2023 Shortlist

Best Advertising Campaign

80/20 Digital & Betta Fire Protection – Betta Fire Protection: Smashing Growth Targets with Record Revenue

Andreas Consulting & Ridly Rubbish Removal – Dumping the Competition

G Squared & Brydens Lawyers – ‘Scaling legal bookings at a market leading CPA’

Gorilla 360 & Golf World – Hole In One: Slicing Costs & Driving Revenue

Gorilla 360 & Slattery Auctions – Hammering The Competition

Insil – How we achieved a 3x ROAS in just 2 months

Neon Treehouse & Gluttony – Gluttony’s Spectacular Rise in Ticket Sales for Fringe 2023

Online Path & Viterra – Harvesting Success

Rocket Agency & LIV – Leads to Leases with Data-Driven Marketing

Rocket Agency & UKO – Multi-Channel Strategy for Remarkable Growth

Searcht & SkinKandy – A Piercing Journey to Local Ads Success

Zeal Digital & Hydronic Heating – Heralding A Heatwave Across Australia

 

Best B2B Campaign

80/20 Digital & Betta Fire Protection – Betta Fire Protection: Smashing Growth Targets with Record Revenue

AEK Media & Office Fitout Group – Multichannel Marketing Renovation

Earned Media & Redback Solutions – Time To Go Commercial (intent that is)

Gorilla 360 & HIVIS – Zero to Hero Website Traffic

Impressive & Hard Yakka – Embracing Change: Letting Content and Data Drive Growth

Online Path & Barberco – Skyrocketing SEM Performance to 15xROAS

Reload Media & Silverchef – Unlocking Global Success

StudioHawk & CivilMart – Concreting Our Position In SERPs

StudioHawk & Lash Jungle – Lashes Long, Rankings High!

StudioHawk & National Accounts – Turning Likes to Leads

StudioHawk & Seer Medical – Future-Proofed & Globally Boosted

Zeal Digital & LinenHireService – Wrinkle-Free Success

 

Best B2C Campaign

80/20 Digital &  Showfront – Helping Showfront Skyrocket Revenue by 35%

AEK Media & CDLA – From Lawyer to Law Firm

Digital Surfer & Aqua Living Pools – The Art of Attracting A Wave of Premium Clients

Gorilla 360 & Candle Co – Growing Revenue in a Maxed-Out Market

Gorilla 360 & Slattery Auctions – Hammering The Competition

Gorilla 360 & The Barrel & Bar Gift Factory – Family Business Defies Cheap Overseas Competition & Achieves Double-Digit Growth

Megantic & Louenhide –  Bagging the Best in Style and in SERPs with a Migration to Shopify

Prosperity Media & Alliance Climate Control – Heating Up the SERPs’

Rocket & Surf Hardware – Smashing ROAS targets from Google Ads

Rocket Agency & LIV – Leads to Leases with Data-Driven Marketing

Rocket Agency & UKO – Multi-Channel Strategy for Remarkable Growth

Searcht & SkinKandy – Piercing Consumer Consciousness

 

Best Blog

Businessary & Orbital Life – Businessary helps to break bad content with Orbital Life’s best blog

Desiderate – blogging for connection and keywords

Digital Hitmen & Online Flooring Store – Demonstrating E-E-A-T to Floor the Competition

Digital Surfer & Main Lawyers – Writing Our Way To The Top

Five by Five & Benchmark Physio – Setting the benchmark for all physios

iProspect & Kerastase – Expert Hair Care, Unlocked.

Prosperity Media & ResDiary – Do you want leads with that?

SODP & Publift – Making Product-Led SEO in Customer Satisfaction Possible

Springboard Digital & Shoebox Books and Tax – From Spreadsheets to Spotlight: An SEO Triumph

Sunday Best Digital Agency & MYP – Elevating engagement, audience education, and SEO

 

Best Content Marketing Campaign

Alpha Digital & G.J. Gardner Homes – Crafting Homes & Crafting Content

Art of Smart Education – Bounce Back Campaign

Clearwater Agency & Dynamic Residential – Developing & acquiring prime digital realestate

Content Rebels & Koala – Powering a content engine for success

Overdose & Adairs – Reversing SEO Migration Challenges & Pivoting Tactics To Achieve Targets

Prosperity Media & GO Rentals ‘Licence To Rank – Accelerating Conversions and Driving Traffic

Prosperity Media & ResDiary – Do you want leads with that?

Rocket Agency & Snap Print – Driving revenue and business growth

SODP & Publift – Making Product-Led SEO in Customer Satisfaction Possible

Supple Digital & Australian Climate Systems – Breezing to the Top

Wavemaker and Mitsubishi – Outlandish Outreach

 

Best Digital PR Campaign

Mad Scientist Digital and Eclat – From nowhere to the first page.

