About Jim Taylor Custom Saddlery
Jim Taylor Custom Saddlery makes beautifully designed, handmade saddles in Texas. Their saddles go for anywhere between $6-$12,000 so the customers are very much involved in the process of getting their very own saddle made just right for them.
Jim’s been in the business for over 40 years and knows a thing, or two about making saddles and pleasing customers. Jim’s saddles are made for performers. Using the best quality materials and using expert saddle makers Jim Taylor’s saddles are everything a rider will want and need when competing. Needless to say, Jim takes a lot of pride in his work.
Redesigning the website
The Result
After doing a deep dive into the research of the custom saddle industry, exploring competitors, and getting an idea of what users wanted out of their websites when they visited I began making several iterations of prototypes.
I went back and forth with Jim and his team to get a firm idea of what they wanted their site to look and feel like before we went into development.
First Iteration
After A Few More...
Time to Take it to WorPrress
After getting the prototypes right I started building it on WordPress. Throughout this process, Jim’s team and I continued to refine the look and feel of the site to get it just right before making it live.
Doubling his weekly leads through Facebook ads
Normally, Jim would get 1-2 calls a week from potential customers asking about getting a custom saddle made. These calls would primarily come from word-of-mouth clients or endorsers.
Jim’s endorsers were professional riders and trainers all around North America who would act as affiliates for his brand. Jim wanted to find new ways to attract customers to accelerate his growth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Making videos to drive traffic to the new website
We decided to contract out one of Jim’s endorsers who was also a videographer to create promotional videos of all the other endorsers.
The strategy was to create high-quality video content that told the story of professional riders and capture what they thought of the Jim Taylor saddles. These videos elevated the brand and would be used as content to drive traffic to his website.
Using videos as ads lead to a doubling of Jim's weekly leads
We would publish these 3-5 minute videos on Jim’s social media pages and receive great feedback from customers and people who liked his brand.
The real results came, however, when we began reaching people with these videos that didn’t previously know about his brand. This was done through targeting on Facebook ads.
Jim went from getting 1-2 calls a week to 4 or 5 which made a large difference to the bottom line when each saddle was almost $10k.
