SEO & PPC for Private Personal Training
From Good to Great: Enhancing strong organic rankings with strategic SEO upgrades and a complete PPC campaign overhaul—driving more leads without increasing the budget.
About the Client & Challenge
A top-ranked fitness studio needed smarter strategies to scale leads without risking SEO success.
SVPT Fitness + Athletics is a well-established personal training studio located in South Edmonton, offering private training, partner sessions, and small group workouts. Active since 2012 and named one of Edmonton’s Top 5 Gyms from 2015 to 2018, SVPT Fitness + Athletics had already achieved strong search engine rankings for key personal training terms.
However, while the SEO foundations were strong, paid advertising efforts lagged behind—generating only a few leads per week at an exceptionally high cost. The challenge was clear: preserve the site’s hard-earned organic dominance while optimizing paid campaigns to deliver a steady, cost-effective flow of new inquiries.
What We Did to Launch a Digital Growth Strategy
Strengthening an Already Strong SEO Foundation
The website already had a strong foothold in organic search, but maintaining and expanding that success required careful, SEO strategic updates. We focused on reinforcing existing strengths while unlocking new keyword opportunities—without jeopardizing the site’s top rankings. Every action was aimed at ensuring long-term, stable growth.
- Paid advertising shifted from low engagement (7%) to high engagement (66%)
- Organic and paid traffic became the leading sources of conversions
- Stable organic traffic performance without any loss in top-ranking keywords
Google Ads: Turning Inefficient Ads into a Lead Machine
Although the studio had a strong brand reputation, its paid advertising efforts were falling short—producing few leads at a high cost. We completely restructured the ad strategy to focus on qualified traffic, better user alignment, and measurable actions. The result was a dramatic improvement in both efficiency and lead volume.
- Fully restructured Google Ads campaigns
- Created new, targeted landing pages
- Introduced negative keywords to eliminate irrelevant traffic
- Tested increased budgets to quickly gather performance data
- Focused on Performance Max campaigns to maximize both reach and conversions
- Shifted the focus of paid ads toward calls and form submissions
What Happened After Launching SEO & Ads Strategy?
Within a few months, the transformation was clear. Leads increased, engagement soared, and advertising spend became dramatically more efficient. We maintained—and even strengthened—the site’s top SEO positions while unlocking a new, steady stream of high-quality inquiries.
- Organic traffic grew from 1,000 to 5,600 visits/month
- Paid search brought in 3,600 visits/year
- Lead-to-client conversion rate exceeded 50%
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Cost per lead dropped
Search expanded to 350 keywords, withranking in the Top-3
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Website Search Visibility Improved
Leads from paid ads increased (monthly)
By refining what already worked and resolving key gaps, we helped SVPT Fitness + Athletics reach new levels of online growth. The gym maintained its strong SEO presence while significantly improving the efficiency of its paid advertising efforts.
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