Orange Line, TileCloud, Orange Line & TileCloud – Smashing SEO goals with niche journalist outreach

Wavemaker and Mitsubishi – Outlandish Outreach

 

Best Integrated Campaign

80/20 Digital & Betta Fire Protection – Betta Fire Protection: Smashing Growth Targets with Record Revenue

AEK Media & Maxiom Injury Lawyers – The Search to Recovery Ends Here

AEK Media & Tasman Eco – Doubling Sales with an Integrated Approach

Alpha Digital & Edge Early Learning – Moving Into New Markets

Art of Smart Education – Bounce Back Campaign

Digital Hitmen & TaxReturn.com.au – How TaxReturn.com.au Became a Taxation Authority

Digital Surfer & Concrete Floor Renovations – Proof Concrete Can Grow

Gorilla 360 & The Barrel & Bar Gift Factory – Family Business Defies Cheap Overseas Competition & Achieves Double-Digit Growth

Megantic & Road Runner Offroad – Cruising to the top of rankings in SEO & PPC

Rocket Agency & UKO – Multi-Channel Strategy for Remarkable Growth

Rocket Agency & LIV – Leads to Leases with Data-Driven Marketing

Wavemaker ANZ & Perfection Fresh – Google Ads Always On

 

Best Local Campaign

AdVisible & Sydney Tattoo Convention – Creating a Convention for Artists, By Artists

Alpha Digital & Edge Early Learning – Moving Into New Markets

Art of Smart Education – Local Tutoring Campaign

Bloom Digital & AAA Garden Services – This is no fair weather growth campaign!

Digital Surfer & Plus One Vet – The New Dog On the Block, Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks.

Earned Media & Redback Solutions – Time To Go Commercial (intent that is)

Leapfrogger & Ultra Tune – Unlocking the local: How we blew up Ultra Tune’s online bookings

LocaliQ & VeinCare – ‘Success Runs In Our Veins’

MindArc & Pacific Concepts – The SEOcret Ingredient for Local Success.

Rocket Agency & Snap Print – Driving revenue and business growth

Searcht & SkinKandy – A hole new level of visibility

Zeal Digital & La Mono – Sizzling Success Fueled by 25,000+ Customer Calls

 

Best Low Budget Campaign

How Insil squeezed the most out of a $450 budget from one Performance Max campaign.

RC Digital & Tropical Grazing – Zero-Dollar SEO: How Tropical Grazing Went from Zero to Hero

Status Agency and Crema Joe – Brewing Up a Big Impact

StudioHawk & National Accounts – Turning Likes to Leads

Sunday Best Digital Agency & Callea Stone Masonry – SEO builds business pipeline after business tragedy

Zeal Digital & ModelCarsToo – Driving Low-Budget Brilliance

Zeal Digital & VaperWave – Phenomenal Success – 8.3% ROAS on a Shoestring!

 

Best Online Marketing Campaign – Education

AEK Media & Art of Living – Embracing Stillness Down Under

Alpha Digital & Edge Early Learning – Moving Into New Markets

Art of Smart Education – Year 11 & Year 12 Readiness

Clearwater Agency & UniSQ – Top of class performance for a 40 year old University

Digital Surfer & Aurora Training – Shaping Our Communities Future

NewsXtend & Starttraining.com.au

Zeal Digital & FHV – Steering Success & Revving Up Enrollments

 

Best Online Marketing Campaign – Healthcare

Clearwater Agency & Coco Ruby – Uplifting & renewing performance with surgical precision

Five by Five & Benchmark Physio – Setting the benchmark for all physios

MindArc & Hireup – How Hireup Used Content Clusters to Dominate the NDIS Content Space

Prosperity Media & CPAP Direct – From Snoring to Soaring Profits

Reform Digital & Fertility2Family – Ovulation To Optimisation

StudioHawk & Seer Medical – Future-Proofed & Globally Boosted

UnitingCare Queensland / OMD / Levans – St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Emergency Centre – The Ibis

Windsorborn & Icon Cancer Center – How we reduced the friction in finding cancer support

Zeal Digital & PhysioCityPhysio – Healing Begins with SEO Magic

 

Best Online Marketing Campaign – Legal Services

AEK Media & CDLA – From Lawyer to Law Firm

AEK Media & Maxiom Injury Lawyers – The Search to Recovery Ends Here

Blank Theory & DCC – Unleashing Organic Growth

Digital Surfer & Main Lawyers – How A Small Player Succeeds In The Big Leagues

G Squared & Brydens Lawyers – ‘Scaling legal bookings at a market leading CPA’

James Banks & Business Kitz – Skyrocketing Organic Search Growth with a 786% YoY Increase in New Users

Red Herring Digital & National Compensation Lawyers – The Ultimate Legal Marketing Campaign

Reform Digital & Goldsmiths – Going For Gold

StudioHawk & Rosendorff Lawyers – Objecting To Low CTR %’s

 

Best Online Marketing Campaign – Real Estate

Clearwater Agency & Dynamic Residential – Developing & acquiring prime digital realestate

Impressive & Centennial Living – Location, Location, Location

Orange Line, OpenAgent, Orange Line & OpenAgent – Breaking Paid Search best practices to scale a mature business

Rocket Agency & LIV – Leads to Leases with Data-Driven Marketing

Rocket Agency & UKO – Multi-Channel Strategy for Remarkable Growth

Sillyfish & Obrien Real Estate – What good is traffic if it doesn’t convert?

