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Overview
I owned the end-to-end content and SEO strategy for a B2B SaaS food safety platform, where content was positioned as the primary acquisition and demand engine. As the first in-house marketer, I was responsible for building scalable organic growth, improving conversion rates, and supporting pipeline growth in a long, trust-driven sales cycle.

Business Goal
The core objective was demand and pipeline growth, with SEO and content replacing paid acquisition as the dominant growth channel over time.
Key goals included:
Increasing qualified signups by ~10% month over month
Reducing dependency on paid traffic
Establishing the company as a trusted authority in food safety compliance

Target Audience
The primary audience consisted of:
Founders and operations managers at SMBs and mid-market companies
Quality, safety, and compliance managers responsible for food safety documentation
These users had high intent but limited time. They weren’t looking for abstract thought leadership. They needed practical, compliant solutions they could implement immediately.

Strategy & Content Approach
I built the strategy around problem-led SEO and conversion-focused education.
First, I designed and implemented a topic cluster system, mapping core commercial pages (solutions and features) to supporting educational content addressing:
Common compliance mistakes
Documentation workflows, templates, and checklists
Keyword prioritisation was driven by:
Search intent (commercial and problem-aware over pure volume)
Conversion potential (keywords tied to real compliance tasks)
Competitive gaps
Funnel stage (TOFU discovery, MOFU evaluation, BOFU conversion)
I owned keyword research, page-level strategy, and content briefs, and worked closely with a content writer to ensure every piece had a clear role: rank, educate, and convert.

Results
Grew organic traffic from 350 → 84,000 monthly sessions in 15 months (55% US traffic)
Achieved top-3 rankings for 2,500+ keywords
Increased total pageviews from 7k → 70k/month
Built a newsletter with a 31% open rate and 14% CTR
SEO became the primary driver of sustained signup growth and pipeline contribution, reducing reliance on paid channels.

Why It Worked
The strategy succeeded because content wasn’t treated as output. It was built as a growth system, tightly aligned with user intent, conversion, and long-term business impact.