Strategy · SEOB2B SaaS

A template library that grew leads 998% year over year

When buyers paused software evaluations, useful free resources built to be found kept the lead pipeline full.

CLIENT
Paycor
INDUSTRY
B2B SaaS
SERVICES
Strategic Planning, SEO & AEO
YEAR
2020
+998%
Lead growth, year over year
+276%
Organic traffic, year over year
+335%
Bookings revenue
The challenge

What stood in the way.

In spring 2020, COVID hit and buyers paused software evaluations. The company needed to keep leads coming while HR teams faced problems they had never handled before.

The approach

Meet the demand that's actually there.

01

Spot the spikes

Used Google Trends to find surging queries such as furloughs, remote work policies and workplace distancing.

02

Publish fast

20+ templates, checklists and guides on keyword-targeted landing pages with supporting articles.

03

Get indexed

Requested immediate indexing in Google Search Console to meet demand while it was surging.

04

Capture and nurture

Gated each resource with a short form that fed the marketing nurture program. Sales started to come roughly nine months later as buying confidence returned.

What was delivered

What was provided.

  • 20+ templates, checklists and guides
  • Keyword-targeted landing pages and articles
  • Gated lead capture into Marketo
Tools used
  • Google Trends
  • Google Search Console
  • Marketo
  • Landing pages
The takeaway
Giving away something genuinely useful, built to be found, can pay off for years.

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