Case Study

Bay Path Grooming — Full Digital Footprint Renovation

SalonColumbus, OH
Digital Footprint Audit Web Design Development Local SEO and GBP

This is an illustrative example project, built to demonstrate our approach — not an actual client engagement.

The Problem

Six years of word of mouth, and an invisible digital footprint

Bay Path Grooming had been open for six years, relying almost entirely on word of mouth. Their website — built years earlier on a template — had no mobile-friendly booking path, listed no pricing, and hadn’t been updated since launch. Their Google Business Profile had never been claimed, meaning none of their photos, hours, or services showed up correctly in local search.

Prospective customers searching “dog groomer near me” in their area were finding competitors first — not because those competitors were better groomers, but because their digital presence was actively working while Bay Path’s wasn’t.

What Was Built

From audit findings to a complete renovation

Starting with a full Digital Footprint Audit, we identified the specific leaks: a 6-step booking process, no visible pricing, an unclaimed GBP listing, and inconsistent business information across the few directories where it appeared at all.

  • A new mobile-first website, with individual pages for each grooming service instead of one combined page
  • A booking flow integrated directly into the site, reduced from 6 steps to 3
  • Transparent starting-price ranges added to every service page
  • Their Google Business Profile claimed, fully completed, and aligned with the new website content
  • Local citations corrected for consistent business information across the web
Key Decisions & Why

The reasoning behind the approach

1

Individual service pages instead of one combined page.

Splitting "Full Groom," "Bath & Brush," and "Nail Trim" into separate pages let each one target its own specific search terms, rather than competing against itself for a single broad keyword.

2

Pricing shown transparently.

Bay Path was initially hesitant to list prices, worried it might scare off leads. We recommended it anyway — the audit showed people were calling just to ask "how much," then not calling back. Removing that friction mattered more than keeping pricing vague.

3

Booking CTA repeated at every section, not just the header.

Visitors don't always scroll back up to act. Keeping the booking button visible throughout the page reduces the chance of losing an interested visitor to simple scroll fatigue.

4

Mobile-first layout, designed for phone before desktop.

Most visitors were arriving on mobile; the desktop layout was treated as the secondary design pass, not the primary one.

The Result

What we'd measure on a real engagement

Since this is an illustrative example rather than a completed real engagement, we're not listing fabricated numbers here. In a real project like this, the metrics we'd track before and after include the four items shown here.

This is the kind of before/after data a real Bay Path case study would include once metrics are available.

  • Google Business Profile calls and direction requests (before vs. after claiming and completing the profile)
  • Booking form completion rate (before vs. after reducing the flow to 3 steps)
  • Mobile page load time
  • Organic search visibility for local "near me" grooming searches

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