Case Study: The Low Carb Grocery

Massive increases for both the organic search and paid search channels

The Low Carb Grocery offers quality specialty health foods to Canadians from coast to coast, with multiple brick & mortar locations and a robust e-commerce website. The Low Carb Grocery focuses its product selection on items specifically made for low carbohydrate and ketogenic diets, as well as for dietary considerations related to sugar intake, carbohydrate intake, and other health needs.

Client Challenges

In a rapidly growing market driven by widespread adoption of low carb and keto diets among health-conscious Canadians, The Low Carb Grocery needed to improve their SEO to gain more organic traffic from search engines, as well as overhaul poorly performing SEM campaigns that were struggling to produce a significant ROI.

The Strategy

WMT developed a plan to help The Low Carb Grocery meet their digital marketing objectives focused on these essential strategies:

Improve rankings and traffic for the most relevant core business keywords

Improve paid search campaigns to increase revenue and acquire new customers.

Create an ongoing content strategy that both improves SEO and conversion performance

Scope of Work

At the onset of the project, SEO cleanup of the website was determined to be the most critical task. To identify precisely which search engine optimization tactics were in greatest need, a comprehensive SEO audit was conducted. This included a complete top-to-bottom site scan to pinpoint back-end errors and any other missing SEO elements on the website. From there, a prioritized plan was put in place to correct these issues, improve the overall SEO health of the website, and boost rankings for a wide variety of important keywords.

While the SEO component was underway, paid search campaigns were analyzed and a revised SEM strategy was developed. A new campaign structure was created for The Low Carb Grocery, focused on supporting core SEO keywords and acquiring a greater portion of search interest around individual products, specific brands, and popular categories. Building on the success of the SEM and SEO components of the project, an ongoing content marketing plan was put in place, complemented by organic social media posting.

Strategies, Tactics & KPI's

Planning & Strategy

WMT focused efforts for The Low Carb Grocery using these strategies:
  • SEO strategy proceeded with a prioritized site clean-up, ensuring all pages follow established SEO best practices, and optimizing on-page content to improve search engine performance for a core set of the most relevant and valuable keywords related to low carb products.
  • SEM account was overhauled and reorganized to simplify account management and improve the efficiency of all campaigns. The updated paid search account focused on driving shoppers with high purchase intent, as well as first-time visitors, to the most relevant landing pages within the site.
  • Social Media and Content Marketing efforts focused on delivering high-value content built around core SEO keywords and phrases, intended to engage and educate customers, encourage product exploration, influence purchases & expose the brand.

Methods & Tactics

SEO Tactics:

  • Consistent formatting of all back-end SEO elements & code clean-up
  • Proper optimization of all on-page copy and image elements
  • Regularly scheduled site scans to proactively address potential issues
  • Ongoing SEO updates & maintenance to back-end and on-page elements
  • Ongoing content creation, focused around popular low carb & keto topics
  • Monthly deep-dive analysis to identify areas of opportunity & monitor progress

SEM Tactics

  • Streamline the account structure by simplifying campaign & ad group organization
  • Overhaul keyword list to refine core term targeting as well as products & brands
  • Implement audience lists and retargeting to more effectively regain past visitors
  • Continual optimization of campaign settings, bids, location targeting, and keywords
  • Regular analysis and monthly reporting of performance and new opportunities

Social Media & Content Tactics:

  • Continual creation of SEO supporting content promoting blog articles
  • Distribution of content through established social media channels
  • Paid campaigns to grow the overall follower base
  • Optimize content for conversions, product exploration, and purchase influence

KPI's - Measuring Success

A critical element of any digital marketing plan is accurate measurement, reporting, and analysis of results. Leveraging the power of Google's LookerStudio, WMT provides in-depth monthly reports on SEO, SEM, and Social/Content activities, delivering complete transparency on current activities, upcoming actions, and business results.

  • Organic search marketing reports include detailed performance data on keyword rank growth, traffic trends, conversion results, landing page performance, and more.
  • Paid search marketing reports cover revenue generation results, recent optimizations and account changes, and overall ROI performance of SEM campaigns.
  • Social media and content performance reporting, included as part of the overall SEO report, highlights organic search impact of content assets and social traffic.

It's All in the Results

Organic Search Growth - Annually From 2015 to 2023

The aggressive SEO strategies that WMT brought to The Low Carb Grocery have generated significant growth in organic search traffic each year.

Paid Search - Annually From 2015 to 2023

Paid search revenue has risen dramatically as campaigns have been refined and tuned for maximum ROI.

The Low Carb Grocery - In Their Own Words

"The success of our business hinges on the effectiveness of our digital marketing strategy. Thanks to WMT, we are winning in the digital space with powerful SEO and SEM campaigns that really work to drive sales and bring new customers in.

Without a doubt, WMT has elevated our position in search engines and helped us grow our business the right way. They’re always clear and transparent about their recommendations, and have the research and data to back them up. WMT is a key part of our business, and one of the reasons The Low Carb Grocery is Canada’s preferred source for low carb and keto health foods online."

Justine Yip, Owner of The Low Carb Grocery

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