I had the opportunity to be part of a local startup thePicklebase.com. The goal is to create authority in the booming Southeast Asian pickleball scene primarily focused on the Malaysian market.

My goal is to create content daily covering:

  1. Tournaments
  2. News
  3. Evergreen Guides
  4. Insights

Keyword Research

Filtered (highest search volume with the lowest competition) 12-month data from Ahrefs using the keywords “pickleball” in different target markets in SEA. Unfortunately, there are no data for China due to restrictions on Google.

Top Keywords Based on Country

KeywordSVCountry
Pickleball paddle7300MY
Paddle pickleball2500MY
Pickleball ball2400VN
Pickleball paddle600VN
Pickleball singapore6300SG
Pickleball court singapore2600SG
Pickleball court5500PH
Pickleball court dimensions3500PH

Content Authority Map

Based on the keywords, I also mapped out top FAQs (+SV) into a topical authority map.

This map will help determine what content groups need to be prioritized and target low-hanging fruits in the space.

Articles

Since April, I made 136+ articles for this project and post one daily. Here are a few examples spanning different topics under the Pickleball umbrella.

Campaigns

I also prepared a strategy with the goal to monetize the website by incorporating campaigns with brands in the pickleball space.

Campaign Articles

I created campaign articles for FILA during the Leapmotor Tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Our partnership with Selkirk also allowed us to do a raffle and promote our social media @thepicklebase.

Native Ads

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to screen-capture our native ads for our partnership with Selkirk.

Analytics

The articles supports traffic growth by portraying EAT (Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness). It serves as a vehicle for our Google ad campaigns on our subdomains to further strengthen our visibility in the space.

This data is based on the website’s internal analytics.

Before

Traffic performance before we started making long-form content. The goal is to hit 10k views in June.

After

This snapshot of the traffic is taken in September. Unfortunately, I was not able to do further analysis on the traffic.

Get in touch!

+60167963774
writer.ravenmendoza@gmail.com

Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 59200

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