an impact in search engines.
This approach allowed us to complete and test the project ahead of the influencer campaign with Jessica Wright, while maintaining the highest standards of quality and ensuring that the website would meet its goals for the future.
The SEO team at Innovation Visual carried out deep keyword research, to discover valuable, relevant and realistic search terms to target. Working with the Simone Thomas Wellness team, search terms for conditions were paired with products – taking a problem and solution approach.
This phase was carried out quickly but diligently, with the whole team involved to ensure no opportunity was missed. Using a suite of tools, we gained insight into search demand, competition and how likely we were to achieve a good ranking for each term. We agreed our keyword targets based on the value they would bring to the client and considered alignment with the brand, desirability, attainability and sustainability. Once we had these keyword goals and expectations in place, we were ready to plan the website’s user journey and content around them.
A highly logical user flow and sitemap were developed to meet users at each point of need.
For repeat and knowledgeable customers, the shop is accessible through product categories, individual supplement types and subscription-based care plans and purchases can be made with minimal clicks. For new customers and those beginning a journey to conversion, we created areas for educational resources and a new “Shop by Need” section to help those users find the solutions they are looking for.
Our SEO research showed that people who want products for hair loss, skin conditions and digestion use a variety of ways to find them. It became clear that each kind of search was at a different phase of the conversion funnel: learning about their condition, the causes of it, what solutions are available and how those solutions compare.
So, we developed a “Shop by Need” category that would pair conditions with supplements to combat them, as well as a section entitled “The Science” a research-based, trustworthy, authoritative resource, that would educate users – all targeting common search phrases and linking to key products.
To further aid discovery through search, a content marketing plan was drafted to capture users based on their first experiences, where they can learn about conditions, their causes and how to alleviate the symptoms.
We now had a crystal-clear path for user entry, education and conversion. With a logical user journey in place, we then helped the Simone Thomas Wellness team create search-optimised website copy for these new pages and resources.
All we needed now was a strong platform to showcase it on – and our development team had been working on a high performance solution while SEO research and content creation was underway.
After talking with everyone in the team and with Simone herself, we collectively agreed that a Shopify website was the best solution. Unlike WordPress, which is a modified blogging platform, Shopify has been designed for eCommerce. As well as detailed stock management and its own secure payment system, it provides fast hosting, CDN, SSL certificates and a simple to use CMS in one place. The Shopify platform also offers a high degree of technical SEO capability, through clean coding and streamlined architecture, with built-in mobile responsiveness. A key benefit of using Shopify was that these features would resolve many of the key technical issues of the old website.
We already had beautiful design assets supplied to us by Simone Thomas Wellness. Our development team was focused on applying an enhanced version of this design to Shopify, building on the user-focused information architecture provided by our SEO team.
Out of the box, Shopify is fast and flexible. Because of the editable theme code, we were able to maintain the website’s attractive design with a significantly reduced development time. By installing Shopify Apps, which are similar to WordPress plugins, the platform can do just about anything: we used them to integrate with HubSpot, for email marketing and CRM, and with Trustpilot for customer reviews.
These apps add a new layer of marketing potential to the website through HubSpot’s powerful marketing tools – and the inclusion of Trustpilot reviews has been enormously beneficial to both search results and user trust signals.
The Simone Thomas Wellness website is now lightning-fast, search-optimised and brimming with a growing archive of user-focused content. It’s performing at a level far beyond the old website, evident in the results achieved, even in such a short amount of time.
See the results for yourself – visit simonethomaswellness.com.
Our user-first approach has dramatically improved performance for Simone Thomas Wellbeing. From concept to completion, we delivered a solution in just 4 weeks – one that will bring Simone Thomas and her team value for years to come.
The website’s organic visibility has been completely transformed, with rankings for over 20 key search terms in Google. Within one month of the website’s launch, this has translated to an 81% increase in organic search traffic. In addition, we secured a featured snippet in Google for the term “Ginkgo Biloba for Hair Regrowth” – thanks to the information architecture we designed based on our research.
Overall, traffic in the first month increased by 80%, aided by the influencer campaign run with Jessica Wright. This has had a significant impact on sales revenue, which is projected to grow further. Due to our innovative approach and promising early results, Innovation Visual has been appointed to provide ongoing SEO, PPC and paid social support to Simone Thomas Wellness – guiding more users through from discovery to conversion across a growing product range.
Innovation Visual provides SEO-focused Shopify website development services from an in-house team. Let’s talk about getting your website working for you. Send us a message or call us on (0) 333 772 0509.
