Jim Davidson

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Introduction

Client

Jim Davidson

Year

2024

RANDOM manages Jim's paid search and website. In 2024, the program drove 287% growth in web traffic versus 2023 and 905K ad impressions.

Jim is a keynote speaker, expedition leader, and New York Times bestselling author who survived the 2015 Everest earthquake disaster and summited the mountain in 2017. His business runs on speaking bookings, which makes web traffic and form submissions the key metrics.

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Introduction

Client

Jim Davidson

Year

2024

RANDOM manages Jim's paid search and website. In 2024, the program drove 287% growth in web traffic versus 2023 and 905K ad impressions.

Jim is a keynote speaker, expedition leader, and New York Times bestselling author who survived the 2015 Everest earthquake disaster and summited the mountain in 2017. His business runs on speaking bookings, which makes web traffic and form submissions the key metrics.

A climber in an orange summit suit looks out over the Himalayas at sunrise from high on Mount Everest.

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Challenges

Motivational speaker is a crowded search term, and most of the budget in that space goes to brokers, not speakers.

Jim needed to show up directly in front of decision-makers booking corporate events, not get lost behind aggregator sites. That required sharp keyword targeting, strong landing pages, and ongoing optimization quarter by quarter.

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Challenges

Motivational speaker is a crowded search term, and most of the budget in that space goes to brokers, not speakers.

Jim needed to show up directly in front of decision-makers booking corporate events, not get lost behind aggregator sites. That required sharp keyword targeting, strong landing pages, and ongoing optimization quarter by quarter.

Jim Davidson holds two summit medallions at high altitude in the Himalayas, with prayer flags and snow-capped peaks behind him.
A climber in a red jacket and pack faces Mount Everest from a viewpoint along the route to base camp.
Jim Davidson holds two summit medallions at high altitude in the Himalayas, with prayer flags and snow-capped peaks behind him.
A climber in a red jacket and pack faces Mount Everest from a viewpoint along the route to base camp.
Jim Davidson speaks on stage in front of a glacier backdrop, alongside a sample Google search ad for his keynote services.

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Results

+287% growth in web traffic vs. 2023. 37.4% conversion rate. 905K ad impressions.

Quarterly growth held steady throughout 2024, with a 58.7% average quarterly lift in new website visitors and 20+ form submissions per quarter. The campaign beat platform and industry averages throughout the year.

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Results

+287% growth in web traffic vs. 2023. 37.4% conversion rate. 905K ad impressions.

Quarterly growth held steady throughout 2024, with a 58.7% average quarterly lift in new website visitors and 20+ form submissions per quarter. The campaign beat platform and industry averages throughout the year.

Jim Davidson stands on stage before a keynote, looking out at a ballroom set for thousands of attendees at the Charlotte convention center.

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