Palmer Music Co: Dominating their Market Through Online Strategy

SERVICES: Video | Facebook Ads | Business Consulting | Web Design

Overview

Palmer Music Co is a music lessons, retail, and services shop based in Conway, AR. They are renowned for unbeatable service, talented music instructors, a variety of instrument brands, & music community involvement. They face unique challenges in the digital era, however, since people aren’t walking the streets to find their services anymore. Rather, they’re looking online. On top of that, there is the challenge of making a smaller business competitive against huge industry players that are already dominating the market. So, to adapt, they developed a strategy alongside their marketing team to help their revenue via some of their unique services and product offerings.

Challenges

  • Getting new students in the age of online lesson platforms
  • Activating a new service niche for church sound install
  • Getting online sales in a crowded e-commerce market & developing processes for a staff that isn’t used to selling online

Solutions

Value-Forward Facebook Ads

Ads highlight “free trial” lessons & showcase happy students & teachers

A Niche-Specific Landing Page

A church sound install landing page is SEO-rich with a “free consult” call to action button, leading to a contact form

Storytelling Through Video

Unique product video that highlights the variety of excellent instruments on their Reverb.com e-commerce store

Training Sessions for the Staff

In-person training and printable materials for staff to use in order to keep up with the influx of online sales & inquiries

Results

Over $117k in Potential Lessons Revenue Per Year

In less than one year, the ads generated over 75 free trial lessons. The resulting student count got so high that PMC had to run another ad, but for hiring more instructors.

Top Results for “Church Sound Install”

Organic inquiries from churches around Arkansas began to trickle in as the landing page settled into its niche and dominated the top spot on Google search results.

Constant Flow of Used Instrument Sales

Compelling video turned into a targeted ad got people excited about all of the used instruments Palmer Music Co had on its Reverb e-commerce store, thereby driving sales.

Staff Proficiency in Sales Management

What good is online sales traction if you aren’t equipped to handle it? After building and training on an online sales process, PMC was able to handle their online storefront with ease and keep momentum.