Case Study · SEO · Social · PR · Digital Lead Generation

Client
Anand

Made in India.
Found worldwide.

How The Brand Bee took a legacy B2B manufacturer from near-zero digital visibility to a globally discoverable demand engine - across search, social, PR and paid - over a 3 years engagement.

+518%
Growth in monthly organic traffic
+785%
Growth in monthly qualified digital leads
-60%
Reduction in cost per lead
Client
Anand Group
Industry
B2B industrial & engineering
Region
India · US · UK · Middle East
Duration
3 years engagement
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The Client

Decades of credibility - almost entirely offline.

Anand Group India is a legacy B2B supplier with a deep portfolio of industrial and engineering products, and decades of credibility with OEMs, suppliers and distributors. But that reputation lived almost entirely offline. Its digital footprint was limited, organic traffic was flat, and qualified leads rarely arrived through digital channels.

As the business pushed to expand across India and into international markets - the US, UK and Middle East - the gap between Anand's real-world standing and its online presence became a genuine growth constraint.

Industry
B2B industrial & engineering
Region
India · US · UK · Middle East
Duration
3 years engagement
The Challenge

A legacy leader the market couldn't find.

As Anand pushed to grow at home and abroad, the gap between its real-world standing and its online presence became a genuine growth constraint - the right buyers simply couldn't find it.

The problem was never the product. It was that the right buyers couldn't find it.

A

A visibility gap

A respected manufacturer with minimal organic search presence and stagnant traffic.

B

A demand gap

Strong offline relationships, but almost no qualified leads coming through digital channels.

C

A geography gap

Real ambitions in the US, UK and Middle East, with no international search or social footprint to match.

Our Approach

One brand, found everywhere it matters.

We treated discovery as a system, not a campaign - connecting four disciplines into a single demand engine. SEO made Anand findable, content gave buyers a reason to engage, PR built credibility, and paid converted intent into qualified leads - in India and across export regions at once.

1

Search built for intent

  • A full technical and on-page SEO overhaul - audit, keyword mapping, schema, speed, indexing - around high-intent clusters like engineered components and B2B procurement.
2

International by design

  • Hreflang and country-specific keyword targeting to compete in the US, UK and Middle East, not just India.
3

Social as thought leadership

  • LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter content built on product insight and management thought leadership - educating buyers, not just promoting.
4

Earned credibility through PR

  • Targeted outreach placing Anand's growth and 'Make in India' story in respected trade press - milestones turned into third-party proof.
5

Paid that closes

  • Landing pages, Google and LinkedIn lead-gen targeting procurement and engineering decision-makers, plus retargeting, lead scoring and CRM integration.

Capabilities enabled

Technical & international SEOKeyword & content strategyThought-leadership socialTrade-press PRGoogle & LinkedIn lead-genRetargetingLead scoring & CRMConversion landing pages
The Work

Credibility in the press. Engagement in the feed. Presence on the floor.

The strategy showed up as work buyers and journalists actually saw - earned coverage in the industry press, a steady social presence that gave a B2B audience reasons to engage, and a standout showing on the exhibition floor.

Autocar Professional coverage of Anand
PR

Autocar Professional

Anand's OE-market entry and Seiken partnership, placed in India's leading automotive trade title.

MotorIndia coverage of Anand - robust growth in FY17
PR

MotorIndia

'Robust growth in FY17' milestone coverage, anchored in the Make in India narrative.

Anand International Labour Day social post
Social

International Labour Day

Honouring the dedication, hardwork and spirit of the people building a better tomorrow at Anand.

Gabriel India annual report LACP award social post
Social

Award-winning report

Gabriel India's annual report ranked #61 with a Platinum at the LACP Vision Awards 2023-24, USA.

Anand Sustainable Mobility exhibition booth
Exhibition

On the show floor

Anand's Sustainable Mobility showcase - the full portfolio on the floor. #LookingBackToLookingForward

Results

Found, followed, and in the funnel.

Over the 3 years engagement, Anand moved from minimal digital visibility to a high-intent demand engine - with measurable gains across search, social, PR and pipeline.

+0
Growth in monthly organic traffic (~4,500 to ~27,800 sessions)
0
High-intent keywords on Page 1 across the US, UK & India
+0
Growth in monthly social content impressions
0
Earned features across automotive & industrial trade press
+0
Growth in monthly qualified digital leads (~14 to ~124)
-0
Reduction in cost per lead (₹4,800 to ₹1,920)
ObjectiveOutcome
Improve organic visibility+518% organic traffic; 25+ Page-1 keywords across the US, UK & India
Generate qualified demandMonthly leads +785%; sales-qualified leads +1,167%; cost per lead -60%
Build social authorityLinkedIn followers +235%; content impressions 137%
Earn third-party credibility15+ features across automotive & industrial trade press
Grow internationally42% of all leads from the US, UK & Middle East
The Outcome

Yes - the pipeline proved it.

The gap was never Anand's capability - it was discoverability. The engine closed exactly that gap. A legacy supplier that buyers struggled to find online became a brand that ranked for the terms its customers searched, earned coverage in the press they trusted, and showed up in the feeds where decisions get shaped.

More importantly, attention converted. Leads grew, lead quality rose, and the cost of acquiring each one fell by more than half - a measurable, international pipeline that finally matched Anand's real-world reputation.

We didn't make Anand louder. We made it findable - and then we made it convert.

Net effect

A legacy manufacturer became a discoverable, in-demand B2B brand - with a measurable international pipeline to show for it.

Deeptanshu Bansal
Founder & CEO, The Brand Bee
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