Very competitive market. Since they were an innovative startup, finding relevant search terms for SEO with satisfied search volume was challenging.

Challenge was to introduce our 3 portfolio brands in new international markets and scale up in existing markets.

Existing challenges within the account limited their ability to test new prospecting strategies and limited their growth potential. For example, prior to our involvement, the majority of the budget was dedicated toward branded search campaigns, as many competitors were bidding on their branded terms in hopes to capture away TaxJar's most valuable traffic. Unfortunately, this fierce competition resulted in higher-than-expected costs and required much of the focus, energy, and budget.

Even after successfully freeing up budget from the branded search issues, profitably acquiring new business was no easy feat. Tax services are consumed on an as-needed basis. A brand awareness effort would only be effective if the messaging was powerful and the timing was perfect. That is, even if a business owner hears about TaxJar and thinks they should sign up for the services, it’s typically something that is pushed on the back-burner.

More than ever, if would be crucial to meet their potential customers when they are actively in the market for tax services and in the medium in which they would best respond to our messaging.

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The brand was struggling to acquire new customers and had no strategy with their paid media. I was able to create a strategy from scratch and eventually get them from breaking even to being profitable with their paid campaigns.