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					  branding, 
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							340%
more users
						
						
						
						more users
							 Sentient
							Achieved a 340% increase in website users over four months.
						
 
					
						When you visit a website for the first time, a User ID (cookie) is placed on your computer. This helps track how many new users visited your website over a period of time.  
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							1,124%
increase in
leads
						
						
						
						increase in
leads
							 Fertility Centers of New England
							Increased Facebook leads 1,124% year over year.
						
 
					
						Facebook advertising provides a large audience and in-depth targeting that any client can take advantage of.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							104%
increase in
traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
traffic
							 Bose Ride
							Increased traffic to the website from advertising by 104% in six months.
						
 
					
						Fine-tune and streamline your advertising efforts by looking at campaign performance, keywords, networks, demographics, and schedule. 
						
					
				
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev, 
					
					  ux
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 C&J Bus Lines
							Designed and developed a new website, complete with a unique ticket purchasing functionality that made for a much improved user experience.
						
 
					
						Tailoring your website to meet the needs of your consumer base is integral to the success of your company.
						
					
				
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							298%
increase in
new contacts
						
						
						
						increase in
new contacts
							 Puritan
							Achieved a 298% increase in new contacts from organic traffic year over year. 
						
 
					
						Lead generation starts when a website visitor clicks on a call-to-action (CTA) on your website that sends them to a landing page. They complete a form that collects their contact information and they are considered a lead and added to your contact database.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev, 
					
					  ux
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 PlaneSense
							Raka achieved an immediate 30% increase in pages per session and 26% increase in pageviews with the launch of a new website.
						
 
					
						Page views are one the most common KPIs (key performance indicators) that marketers track to determine the number of times specific website pages were viewed. They are a particularly useful metric when looking at traffic to individual website pages.
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 DWC
							Created a website with a unique modern look to help our client stand out in a crowded, sometimes stodgy industry.
						
 
					
						One of the most important services we provide to our clients is helping them evolve and stay relevant within their industry. 
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 Upton & Hatfield
							Gave a historic legal brand in NH new life by introducing modern colors that now extend to all branded assets—including their website.
						
 
					
						Color alone increases brand recognition by up to 80 percent.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							26%
increase
in CTR
						
						
						
						increase
in CTR
							 PlaneSense
							Increased click-through rate on digital ads 26% year over year.
						
 
					
						A high click-through rate indicates that people find your ads useful and relevant. 
						
					
				
					
					  ux, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  branding
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 MassAV
							Raka's responsive design brought fresh life to massAV's online presence and brand, bringing their website firmly into a mobile era.
						
 
					
						Mobile optimizations includes updating site design, structure, page speed, and more to ensure mobile users have a quality experience.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							11%
increase in
conversion
rate
						
						
						
						increase in
conversion
rate
							 PlaneSense
							Increased conversion rate for digital ads 11% year over year.
						
 
					
						A conversion rate is calculated by taking the number of conversions and dividing that by the number of total ad clicks that can be tracked to a conversion during the same time period.
						
					
				
					
					  automation
					
					
					
				
							 C&J Bus Lines
							Automated a highly manual email process, allowing for time savings for a small marketing team.
						
 
					
						The ability to automate has standardized some of the best practices for marketers, making those best practices easier to execute on.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							35%
more blog
traffic
						
						
						
						more blog
traffic
							 Xeros
							Xeros and Raka increased blog traffic by 35% year over year by creating quality content optimized for specific search terms.
						
 
					
						The days of keyword stuffing are over. Search engines now value the quality of the content over the quantity of keywords.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							406%
more leads
						
						
						
						more leads
							 PlaneSense
							Increased search advertising leads 406% year over year.
						
 
					
						Search ads are one of the main digital advertising types we recommend to clients. They're what appears at the top of your page when you do a Google search.
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 Schlotterbeck & Foss
							Designed and developed a website that captures the brand's balance of rich tradition and evolving sophistication.
						
