JAN FENCE AND MY FENCE & RAILINGS 2 GO, NEW JERSEY
Leading NJ fence supplier and installer looks to HALSTEAD for a strategic website, videography & digital marketing.
SIMPLIFIED PROCESSES
The System Overview
As a family-owned business of nearly 70 years, Jan Fence is a pillar in the New Jersey fencing industry. While Jan Fence is a fence installation contractor, MyFence&Railings2Go is the supplier arm of the company and serves as an ActiveYards dealer—providing fencing materials, tools, and advice to landscape contractors and DIY homeowners. As far as marketing was concerned, Jan Fence described themselves as “just winging it” before they sought the help of HALSTEAD for both businesses. HALSTEAD identified the unique customer for each brand, creating two new websites with two unique strategies. Because of our reputation management services and social media management of their LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram accounts, the businesses have seen growth in marketing effectiveness. With one convenient dashboard, HALSTEAD shows Jan Fence the results in a succinct, streamlined way.
Website
Jan Fence came to HALSTEAD with a website that looked and functioned more like a brochure than a lead-generating machine. It offered basic details about fence features but didn’t address the benefits that would attract prospects. HALSTEAD redesigned the website to include vibrant and professional photography showing their best work and created an intuitive flow to improve the user experience. By adding customer testimonials to every webpage, HALSTEAD helped establish social proof and enhance the stellar Jan Fence reputation.
Search Engine Optimization
Our team of industry experts has taken all keywords for Jan Fence to the first page of Google search engine results. When Jan Fence began working with us in 2021, 44% of their keywords ranked within the top 10 results. With our strategic efforts, 100% of their keywords rank within the top 10 results today, with 65% ranking number one. This has led to an increase in qualified leads.
Google Ads
While the HALSTEAD click-through-rate (CTR) goal is 3-4%, we helped Jan Fence reach a CTR of over 9% in 2022. By creating unique audiences for Jan Fence and MyFence, we target customers that are attracted to each company. For example, we attract affluent homeowners and commercial accounts for Jan Fence, and DIYers and contractors for MyFence. We targeted focused keywords to draw in leads for the types of fences that are a top priority for Jan Fence.
Facebook Ads
Our Facebook strategy has led to a CTR of over 4% for cold campaigns and over 5% for retargeting campaigns. These numbers ensure that Jan Fence gets consistent leads that bring in more revenue.
Reporting Analytics
Prior to working with HALSTEAD, Jan Fence’s marketing occurred in-house and did not have a way to measure its effectiveness. Jan Fence is passionate about the HALSTEAD Reporting tool that features a convenient dashboard of the analytics they need to know, such as call and form tracking data, Google Analytics, and SEO.
Managing Director Thomas Miller says his favorite part about interacting with HALSTEAD is the monthly videos the project manager sends, clearly demonstrating the marketing efforts and the effectiveness using factual data from the reporting tool. With HALSTEAD providing easy-to-follow videos on the dashboard, he has learned how to interpret the marketing results.
Review Building
Since implementing HALSTEAD’s reputation management services, Jan Fence has garnered over 90 online reviews and earned an average rating of 4.8 stars. In two years, HALSTEAD achieved nearly 3x as many reviews for Jan Fence as the fence company did on its own over the previous six years. Jan Fence values how easy it is to request, view, and respond to reviews received on Facebook and Google from one convenient place and the improved SEO as a result of reputation management.
Videography
HALSTEAD’s professional videography helps create an emotional connection with Jan Fence’s and MyFence’s prospects and customers. By hearing and seeing the various members of the team, viewing the showroom, inventory, and capabilities, they get a clear picture of who they are and their industry authority. These videos are used throughout their websites, ads, and social media posts, building trust with prospects and potential employees.
Social Posting
With two distinct customer personas for Jan Fence and MyFence, HALSTEAD creates social media posts directed at each audience. Jan Fence offers fence installation services by reputable fencing contractors and appeals to affluent homeowners and commercial accounts, while MyFence appeals to DIYers and contractors. With clear communication about what fencing styles are readily available and which aren’t, HALSTEAD crafts expertly written social posts that are timely, setting the right expectations for prospects.
TESTIMONIALS
More Words From the Client
“What made me so excited was on the first call, they listened to our needs and came back with great comments on how they can improve our sites and improve our business.”
— Robert Corrao, CEO & Founder, Jan Fence
CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS
Creating a Strategy That Generates Leads for Jan Fence
Helping landscape industry contractors rank number one in the search engine results pages is something we do at HALSTEAD every day. Jan Fence relies on our talented team to take care of the strategy and enjoys seeing the results in monthly videos from their dedicated HALSTEAD project manager and on their user-friendly dashboard. They’ve seen an increase in leads and revenue since partnering with HALSTEAD.
TESTIMONIALS
More Words From the Client
“My favorite part about our interactions is basically the emails we get going down through our dashboard, letting me know what our click-through rates are, that we’re hitting the totals that they expect or exceeding the results that we expect.”
— Thomas Miller, Managing Director, Jan Fence
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