Alistair Q Vermaak – Systems Architect

Hi, I'm Alistair!

I Helped Emily Greer

 Emily is an Entrepreneur Mom working in partnership with Young Living Essential Oils and wanted help with Business Development   I volunteered to help.

Client Work: Young Living Entrepreneur

Project  Overview:

 

Contact Person: Emily Greer

 

I worked with this client over a 3 month period as a Digital Marketing Volunteer, in order to get experience. 

The process started with me showing an interest in helping clients with Digital Marketing, doing Website Design  and Social Media Management on a platform called Acadium.com

 

Start Date:  18th February 2020

Estimated End Date:  17th May

 

Project Layout

 

Worked in accounts, with access details supplied by client:

 

  • Later.com
  • Tailwind.app
  • WordPress Blog – http://oily.life/emily-greer
  • Pinterest – www.pinterest.com/thriving.families
  • Instagram – Instagram.com/thrivingfamilies.southafrica

 

For Collaboration purposes, we used:

 

  • Email for communication and notifications from Trello
  • Trello for project management, feedback and planning
  • Google Drive for Content Storage
  • Zoom for weekly feedback sessions

 

What were the expectations from the Client:

 

  1. Grow Pinterest Presence and brand awareness in the South African Market
  2. Grow the Instagram account and create awareness in the South African Market.
  3. Create relevant landing pages on the Blog and in Email platforms to drive traffic from Social Media.

 

What Activities did I undertake to accomplish the goals set out in monthly planning in Trello?

 

  • I studied the Analytics from Pinterest
  • I studied the Instagram Followers
  • I checked the South African Competitors in Google
  • I Checked which phrases and hashtags drove the most traffic
  • I looked for weaknesses in the competitors marketing
  • I looked at areas where there was better content from YL
  • I created buyer personas
  • I pulled existing content
  • I repurposed the existing content for Instagram and Pinterest
  • I created my own routine and schedule for posting

How I Helped

01.

Met and Talked Remotely

We had a qucik Zoom.  Talked about the work to be done and agreed on a timeframe

02.

Plan

We created a schedule for me to gat work done and provide weekly feedback

03.

Created Website Structure

I setup the WordPress website as instructed with the relevant pages

04.

Added Content

All previous content was optimized for SEO and more content created

05.

Keyword Research

I did keyword research in Pinterest in order to find posting ideas

06.

Content Templates

I crafted some relevant content templates that would make it easier for me to create consistent posts

07.

Frequent Posting

I setup a schedule and published 2-10 pins weekly to get traffic to the site

08.

SEO

I ensured all images had ALT tags, ensured all pages were optimized for relevant keywords

The client had a WordPress.com site and needed a landing page.  I created one.

She had a presence on Instagram and Facebook but also wanted help with Pinterest. 

She did however have content in the form of:

 

  • Sways
  • Product images
  • Product Descriptions
  • Trello Boards for inspiration

 

I set about creating a posting schedule for Pinterest and Instagram.  I created Pins, Stories and Reels and automated posting using Later and Tailwind for:

 

 

When content was created, the profile section pointed back to the website.  I created a posting schedule for optimal posting times.

Social Media Content Created

Instagram

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Pinterest

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Stories, #Shorts & Reels

I Kept Track Of Analytics

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Results Of Project

In the 3 month period, we grew the Pinterest account from having +/- 250k Impressions to 1.1 Million  impressions.

We grew instagram followers by 15% and engagement by 27%.

Conversions increased from 1.2% to 3.7% overall.