Boreal River Rescue — SEO % Email Performance Improvements

Improving discoverability, clarity, and engagement for rescue training programs

Context & Challenge

Boreal River Rescue provides technical ice and swiftwater training for field professionals. Many visitors arrive with urgent needs or specific requirement, so clarity, search visibility, and trustworthy content are critical.

The site needed better SEO performance and more intuitive course pages to help users quickly understand prerequisites, certification outcomes, and booking details

My Role & Contribution

I worked collaboratively with leadership and an external SEO specialist to refine content structure, improve UX clarity, and enhance booking pathways. My responsibilities focused on:

  • Implementing SEO improvements across 40+ product and collection pages

  • Executing high-engagement email campaigns in Klaviyo

  • Making UX + content adjustments based on analytics and specialist recommendations

  • Publishing and formatting updates to ensure consistent language and structure

  • Maintaining bilingual content across EN/FR versions

I owned the publishing and performance tracking while contributing to ongoing strategic refinements.

What I Did

  • Applied metadata updates (titles, descriptions, alt text

  • Improved H1/H2 hierarchy and internal linking

  • Adjusted course details for readability & course flow

  • Conducted email campaigns and analyzed performance

  • Ensured page consistency across rescue course categories

  • Supported ongoing SEO recommendations and page audits

Results

  • +33% organic traffic to key course and collection pages

  • +2-% conversion rate improvement after layout + clarity updates

  • 45% open rates across targeted email campaigns

  • Increased returning visitor engagement

  • Clearer and more confident booking decision behaviour

These improvements helped more field professionals find the right course quickly and reduced confusion across the booking journey.

Learnings & Next Steps

This project reinforced how meaningful clarity and structure are for users with complex or high-stakes needs. It also strengthened my ability to collaborate with SEO specialists and translate strategy into hands-on improvements.

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