 
					
						The website design and development process consists of five steps: discover, plan, create, measure, and evolve—all of which help us to create a custom website just for you.
						
					
				
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							 Xeros
							After an SEO audit and numerous site improvements, Xeros began ranking on the first page of search results for several key terms.
						
 
					
						SEO audits examine the search optimization of each page in a website and allow us to pinpoint and fix problem areas.
						
					
				
					
					  email marketing
					
					
					
				
							218%
increase in
email
subscriptions
						
						
						
						increase in
subscriptions
							 Puritan
							Increased email subscribers 218% year over year. 
						
 
					
						Use email marketing to take advantage of targeted messaging and personalization in nurturing leads.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							27%
increase in
impressions
						
						
						
						increase in
impressions
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							In four months, we were able to increase search impressions by 27%.
						
 
					
						Search impressions are how often your ad is shown. An impression is counted each time your ad is shown on a search result page or other site.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  email marketing, 
					
					  seo, 
					
					  social media
					
					
					
				
							50%
increase
in organic
traffic
						
						
						
						increase
in organic
traffic
							 massAV
							With a comprehensive, yearlong effort to optimize the website for core terms, Raka was able to increase 2017 organic traffic by over 50%. 
						
 
					
						SEO is about finding balance in combining keywords with concepts. Start with a concept and focus in on a long-tail keyword rather than the other way around.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							84%
increase
in CTR
						
						
						
						increase
in CTR
							 FIRST
							Increased search click through rate 84% over four months.
						
 
					
						Your clickthrough rate (CTR) shows how often people who view your ad end up clicking it. You can use your click through rate to understand how well your images, positioning, and keywords are working.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							27%
more leads
						
						
						
						more leads
							 Bose Ride
							Achieved a 27% increase in leads from organic traffic year over year by building targeted content campaigns.
						
 
					
						Use buyer personas—semi-fictional representations of your ideal customer based on market research and what you already know about your existing customers—to create targeted content. 
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							356%
more sessions
						
						
						
						more sessions
							 Sentient
							Achieved a 356% increase in website sessions over four months.
						
 
					
						A session is a group of user interactions with your website that take place within a given time frame. For example, a single session can contain multiple page views, events, social interactions, and ecommerce transactions. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							184%
more revenue
						
						
						
						more revenue
							 Coolcore
							Digital advertising led to a 184% increase in revenue.
						
 
					
						Your return on investment (ROI) tells you what you get back for the time, resources, and money you put in. As an equation, it often looks like this: (Sales Growth – Marketing Investment) / Marketing Investment = ROI
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							95%
more leads
						
						
						
						more leads
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							Increased leads from search advertising 95% over four months.
						
 
					
						SEO increases your site’s search ranking for content using keywords. When potential customers search for those keywords, they find your content in the search results and follow those links back to your site, creating organic traffic and leads. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							43%
more leads
						
						
						
						more leads
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Increased leads 43% year over year.
						
 
					
						Every lead is a potential sale. More leads = more sales!
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							13%
decrease
in CPL
						
						
						
						decrease
in CPL
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Decreased cost per lead for search advertising 13% year over year.
						
 
					
						Knowing your cost per lead (CPL) helps set your sales goals and advertising budget. To calculate CPL, divide the total advertising dollars spent by the number of leads that came in.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							3.6 
million
impressions
						
						
						
						million
impressions
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Created 3.6 million more impressions year over year.
						
 
					
						Impressions are the number of times your content is displayed in search engine results.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							167%
increase in
clicks
						
						
						
						increase in
clicks
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							During a seasonal campaign, display clicks were increased by 167% over four months.
						
 
					
						Every part of a campaign—content offers, blog posts, emails, and social media posts—should work in harmony to drive leads and win over your customers. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							18%
increase
in leads
						
						
						
						increase
in leads
							 FIRST
							Increased leads from paid campaigns 18% over four months.
						
