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Cedar_Sage Digital Marketing Performance Report: December 2025

January 13, 2026

Overview

December was an exceptionally strong month for lead generation, with a total of 39 leads, a 225% increase from the 12 leads generated in November. This growth was mirrored in user engagement, with phone call clicks increasing to 6 for the month from zero in the previous month. The primary driver of this success was Google, which was the top lead source across all channels, contributing 29 leads and fueling the significant month-over-month increase.

Analysis of user engagement reveals significant opportunities within specific traffic segments. Referral traffic from desktop users originating from the langtree-idaho.com/home-designs/ page demonstrated the highest level of engagement. This segment recorded an average session duration of 625.25 seconds, an average of 7.79 page views, and a 46.43% rate of returning visits. These strong metrics indicate a highly interested audience segment that we are watching closely.

Overall website engagement in December was solid, with an average session duration of 74.5 seconds and 11.0% of visits coming from returning users across 3,283 total page views. Certain pages performed exceptionally well, indicating strong interest in specific property details. The Plat Map page was the most viewed with 411 views and a high 76.0% engagement rate. The Home Designs page (181 views) and Available Homes page (135 views) also captured significant user attention, boasting even higher engagement rates of 86.1% and 90.9% respectively. These engagement rates are exceptionally high, highlighting that users are deeply engaged when exploring available properties and community layouts.

Top Pages by Views and Engagement
Page Title Page Views Engagement Rate
https://langtree-idaho.com/plat-map/ 411 76.0%
https://langtree-idaho.com/home-designs/ 181 86.1%
https://langtree-idaho.com/available-homes/ 135 90.9%
https://langtree-idaho.com/star-idaho/ 100 84.6%
https://langtree-idaho.com/preffered-lender/ 71 77.8%
https://langtree-idaho.com/ 43 46.2%
https://langtree-idaho.com/faqs/ 20 60.0%
https://www.langtree-idaho.com/home-designs/ 8 100.0%
https://www.langtree-idaho.com/ 8 25.0%
https://langtree-idaho.com/home-design-details/ 6 20.0%

Geography

Geographic analysis for December reveals that Utah and Idaho were the top-performing states for lead generation. Salt Lake City, Utah, was the single most productive city, delivering 8 leads with a strong 19.5% conversion rate. While generating fewer leads, both Louisville, Kentucky, and Ventura, California, are notable for their exceptionally high user intent, each achieving a 100% average engagement rate. This indicates that nearly every user from these locations who visited the site was highly engaged, with Louisville converting at 100% and Ventura at 66.7%.

Looking at performance over the last 90 days, several cities emerge as consistent, high-value opportunities. Salt Lake City stands out with 11 total leads and the highest 90-day conversion rate of 5.6%. We are also closely watching Meridian, Idaho, which, despite a lower conversion rate, shows the highest average session duration (44.9s) and percentage of returning visits (24.1%) over the 90-day period, indicating a sustained and deep interest from that market.

Top 5 Cities by Lead Volume and Key Metrics for December 2025
City Region Lead Volume Avg. Engagement Rate Avg. Session Duration % Returning Visits Conversion Rate
Salt Lake City Utah 8 34.9% 23.9s 10.0% 19.5%
Nampa Idaho 3 45.4% 33.3s 16.5% 2.6%
Meridian Idaho 3 42.8% 55.1s 26.0% 2.8%
Louisville Kentucky 2 100.0% 19.6s 0.0% 100.0%
Ventura California 2 100.0% 11.1s 33.3% 66.7%

Paid search

Paid search performance surged in December, generating 29 leads, a 625% increase from the 4 leads in November. This growth was driven by a significant increase in user engagement, with 4 phone call clicks from paid ads, up from zero in the previous month. The overall conversion rate for Google Ads campaigns was 3.71% for the month, a substantial improvement from 0% in November.

The top-performing non-branded campaigns by lead volume were 'GeofenceDemandGen', which produced 10 leads at a 2.54% conversion rate, and 'Star New Homes and Real Estate', which delivered 8 leads with a 2.14% conversion rate. Additionally, the 'New Homes in Boise' campaign demonstrated high efficiency, converting at 4.60% to generate 4 leads.

Beyond direct conversions, several campaigns show promise for nurturing high-quality leads based on engagement metrics from the past 90 days. The 'Star New Homes and Real Estate' campaign stands out with a high average engagement rate of 32.6%. The 'GeofenceDemandGen' campaign is also a key opportunity, proving effective at re-engaging prospects with the highest percentage of returning visits at 15.2%.

December 2025 Paid Search Campaign Performance
Campaign Name Leads Avg. Session Duration Conversion Rate % Returning Visits
GeofenceDemandGen 10 48.6s 2.54% 15.2%
Star New Homes and Real Estate 8 39.3s 2.14% 14.3%
Remarketing 5 54.7s 0.74% 2.3%
New Homes in Boise 4 24.4s 4.60% 5.2%
Branded 1 118.4s 10.00% 6.3%

Paid social

Paid social campaigns delivered a solid performance in December, generating a total of 8 leads from 276 clicks. The overall conversion rate for the channel was 3.33%, and the campaigns also produced one phone call click. The primary driver of leads was the 'Local Market Geo-Interest Targeting' campaign, which was responsible for 5 of the total leads. Following this was the 'Outside Markets Geo-Interest Targeting' campaign with 3 leads. Both campaigns performed efficiently, each achieving a 3.0% conversion rate on the traffic they drove to the site.

When analyzing qualitative metrics, we are observing opportunities to improve lead quality from the 'Outside Markets Geo-Interest Targeting' campaign. This campaign stands out with a significantly higher average engagement rate of 23.6% and the highest rate of returning visits at 16.3%, indicating it is reaching a highly receptive and interested audience that merits further attention.

December 2025 Paid Social Campaign Performance
Campaign Name Leads Avg. Session Duration Conversion Rate % Returning Visits
Local Market Geo-Interest Targeting 5 20.8s 3.0% 14.3%
Outside Markets Geo-Interest Targeting 3 16.4s 3.0% 16.3%

Organic

Organic traffic in December, while not generating direct leads, brought a highly engaged audience to the site. The channel accounted for 34 sessions and 177 total page views, representing a 6.6% increase in page views compared to November. A notable 36.4% of these visitors were returning users, demonstrating strong brand recall and interest. User engagement from the organic channel remained high, with the average session duration increasing to 259.0 seconds from 251.4 seconds in the prior month, indicating that visitors arriving from search are spending significant time exploring the site.

Display

During December 2025, there was no display advertising activity from sources other than Google. Therefore, there is no performance data to report for this channel under the current analysis parameters.