Featured Case Studies

IACFP

We partnered with the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IACFP) as an email newsletter service provider to deliver content strategy, digital copywriting, and ongoing management for their bi-monthly member newsletter. Over our first nine months, we've increased their audience by 30%, open rate by 12%, and click-through rate to 9.7% (nearly double the industry average).

3L Living

We partnered with 3L Living on real estate SEO services—including keyword research, messaging strategy, and local search optimization for their South Loop, Hyde Park, and Milwaukee properties—helping the lifestyle and property management company stand out in the competitive student rental market.

Kol Hadash

Social media for synagogues and other faith organizations can be challenging because congregations have a wealth of programming and events, but limited staff bandwidth. Our first four months with KHHC bolstered internal resources and helped drive High Holidays registration, while boosting their awareness by 500% and engagements and traffic over 300%.

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

SBS helped the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) achieve confidence with a social media content plan by utilizing a time-saving framework that enabled them to meet their digital media goals while also tackling the rest of their marketing work.

Forward Community Investments

SBS used organic social media tactics to extend this small-but-mighty CDFI team's bandwidth and step up their social media presence. Our Social Media Management strategies have resulted in increased website traffic, new donors and grantees, broader participation in grantmaking state-wide, and greater presence among community partners.

Outlaw

SBS partnered with Outlaw—a cult-favorite brand offering soaps, lotions, and colognes inspired by legends of the Old West—on Facebook advertising.  Focused on attracting new customers, the engagement resulted in a 475% increase in their direct-to-consumer sales through their Shopify website and contributed to a 600% growth in revenue.

Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley

Within two weeks of implementing new focus keywords and other recommendations from our nonprofit SEO audit, Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley saw improved organic and
​local search rankings.

The Nature Conservancy

Our partnership with The Nature Conservancy included a comprehensive audit of its global social media program, consisting of 150 social media accounts, with tailored feedback for field offices across the world. We helped the organization hone a clear vision for the evolution of their program, troubleshoot potential roadblocks, and identify resources to meet their goals.

UIC School of Theatre and Music

With a $100-per-month ad spend, the school saw a 50% increase in Facebook fans, with an 1167% increase in audience reach to qualified leads YOY.

Institute of Food Technologists

A social media audit for the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), led to the creation of a plan to drive attendance at their annual meeting, and live social media that generated 4,200 hashtagged tweets and 10 million impressions.

The Neo-Futurists

The Chicago-based theater company's Instagram following doubled after our work together.

Sprinkman Real Estate

We partnered with Sprinkman Real Estate on a social media audit to ensure their already-strong brand was being activated optimally for real estate social media marketing.

Rescue Desk

Soon after we teamed up with Rescue Desk to develop an SEO strategy - including keyword research and local search optimization - this small-but-mighty business has enjoyed a steady increase in visitors to its website and followers on its social media channels.

YMCA of the USA

We partnered with the YMCA of the USA to conduct a social media audit of national and local Y social media channels. Together, we clarified their vision for social media and created a comprehensive plan for enhancing their digital presence through powerful storytelling and collaborative, yet flexible, content planning.

First Unitarian Society​

We facilitated a Same Page Content Planning Session with First Unitarian Society, giving them a three-month content blueprint to plan social media—and other UU marketing efforts—collaboratively, in a time-efficient manner. This keeps their strategic marketing and communications goals front and center and provides metrics to track the effectiveness of their efforts. 

Friends Church of North Carolina

SBS helped FCNC refresh their website and coordinate social media communication across 31 affiliated Quaker meetings, with an emphasis on implementing best practices in order to strengthen outreach and fellowship, while empowering each meeting to use digital marketing tools with confidence.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County

The SBS Team partnered with BBBS team on the creation of a social media implementation plan to improve the clarity and consistency of digital communications, while involving a cross-department team in the process.

Union for Reform Judaism​​

SBS partnered with the Union for Reform Judaism on two Social Media Bootcamps designed to support member congregations hoping to attract and engage families with young children. We also provided follow up 1:1 coaching with individual synagogues to strengthen their skills and address the needs and questions of individual congregations.

Doyenne Group​

SBS created a cloud-based social media content plan that gives an at-a-glance, 10,000 foot view of the organization’s programs, events, and initiatives to a broad team of professional staff, volunteers, and student interns.

Astraeus Advisers

We created a modern, compelling website for a multi-family agency, backed by solid content strategy. The result clearly articulates the company’s strengths and performs competitively in organic search engine results

Clergy for a New Drug Policy

Sarah Best Strategy provides retainer-based social media management services to the non-profit organization Clergy for a New Drug Policy (CNDP), building an audience of over 8000 Facebook fans with a $20/month ad spend over 24 months.

ONVI

A cutting-edge startup in the field of dental technology with an innovative new product came to Sarah Best Strategy to help build a consistent digital marketing system from the ground up. ​