Performics Drives SEO Success for Icebreaker Through Streamlined Global Launch

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Icebreaker is a New Zealandbased clothing retailer specializing in merino wool outdoor clothing. Its target audience is hikers, yogis, runners, travelers and more. Par$cipant 1. Increased speed of project comple3on with great success Organic search traffic grew 59% YoY Organic search revenue grew 105% YoY 2. Improved communica3on for unified brand messaging globally Performance Performics tackled the four key areas of alignment to ensure a smooth launch: 1. Organize leadership & strategists Determine key point of contact within each country 2. Clearly ar3culate scope of project Work off quarterly, instead of annual, global project plan for flexibility 3. Align program standards Collaborate, share best prac\ces and provide clear instruc\ons Instate a biweekly delivery schedule with buffer \me built for QA across \me zones Priori\ze regular communica\on to share internal and client feedback so nothing is lost in transla\on 4. Ac3vate interna3onal repor3ng via BrightEdge Consolidate all repor\ng to ensure consistency Plan Performics Drives SEO Success for Icebreaker Through Streamlined Global Launch Countries generated a 105% Y/Y increase in site revenue Countries saw a 59% Y/ Y increase in search traffic One country exceeded both traffic and revenue KPIs for the first $me in 2014 Icebreaker tasked Performics to launch an interna\onal SEO program across 4 countries in less than 3 weeks. In addi\on, a single point of contact was needed to develop processes to align and manage Icebreaker’s global program, including: Organizing leadership & strategists Clearly ar\cula\ng scope of project Aligning program standards Ac\va\ng interna\onal repor\ng via BrightEdge Challenge

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I C O N   L I B A R Y  

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Icebreaker  is  a  New  Zealand-­‐based  clothing  retailer  specializing  in  merino  wool  outdoor  clothing.  Its  target  audience  is  hikers,  yogis,  runners,  travelers  and  more.  

Par$cipant  

1.   Increased  speed  of  project  comple3on  with  great  success  •  Organic  search  traffic  grew  59%  YoY  •  Organic  search  revenue  grew  105%  YoY  

2.  Improved  communica3on  for  unified  brand  messaging  globally  

Performance  

Performics  tackled  the  four  key  areas  of  alignment  to  ensure  a  smooth  launch:  1.  Organize  leadership  &  strategists  

•  Determine  key  point  of  contact  within  each  country  2.  Clearly  ar3culate  scope  of  project  

•  Work  off  quarterly,  instead  of  annual,  global  project  plan  for  flexibility  3.  Align  program  standards  

•  Collaborate,  share  best  prac\ces  and  provide  clear  instruc\ons  •  Instate  a  biweekly  delivery  schedule  with  buffer  \me  built  for  QA  across  

\me  zones  •  Priori\ze  regular  communica\on  to  share  internal  and  client  feedback  so  

nothing  is  lost  in  transla\on  4.  Ac3vate  interna3onal  repor3ng  via  BrightEdge  

•  Consolidate  all  repor\ng  to  ensure  consistency  

Plan  

Performics  Drives  SEO  Success  for  Icebreaker  Through  Streamlined  Global  Launch  

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Countries  generated  a  105%  Y/Y  increase  

in  site  revenue  

Countries  saw  a  59%  Y/Y  increase  in    search  traffic  

One  country  exceeded  both  traffic  and  

revenue  KPIs  for  the  first  $me  in  2014  

Icebreaker  tasked  Performics  to  launch  an  interna\onal  SEO  program  across  4  countries  in  less  than  3  weeks.  In  addi\on,  a  single  point  of  contact  was  needed  to  develop  processes  to  align  and  manage  Icebreaker’s  global  program,  including:    

•  Organizing  leadership  &  strategists  •  Clearly  ar\cula\ng  scope  of  project  •  Aligning  program  standards  •  Ac\va\ng  interna\onal  repor\ng  via  BrightEdge  

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