118% increase in ROI for Hudgell Solicitors

The brief

We were tasked to develop a tracking and data analysis solution to understand which traffic sources and keywords were driving winning cases and revenue.

Initially, Hudgell Solicitors had a website that was very effective at driving leads, whether via a form or phone call. But once the lead was acquired there was no further visibility to link the traffic and leads to the actions that occurred offline that represented true value.

The client, therefore had to make an educated judgement about the value of leads generated via different campaigns. This was a judgment that turned out to be hugely inaccurate and correcting this not only improved campaign ROI, but changed the future strategy of the business.

Hudgell Solicitors currently uses Proclaim, a specialist legal case-management CRM that holds information about the case as it moves from enquiry, to case, to close. They also have a basic implementation of Response Tap, a phone tracking solution that allows the tie-up of a phone call with an online session.

We developed a brief to gain visibility of the full chain of events presented above within their standard Google Analytics (GA) solution. This involved developing a detailed understanding of the different conversion rates between the different stages presented above, and the final values of these won cases.

Ultimately, we were aiming to develop an understanding of the ‘value per visit’ right down to the most granular level of keyword or specific marketing campaign.  Knowing this we could be much more effective with how we bid for keywords or manage online campaigns, something that is critical in such a competitive market where click prices can be up to £100.

Once we had this data in GA we set up the appropriate goals which would allow us to do analysis on which channels and sources were driving these offline actions and therefore the highest value.

The results

Overall the results of this project have been exceptional. The insights gained not only improved overall marketing ROI but it also changed the company strategy.

Prior to the analysis, it had been decided that the company would focus on high-value claims such as medical negligence and avoid marketing to gain lower-value claims such as slips and trips.

The website and company branding was to be redeveloped with this goal in mind. The reasoning behind this was that the clicks for the cheaper claims were still expensive, yet the medical negligence type keywords were massively higher value when the case was won.

The analysis showed that while the medical negligence claims were higher value, the data on the drop off from click to enquiry, to accepted case to won case and revenue for Hudgell, allowed us to realise that the other areas that had less drop-off but lower case win values were a lot more valuable than previously thought. This allowed us to bid higher and reconsider company strategy.

As a result, the company strategy changed, the learnings from the analysis allowed us to bid appropriately on all keywords, display advertising and target SEO correctly. It also guided offline advertising.