Blog Writing: Strategic Content Creation



Full-funnel content marketing: strategy, SEO, expert collaboration, and multi-channel promotion to amplify website traffic while raising awareness for eye health



Services | Content Strategy, SEO, Content Planning, Content Audit, Content Marketing, Multi-Channel Promotion


Clearly’s blog homepage
Clearly’s blog homepage

Challenge/Problem



Clearly faced low organic traffic to its e-commerce platform and struggled with SEO rankings, limiting its ability to reach a broader audience and compete effectively in the online eyewear market. High volumes of customer support calls were also straining resources, pointing to a need to proactively address customer queries through other means.


My Role & Process



My role involved driving three blog sites for Clearly across Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and crafting compelling, informative content to address these challenges.

  • 1.

    Market research


    Conducted in-depth research to understand the target audience, industry trends, content ideas, and relevant keywords for SEO optimization.
  • 2.

    Content strategy development


    Created a comprehensive content strategy aligned with brand messaging and strategic marketing and SEO goals, emphasizing customer education and engagement.
  • 3.

    Collaboration


    Worked closely with the marketing and customer support teams to identify key topics and pain points, and interviewed opticians and optometrists to ground content in real clinical expertise on eye care and eye health.
  • 4.

    Content calendar management


    Developed and maintained a structured content calendar for a consistent flow of blogs aligned with seasonal trends, product launches, and marketing initiatives.
  • 5.

    Content optimization


    Optimized content based on performance and SEO data, keywords, headlines, images, CTAs, and formatting, to stay aligned with audience search intent.
  • 6.

    Content promotion


    Strategically increased the visibility and reach of blog content through social media, email marketing, and internal linking.

Content calendar (top), content optimization (bottom)

Content calendar (left), content optimization (right)

Solution



Leveraged strategically chosen keywords into blog content to enhance SEO performance and increase organic search traffic.

Created educational content that proactively addressed common customer queries, reducing the frequency of customer support calls and improving the overall customer experience.

Prioritized top-performing blogs and implemented on-site SEO optimization techniques to improve its visibility, engagement, and effectiveness.



Used Yoast SEO, a content management plugin for WordPress, to optimize title tag and meta description
Used Yoast SEO, a content management plugin for WordPress, to optimize title tag and meta description

Bringing in expert authority

Beyond interviewing opticians and optometrists for background knowledge, I translated their clinical insights into accessible content for a general audience. Noticing an opportunity to strengthen credibility, I suggested including direct quotes from these experts within the blogs themselves, adding a visible layer of trust and authority beyond the writing alone. My manager liked the approach, and it became a practice the team continued using more consistently going forward.

Multi-Channel Promotion



Publishing strong content wasn't the end of the process, getting it in front of the right audience was just as important. Each blog was promoted through a coordinated mix of channels: shared via social media, featured in email newsletters with a teaser designed to drive click-through, and reinforced with internal linking across the site to keep readers engaged and improve overall SEO structure.






Blog promotion via email marketing: included a teaser to entice subscribers to click through and read the full article on the website

Blog promotion via email marketing: included a teaser to entice subscribers to click through and read the full article on the website

This channel coordination is what turned individual blog posts into a measurable spike.

28,080%

Increase in traffic to one blog post compared to the previous month, driven by a combination of SEO content and email promotion.

Deliverables



Clearly’s new look: A guide to the upgrades | Clearly


Which contacts are right for me? | Clearly


What do the numbers on my glasses mean? | Clearly


Buy reading glasses online | Clearly


Foods for eye health | Clearly


Will glasses make my eyes worse? | Clearly


Top blue light glasses | Clearly


Results and Outcome



The intended outcomes were to increase organic website traffic, improve SEO rankings, and reduce customer support calls through blogs, positioning Clearly more competitively in the e-commerce eyewear market. Blogs performed well and supported many different teams across the organization.



Google Analytics report showing the traffic spike




Google Analytics report showing the traffic spike







Blog reviews from readers of the world wide web


Blog reviews from readers of the world wide web






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To review an in-depth selection of my work or to discuss working together, please get in touch:



phyllistee.contentconsulting@gmail.com