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Case study 02 · Web strategy, design & creative direction

Five websites built to be found, and chosen

As Associate Creative Director at Toto SEO, I lead a four-person team through every premium website build: discovery, buyer research, site structure, design, content direction and launch. Each site is built for Google and AI search from day one.

tridentdrilling.com
Trident Drilling homepage
commercialcablingco.com
Commercial Cabling Company homepage
virtue340b.com
Virtue 340B homepage
ralphmannandsons.com
Ralph Mann & Sons homepage
centerislandcontracting.com
Center Island Contracting homepage
Agency
Toto SEO, an SEO and GEO agency
My role
Associate Creative Director and account lead
Team
Copywriting, web design, editing, account management
Timeline
April 2025 to present
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Searches with a client on Google's page one, across four sites

0%

Client retention across the six accounts I manage

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Person creative team I lead: copywriting, web design, editing and accounts

How every build runs

Strategy first, then the pixels

The same six stages on every site, so clients always know what's next.

  1. DiscoverOwner interviews, buyers and competitors
  2. PlanSitemap, one job per page, keyword map
  3. DesignLook, layout and page templates
  4. Write & buildDirecting copy and the build team
  5. LaunchWeekly reviews, then I present the site
  6. GrowMonthly SEO and GEO
01
B2B · Structured cabling · Mesa, AZ

Commercial Cabling Company

From 8 pages in Google to 97, and a seat at the table for bigger bids.

commercialcablingco.com

Phone walkthrough of the live site

The challenge. A word-of-mouth contractor that was nearly invisible online, with no contact form and zero web leads.

  • Ran owner interviews and mapped every service, buyer and Phoenix-area competitor
  • Planned service, industry, city and job case-study pages
  • Directed design, copy and the build; added a quote form, schema and a glossary
  • Met with the client weekly and presented the finished site
Pages in Google80
Keywords on page one1010
"structured cabling company"
Position 36.6 → 3.1
Monthly search impressions Feb → Aug 2026 · launch in April
4,91342,665
02
Healthcare compliance · Nationwide

Virtue 340B

A behind-schedule rebuild, turned around into the go-to resource for 340B audits.

virtue340b.com

Phone walkthrough of the live site

The challenge. A DIY Wix site Google couldn't read, and a WordPress rebuild that had fallen behind schedule.

  • Took over the rebuild, fixed the errors and got the team back on track to launch
  • Refined the copy and visuals into a more polished, marketable site
  • Shaped buyer paths, a facts page and a 170+ term glossary
  • Met with the founder weekly and presented the finished site
Keywords on page one170
Pages in Google430
Average Google position
Position 28.7 → 11.9
Monthly search impressions Aug 2025 → Aug 2026 · launch mid-Oct 2025
6,31847,039

More leads in 40 days than the previous six months. About 80% of new leads found Virtue through search.

03
Home services · Ansonia, CT · Est. 1916

Ralph Mann & Sons

A 110-year-old family company, off page five of Google and booking 54 service requests in nine weeks.

ralphmannandsons.com

Phone walkthrough of the live site

The challenge. The family had fired its last agency after months of falling calls. The old site averaged page five and, in the owner's words, just sat there.

  • Ran discovery, buyer personas, a site audit and competitor review
  • Planned nearly 30 service pages and the local town pages
  • Coached the fourth-generation owner to write the copy in the family's voice
  • Directed the design, with a family-history timeline, and met with them weekly
Searches on page one9820
Real service requests in 9 weeks0
"geothermal installation near me"
Position 72.5 → 3.6
Average Google position
Position 44.4 → 14.5
04
Design-build · Long Island, NY

Center Island Contracting

Fewer of the wrong visitors, far more of the right ones.

centerislandcontracting.com

Phone walkthrough of the live site

The challenge. 400,000+ impressions a quarter, much of it for work they don't do. Sales was fielding calls for dry wells instead of additions.

  • Rebuilt the navigation around additions, dormers, new construction and design-build
  • Made the call to remove off-target pages entirely
  • Directed project pages, pricing guides and 63 Long Island town pages
  • Met with the client weekly and lead the monthly strategy meetings
Design-build searches on page one30
Addition & dormer searches on page one480
Off-target impressions26,6930
Organic visits1,1560
05
Water well drilling · North Idaho · Founded 2025

Trident Drilling

A new veteran-owned brand's first website, built to win local trust from day one.

tridentdrilling.com

Phone walkthrough of the live site

The brief. Two retired Navy SEALs starting a drilling company needed to look established in a market with long waitlists.

  • Planned 11 service pages, 4 county pages and three local groundwater guides
  • Designed a trust-first homepage: reviews, licensing and a clear "Schedule Your Project" path
  • Added a well owner's manual, a SAM.gov capability statement and a Business Facts section for AI search
  • Met with the owners weekly and presented the finished site
Tools & systems

What the team works in

Search data drives every page plan.

Search

SEOGEOGoogle Search ConsoleSpyFuSchema markup

Website

WordPressInformation architectureUX

AI

ClaudeGenerative AI for research and ideation
Looking back

This was the first team I managed. It taught me to use AI not as a replacement for people or ideas, but as a way to open up more of them, so my team could spend their time on the thinking only people can do.

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