The work
Brands we have made impossible to miss
Fulton Swim School
Team Empathy brings Fulton Swim School around 100 new kids every month and roughly $171,000 in monthly lifetime value from our work alone, delivering a 340x return on investment.
- 340x Return on investment each month
- 100 New kids on average signing up for swimming lessons every month
- $171,000 In lifetime value each month from our work alone
Pink Bins
How Team Empathy grew Pink Bins' organic traffic by 81%, generated around 133,000% ROI, and helped them create roughly $2.5M in lifetime value in a single month through local SEO, website optimisation, and a consistent content and backlink plan.
- +81% organic traffic
- $2.5M lifetime value in October 2021
- ~133,000% return on investment
Drop Bear's K'gari Adventures
Over 12 months of SEO work, Drop Bear's K'gari Adventures lifted direct bookings from 45% to 70%, doubled their organic clicks and grew from 5 to 13 first-page keywords.
- 45% → 70% Direct bookings in the last 12 months (vs. bookings through agents)
- 5 → 13 Keywords on the first page of Google year on year
- 2x The number of clicks from organic search year on year
Eftpos Now
Six months on our SEO Care Package earned Eftpos Now an average 42x return, taking them from 2 to 24 first-page Google keywords and an average of $72,000 a month in lifetime value.
- $72,000 average per month in lifetime value gained over 6 months
- 42x average return on SEO investment
- 2 → 24 keywords on the first page of Google within 6 months
Lifestyle Lawns
Eight months on our Care Package took Lifestyle Lawns from a handful of first-page rankings to Google Search dominance across Christchurch, driving a 500% jump in customer enquiries.
- 500% increase in customer enquiries from Google search (Mar vs Oct 2023)
- 8 → 22 first-page Google rankings in 8 months
- 3 → 17 top 3 Google rankings in 8 months
Refresh Painters
Smart local SEO lifted Refresh Painters into the Google Maps top 3 across Wellington, driving a steady flow of calls and quote requests until they were nearly fully booked for the year.
- Top 3 Google Maps ranking for 7 high-value Wellington searches
- Nearly fully booked for the year by May 2025
- 31 new photos & videos uploaded
Flow Joinery
In three months Flow Joinery went from almost invisible to top 3 for 85%+ of the searches that matter, with website clicks from their Google Business Profile up 2,900%.
- +2900% Website clicks from Google Business Profile (2 to 60)
- 94% Top 3 local pack rankings, average (from 36.8%)
- +51% Google Maps views (72 to 109)
Service X NZ
In three months, Service X NZ lifted their top 3 Google Maps visibility from 46% to nearly 80% across 8+ HVAC keywords, driving a 73% surge in search views and almost doubling calls and website clicks.
- +73% Google search views (579 to 1,002)
- +93% Calls from Google Business Profile (15 to 29)
- +99% Website clicks from Google Business Profile (71 to 141)
Growth Maintenance
Growth Maintenance went from almost invisible on Google to page one for more than 20 keywords, with organic traffic up 617% and 23 jobs won from Google leads in five months.
- +193% Total keywords in top 100 Google rankings (70 to 205)
- +2,100% Page 1 keywords (1 to 22)
- +617% Organic traffic per month (24 to 172 visitors)
2G Interiors
In just three months, we helped 2G Interiors nearly triple their lead volume through Google Maps optimisation, generating around 39 Google leads and a quoted-work ROI of over 1,800%.
- ~39 Estimated Google leads (~3 per week)
- +1,802% Quoted work ROI
- +465% Converted work ROI
Remarkable Auto & Marine
In the first two months together, we lifted Remarkable Auto & Marine's top 3 Google Maps visibility for their highest-intent keywords by more than 1,000% and turned a red grid green across their Queenstown service area.
- +1,020% Top 3 visibility for "mechanic" (2.96% to 33.14%)
- +1,179% Top 3 visibility for "car repair" (2.96% to 37.87%)
- 14 leads In 6 weeks (~2.3 per week)
HD Plumbing & Gas
In the first six months together, we more than doubled HD Plumbing & Gas' local search visibility in Feilding and lifted Google-sourced jobs by roughly 250%, all through organic Google Business Profile growth.
- 2x+ Local search visibility (more than doubled)
- +60% High-intent calls
- ~250% Increase in Google-sourced jobs (6 to 21+)