Small-Budget, Big-Mirror
How Garima’s Makeup Studio Went from 26 Clicks a Week to 2,500+ Clicks a Month on a Shoestring SEO Spend
When Garima Found Us — and What
We Inherited
When Garima reached out in August 2024, her Google Search Console was almost a flatline. She was averaging just 26 clicks per week, 700 impressions, and sat at an average position of 38.7. Her Google Business Profile (GBP) ranked 18th in the local pack for “makeup artist in Gurgaon,” drawing only 1,130 views per month. .
Turning Constraints into a Strategy
While agencies burn budgets, we burned midnight oil—Search Console, GBP Insights, Keyword Planner and a free RankMath license did the heavy lifting; every rupee stayed in Garima’s pocket.
Fixing Foundations and
Driving Visibility
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Consolidated thin blog posts into one authoritative pillar page: “Bridal Makeup Cost in Gurgaon”
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Added FAQPage schema + structured data for Service, LocalBusiness, and ImageObject
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Crushed site speed bottlenecks:
– Converted every image to WebP
– Enabled lazy-loading
– Mobile LCP dropped from 4.9s → 2.6s -
All fixes done free: LiteSpeed Cache + ShortPixel free tier only
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Pay-off: Garima’s average Google position leapt from 38 → 29 in 30 days
Leveraging Reviews and Internal Signals
A WhatsApp QR code taped to Garima’s makeup chair became a review funnel: clients scanned, left feedback, and 60 days later she’d collected 68 new 5-star reviews—growing her total from 55 to 123. Next we turned the image gallery into an SEO engine, wiring every photo to the “Bridal Packages” page with anchors like “makeup artist in Gurgaon.”
Continuous Optimization and SEO Compounding
By early 2025, we added fresh signals - updated pricing tables, FAQs, and redirected legacy 404s from 2019 to relevant pillars. The result was continuous compounding. Her clicks rose from 105 (Jun 2024) to 2,540 (Sep 2025), impressions from 4.9K to 501K, and her GBP now ranks #1 in both map and organic results. The data tells its own story - growth from consistent, low-cost optimization, not paid shortcuts.
Real Business Results — Not Just Metrics
Before SEO, Garima managed around 38 bridal bookings per quarter. By Q3-25, she was booking 97 clients per quarter.From a struggling website to dominating local search - Makeup by Garima became the #1 bridal makeup brand in Gurgaon, powered purely by strategy, consistency, and smart use of free tools.