Outcomes

The problem, the work, the numbers.

Three UK trade businesses that were good at trading and invisible online. Customers are described by sector rather than name where we do not have permission to use it. All three run on a single monthly plan.

Metals · UK and EU

Rebuilding around what buyers actually search for took a steel stockholder from invisible to first-page for its core grades.

Headline result

3.4×

organic sessions in 9 months

first-page keywords, from 2

1.3s

median load time, from 8s

Where they started

The company had traded for thirty years on relationships and repeat orders. Its website listed six product categories on a single page, took eight seconds to load on mobile, and ranked for nothing except the company name. New buyers researching grades and specifications never found it.

What we did

Rebuilt the site server-rendered, cutting median load time to under 1.5 seconds
Split one catalogue page into a page per grade, each answering the specification questions buyers ask
Added Organization and Product structured data so search and AI assistants could read the range
Published a monthly article answering a real question from the sales team's inbox

We were invisible to anyone who did not already know our name. Now we get enquiries from buyers who found us before they found our competitors.

Operations Director,

Food and beverage · UK

Putting certifications and lead times on the page turned a food importer's website from a brochure into its main source of enquiries.

Headline result

2.1×

enquiries per month

68%

less time qualifying on calls

41%

enquiry form completion, from 12%

Where they started

Buyers were asking the same four questions on every call: which certifications the importer held, which countries it shipped from, what the minimum order was, and how quickly it could deliver. None of it appeared anywhere on the website, so every enquiry started from zero.

What we did

Put certifications, origin countries, MOQs and lead times on the page, not in a PDF
Wrote a question-led page for each of the top twenty sales questions
Added FAQ structured data so those answers could be quoted directly in search and AI results
Cut the enquiry form from eleven fields to four

The old site took eight seconds to load and we were quietly embarrassed to send it to anyone. This one we send first.

Managing Director,

Industrial machinery · Export

Consolidating four suppliers into one system gave a machinery exporter its first consistent stream of overseas enquiries.

Headline result

new export markets opportunities

62%

lower cost than the four suppliers combined

4 weeks

from kick-off to live site

Where they started

The exporter was paying a web developer, a designer, an SEO consultant and a freelance copywriter. Nothing joined up, work stalled waiting on handovers, and when enquiries dried up nobody could say which part was failing.

What we did

Replaced four suppliers with one team on one monthly plan
Rebuilt the site with a page per machine type and per destination market
Set up answer engine optimisation so AI assistants could shortlist the company by capability
Ran organic social against the trade shows the buyers actually attend

What sold us was that nobody was pointing at anyone else. One team, and one number to call when something needs changing.

Commercial Manager,

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