Manufacturer Achieves 25% Organic Customer Growth During High-Stakes Site Migration

Industry: B2B
Client Name: Century Spring

Fire&Spark enabled a spring manufacturer to migrate away from their parent company’s domain while driving a 25% increase in organic customers, over 20,000 new organic visitors, and first-page rankings for competitive keywords in just nine months.

The Challenge

Overview

A leading spring manufacturer sought to establish a strong, independent online presence after years of operating under their parent company’s website. This ambitious move involved launching a new website with the goal of not only retaining their existing customer base but also simultaneously growing their share of the competitive market.

Site migrations are notoriously risky, often leading to significant drops in traffic, revenue, and overall online performance, making Fire&Spark’s mission clear: Don’t just maintain organic revenue by ensuring flawless execution through this risky move; GROW IT. To achieve this, our client needed a strategy that would:

  • Ensure a seamless migration, grounded in technical SEO best practices.
  • Drive high-quality traffic to the new site, attracting customers ready to place bulk orders.
  • Help design a new site that would empower sales growth, rather than maintaining the status quo.

Their primary goal was to establish themselves as an independent force in the spring manufacturing industry, driving sustainable revenue growth and positioning their new site for long-term industry prominence.

Primary Challenges

  • Driving Qualified Traffic: The manufacturer needed to attract high-intent B2B customers ready to place bulk orders, not just increase website visits. This required a laser focus on transactional keywords that would directly support revenue growth.
  • Establishing Independence From Parent Company: Separating from their parent company’s domain neabt they needed to quickly build an independent online presence, rank competitively for high-value keywords, and establish their own SEO authority to drive sustainable growth.
  • Growing Revenue During Site Migration: Our client faced the high-stakes risk of losing organic traffic, revenue, and existing customers during a site migration—a common challenge that often results in significant drops in visibility and conversions.

Fire&Spark addressed these challenges by crafting an SEO strategy that aimed to not just mitigate risk but also capitalize on the migration as an opportunity for growth.

The SEO Strategy & Implementation

Our SEO strategy for the spring manufacturer aimed to drive the right kind of traffic to their new independent domain. This ensured that users landing on their site were qualified customers in the market to purchase bulk spring orders, minimizing the traffic and revenue risks often associated with site migrations.

We knew that if we didn’t pursue keywords with conversion intent, we might attract traffic but miss the primary goal: sales growth. With sales as our guiding light, we focused on ranking for high-intent keywords that would convert visitors into customers, turning the migration into an opportunity for revenue growth rather than a risk.

Key Elements of the Strategy

To meet the spring manufacturer’s goals, we worked with their development agency and subject matter experts to devise an SEO strategy that forefronted both the technical and content components that would leverage the migration for accelerated growth.

  • We developed detailed SEO requirements for the new website to ensure optimal functionality and minimize migration risks.
  • We proactively identified and addressed potential technical issues, providing the development team with a roadmap for a successful launch.
  • We worked with the developers to improve landing page designs which better meet visitor intent and convert customers more efficiently than traditional blog content.
  • We conducted thorough keyword research and competitor analysis to identify high-intent content opportunities.
  • We focused on keywords aligned with purchase intent to drive qualified, ready-to-buy visitors.
  • We prioritized terms that would attract qualified buyers likely to place bulk orders, ensuring that SEO efforts directly supported revenue generation.
  • We launched new landing pages specifically designed to convert high-intent traffic into customers.
  • We published practical resources like calculators, visual guides, and product catalog pages, providing valuable information to support purchasing decisions
  • We transformed standard collection pages into comprehensive “buy guides” that offer user-friendly navigation and valuable product information.
  • We created in-depth product guides featuring the industry lingo used (and searched) by the target audience, enhancing rankings and engagement.

The Results & Business Impact

Fire&Spark’s revenue-focused SEO strategy reshaped the spring manufacturer’s online presence, establishing them as a strong, independent presence in the industry:

25% Increase in Organic Customers Quarter-Over-Quarter

This significant growth demonstrates the effectiveness of targeting high-intent keywords and optimizing for conversions.

21,000 Organic Visitors Within Nine Months

By aligning content with high-intent keywords and creating practical resources, Fire&Spark captured valuable search volume and engaged new audiences for the spring manufacturer.

Top Rankings for High Value Keywords

Through focused keyword targeting and conversion-driven optimizations, Fire&Spark helped the spring manufacturer achieve first-page rankings for competitive, high-value keywords—including a #1 ranking for their most coveted keywords—elevating their visibility in a challenging market.

Established as an Independent Industry Player

The manufacturer quickly built an independent brand presence, allowing them to rank alongside their parent company for high-value, competitive keywords.

Looking Forward Long-Term Value

Our SEO for Revenue strategy delivered sustained value well beyond the site migration, with the spring manufacturer’s website still seeing traffic growth from optimized pages. They continue to meet or outmatch their past performance pre-migration, solidifying their position as a leading supplier for industry professionals.

Why Fire&Spark?

Site migrations are notoriously challenging, often leading to significant traffic and revenue drops. Fire&Spark not only preserved both of these metrics but achieved significant growth. So, what enabled Fire&Spark to succeed despite the challenges?

It’s simple:

With over 20 years of experience in B2B SEO, Fire&Spark focuses on what truly drives business growth. We understand the nuances of B2B SEO and develop strategies that align with our clients’ unique situations and objectives.

Unlike traditional agencies, Fire&Spark worked closely with the spring manufacturer’s internal team, crafting a strategy achieved the company’s long-term business goals, not just improvements to vanity metrics which don’t grow the bottom line.

The results speak for themselves:

Fire&Spark’s custom SEO approach continues to deliver sustainable growth and a high ROI for the manufacturer, underscoring the advantage of a strategy that prioritizes conversions and long-term scalability over short-sighted “best practice” optimizations.

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