Case studies· 01· 2026

A self-built HubSpot site, rebuilt into one clean, consistent flow.

A six-page HubSpot rebuild for a boutique M&A advisory: consistent global modules, a reusable blog template and schema built for AI search.

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Client
TT Business Broker
Industry
M&A advisory & business brokerage
Service
HubSpot Website Rebuild + GEO / AI Search
Location
Southwest Florida, USA
Timeline
2026
6
pages rebuilt with one consistent flow
0
broken links or detached global modules at launch
30 hrs
fixed not-to-exceed scope, delivered in 14 days
The brief

What the client was dealing with.

01

The owner had built the site himself in HubSpot. Some pages were strong, others were inconsistent: a broken "Start the Conversation" call-to-action returning a 404.

02

Pages with mismatched titles and content — including a page labelled "Completed Deals" that was actually a blog listing.

03

Global header and footer were detached on several pages, so some still showed old corporate branding instead of the TT Business Broker identity.

04

The blog/insights template used default HubSpot styling that sat outside the locked brand palette, plus empty, unstyled sections with no content.

Our approach

How we worked through it.

01

Audit before quoting

We reviewed the live site page by page and quoted both options honestly: a scoped fix (5–10 hours) or a full rebuild (20–25 hours). The rebuild was the better long-term value, so that is what we recommended.

02

Architecture first

The navigation was rebuilt around six pages — Home, What Comes Next?, My Approach, Owner Insights, Industries, Start the Conversation — with a cornerstone education page and an industries hub structured to rank independently.

03

Locked brand system

A nine-colour palette and voice rules were translated into HubSpot theme settings and modules, so no section can drift off-brand and no page is left with default grey gaps.

04

Global modules, done properly

One global header and one global footer, built as global partials and re-linked across every template — including error pages — so branding can never fall out of sync again.

05

A blog template built to scale

A reusable Owner Insights post template with title, category tag, date, featured image, body area, an FAQ block with schema support and a consistent closing CTA. New posts need no layout work.

06

GEO / AI search layer

Organization, Article and FAQ schema, semantic heading hierarchy, AI-friendly metadata and internal linking, so the site is readable by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews as well as classic search.

What we delivered
  • Six live HubSpot pages matching the approved structure and client copy
  • Fully responsive custom theme with editable drag-and-drop sections
  • Consistent global header, footer and navigation site-wide
  • Reusable blog post template with featured image, body and FAQ/schema block
  • Organization, Article and FAQ schema across the site
  • Every known bug from the old site resolved — broken CTA link, mislabeled pages, detached modules, off-brand blog styling
  • Full admin access retained by the client, plus outright ownership of theme, modules, code and content
  • Desktop, tablet and mobile QA before handover
Stack
HubSpot CMS HubCustom HubSpot themeGlobal header & footer partialsHubL modulesBlog templatesHubSpot formsSchema.org JSON-LD
Scope
  • Full HubSpot CMS rebuild (6 pages)
  • Custom responsive theme, modules and sections
  • Consistent global header, footer and navigation
  • Reusable blog post template with FAQ block
  • GEO / AI search optimization and schema markup
  • Client-owned theme, code and full admin access

I'd rather pay fairly for real HubSpot expertise than get the cheapest possible quote — what matters most is someone who's careful, communicates clearly, and won't need me to re-explain things twice.

Todd TopliffBusiness Broker & Transaction Advisor, TT Business Broker
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