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SEO Success for a Dominican Salon

A Dominican hair salon came to us with an outdated website, almost no traffic and no SEO strategy. Over seven years we rebuilt the site, cleaned up its listings, studied its top competitors and ran a full SEO program. The salon has ranked at the top for its main services ever since.

Local rankings for its main services
Top
Of sustained organic growth
7 years
Top competitors analyzed
10

Timeframe: Seven years

Background

Where the client started

Salons and barbershops compete hard, so a strong web presence matters for winning and keeping clients.

This salon came to us with an outdated, poorly maintained WordPress website, very little traffic, no tracking at all and no SEO strategy in place.

The challenges

  • An outdated and poorly maintained WordPress website.
  • Very little web traffic and zero tracking in place.
  • No SEO strategy at all.

The objectives

  1. Rebuild the site with a modern, easy to use design.
  2. Put a strong SEO plan in place to raise search rankings.
  3. Bring relevant visitors to the site and grow online bookings.

The strategy

What we did

  1. Website redesign, built from scratch

    • A new, attractive design with high quality photography
    • Refreshed copy highlighting the salon's services and selling points
    • Better usability and mobile responsiveness
  2. Online listings update

    • Corrected Google Business Profile, Yelp and other directories
    • Consistent name, address and phone number everywhere
  3. Competitor analysis

    • Studied where the salon's top 10 competitors ranked
    • Reviewed their backlink profiles
    • Built a link strategy to close the gap
  4. SEO program

    • On-page SEO: meta tags, headers, keyword placement, site speed and mobile usability
    • Content: blog posts and service pages aimed at high intent keywords
    • Link building: guest posts, local directories and partnerships

The results

What changed

  • Consistently ranked at the top

    The site has held top positions for its main service searches.

  • Sustained traffic growth

    Organic traffic grew steadily across seven years, with content and a better experience bringing visitors back.

  • Business expansion

    The salon purchased and later successfully sold a location, and remains the local market leader.

A rebuild, clean listings, competitor research and a steady SEO program gave this salon lasting growth and kept it the local leader year after year.

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