When a UK-based lawn care brand came to us, they weren’t in trouble.

In fact, things were going well.

But “going well” wasn’t going to cut it for the year they had planned.

They’d set aggressive lead and revenue targets and needed a digital growth partner who could help them scale predictably, efficiently, and fast. Not just a media buyer or SEO technician but a strategic, full-funnel operator who could own the numbers with them.

BACKSTORY:
“Strong Foundation, But Headroom to Grow”

The client was a well-established lawn care brand operating across the South East, UK. They had solid brand equity, a reputation for results, and a clear understanding of their ideal customer.

But their digital marketing had plateaued.

They weren’t leaking leads or burning cash but they were leaving growth on the table.

To hit their bold targets for the year, they needed sharper strategy, tighter execution, and a system that could scale especially across seasonal demand spikes.

They brought Fusion in to lead both paid media and SEO. The goal? Turn a good growth engine into a great one and hit the numbers without blowing the budget.

THE SHIFT:
"From Tactics to a Unified Growth Engine"

Our first step was a full diagnostic across their paid and organic channels.

What we found was a familiar story: the right components were in place, but there was room to improve.

  • On Google Ads, campaign structure was expansive and granular, but keywords overlapped with many redundant, budgets were attached to campaigns and all were limited and negative keywords could be better used. The algorithm had little room to optimise.

  • On Meta, there was opportunity but the brand wasn’t using it yet. No retargeting, no funnel sequencing, and no creative strategy aligned to where customers were in their buying journey.

  • On SEO, the site had reasonable authority, but technical issues, content gaps and a thin local presence were limiting visibility.

The core issue?

They had tactical pieces, but no unifying growth system.

That’s what we built.

THE PROCESS:
“Paid, Organic & Performance Aligned”

We approached this like a growth system, not a campaign. Everything had to work together from traffic to targeting to timing. Here’s how we did it:

Paid Media: Google & Meta Working in Sync

  1. Restructured Google Ads for Efficiency
  • Consolidated overlapping campaigns and keywords to reduce cannibalisation and improve algorithmic learning.

  • Applied portfolio bid strategies—giving Google flexibility to allocate budget dynamically to top-converting campaigns with unified conversion bid strategy objectives.

  • Cleaned up ad copy, structure, and negative keywords to direct the right traffic to the right ad group.

  1. Launched Performance Max with Firepower
  • Deployed attention grabbing imagery and video assets.

  • Used Customer Match audiences to train the algorithm on who the customers are.

  1. Sequenced Meta Ads After Google Was Dialled In
  • Top-of-Funnel: Educational content tackling common lawn problems and triggering events (e.g. post-winter recovery, patchy lawn fixes).

  • Mid-Funnel: Social proof and before/after stories showing how the client helped others.

  • Bottom-of-Funnel: Direct-response offer ads promoting their multi-stage lawn care treatment plan, tailored to the season.

4. Seasonal Budget Strategy: Front-Loading for Maximum ROI

Lawn care is highly seasonal and we wanted to flip treating it reactively and get ahead of it.

Using historical trend data, we front-loaded spend earlier in the year to get ahead of demand spikes, build brand awareness, and secure bookings early. We then tapered off spend during colder months protecting ROAS without compromising results.

It was a calculated risk. But it worked.

SEO: Technical Fixes + Content + Local Authority

  1. Ran a Full Technical SEO Audit
  • Identified and prioritised issues around indexation, metadata, and site speed.

  • Optimised core service pages with clearer structure and better alignment to how people actually search.

  1. Strengthened Local SEO
  • Improved their Google Business Profile: categories, service areas, keyword-rich descriptions etc.

  • Built 50+ local citations in niche and geographically relevant directories.

  1. Content Audit & Optimisation
  • Reviewed existing blog content and categorised it into: keep & update, combine, kill & redirect.

  • Removed or repurposed low-performing assets to tighten topical relevance and improve site quality.

  • Published new SEO content aligned to seasonal trends and search behaviour, targeting topics like spring lawn prep, autumn maintenance, and weed control.

THE OUTCOME:
“Targets Hit. Pipeline Doubled.”

By aligning paid media, SEO, and seasonal strategy into one unified system, we didn’t just improve performance, we helped the client achieve aggressive targets.

Here’s what we achieved:

🚀 Leads & Pipeline

  • Lead volume nearly doubled year-over-year

  • Cost per lead remained within benchmark despite ramped-up volume

  • Pipeline stability improved with better seasonality planning and early demand capture

🔍 SEO Performance

  • +27% increase in top 3 and top 10 keyword rankings

  • +48% increase in top 100 keyword visibility

  • +106% increase in organic search impressions

💡 Strategic Wins

  • Smart use of portfolio bidding + Performance Max gave Google freedom to optimise spend more effectively, while working to generate and capture demand.

  • Full-funnel Meta ads were deployed leading to greater awareness, lead generation and overall stronger performance from paid media

  • Content strategy aligned to search intent and seasonality bringing compounding value across paid and organic
  • Strategy accounted for the year as a whole, planning spend allocation to get ahead of peak periods and generate awareness / mindshare and booking so the client was well positioned to ride the seasonal trend

And most importantly:

🎯 We hit the client’s aggressive annual lead and revenue targetswithout overspending on the cost to acquire a customer.

Ready to hit your targets this year?

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