Client: Oyin Handmade Date: June 3, 2016 Category: Branding, Website Design & Development, Social Media Management, Content Marketing, Graphic Design, Strategy

Since 2005, the Authentic Bartending School of Maryland, a licensed private career school by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, has been providing bartending classes for students at all skill levels. In order to attract prospective students and employers, they sought a website redesign that would exude freshness and appeal. Additionally, they aimed to develop a renewed brand strategy that would incorporate inbound marketing and content marketing techniques to achieve their business objectives, which include:

Increasing the number of leads
Boosting class enrollment figures
Outperforming their local “new-to-market” competitors in search engine results
Enhancing job placement rates

The Authentic Bartending School of Maryland takes pride in offering the finest and most comprehensive bartending and hospitality education in the Maryland-DC-Northern Virginia metropolitan area. It was crucial for them to ensure that their online presence accurately reflected this distinction.

Oyin is a thriving company and established its presence in the industry. They’ve reached the stage in which they’re spreading their roots into 700+ stores over multiple retailers’ distribution channels. In order to start capitalizing on their success, Oyin needed to capture a larger market share online and find new revenue. They’d reached a point where we were plateauing with reaching new audiences. The client was mainly targeting anyone and anybody with no clear target audience. Ineffective at driving social media traffic to product pages and converting their large fan base. As the adage goes, “You can’t be all things to all people”. There is value in defining who you want to purchase your products or services – your target market.

Aiden Marketing played a crucial role in the development and launch of a digital marketing strategy for the Authentic Bartending School of Maryland. Our team began by creating Buyer Personas, which became the foundation for all our marketing efforts. This included developing a value proposition, crafting compelling copy, and creating high-quality content that would attract and engage prospects, current students, and employers. We also implemented social media marketing and management strategies to effectively reach our target audience on the appropriate channels. Additionally, we provided custom graphic design services, developed promotional marketing materials, and redesigned and developed the school’s website.

One of our key achievements was the creation of a content-rich website that supported prospective students in their online search and enrollment process. This involved designing an visually-appealing website, optimizing it for search engines with relevant keywords and phrases, and developing various types of content such as videos, ebooks, and whitepapers. We also incorporated assets like blogs, social media integration, landing pages, and call-to-action buttons to enhance the website’s visibility and generate qualified leads and student enrollments.

Furthermore, we integrated and configured an online course enrollment application into the website, allowing prospects to seamlessly enroll in classes and make online deposits. We also implemented a comprehensive job listing portal for employers and graduates of the Authentic Bartending School of Maryland. Additionally, we created a students-only portal that provided access to important documents for enrolled students.