Success Stories · Version Portfolio

Real brands. Real rankings. Real revenue.

Three detailed case studies across supplements, DTC luggage, and B2B logistics. Every number pulled from client-side reporting — auditable against actual revenue.

$100M+
Tracked revenue
200+
Brands scaled
11,400
#1 rankings
1.5M+
Monthly searches won
Featured in this report Nutricost Ship with Mina Monos
Nutricost
Case 01 · Supplement Category · Google to Amazon SEO

From 8 rankings to 20+ #1 placements.

Nutricost owned a deep Amazon catalog with strong customer trust. High-intent Google searches were flowing to competitors — we built the external signals that pushed top-slot rankings across the most profitable supplement categories on the internet.

20+
#1 Google rankings
30K
Monthly clicks · 1 ASIN
$3M+
Tracked revenue · 22 mo
3M+
Monthly searches captured

Deep Amazon catalog. Untapped Google demand.

Nutricost had earned real customer trust on Amazon — with strong reviews, subscribe-and-save velocity, and a 400+ SKU catalog. But the most valuable buyer intent happens on Google, before shoppers ever reach Amazon.

Competitors were spending 6-figure monthly Google Ads budgets to capture keywords Nutricost could own organically. Supplement SERPs reward earned editorial signals — not paid shortcuts.

01

Authority backlinks

Weekly editorial placements from nutrition publications and independent review sites — scoped to the specific product-ingredient keyword we wanted to rank. No PBNs.

02

Engagement seeding

Real community participation across Reddit, Quora, and niche supplement forums. Helpful Content signals rewarded the increased post-click engagement.

03

Editorial PR

Listicle placements in "best nitric oxide" / "best ashwagandha" category roundups — which compounded over time as Nutricost appeared in more "best of" lists across the category.

Exhibit A · Google SERP · Desktop
Query: "best nitric oxide supplement" · US · organic results
All
Images
Shopping
News
Videos
More
About 18,400,000 results (0.42 seconds)
N
Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com › Nutricost › Nitric-Oxide-L-Arginine
Rank #1 · 22 mo
Nutricost L-Arginine L-Citrulline — Nitric Oxide Supplement
Premium nitric oxide supplement blend · 240 capsules · 3rd-party tested for purity. Supports blood flow & circulation. Over 30,000 monthly organic clicks from Google to a single Amazon listing.
H
Healthline
https://www.healthline.com › nutrition › best-no-supplements
7 Best Nitric Oxide Supplements in 2025 — Tested & Reviewed
Editorial roundup · Nutricost featured in top-3 recommendations alongside clinical research overview.
C
competitor-brand.com
https://www.competitor-brand.com › supplements › nitric-oxide
Nitric Oxide Booster — Pre-Workout Formula
Legacy supplement brand, formerly top-ranked before Version program launched.
Ranking signal · weekly editorial backlinks · helpful content engagement · sustained 22 months Version Labs · Exhibit A
Ship with Mina
Case 02 · Logistics Category · B2B Services SEO

Show up when it matters.

Big logistics deals take 6–18 months to close. We ranked Mina on the questions procurement teams actually ask in month nine — when the vendor list gets cut from six to three — and drove a 4× lift in RFP influence.

60+
Evaluator-intent keywords
$150K+
Avg annual contract
18
Trade-press placements
RFP influence growth

Big logistics deals take a year to close.

The decision-makers — ops, finance, IT, procurement — spend 6–18 months evaluating before they sign anything.

Most SEO tries to rank B2B companies on "what is a 3PL" and calls it a win. That's the wrong game. If your site isn't answering the real questions they're asking in the final review, you don't make the shortlist.

01

Answer the real questions

Replaced beginner content with deep answers on the systems they actually use — inventory platforms, shipping tech, peak-season capacity. Every piece written to be forwarded inside a big company.

02

Get featured where they read

Editorial placements in FreightWaves, Supply Chain Dive, and Transport Topics — the publications procurement teams already trust.

03

Track what actually closes

Wired SEO into their Salesforce. The team could see which content pieces appeared in deals that closed — not just traffic.

Exhibit B · Evaluator Keyword Rankings
Bottom-funnel B2B queries · contract start → peak ranking
3PL Evaluator Keyword Ladder Source: Ahrefs + Semrush · 12-month window
Target keyword #50#25#10#5#1 Start → Peak
"enterprise 3pl services"
#24#3
"wms tms integration"
#12#3
"customs broker platform"
#18#4
"peak season fulfillment"
#42#6
"reverse logistics provider"
#29#7
"scalable 3pl partner"
#35#3
60+ total evaluator-intent keywords active · top-10 held at shortlist cut (month 9) Version Labs · Exhibit B
Monos
Case 03 · Travel & Luggage · DTC SEO

#53 to #1 in under 12 months.

Monos outranked 15-year incumbents across 12 core category keywords (~1.5M monthly searches), held through the Dec 2024 Core Update, and expanded into Canada — all on a challenger-brand budget.

1.5M+
Monthly search scope
9/12
Keywords in top 5 at peak
#53→#1
"Travel luggage" · 12 mo
US + CA
Parallel geo programs

Compress a decade of incumbent authority into 12 months.

Samsonite, Away, Tumi, Calpak — the luggage SERP was owned by brands with 10+ years of cumulative backlink profiles. Monos had product and brand equity but no organic share.

Category was also weather-sensitive, news-sensitive (Netflix Carry-On released mid-window), and algorithm-sensitive — the December 2024 Google Core Update hit mid-program.

01

Volume-weighted authority

"Carry on" (125K/mo) and "suitcase" (96K/mo) got the heaviest backlink cadence. Shipping rhythm matched to competitor density per keyword.

02

Parallel Canada launch

Month 6: smaller CA budget, localized content, Canadian backlinks. Canada caught up to US trajectory in three months.

03

Core-update resilience

Shipped "unbiased review" signal content during Dec 2024. Held or recovered across the target set in a category where many DTC brands lost significant ground.

Exhibit C · Monos Keyword Performance · US Market
12 core category keywords · contract start → peak ranking
Keyword Ranking Ledger · US Source: Ahrefs + Semrush · 12-month window
Target keyword
Contract start
Peak rank
Δ
"travel luggage"
#53
#1
▲52
"suitcases"
#21
#2
▲19
"carry on luggage"
#15
#2
▲13
"best travel suitcase"
#33
#4
▲29
"best suitcases"
#29
#5
▲24
"best check in luggage"
#11
#4
▲7
"best carry on luggage"
#12
#5
▲7
"check in luggage"
#33
#8
▲25
"carry on"
#6
#4
▲2
"suitcase"
#10
#2
▲8
"weekender bag"
#9
#5
▲4
"luggage sets"
#9
#4
▲5
Top 10 held across all 12 targets at peak · top 5 on 9/12 · US + CA parallel programs Version Labs · Exhibit C

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