Blog Writing: Strategic Content Creation



Amplifying website traffic and SEO performance while raising awareness for eye health



Services | SEO, Blog Writing, Content Planning, Content Audit, Content Marketing


Clearly’s blog homepage
Clearly’s blog homepage

Challenge/Problem



Clearly faced the challenge of low organic traffic to its e-commerce platform. The company struggled with SEO rankings, hindering its ability to reach a broader audience and compete effectively in the online eyewear market. High volumes of customer support calls were also placing a strain on resources, indicating a need to proactively address customer queries and concerns through alternative means.


My Role & Process



My role involved driving three blog sites for Clearly in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and crafting compelling and informative blogs to address the identified challenges. The process included:

  • 1.

    Market research


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

    Content strategy development


    Create a comprehensive content strategy that aligns seamlessly with overall brand messaging and strategic marketing and SEO goals, emphasizing customer education and engagement.
  • 3.

    Collaboration


    Work closely with the marketing and customer support teams to identify key topics and pain points, ensuring content relevance and effectiveness.
  • 4.

    Content calendar management


    Develop and maintain a structured content calendar to ensure a consistent flow of blogs aligned with seasonal trends, product launches, and marketing initiatives. Helps optimize content timing and relevance, maximizing its impact on audience engagement.
  • 5.

    Content optimization


    Optimize content based on performance and SEO data for various content elements, including keywords, headlines, content, images, CTAs, and formatting so that content remains engaging to the target audience's search queries and search intent.
  • 6.

    Content promotion


    Strategically increase the visibility and reach of blog content to a target audience through social media platforms, 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 enhancing the overall customer experience.

Produced engaging and shareable content for marketing campaign integration to maximize reach and engagement.

Prioritized top-performing blogs and implemented SEO on-site 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





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

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 for this task was 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. I enjoyed creating blogs that helped achieve objectives and drive success for Clearly.



Blog traffic increased by 28,080% compared to the previous month as a result of content promotion via email marketing




Blog traffic increased by 28,080% compared to the previous month as a result of content promotion via email marketing







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:



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