Successes
Success Story 1
Overview: This IT company specializes in providing managed data services and improving data availability. They offer data hosting solutions for companies in Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Baltimore and Boston.
Objective: To increase the number of quotes generated online, and to promote their newest data center in Columbus.
Strategy:
- Optimized existing and new content pages to rank for location terms
- Created new pages to increase the number of keywords the site was targeting
- Redesigned site header
Results:
- Organic form completions increased 107% (from monthly avg. 14 completions to 29 completions)
- Avg. lead conversion rate for geo-targeted keyword increased from 3% to 4.48%
- "Get a Quote" conversions from Boston keywords increased from 4.62% to 8.49%; conversions from Indianapolis keywords increased from 2.6% to 7.41%
- "Columbus" traffic increased 451% (from 76 to 419)
- 2011 ROI - $1:$9.73
- 2010 ROI - $1:$4.80
Success Story 2
Overview: This IT company provides software solutions that assist in customer service, responsiveness, relationships and strategy. Key products include Customer Service CRM, Social CRM and Contact Center software.
Objective: To generate leads via their website that syncs with Eloqua. The lead forms are tied to marketing collateral downloads.
Strategy:
- Pursued impactful paid link opportunities around the focused key terms
- Included relevant product demo videos on pages to bolster lead generation
- Move the calls to action to more prominent positions across the website
Results:
- ROI improved from $16:$1 in Oct. 2010 to $40:$1 in May 2011
- Organic traffic increased by 39.9% Q4 2010 → Q1 2011
- Leads via download increased 140% from Oct. 2010 to May 2011
- Referral traffic increased by 85.8% from Q4 2010 → Q1 2011
Success Story 3
Objective: Increase the company’s visibility and traffic to bolster sales and attract new dealers and customers.
Strategy:
- Revised and optimized existing page content
- Worked to improve call-to-action elements on site
- Converted registration forms to make them more user-friendly
- Produced five videos that resulted in more than 16,000 views from third-party portals.
Results:
- Improved rankings: From May 2009 to March 2010, increased from 5 #1 rankings to 21 #1 rankings; went from having 32 rankings in the top 30 to a total of 125.
- Increased leads: Gained more than 67,000 new customer registration leads and 13,500 dealer leads; PPC tactics resulted in more than 400 leads in phone calls; and the paid search campaign had a 68% return on gross sales per pay-per-click cost.
- Bolstered Traffic: Organic non-branded traffic grew more than 2,000% from April 2009 to February 2010; third-party traffic also saw a significant jump.
Success Story 4
Overview: This company has been manufacturing corrosion resistant secondary containment systems for more than 17 years.
Objective: To expand the amount of relevant search traffic to their website, improve their brand recognition in the secondary containment industry and increase web leads.
Strategy:
- Offsite link building
- Onsite search optimization
- Suggestions for improving aesthetic designs and content to increase conversions
- Redesign of major website features to make the site more user-friendly
Results:
- Organic traffic has increased 77% year-over-year
- Average page views per visitor has increased 81% year-over-year
- Lead delivery has increased 129% year-over-year
- Fathom is delivering an average of more than $150 for every dollar spent on the program
Success Story 5
Overview: This for-profit college provides healthcare education across 36 campuses throughout the US.
Objective: Drive qualified prospects to Fathom owned landing pages, and convert them into quality leads.
Strategy:
- Created a quiz that was highlighted as the focus of an email campaign.
- Highlighted one question in the email, and drove the reader to a landing page with the full quiz.
Results:
- CTR increase 41% from previous 5 months of 2011
- Increased leads 238% from previous 5 months of 2011
- Revenue increased 217% from previous 5 month of 2011
- ROI = 6287%; Rev/$1 cost = $1:$62.87
Success Story 6
Objective: Achieve top rankings for their two strongest and most competitive keywords: "pond liner" and "pond liners."
Strategy:
- Expanded content to include top-ranking keywords
- Produced regular blog posts to support off-season keyword rankings
- Modified the home page content to reflect the current season’s prominent products and top-ranking keywords
Results:
- Achieved #1 & #2 rankings for the term "pond liners"
- Revenue increased by 91%
- Number of visits increased 32%
- Number of transactions jumped 98%
- E-commerce conversion rate increased 49%c
- Per visit value was up 49%
Success Story 7
Overview: This company specializes in replacement batteries for medical equipment, wheelchair, scooter and UPS batteries.
Objective: To increase Overall Traffic by 30% and to increase Conversion Rate to 6.5% in Quarter 2.
Strategy:
- Monthly on-site content recommendations
- Optimized high-converting keywords
- Optimized the design of the site template
Results:
- Overall Traffic has increase from baseline of 1,348 to 6,238 in May 2011 - 462% increase
- Organic Traffic increased from 1,043 in Jan 2011 to 5,142 in May 2011 - 493% increase
- In May 2011 new revenue of $9,577.44 was brought in after Google Merchant Center Feed was properly implemented.
- ROI of $1:$15.16



