Situation
CIPHER Medical is a Hartlepool-based business delivering healthcare solutions including training, equipment, logistics support and governance services to the medical profession. In the Autumn of 2020 CIPHER Medical was swamped. Providing driver support for hospitals struggling with the volumes generated by Covid, opening a new training facility, and increasing volumes of web- based services and product orders. A core issues was the lack of online services, the poor rate of enquires and sales conversion of the website, as well as methods for handling the increasing workloads.
1968 developed an analysis and solutions project to address the core business needs, namely:
- Review website functions and best practise
- Improve sales and enquiry funnels with an emphasis on efficiency
- How to link website functions with internal office systems
Approach
Following review of the project outline I audited the existing digital provisions, and discussed needs, resources and objectives with the CEO.
A project structure was arrived at and delegated to specialists, which included:
- Review current site offerings, data, services
- What quick fixes can be achieved, at what cost and time frame
- Consider functions of new website and implications for
- future digital activity (sales etc.)
- internal systems (i.e. calendars)
- Review international marketing objectives; consider implications for the website
- Develop technical brief including navigation proposal
- Training requirements
Analysis
A website audit started the project; UX/UI, goal handling, content review, optimisation. Core issues identified included:
- Booking interface and CRM failures
- Domain hosting issues
- Lack of updates and maintenance leading to irretrievable pages
- A range of security issues related to old WordPress templates
- Ecommerce failures
- Content planning needed.
The outcome was the development of a new site brief encompassing greater functionality for the delivering of training, ecomms functions, translation and internationalisation of product sales and enhanced CMS functions including course bookings.
A traffic generators review resulted in a detailed plan for new content, optimisation, and a concerted approach to social interactivity
Application
I developed the new brief, navigational wireframes, and assisted CIPHER to obtain 3 quotes from suitable agencies.
Once proposals were received I provided the comparison analysis for CIPHER to make their selection. I then project managed the delivery of the new website site, given the team at CIPHER had neither the technical project experience to manage the process, or the time!
Delivery included content migration, 301 management, design considerations, CRM specification and various compliancy issues.
Site optimisation was worked on, and social activity plans put in place.
Results
The new site was delivered in under 8 weeks, and within the agreed budget and agency quote.
- Web traffic grew monthly by +130%
- Social traffic grew fourfold
- Social goal interactions delivered a host of worthwhile leads for the first time.
- Social conversion rates exceeded 3%
- Organic traffic has grown every month of 2021, and goal conversion rates exceed 3%
- Overall Goal conversion moved from 0.3% to +3.5%
- Leads escalated, as did databases for training enquirers
