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Messaging and Branding to Launch a New Financial Advisory Affiliation Platform

Written by Stephen Beach | Feb 28, 2023 8:13:52 PM

PermaTrak North America is a designer and supplier of a concrete boardwalk system, which now relies on inbound marketing as the primary lead generation strategy for their growing business.

When PermaTrak formed in 2010, the marketing and sales strategy revolved around cold calls, cold emails, existing networks, lead services that would deliver lists of upcoming construction projects, and expensive trade shows. The website was developed by another agency as a "digital brochure," to impress landscape architects and engineers, the primary audience. The site came out like a beautiful luxury car without an engine. It was built for looks - not performance. Like many small businesses, PermaTrak struggled with getting traffic to the website, as well as converting traffic into leads their sales team could follow up with.

  • Cold calls were no longer working
  • Trade show expenses: anywhere from $800-$5,000 + travel (not showing ROI)
  • Prospects not finding website in search results in Google, Bing or Yahoo
  • Paid lead services in the construction industry (DataFax and Dodge Projects) were becoming expensive (not showing ROI)
  • PermaTrak's prospects weren't finding the PermaTrak website with Google searches
  • Website was not built to convert: site visitors came and went without submitting contact information