Belmont and Bespoke attribute sales success to power of collaboration

Corrugated cardboard packaging manufacturer Belmont Packaging has doubled its retainer with Preston-based digital agency Bespoke to include a second brand, after achieving 53% year-on-year growth in website leads over four years.

Wigan-based Belmont Packaging manufactures custom printed and plain corrugated cardboard boxes for retail, transit, subscription and display-ready packaging.

Working primarily in the footwear & fashion, health & beauty, food & drink and ecommerce sectors, Belmont Packaging first began working with Bespoke in 2014 to help increase the number of leads generated by its website.

The process began with a user persona workshop to develop a better understanding of the target customer. With client and agency working in partnership, this was developed into a 12-month digital marketing strategy. Strongly focused on organic SEO (search engine optimisation), targeting high-value keywords with buying intent and developing a content strategy to address the target audiences’ needs, organic SEO was complemented by a strategic PPC (pay-per-click) campaign to maximise website leads.

The collaborative campaign resulted in a year-on-year increase in sales leads via the website and increased overall sales efficiency, with reps having to spend less time travelling to sales meetings.

Belmont Packaging owner Kate Hulley said: “Corrugated cardboard packaging is on the rise, with the war on plastic meaning businesses are looking for more sustainable options for their packaging. With over 40 years in business, Belmont Packaging is on a mission to ensure environmentally-friendly packaging solutions are easy to access, and so we worked with Bespoke to help boost the effectiveness of our website.

“Bespoke are different to a lot of agencies in that they have a strongly systemised approach to working in partnership in order to achieve the best possible results. Working together, we have set out to achieve very specific goals which have been achieved or exceeded, boosting efficiencies and bottom line results. The results speak for themselves and show the power of collaboration as opposed to a transactional approach to working with an agency.”

Established 20 years, Bespoke employs 15 staff at offices in Preston and London and divides its core services as Websites, Marketing and Workshops.

For more information, go to https://bespokedigital.agency/.