Clients: Case Studies

Case Study: Attensa SEM PR


Overview
Attensa, the leading developer of RSS software for businesses, partnered with Anvil Media to create an integrated SEM PR marketing campaign to promote new product launches and ongoing product marketing. The overall goal was to replace traditional PR efforts with a more targeted approach to grassroots outreach and interaction with influencial bloggers and online journalists, in conjunction with leveraging concurrent SEO and paid advertising efforts.

Objective
Anvil's objective was to increase online coverage for Attensa and boost the number of software downloads.

Challenge
Attensa is a relatively new startup in the enterprise software industry, and competes directly with entrenched contenders that many in the IT industry are already familiar with.

Strategy
Anvil's strategy was to track all online mentions of Attensa and its competitors, in order to build profiles of writers who were supporters, detractors, or otherwise familiar with the industry. Once the landscape had been established – with a media contact list of over 300 sources, 3 times the initial list – the profiles were used to segment publisher channels and create custom outreach strategies for product launches, as well as fill the organic and paid search channels with parallel messaging.

Results
After a few months of initial research, the wheels were fully put in motion for a new product launch – RSS readers for Mac, Windows, and Outlook. The following results were generated from July to August during the SEM PR campaign:
  • 301% increase in online advertising impressions.
  • 142% increase in media coverage (catching the biggest company in the industry).
  • 20% increase in visitors.
  • 36% increase in downloads.


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Enterprise RSS