The client had developed a new website in WordPress, and the web developer called me in at the eleventh hour to check the site's organic optimization. I very quickly determined that the client's organic footprint would suffer badly by taking the site live. The client then redeveloped the site in Magento, and I took the lead in all matters related to organic optimization, including keyword research, content development and on-page optimization.

Plated was a new startup and needed to grow rapidly. The challenge was to find new ways to grow outside of the traditional channels. At the time Facebook was not known as a growth channel but we were not only able to make it work but we were one of the first major success stories for Facebook ads.

The challenge faced was how to grow and promote a web development + digital marketing agency, in a hyper competitive space.

The client wanted to work with top portrait photographers for their new phone campaign. This was to position themselves as the top camera phone in the industry. They had very particular requirements on the chosen photographer so finding the right person was the first challenge. The second was managing the high profile talent and the client to achieve an outcome with the content that both parties were happy with. The timeline was extremely tight, particularly for such a high profile photographer with a busy schedule. Their target was to get high PR attention.

The budget included 3 other smaller but well known photographers who also created content around the same theme. We also had a gifting portion of the campaign where I sent the phones to small semi-professional photographers to create their own portraits. This was all to create buzz in the photography industry. This all had to be done beginning to end in about a month which is very tight.