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The challenge

A building inspection company had almost no online presence. Low visibility meant few enquiries, and few enquiries meant limited room to grow. The business was competing in a market where the inspection work is often decided before the phone rings: by who shows up in the search results.

The core problems:

  • Minimal online visibility and low domain authority
  • A website that did not rank for the inspections customers searched for
  • No local presence across the suburbs where the work actually came from
  • No way to grow without fixing the visibility problem first

What Sagar did

Step 1: Build the authority base

The first job was website authority. Without it, every other effort would hit a ceiling. The site's structure and content were rebuilt so that authority could build over time.

Step 2: Find the right keywords

A custom keyword analysis was done, separated into segments and by search intent. That meant the business did not just chase traffic; it chased the searches most likely to become inspection bookings.

Step 3: Target the local area

A geographical expansion strategy targeted the suburbs around the business, so it showed up for inspections in the areas it actually served. More landing pages were built to capture that local demand.

Step 4: Compete on backlinks

A competitive comparative analysis was run on backlinks, so the business could see who was ranking and what it took to overtake them. The link building then went after the same ground.

Step 5: Cover the language gap

A separate stream of keywords and pages was added in Mandarin to reach buyers who searched in their own language, opening a segment competitors were ignoring.

The results

  • Average enquiries increased 43% per quarter since 2021
  • Monthly enquiries grew from 9 in January 2022 to 135 in May 2023
  • More than 150 keywords now rank on page one of Google
  • Organic sessions grew from 114 a month in December 2020 to 701 in March 2023

A note on anonymity

This case study describes a real engagement. The client's name, trade and location are withheld because their marketing results are commercially sensitive. The work and the numbers are accurate.

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