 

Best Online Marketing Campaign – Retail

Amire & Seven Miles Coffee Roasters – Integrated Google Ads and Meta Ads campaign

farsiight & Cycology – Cranking Up Revenue By Shifting Gears From ROAS to Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER)

Focus on Innovation – digiDirect’s Dynamic FAQs Through ChatGPT API

Gorilla 360 & Candle Co – Growing Revenue in a Maxed-Out Market

Gorilla 360 & Golf World – Hole In One: Slicing Costs & Driving Revenue

How Insil 3x this brands revenue in 3 months…

Impressive & Zanui – Furnishing Success: Scaling Online Presence with Programmatic SEO

Impressive & Mattel Australia – Seamless Shift: From Mattel USA to Mattel Australia Without a Hitch

Megantic & The White Collection – Saying “I Do” to Rank 1

Overdose & Adairs – Reversing SEO Migration Challenges & Pivoting Tactics To Achieve Targets

StudioHawk & Everything Caravan & Camping – Into The Outback Of SERPs

StudioHawk & Exo Auto Parts – Exhausting The Competition

 

Best SEO Campaign

80/20 Digital & Showfront – Helping Showfront Skyrocket Revenue by 35% with SEO”

amaysim & Australian Digital – ‘may-sim iPhone sales’

Clearwater Agency & Highline Caravans – Raising the roof & setting new standards

Clearwater Agency & UniSQ – Top of class performance for a 40 year old University

Coles & Overdose Digital – E-commerce SEO Transformation from Ground Up

Digital Hitmen & Australia Wide Haulage – Roadmap to SEO Success: Heavy Haulage, Heavy Impact!

Digital Surfer & Main Lawyers – How a Small Law Firm Got a Seat At The Big Kids Table With SEO

Leapfrogger & Ultra Tune – Supercharged SEO: How we blew up Ultra Tune’s online bookings

Megantic & Hemley Store – Dripping in Styling Growth

Prosperity Media & CPAP Direct – From Snoring to Soaring Profits

StudioHawk & CivilMart – Concreting Our Position In SERPs

StudioHawk & National Accounts – Turning Likes to Leads

 

Best Social Media Campaign

AEK Media & Tasman Eco – Marketing for the Modern Customer Journey

GMS MEDIA GROUP & BODY CATALYST – HOW WE SLIMMED DOWN BUDGETS AND PUMPED UP CONVERSIONS

How Insil 3x this brands revenue in 3 months…

Rocket Agency & LIV – Leads to Leases with Data-Driven Marketing

Rocket Agency & UKO – Multi-Channel Strategy for Remarkable Growth

 

Best Use of Data in a Search Campaign

A Head Above the Rest – SABA & Overdose’s Headless CMS Migration Triumph

Clearwater Agency & Coco Ruby – Uplifting & renewing performance with surgical precision

Coles & Overdose Digital – E-commerce SEO Transformation from Ground Up

Impressive & Zanui – Furnishing Success: Scaling Online Presence with Programmatic SEO

Insil – We booked this sole trader out for 8 weeks (& counting)

Megantic & Wahu – Riding the Aussie Waves: Soaring Ranks and Cresting Traffic

 

Highest Website Visitor Growth

Clearwater Agency & UniSQ – Top of class performance for a 40 year old University

Five by Five & Benchmark Physio – Setting the benchmark for all physios

G Squared & EMIER – ‘Penetrating the Luxury SERP in just over 6 months’

Gorilla 360 & HIVIS – Zero to Hero Website Traffic

How Insil grew an iconic, sustainable aussie brand!

Zeal Digital & E-bikes World – Turbocharging Traffic and Success

Zeal Digital & ModelCarsToo – Revving Up Success With 258K Organic Visitors

Zeal Digital & Ponds R Us – Hooking More Visitors For Splashing Success.

Zeal Digital & TwoTease – Hardware Solutions for Website Traffic

Zeal Digital & Zoo Clothing – Catwalking to Maximum Clicks

 

Online Presence Breakthrough

Blank Theory & KC Roof Plumbing – Sky Rocketing Keyword Visibility

G Squared & EMIER – ‘Penetrating the Luxury SERP in just over 6 months’

Let’s Break Up – Toxic Workplace Stories

 

Best Marketing Agency

AEK Media

Content Rebels

Digital Surfer

farsiight

GMS Media Group

Gorilla 360

Megantic

Reform Digital

Reload Media

Rocket Agency

StudioHawk

Zeal Digital

 

Young Search Professional of the Year

Abbey Faulkner – 80/20 Digital

Daniel Hogben – Overdose Digital

Elisenda Picart Valls – Ardent Communications

Jess Winch – EssenceMediacom

Joshua Poole – StudioHawk

Liam Challoner – Alpha Digital

Nick Graham – farsiight

Reina Rizzi Caballero – Art of Smart Education

Remi Audette – Sunday Best Digital Agency

Ryan Chilton – Digital Surfer

Ryan Keach – Blue Sense Digital

Umang Patel – Blank Theory

 

 

12 December 2023

Awards Ceremony