Intellibright Wins Gold at 2025 Hermes Creative Awards for Strategic SEO Campaign

Hermes Creative Awards 2025 Gold Winner graphic for top digital marketing, SEO, and content marketing agency.

We’re proud to share that Intellibright has been awarded Gold at the 2025 Hermes Creative Awards in the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) category for our partnership with Gembah, a product development platform that helps businesses bring ideas to market through research, design, and manufacturing. The recognition highlights the results of a collaborative SEO and SEM strategy designed to restore visibility, improve efficiency, and accelerate revenue growth.

Addressing the Challenges of a Redesign Transition

When Gembah partnered with Intellibright in mid-2024, their team had recently completed a website redesign that refreshed the brand experience and presented new opportunities for search optimization. Together, we identified areas where the redesign introduced structural and technical challenges that affected visibility and user experience.

Our teams worked side by side to analyze site performance, resolve indexing and technical issues, and strengthen content alignment around business priorities. The shared goal was to create a stronger foundation for growth – one that combined improved technical health with a data-driven content strategy.

The project addressed:

  • Traffic volatility caused by redirects and site structure changes
  • Technical limitations that affected crawlability and indexing
  • Keyword overlap between pages targeting similar queries
  • Content that needed updating to match evolving search intent
  • Gaps in high-intent keyword coverage for key services
  • Opportunities to improve page speed and Core Web Vitals

Gembah’s marketing and technical teams played an integral role in aligning internal priorities and feedback throughout the process, ensuring every improvement supported long-term growth objectives.

Building a Unified SEO and SEM Strategy

Together, Intellibright and Gembah developed a strategy that merged technical SEO optimization with data-backed paid media execution to create a more cohesive and efficient digital ecosystem. Key areas of focus included:

Technical SEO Overhaul

We conducted a comprehensive audit to enhance site health, improve indexing, and raise Core Web Vitals from 65% to 99%. Average page load time improved from 1.1 seconds to 0.5 seconds, strengthening both user experience and search performance.

Keyword and Content Revamp

We refined Gembah’s content strategy to emphasize high-intent commercial keywords, consolidated overlapping pages, and optimized structure and schema. These updates led to a 60% increase in top-three keyword rankings and a 48% boost in featured snippet ownership.

Smarter Paid Search Investment

We partnered with Gembah to reallocate SEM budgets toward campaigns that were producing the strongest SQL performance. This adjustment reduced cost per SQL1 by 34% and cost per SQL2 by 35%.

Performance-Driven Paid Media Execution

We enhanced targeting within competitive keyword clusters such as “commercial LED grow lights,” resulting in a 318% increase in Google Ads revenue and a 211% lift in closed-won deals.

Results That Redefined Search Performance

Within months, the joint SEO and SEM strategy delivered measurable results that helped Gembah achieve stronger visibility and higher conversion efficiency:

  • 1,252% increase in organic leads
  • 500% improvement in conversion rates
  • 318% increase in Google Ads revenue
  • 918% growth in keyword rankings
  • 2,504+ new search positions gained

The campaign established a framework that continues to deliver lasting value by connecting improved visibility with sustainable lead generation and long-term revenue growth.

Recognition That Reflects Our Approach

The Hermes Creative Awards, administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, celebrate outstanding achievements in marketing and communications across the globe. Intellibright’s recognition underscores our ability to deliver results that go beyond surface-level visibility and directly impact client growth.

“Plenty of agencies treat SEO and paid media as separate functions, but our philosophy is to unify them into a single, revenue-focused system,” Michelle Matranga, Chief Digital Officer at Intellibright, said. “Winning Gold at the Hermes Creative Awards highlights the power of that approach. We’re proud of the work we did with Gembah, and even prouder of the long-term impact it’s had on their growth.”

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About Intellibright

Intellibright is a dynamic, fast-growing digital marketing agency based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2009, the company has been recognized as an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company (2020, 2021) and ranked among the Financial Times 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas (2021–2024).

Specializing in maximizing digital revenue through advanced, data-driven strategies, Intellibright offers a comprehensive suite of services, including SEO, SEM, content marketing, paid media, website development, and analytics. Our LASR framework (Leads, Appointments, Sales, Revenue) ensures every strategy is tied directly to minimizing waste and maximizing revenue.

Our results-focused team becomes an extension of each client’s business, committed to transparency, accountability, and growth. If you’re looking for a partner to help crush your goals, look no further and get in touch with us today.

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