The Situation

A luxury holiday home lettings agency in South Devon wanted to increase bookings and expand their portfolio of properties with a luxury SEO and PPC digital marketing strategy.

Luxury Cottages in Devon by Finest Stays

Record-breaking
SEO & PPC
revenue & ROAS

The Solution

  • Audience research & buyer persona creation
  • Keyword research, analytics data analysis and competitor insight analysis
  • Organic marketing strategy – to increase visibility of the website amongst target audience of new potential clients and property owners including;
    • Meta data optimisation of the home page, location pages, property pages and collection pages
    • SEO content optimisation across 20 key location and property pages
    • Technical SEO optimisation recommendation to improve Core Web Vitals score
  • Paid Search marketing strategy – to gain top positions in the Google Search results, increase brand awareness and drive bookings including;
    • Segmented location text ad campaigns with tailored ad copy and assets.
    • Segmented text ad campaigns targeting keywords around specific property amenities and requirements, with tailored ad copy and assets
    • Brand awareness discovery campaign
    • Seasonal text ad campaigns with tailored ad copy, landing pages and assets
    • Property Owners lead generation campaign
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“Working with ThoughtShift has been a game-changer for Finest Stays. The team is an absolute pleasure to collaborate with – always responsive, professional, and proactive. Our rise in online presence speaks volumes, from significant growth in organic search visibility to an incredible return on ad spend. It truly feels like we’re working with the pros, and the results show we’ve stepped up our digital marketing game in a big way.”

Kate Allen - Founder at Finest Stays

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The Results

  • 40% growth in the number of organic keyword rankings in the first 6-months
  • 41% increase in organic search impressions
  • 32% increase in organic search clicks
  • 14% year on year increase in online revenue from direct bookings
  • 18x return on Google Ads spend achieved in the first 6-months
  • Achieved 32 new page 1 rankings for target keywords
  • Increase rankings for 93 target keywords