NCI did not have an SEO strategy or staff, but it also had 150 subdomains run by different departments and on different CMS systems. Additionally, Google had recently rolled out its symptom panels. As a result, even its expert written content was not ranking for its ideal terms, and its cancer clinical trials section of its site was not ranking for the vast majority of cancer clinical trial keywords.

Their challenge was that they are unable to scale new users acquisitions.

• To begin, we did a comprehensive needs analysis - uncovering which pages would need to be added, and how we could structure the site so the team could continue to iterate on it.

• Next, we began devising the design system - how would the visual identity of the brand evolve to reflect this new direction?

• Finally, with these assets in hand - we planned out the entire sitemap and URL structure, so everyone knew what the final site would entail. From there, we were off to the races!

Upon starting new management for any new brand, I find that after an audit there are several key changes that need to be made including structure, creative, and targeting. This was the case for SITM. They sell crazy fun socks but they were targeting crew socks, knee high socks etc. Along with restructuring their campaigns,