Successfully led the digital transformation and SEO strategy for the official rebranding of Ashley HomeStore to Ashley—the country’s largest furniture manufacturer and retailer. This enterprise-level migration included a complete overhaul of the website, reflecting the brand’s new visual identity and name change.
Key Achievements:️ Launched new website with updated branding, removing "HomeStore" across all digital assets SEO migration strategy implemented to preserve high-ranking URLs, meta structure, and authority across millions of indexed pages Led cross-functional collaboration across marketing, product, and engineering Executed full 301 redirect strategy to maintain organic visibility during the domain change Maintained Top 3 rankings for key terms like “sectional couch,” “living room furniture,” and “mattress deals” during transition
Launch Date:📅 July 20, 2023Live Media Previews:
Impact:The project ensured a seamless brand transition with zero loss in SEO traffic, setting a new benchmark for large-scale domain migrations in retail.
Local SEO and content optimization strategy for Tri-Health Family Wellness Center, resulting in a significant surge in organic visibility and user engagement across Google Search.
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Overview: Under direction from Aristocrat Technologies, a global leader in gaming technology and content, I led digital strategy and implementation efforts for a large-scale Digital Casino Web Player Portal.
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Client: Confidential Retail Brand Role: Senior SEO Consultant
Challenge - During a technical SEO audit, Craig discovered that over 270+ dynamically generated category pages containing ?prefn parameters were disallowed in the site’s robots.txt file. This prevented Googlebot from indexing critical e-commerce filters used in product discovery.
Measurable Loss - Comparing 09/01/2021–09/29/2021 vs. 08/03/2021–08/31/2021:
Solution - Craig immediately recommended and led the removal of the disallow directive targeting /prefn URLs from robots.txt. The fix was deployed to production on a Thursday. Result - Just 3 days later, by Sunday 12/12/2021, Google Search Console confirmed a significant spike in crawl activity and impressions for /prefn URLs—marking a rapid recovery in organic performance.
Executed website re-platform to Shopify Plus, delivering new sales records from $16M to $18.5M. Reduced page load speeds of 8 to 1.2 seconds by optimizing technical SEO.
Within 12 months, I increased Valor Fitness's YouTube subscriber count by 290% through a comprehensive video SEO and content engagement strategy. The focus was on organic growth, audience interaction, and brand authority—leading to stronger conversions, product awareness, and community loyalty.
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