The challenge
The Bong Center (Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center) has been a client since 2018, but a move to a DIY website builder wrecked their site: broken functionality, poor performance, and lost SEO. They needed it fixed fast.
What we did
A fast, clean WordPress rebuild
Rebuilt the site on WordPress in a tight 2-3 week window, with clean, reliable functionality.
The store brought back online
Re-established their eCommerce store and synced inventory with their point-of-sale system.
Inventory synced to the register
Ran SEO recovery to win back the rankings and visibility they had lost.
The lost SEO recovered
Met in person regularly to keep the rebuild aligned with the center’s mission of serving the veteran community.
The programs behind this study: website design and build and SEO and content.
What happened
The rebuilt site earned 7,509 organic clicks over the last six months, and clicks are up 16 percent year over year. The store sells again, the inventory matches the point of sale, and a museum that depends on visitors and donations stopped losing both to a website that did not work.
What we would check before promising you the same
The two-to-three-week timeline was possible because we had been the Bong Center’s partner since 2018 and knew the site, the store, and the stakes before the emergency started. A rescue for an organization we have never met starts with discovery, and discovery takes time the emergency does not want to give.
Before quoting a rescue we would check what actually broke, what content and SEO equity is recoverable, and whether the platform you are fleeing is holding anything hostage. Then you get a real timeline, not a brave one.