 
					
						A campaign is a set of ad groups (ads, keywords, and bids) that share a budget, location targeting, and other settings. 
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							279%
more
pageviews
						
						
						
						more
pageviews
							 Sentient
							Achieved a 279% increase in pageviews over four months.
						
 
					
						Pageviews help marketers to determine what our audiences are interested in, how well our website pages are optimized for search, and what the user behavior trends are.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  social media
					
					
					
				
							100%
increase in
social media
traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
social media
traffic
							 MassAV
							By delivering on-brand content to social channels, Raka has increased massAV's social traffic by over 100% year over year (2016-2017).
						
 
					
						Social platforms are the perfect avenue for actively interacting with your follows and encouraging content sharing. 
						
					
				
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev, 
					
					  lead generation, 
					
					  ux
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 PlaneSense
							Raka's stylish design brought the brand's website up to luxury brand standards, delivering a more sales-and-marketing friendly presence.
						
 
					
						Step #2 of the website design process is setting SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound) goals and identifying key performance indicators (KPIs), and using that information to build a full digital marketing and website strategy.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							198%
increase
in traffic
						
						
						
						increase
in traffic
							 Coolcore
							Achieved a 198% increase in traffic from search ads.
						
 
					
						Search ads are one of the main digital advertising types we recommend to clients. They're what appears at the top of your page when you do a Google search.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							142%
increase in
conversion
rate
						
						
						
						increase in
conversion
rate
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Increased search ad conversion rate 142% year over year.
						
 
					
						The conversion rate is the average number of conversions per ad click.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							54%
increase in
traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
traffic
							 FIRST
							Increased traffic from online advertising 54% over 4 months.
						
 
					
						Online advertising is perhaps the most basic way to get more people to visit your site. Social media, paid search, and display advertising are all excellent channels for PPC advertising to boost website traffic.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							29%
more traffic
						
						
						
						more traffic
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Increased traffic 29% year over year.
						
 
					
						Website traffic growth is a marketing metric that measures the increase or decrease in visitors to your site typically either month-over-month or year-over-year.
						
					
				
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							84%
more leads
						
						
						
						more leads
							 Puritan
							Achieved an 84% increase in leads from site, year over year.
						
 
					
						Lead generation starts when a website visitor clicks on a call-to-action (CTA) on your website that sends them to a landing page. They complete a form that collects their contact information and they are considered a lead and added to your contact database.
						
					
				
					
					  automation, 
					
					  content, 
					
					  email marketing
					
					
					
				
							50%
email open
rate
						
						
						
						email open
rate
							 Xeros
							Achieved email open rates of 50% and higher for lead nurturing workflows targeting the most downloaded content offers.
						
 
					
						Personalized emails and smart content help a lead to feel recognized, increasing the likelihood of them becoming a paying customer.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							45%
increase in
average
monthly
leads
						
						
						
						increase in
average
monthly
leads
							 Xeros
							Increased the average number of web leads brought in each month by 45% over two years. 
						
 
					
						Website visitors who convert on a form are considered leads, and are more qualified than leads from purchased lists or cold calling because they've engaged with your brand. 
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							Researched, drafted, and designed a full guide to first-time homebuying to attract new mortgage leads for a banking client.
						
 
					
						Buyer personas can benefit your entire business transaction even beyond inbound marketing. Honest buyer personas improve your sales pitch, your customer service, and your product development.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							134%
increase
in leads
						
						
						
						increase
in leads
							 PlaneSense
							Increased overall leads 134% year over year.
						
 
					
						A sales lead is a potential sales contact that expresses an interest in your goods or services. 
						
					
				
					
					  automation, 
					
					  email marketing
					
					
					
				
							50%
email
open rate
						
						
						
						open rate
							 FIRST
							Achieved email open rates of 50% and higher for marketing and fundraising emails.
						
 
					
						Email open and click rates are two of the most important metrics in email marketing.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							157%
more traffic
						
						
						
						more traffic
							 MassAV
							By following Raka's content strategy, massAV increased overall website traffic 157% year over year from 2014 to 2017.
						
