Premier branding agency website project rescue, SEO and 2-years of support


Read about how Key Medium stepped in to rescue a branding agency's hacked WordPress website from both an offshore web development team--after an internal design and development project failed to launch after over a year.


  1. Project Rescue & Kick-Off

  2. Research & Discovery

  3. Project Definition / Blueprint

  4. Digital Development

  5. Training & Launch

  6. Maintenance (Completed for 2-Years)


The branding agency in New Jersey has been providing strategic integrated brand and marketing services that elevate and evolve premiere brands so they shine in today’s market and chart the path for the future of their industries.

They needed urgent website administration, a redesign, and a search engine optimization strategy to boost website traffic.

The problems

While their branding and marketing agency was consumed with creating stellar client campaigns, the Client agency’s website became an afterthought. More than a half-dozen people worked on its redesign in sporadic intervals over a three-year time period, which resulted in a disjointed website, absent on-page content strategy, and mashup of plugins that affected website security and discoverability.

When the Agency client reached out to Key Medium, they were looking for a dedicated team of experts to manage their website needs, so their team could keep their eyes focused on their client base. After a thorough review, Key Medium determined that the agency website needed urgent administration, a cohesive redesign, and a traffic-boosting search engine optimization strategy.

Our solutions

Key Medium provided the Client with the following services:

In addition to these popular service packages, Key Medium conducted rapid-response website remediation, WordPress security hardening (SSL and firewall implementation), and implemented measures to mitigate future attempts.

Their results

The website overhaul by Key Medium began delivering results within days, generating:

  • A 65% increase in page views
  • A 39% increase in website sessions
  • A 26%+ increase in unique visitors year over year
  • Increased user engagement: 10% increase in sessions per user, a 19% increase in pages per session, a 21% increase in session duration
  • Improved search visibility and rapid remediation approval by Google
  • A tactical highly prioritized SEO action plan
  • Reversion of a security/malware notice in Google Search