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Cut ExpressColour acquisition cost 4.5x with SEM and SEO

A Singapore commercial printer bounced back from a property-market crash with a rebuilt Google Ads and SEO program. Result: 4.5x lower CPA and 30% sales growth from a broader client base.

CLIENT
ExpressColour
ENGAGEMENT
SEM + SEO partner
TIMELINE
2021
RESULTS VERIFIED IN GOOGLE ADS + SEARCH CONSOLE
ExpressColour case study hero
1 / 4 SEM + SEO DASHBOARD 2021
CLIENT SNAPSHOT
FOUNDED 2021
SECTOR Commercial print, marketing materials
HQ Singapore
PLATFORM WordPress
STACK Google Ads, WordPress, Search Console
RECOGNITION Singapore commercial printer
BACKGROUND

A Singapore commercial printer for flyers, postcards, brochures

ExpressColour is a Singapore commercial print company with a long track record in flyers, postcards, and brochures. For years, real-estate agents drove most of the work through referrals and reputation. When Singapore's property market cooled, the largest client segment cooled with it. Leadership had to open the funnel to a broader base of buyers through search.
CHALLENGE

Expensive clicks, weak leads, no organic footprint

CPC

Expensive competitor clicks

Cheap-printer bids ran up $2 CPCs with weak conversion on almost every query.

LEADS

Weak lead quality

Price-shoppers filled forms but rarely turned into paying commercial print jobs.

SEO

No organic footprint

Search Console showed the site missing 1,600+ high-value monthly searches.

APPROACH

Differentiate on speed and quality, not price

Negative-keyword shield

Stripped price-shopper queries out of paid so budget landed on real commercial buyers.

SEO content foundation

Rebuilt on-page work put the site on page 1 for 1.65K monthly commercial queries.

Differentiator-led ads

Speed, reliability, and quality copy replaced cheap framing and pulled higher intent.

Diversified client mix

Retail and F&B buyers landed alongside real estate, spreading revenue risk across sectors.

Landing-page CRO pass

Product pages restructured for one clear next step tied to a quote request or call.

Reporting cadence

Weekly reads on CPA and organic traction kept spend anchored to real revenue outcomes.

RESULTS

CPA cut 4.5x and sales up 30% from a diversified client base

Headline result: 4.5x lower CPA. Ranked for 1.65K monthly searches across four core terms.

+30%
SALES GROWTH

Sales volume climbed 30% after the paid restructure and SEO foundation went live.

4.5x
LOWER CPA

Cost per conversion dropped 4.5x, from $150.92 down to a stable, defensible line.

1.65K
MONTHLY SEARCHES

Ranked on keywords searched 1,650+ times monthly across four commercial terms.

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