Birchwood Snow & Landscape Equipment Expands Its use of ARI’s WebsiteSmart

19 additional websites have been added to be able to optimize each brand’s marketing individually through SEO to grow online sales.

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ARI Network Services Inc. announced that Birchwood Snow & Landscape Equipment of Milwaukee, WI, has added 19 new, brand-specific websites to support their goal of increasing sales of selected manufacturer lines. Under the agreement, ARI will build and host additional websites for the manufacturer lines Birchwood carries, including Boss Snow Plows, Briggs & Stratton, Exmark, Husqvarna, Kawasaki and Snapper. Each site will allow consumers to look up and order parts online, 24/7.

“We selected WebsiteSmart based on ARI’s proven track record in the outdoor power industry. In addition, WebsiteSmart allows us to create custom catalogs for other product lines we carry,” said Dan McCarthy, director of marketing at Birchwood. “At a seminar on search engine optimization we recently attended, one of the ideas presented was the use of brand-specific websites to increase organic rankings. We contacted ARI and, with their guidance, decided to move forward with this strategy. We are now in the process of creating separate domains for each of the 19 brands we carry. This strategy will give us the flexibility to focus our efforts and search engine marketing dollars on specific products at targeted times of the year.”

According to McCarthy, the first six websites for the winter season product lines have been successfully launched. Birchwood is now working with ARI to deploy the next six product lines, with the goal of having all 19 launched by April 2013.

“We look forward to a long and successful relationship with ARI and growing our online sales nationwide,” said Blane Vik, search engine marketing manager at ARI. “Search engines organically rank web pages based on relevant content. By building brand-specific websites, Birchwood will be able to completely optimize each site for a single brand or product line, making the website’s content more relevant for search engines. As a result, Birchwood should see an improvement in their organic rankings and sales.”

“We are pleased to expand our relationship with Birchwood,” said Jeff Horn, vice president of global sales at ARI. “We are committed to helping them reach their search engine marketing goals and, ultimately, drive sales and increase profits.”

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