 
					
						A content strategy consists of identifying your buyer personas, creating content for those personas, distributing the content, and analyzing your campaign. 
						
					
				
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 Bose Ride
							Created a unique brand presence for the Bose Ride product with a new website while maintaining the integrity of Bose's strong parent mark.
						
 
					
						Establishing brand guidelines is essential to creating a new website that will consistently and effectively represent your brand and messaging. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							386%
more leads
						
						
						
						more leads
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							Achieved a 386% growth in leads from display ads in four months. 
						
 
					
						Digital advertising is meant to supplement other marketing efforts, boosting your presence in search, increasing your reach on social media, and growing your audience via display ads.
						
					
				
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							49%
increase in
organic traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
organic traffic
							 Bose Ride
							Increased organic traffic to the Bose Ride site by 49% year over year.
						
 
					
						Organic traffic is web traffic that comes from search engines, and tracking it gives us an idea of a website's search optimization.
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  content, 
					
					  design, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 Global Aquaculture Alliance
							Created a gorgeous website that allows for frequent content updates, which the client needs to keep audiences educated.
						
 
					
						Keeping active with frequent—if not daily—updates is integral to the efficacy of your marketing strategy. Updating your customers will drive engagement, stimulate conversation, and allow you to connect with your audience. 
						
					
				
					
					  automation
					
					
					
				
							 Xeros
							Built manual lead scoring in HubSpot with values for all downloadable assets, and created workflows to set lifecycle stages based on score.
						
 
					
						Lead scoring gives you the information you need to know whether a prospect is ready for further lead nurturing, like an email campaign or a call from a sales representative. 
						
					
				
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev, 
					
					  ux
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 The Music Hall
							By rethinking how users want to purchase tickets online, we were able to build a modern, easy-to-use website for a local historic theater.
						
 
					
						Digital marketing calls for constant evolution. Stay on top of UX trends and incorporate new technology to suit consumer needs. 
						
					
				
					
					  email marketing, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							44%
of leads
became
customers
						
						
						
						of leads
became
customers
							 Relyco
							Lead nurturing efforts saw 44% of contacts turn into customers in a year.
						
 
					
						Leads are considered "qualified" when they reach a certain level of engagement with online content and are more likely to respond to being marketed or sold to. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							108%
increase
in leads
						
						
						
						increase
in leads
							 PlaneSense
							Increased leads from display ads 108% year over year.
						
 
					
						Display ads are responsible for creating valuable brand impressions that help to drive more searches.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							2.5
million
impressions
						
						
						
						million
impressions
							 FIRST
							Created 2.5 million more impressions over two months.
						
 
					
						An impression is recorded whenever a link URL appears in the search results pages for a user. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							138%
increase
in sales
						
						
						
						increase
in sales
							 Coolcore
							138% increase in sales for an athletic wear company.
						
 
					
						Digital marketing is one of the most popular ways for businesses to try to increase sales. In fact, spending on digital marketing is projected to increase by anywhere from 12-15 percent.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							194%
increase in
conversion
rate
						
						
						
						increase in
conversion
rate
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							Increased ads conversion rate 194% over four months.
						
 
					
						Ad conversion rates are calculated by taking the number of conversions and dividing it by the number of total ad clicks that can be tracked to a conversion during the same time period. For example, if you had 50 conversions from 1,000 clicks, your conversion rate would be 5%, since 50 ÷ 1,000 = 5%.
						
					
				
					
					  design, 
					
					  dev, 
					
					  ux
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 Kennebunk Savings Bank
							Designed a new, modern website to give a well-established local bank a fresh new appeal. 
						
 
					
						A good website is the cornerstone of your online marketing efforts. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							55%
increase
in CTR
						
						
						
						increase
in CTR
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Increased search ad click-through rate 55% year over year.
						
 
					
						Use your CTR to determine which ads are working and which ones are not. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							320%
increase in
traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
traffic
							 FIRST
							Increased traffic from text ads 320% over six months.
						
