Workflow automation
- Instant, personal replies to every inquiry.
- Follow-ups that stop the moment a couple replies.
- Tours booked straight from the first conversation.
- Close-out messages after each event that ask for a review.
Every inquiry answered in under two minutes, and the tour booked while the couple is still excited.
Couples were reaching out faster than a small team could reply. We rebuilt the landing page, got the venue found for the searches that matter, ran Meta ads and creator videos, and built a lead-handling system that replies, follows up, books tours and asks for reviews on its own.
- Client
- Country Ridge Cottage
- Industry
- Wedding venue
Results.
- <2 minto answer a new inquirydown from about 6 hours, first reply vs inquiry time, 60 days after launch.
- +52%more tours booked90 days after launch vs the same period a year earlier, booking calendar.
- +41%landing page conversioninquiries per visitor, 60 days before vs after the redesign, GA4.
- #2for most of 18 tracked venue searchesGoogle Search Console, end of engagement.
- $14cost per inquiry from Meta adsMeta Ads Manager, campaign lifetime.
- +31new 5-star reviewsGoogle reviews added in the 90 days after the close-out messages went live.
What changed.
Where they started
Replies took hours, follow-ups depended on memory, and the website buried the tour button.
Where it landed
Every inquiry answered instantly, follow-ups on autopilot, tours booked from the first message, and a steady flow of new reviews.
The client
Wedding and event venue.
The challenge
Inquiries arrived at all hours across forms, Instagram and email. The slower the reply, the more couples booked somewhere else.
What we did.
Website design & rebuilds
- A landing page rebuilt around the photos, availability and one clear way to book a tour.
SEO
- Pages and profiles built around wedding venue searches.
Paid acquisition
- Meta ads aimed at engaged couples nearby, tracked to tours booked.
Influencer & creator partnerships
- Influencer videos filmed at the venue.
Timeline.
- Month 1New landing page, tracking, and the lead-handling system goes live.
- Month 2Meta ads and creator videos launch; search pages and profiles go out.
- Month 3Follow-ups and review requests tuned; ads shifted toward what books tours.
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A paying customer in week one, and page one in month one.
1 weekto the first paying customer after SEO and GEO went live
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