Garden depot
CASE STUDY ONLINE GARDEN CENTRE
4 seasons eCommerce marketing strategy.
Online nursery
5X RETURN ON ADVERTISING SPEND IN THE FIRST MONTH
For its first season of existence, this client trusted us to launch its online shop in the middle of the gardening season. As the mandate started after the vegetable gardening season had begun, we had to double our efforts in order to launch the campaigns on all platforms in less than two weeks.
The strategy deployed is super effective! Their presence has even forced some local competitors to back away from online shopping and home delivery. With a concentrated effort on the vegetable garden, our client has built trust with their customers, generating many reviews and recommendations. By achieving a 5X return on advertising spend (ROAS) in its first month, the break-even point was reached. This rapid adaptation is encouraging for the next season, especially considering that the company is the only one in its industry to be 100% online!
The Google search campaigns generated a large number of customers at a reasonable cost. By adding a remarketing strategy on the display network and Facebook, we were able to keep customers interested in the company, using graphic content, dynamic product catalogues and videos.
Our client's requirements
The main objectives were to make the site more visible on search engines, position certain key products on Google, acquire low-cost traffic to get started and generate online purchases in the lower Laurentians and Laval.
Position the site on Google
Generate sales on the site
1. Maximise the time to profitability of the project
With the vegetable garden season already underway, we had to accelerate the timeline and seize opportunities quickly. Priority SEM, email marketing and some basic SEO.
2. Tracking users in their web journey
Once the user is acquired on our website, our retargeting tools for display advertising from Google, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram and many others become effective.
3. Optimising conversions
Once the remarketing system is in place, simply optimise the cost of conversions across channels and evaluate the return to see the viability of each channel and media.
Strategy
SEO - Google and bing
A content writing strategy that included writing reviews of popular restaurants enabled the client to gain a presence in search engines for specific keywords and increase traffic to their website. The main keywords were redirected, following an analysis of the competition's pay-per-click (PPC) leads and an SEO analysis to see which keywords were generating the most traffic. This analysis also helped guide the client's buying strategy, which was already looking for the most popular vegetable plants on the competing sites, and the generic search volumes. In addition, a strategy for optimal copywriting and landing pages was developed and deployed.
5000 views of Google My Business profile in 31 days!
- Content Strategy
- Google Positioning
- Google My Business Optimisation
- Google & Facebook Reviews
- Social Profile Creation This option also allowed the client to increase brand awareness.
- Content strategy
- Positioning on Google
- Google My Business optimization
- Google and Facebook reviews
SEM - Google Ads
The key to success is Google Ads. We have been able to acquire qualified traffic, composed of people interested in our clients' products, with precise keywords for an average price of $0.68 per click. Display audiences have played an important role in building brand awareness. In addition, with so-calledin-market audiences, we have achieved sales at very low acquisition costs.
Over 20% CTR on ads targeting competitors.
- 1st position Google paid
- Shopping campaign
- Dynamic remarketing
- Google Display banners
- Google Display banners in remarketing
SMM - Facebook Ads
For social networks, the majority of sales are made on Facebook. Given our client's target audience, this remains the safest platform to make sales and track users for advertising. A contest was also created to maximize engagement on Facebook, increase brand visibility at a low cost and obtain email addresses of prospects as it was a formality to participate.
159 participants in the contest for an acquisition cost of $0.06 per email.
- Facebook Advertising
- General Remarketing
- Facebook Advertising
- Dynamic Product Catalog Remarketing
- Facebook Video Advertising
- Instagram Video Advertising
- Instagram Remarketing
Email marketing
Emails still generally account for 25% of e-commerce sales. Automating certain sequences is essential to keep people engaged on the website. Once the initial effort is put on emails, it is easier to create intelligent automations based on visitor behaviour.
25% reduction in shopping cart abandonment with an automated sequence.
- Abandoned cart
- Newsletter sign-up
- Contest sign-up
- Cart pledge
- Cross-sell / up-sell
2021 vs 2020
The results.
INCREASE IN ORGANIC WEBSITE TRAFFIC
25%
INCREASE OF THE CONVERSION RATE OF THE SHOP
50%
INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS
71%
INCREASE IN RECURRENT CUSTOMERS
183%
AVERAGE VALUE INCREASE PER ORDER
39%
INCOME INCREASE
126%
Google, Instagram & Facebook
350,000+ ORGANIC AND PAID IMPRESSIONS
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What our customers say about us
I have had my best season in the history of the company year after year for 3 years now! I sold my snow removal business and with Bofu's marketing know-how, I can concentrate on my specialty: hydroseeding. Thanks guys!
Through his agency BOFU, Marc-Antoine has offered us impeccable service by focusing on various short/medium and long term strategies for our business. Their attention to detail and understanding of our business environment is an important competitive advantage for us.
Marc- Antoine is great to work with. He is very responsive to the daily needs in marketing and has a wealth of knowledge on web based activity. He drives sales initiatives through social media and has the ability to expose activities and products directly to the retailer and end user. Marc is always willing to jump in and contribute to the goals of the organization. He is an asset to us and keeps me up to date with all market trends.
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