Northbound Outdoors · 2025
Seventeen years of goodwill, invisible online.
Took an established gear retailer from word-of-mouth to a search and social engine that fills the store.
- Sector
- Retail / outdoor gear
- Market
- Australia
- Services
- Brand audit, Web, SEO, Paid search, Content
The challenge
Northbound had two busy stores and a website that read like a catalogue. Customers researched online, bought elsewhere, and the team had no way of seeing it happen. Nothing in the funnel was measured.
What we did
- 01
Audited the full journey and found three quarters of product searches ended on a page with no stock information.
- 02
Rebuilt the site around gear guides written by the store staff, with live availability on every product.
- 03
Ran paid search against high-intent local terms and rebuilt tracking so in-store visits were attributable.
The result
- Organic sessions year on year
- +212%Organic sessions year on year
- Cost per acquisition
- -41%Cost per acquisition
- Return on ad spend
- 6.1×Return on ad spend
“The reporting is the part that changed how we run the business. We finally know which half of the budget is working.”
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