Client Success Story – SEO – Open Fireplace Centre

Search engine optimisation is a long term marketing solution, as demonstrated by the continued success of the Open Fireplace Centre.

For over a decade, FirstFound has helped the Open Fireplace Centre to top the major search engines, even as the way the search engines work has changed.

Client’s Objectives

Generate leads and enquiries online
Remain at the top of the search engines for a number of key terms
Find safe and secure hosting for the Open Fireplace Centre Website

FirstFound’s Solution

For the past decade, FirstFound have hosted the Open Fireplace Centre website, keeping it running smoothly and safe from potential threats.

A number of search engine consultants have also managed the website, ensuring that it is updated to meet the ever-changing requirements and best practise standards of the search engines. Alan Hopkinson has also received over 100 in-depth reports, explaining how his site is performing on the search engines.

Results

Increased turnover from £90,000 in 2000 to over £400,000 in 2010
Sustained first-page rankings on Google, Yahoo and Bing (formerly MSN search)
Ten years of reliable hosting, with no security lapses or long-term downtime

“I can honestly say, without search engine optimisation, my business would not have survived longer than three years. We would have been overtaken by competitors. We've been really impressed by the individual care and attention FirstFound's staff have given us. Nothing is too much trouble for them and you really feel that for the relatively small amount it cost, we get a far better service than we are paying for.”

Alan Hopkinson – Owner