 
					
						Text ads are the ads that appear when someone searches for your product or service on Google. It's important to run search ad tests to ensure that you're staying ahead of trends and aren't spending money on outdated efforts.
						
					
				
					
					  content
					
					
					
				
							143%
more views
						
						
						
						more views
							 Puritan
							Increased blog post views 143% year over year.
						
 
					
						When writing a blog post, it's important to use H tags, which are HTML elements that organize a page and determine what readers and search engines should care about.
						
					
				
					
					  social media
					
					
					
				
							>200%
increase in
social media
followers
						
						
						
						increase in
social media
followers
							 Bose Ride
							Increased number of Facebook fans by 236% and Twitter followers by 214% year over year.
						
 
					
						Social media marketing is an important piece of a strong inbound marketing strategy.
						
					
				
					
					  automation, 
					
					  email marketing, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							 FIRST
							Created automated email responses for new leads based on specific program interest to increase top-of-the-funnel engagement.
						
 
					
						The inbound marketing methodology consists of four stages: attract, convert, close, and delight. Inbound marketing works to draw potential customers to you by providing them with the answers and solutions they’re searching for at every stage of their buyer’s journey. 
						
					
				
					
					  automation, 
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							 Promocentric
							Created automated workflows to score and assign leads, streamlining the marketing and sales process. 
						
 
					
						Automation aims to remove the manual work from repetitive tasks and data collection in marketing contexts, making marketing efforts more efficient and targeted.
						
					
				
					
					  lead generation
					
					
					
				
							 FIRST
							Increased year-over-year leads by almost 10% in less than six months.
						
 
					
						Establishing a digital presence and actively engaging with your audience helps to capture and convert leads. 
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							169%
increase in
impressions
						
						
						
						increase in
impressions
							 FIRST
							Increased search impressions 169% over six months.
						
 
					
						An impression is recorded whenever a link URL appears in the search results pages for a user. When a page from the search results is opened, an impression is recorded for the URL which the search snippet points to. 
						
					
				
					
					  design, 
					
					  email marketing
					
					
					
					
					
				 
						
							 DWC
							Designed sleek, modern email, landing page, and thank you page templates that are customizable for the company's various industry events. 
						
 
					
						Landing pages and thank you pages help with lead generation and reinforcing the value of your brand.
						
					
				
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							62%
increase in
traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
traffic
							 Puritan
							Achieved a 62% increase in organic traffic year over year.
						
 
					
						Organic traffic is web traffic that comes from search engines, and tracking it gives us an idea of a website's search optimization.
						
					
				
					
					  branding, 
					
					  content, 
					
					  seo
					
					
					
				
							217%
more traffic
						
						
						
						more traffic
							 Bose Ride
							With a Raka strategy aimed at building brand awareness, Bose Ride achieved a 217% increase in website traffic year over year.
						
 
					
						Consistency = brand recognition and brand recognition = $$$.
						
					
				
					
					  social media
					
					
					
				
							30%
increase in
YouTube
audience
						
						
						
						increase in
YouTube
audience
							 PlaneSense
							Increased YouTube audience by over 30% in a single month.
						
 
					
						Get discovered on YouTube by focusing as much on the text that accompanies your videos as you do on the video content. Draw viewers in with interesting titles and optimized descriptions. Don't forget an intriguing thumbnail! 
						
					
				
					
					  social media
					
					
					
				
							203%
increase in
social media
traffic
						
						
						
						increase in
social media
traffic
							 DWC
							Increased sessions from social media 203% year over year.
						
 
					
						Social media is a channel where you can tell your brand's story and connect with your customers, supporters, and even critics.
						
					
				
					
					  advertising
					
					
					
				
							 Fertility Centers of New England 
							Decreased Facebook cost per lead 86% year over year.
						
 
					
						The cost-per-lead (CPL) is critical in determining whether you are losing or making money with Facebook ads. 
						
					
				 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						