Case study - Orton Gillingham Centre

What's remarkable about this campaign is not only what it achieved, but the fact that it was executed on a budget of less than US$3,000. Orton Gillingham Centre in Singapore is a private school for students with dyslexia or other learning difficulties. The centre, which helps children and adults with English and mathematics,was established in March last year. It launched a search engine marketing campaign in June to raise brand awareness of the centre among the niche audience of people seeking information on dyslexia. The centre is also a source of information on the condition, and it sees public education as part of its mission.

PurpleClick, an official partner both of Yahoo! Southeast Asia and Google, was appointed to select, refine and manage relevant key words to increase the visibility of Orton Gillingham Centre among the right audiences.

The centre’s sponsored link appeared above natural listings when Google and Yahoo! searches were carried out. The campaign also used the Google content network during the peak search season, ahead of school term time, to gain prominence among people searching for related information. With Google, there was a wider reach, but while Yahoo! delivered fewer impressions for the same keywords, the click-through rate on Yahoo! was higher than on Google.

The campaign led to what the client called a “significant” increase in traffic to the centre’s website and a 300% increase in phone inquires.