Molly Brown London

Molly Brown London (MBL) is an esteemed jewellery brand known for its elegant and personalised designs, catering to the ‘young girls’ market, commemorating special occasions and milestones. Erica, the founder of the business, approached Growthack as she felt that there was a need for improved strategic intelligence, internationalisation and forward planning. We took a combined approach, ensuring both technical issues were resolved as well as meeting the strategic objective of further international expansion – resulting in over 40% revenue growth in key international markets.

Industry

E-Commerce / Fashion

Company Size

Less than 50 Employees

Timeline

18 Months

+105

%

Revenue Growth

+105

%

Revenue Growth

+105

%

Revenue Growth

+187

%

Organic Clicks

+187

%

Organic Clicks

+187

%

Organic Clicks

Global growth for leading jewellery brand leads to 105% increase in sales

The Challenge

Having identified that MBLs technology stack distorted the attribution of web sales, improving their measurement framework was top priority. SEO:Organic traffic peaked in 2021 and had been in decline since, so we ensured that the most pressing legacy technical issues were resolved to provide stability and provide a platform for growth.

Technical: an audit revealed several issues such as multiple canonicals, duplicate pages, and hreflang issues as well as a much-needed Magento (now Adobe Commerce) upgrade being required. Content: working with the internal marketing team, we created content in line with the audience to attract additional relevant users. Paid Media: Campaigns were leveraged to expedite MBL’s international brand recognition, with a primary focus of keeping both; customer acquisition and development costs as low as possible. Google Advertising: Our approach to internationalising product ads included a scalable, out-of-the-box product feed which allows MBL to enter new territories without significant upfront costs. Social Media Advertising: With Google Advertising generating an increased volume of relevant traffic to the website, our Social Media advertising strategy focused heavily on visually exemplifying MBL’s superior product quality and garnering trust as a leader in the online marketplace. In summary, we further aligned our efforts with special occasions that cater to the ‘young girls’ audience such as weddings, birthdays and religious events. Specifically, for the US we noticed the following: It was clear that the US market was largely more religious. Therefore, we doubled down on religious themes in line with the product offering. Referencing Google Ads conversion data, we found a handful of high-performing states representing the most active buyers. Customer acquisition for the US was heavily reliant on advertising so we also strengthened the organic presence.

The Solution

We conducted a full technical audit and transitioned to the latest version of Adobe Commerce, working with our specialist development agency partner, Autify. This major upgrade improved the security, performance, and functionality of the website, positioning it for growth.

Inaccurate revenue tracking across international sites We discovered significant discrepancies between revenue figures in Google Analytics and the actual revenue measured by the accounts team. We identified that their technology stack led to inaccurate measurement of sales, resulting in distorted campaign data. After implementing a series of modifications, we were able to re-distribute ad budgets which led to a 31.3% increase in global revenue generation. A combined approach to marketing via paid and organic channels MBL's organic presence was suffering due to years of technical neglect, affecting traffic and revenue. We resolved a number of key issues and implemented a strategic keyword targeting strategy to improve organic rankings. For the US market, we focused on appropriate messaging, keyword gaps, and creating new product categories to cater to American users. This approach resulted in increased traction and return on investment in the US market. From Google Trends we saw that online interest in ‘catholic jewelry’ was highest within wealthy states. This provided a strong business case for us to produce additional pages in line with this audience and further align our organic strategy with paid campaigns. As an example, a new page for ‘Crosses & Crucifixes’ was created. Additionally, our findings directly influenced MBL’s product research & development.

The Results

Announced on Friday 21 April 2023, Molly Brown London was recognised for its excellence in international trade and is one of 78 organisations nationally to be awarded the prestigious Kings Award for Enterprise recognising significant revenue in overseas sales within the first year of entry.

US organic visibility more than doubled

UK: +23.9% Revenue

US: +41.8% Revenue

IE: +40.5% Revenue

Revenue growth in key markets amounting to over £1 million in website sales

“We have worked with Growthack from its inception. Our experience has been 100% positive and we are pleased to highly recommend this Ecommerce Marketing agency. The team are very talented SEO and PPC professionals who have helped us to expand our business in the UK and also to define an international growth strategy for us.”

Joseph Alexander - Official Framer Partner

Erica Illingworth

Founder

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