Salt Marketing Strengthened Organic Visibility and Grew Search Traffic

Salt Marketing is a digital marketing agency based in Dublin that has developed into what the organization calls a Growth Engineering company. With over 10 years in the industry, the company has managed to combine the skills of web development, SEO, paid ads, social media marketing , and content marketing to create a growth ecosystem for its business clients in Ireland and worldwide. This included SEO services such as increasing the visibility of the website, enhancing its local relevance, optimizing measurement, and creating authority to compete better in search.

148K
TOTAL CLICKS AFTER SEO
28.3M
TOTAL IMPRESSIONS AFTER SEO
13 → 16
DOMAIN AUTHORITY

Project Details

Client
Salt Marketing
Industry
Digital Marketing Agency
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Service
SEO, Local SEO & Performance Tracking

The Results at a Glance

01

  • 148K Search Clicks
    After the SEO work, total clicks reached 148K compared with 10.3K before optimization.
  • 28.3M Search Impressions
    Total impressions grew to 28.3M from 1.54M before the SEO campaign.

02

  • 13 → 16 Domain Authority
    Domain authority increased from 13 to 16 as the backlink profile and overall site authority improved.
  • 57% Organic Traffic Share
    Organic traffic accounted for 57% of the acquisition overview, ahead of direct and social traffic.

About The Client

Salt Marketing is a firm located in Dublin that specializes in the broader digital marketing domain by offering integrated services for SEO, websites, paid advertising , social media, and content marketing . Instead of focusing on each platform separately, Salt Marketing differentiates itself by being able to create interrelated marketing systems to drive sustainable business growth.

Product Page Optimization

Challenge

The site had several areas where stronger SEO work could make a noticeable difference. Search visibility was limited, organic traffic was not reaching its potential, and the website structure and on-page elements were not being used as effectively as they could be.

  • Low Search Visibility: The website was not consistently visible for the searches that mattered to the business.
  • Limited Organic Traffic: Search was contributing traffic, but the overall volume left considerable room for growth.
  • Weak Local SEO : The local search presence needed more attention to compete effectively in Dublin and nearby markets.
  • Limited Performance Insight: Tracking was not providing enough useful information about how visitors were engaging with the site and which actions mattered.
  • Underused Website Structure: Page structure, on-page elements, and content opportunities needed to be better aligned with target searches.
  • Limited Authority: The backlink profile needed stronger and more relevant links to support rankings and overall site credibility.

Goals & Objectives

The work was aimed at improving the site's visibility in a way that could be measured and built upon over time. The priority was not simply to generate more impressions, but to strengthen the foundations behind organic search performance and make the website more competitive in both broader and local searches.

  • Increase the website's visibility across relevant organic search results.
  • Grow qualified organic traffic and improve the site's reach in search.
  • Strengthen local SEO visibility for customers searching for digital marketing services in Dublin and surrounding areas.
  • Improve the website's on-page structure, content relevance, and technical SEO foundation.
  • Build stronger authority through quality backlinks and local citations.
  • Improve Google Business Profile performance and keep the profile active and useful.
  • Set up clearer tracking so traffic, engagement, and important user actions could be measured.

Our Strategy

It was a combination of the technical aspects of SEO along with the processes that contribute to making a website visible. The process began with dealing with the website in question, moving on to local optimization, citations, backlinks, content, and measurements. This took the project away from piecemeal fixes and towards a better search foundation.

Step 01

Full SEO Audit and Fix of the Website

Goal: Discover the problems that may affect the performance of the website in organic search.

Approach: The SEO and web development team analyzed aspects of the website's SEO, such as its structure, content, metadata, headers, and others. All discovered problems were prioritized and fixed to provide a clean environment for further SEO optimization of the website.

Results: The website became easier for crawling, indexing, and evaluation by search engines.

Step 02

On-Page Optimization

Goal: To ensure that the targeted webpages have greater relevance to the queries and services for which they were designed.

Approach: We updated the meta titles, meta descriptions, headings, and content of the pages in relation to certain keywords. The emphasis here was more about creating relevant content than about just adding keywords to existing content.

Outcome: The website pages have become much more relevant to their respective topics.

Step 03

Google Business Profile Optimization

Goal: To improve the company’s visibility in local search engines and provide potential clients with a more detailed business profile.

Approach: Claiming and verifying the Google Business Profile, checking categories and services, adding pictures and updates, and managing reviews. Google Business Insights were utilized for calls, clicks, and engagement analysis.

Result: The Google Business Profile became more complete, alive, and helpful.

Step 04

Continuous GBP Management

Goal: Maintain the current status of the profile instead of considering optimization as a once-in-a-lifetime activity.

Approach: Updating the profile, providing offers and news, and uploading photos were all conducted continuously. Customer feedback was tracked and responded to, while the profile was reviewed every time an opportunity for optimization came up.

Results: The profile remained relevant and accurate, thereby offering more chances for locals to find and engage with the company.

Step 05

Off-Page SEO & Local Citations

Goal: To establish authority away from the site and to enhance the local relevance of the company.

Approach: We focused on local citations, backlinks, and other marketing elements that would help create a strong online authority for the company.

Result: The off-page SEO helped to increase authority signals for the site along with the on-page efforts.

Step 06

Quality Backlinks Construction

Goal: Improve the site’s authority with relevant links, which are needed for its credibility.

Approach: We concentrated on the construction of quality backlinks, not on the quantity of them. It was our goal to improve backlinks' profile of the site and help pages that matter.

Result: The backlink profile improved and contributed to an increase of domain authority from 13 to 16.

Step 07

Analytics & Event Tracking

Goal: To make SEO performance tracking easier and link traffic to actual actions taken by users.

Approach: Events have been introduced to capture meaningful user interaction and give insight into how users were actually interacting with the site. This would allow the collected data to be used for assessing engagement levels and making more informed optimization decisions.

Result: The tracking process has become more effective for measuring user activity and identifying engagement patterns.

The Takeaway

The Salt Marketing campaign was designed using the principle of achieving high organic performance through the combination of multiple elements. Technical optimization made the website more comprehensible, SEO made it visible in Dublin, the creation of backlinks gave authority, and analytics helped to track the results better.

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