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Results across retail, hospitality, service businesses, medical, education, B2B and eCommerce, every one measured in leads, sales and revenue, not vanity metrics.

Client names are withheld. Every figure below is drawn from reporting on work led personally by Andrew Dixon, Co-Founder. About DBC Solutions

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Twelve engagements, twelve commercial outcomes

Results vary by category, market, offer, website and investment. What these engagements share is a single senior strategist accountable for the commercial result rather than one channel's report. See the services behind this work.

National retail · 60 stores

National retail icon: record sales from a high-ROI multi-channel strategy

The brief

An iconic Australian retailer with 60 stores nationally needed to scale its eCommerce performance while also driving leads and foot traffic into stores during peak summer trade.

The approach

A multi-channel strategy across the full Google performance ecosystem, with synergistic Meta retargeting. State-specific tactics dynamically prioritised key categories and products nationally and locally, complemented by geo-targeted campaigns driving store visits across the country.

The results

15x ROAS · 3-month campaign26,000+ leads25,000+ store visits+60% Revenue YoY · record profit period

Services involved: Google Ads and Paid Search, Meta Ads and Paid Social

Consumer brand · appliances

Global appliance brand: trust, awareness & a surge in leads

The brief

A national leader in home appliances sought to build awareness and trust in its new range of a key product category while generating consumer leads during the fiercely competitive summer period.

The approach

Research-led analysis of category trends and audience behaviour shaped a fully integrated strategy spanning TV, BVOD, Connected TV, outdoor, radio, Google and social, engaging audiences seamlessly across online and offline touchpoints, and uncovering a new highly engaged audience along the way.

The results

10,000+ leads · up 185%Brand uplift to 9.2%Up to 196% over prior-year benchmarks10M+ reached · 55M+ impressions

Services involved: Media strategy, Paid social, Paid search

Hospitality · restaurant group

National Italian dining group: turning Meta Ads into a high-return booking engine

The brief

A multi-venue Italian restaurant group with locations across several Australian states wanted to turn Meta Ads into a more scalable, profitable booking channel. The goal was to grow reservations network-wide and improve profitability, without spending more on media or risking any drop in existing booking volume.

The approach

We re-engineered the customer journey and engagement strategy across Meta, third-party booking platforms and the website, then rebuilt the audience strategy to more effectively identify, engage and convert the users most likely to book. New-customer acquisition balanced targeted cold-audience reach with high-intent retargeting, supported by venue-specific campaigns. Creative and ad copy were refreshed to spotlight signature dishes and the shared-dining occasion, with budgets, audiences and creative continually optimised toward the strongest-performing activity.

The results

+251.5% booking volume YoY17.84x modelled ROAS13.72x all-in ROI-80.1% cost per booking

Services involved: Meta Ads and Paid Social, Web Development

Global eCommerce · fashion

Global fashion brand: $22.5M in new customer revenue in under a year

The brief

An Australian-founded global clothing brand needed aggressive new-customer growth in a challenging market.

The approach

Designed and led a seven figure cross channel media strategy engineered around acquisition and profitability across markets.

The results

$22.5M new customer revenue<12 monthsGrowth supported acquisition by an international conglomerate

Services involved: Media strategy, Paid search, Paid social

High-ticket retail · jewellery

High-ticket jeweller: from negative ROAS to 906% growth

The brief

A high-ticket jeweller selling engagement and wedding rings saw virtually no online purchases and a decline in new in-store customers.

The approach

Drove in-depth consumer behaviour analysis and resulting holistic marketing strategy rework, utilising trust-building creative and messaging that emphasised the experience of the physical showroom, with platform targeting rebalanced tailor paid media and creative focus to individual audience segments, enhancing brand engagement and high ticket conversion.

The results

+906% ROAS+800% Meta purchases+18% Google Ads purchases+33% client-reported paid growth

Services involved: Meta Ads and Paid Social, Google Ads and Paid Search

eCommerce + showrooms · bathware

Bathware retailer: revenue growth across SEO, Google & Pinterest

The brief

A Melbourne bathroom supplier with three showrooms and national eCommerce wanted revenue growth and stronger ROAS on paid channels.

The approach

SEO resources were concentrated on page-2 product and category pages with high-volume search terms to fast-track gains; Google Ads was optimised squarely for revenue; and a relaunched Pinterest program, with aspirational lifestyle creative and restructured campaigns, turned a previously abandoned channel into a winner.

The results

+32% eCommerce revenue+390% non-brand trafficPinterest ROAS 4x → 11x++2800% Pinterest purchases

Services involved: SEO and AI Visibility, Google Ads and Paid Search, Paid social

Medical · service business

Specialist obstetrician: page 1 in one of medicine's most competitive categories

The brief

A leading Melbourne obstetrician needed first-page visibility for the most competitive specialty keywords and a sustainable flow of non-brand traffic and leads, at an efficient cost per lead in a market where competitors spend heavily on ads.

The approach

Authority-focused SEO (high-quality link building and service content targeting terms like "obstetrician near me") paired with a Google Ads program that trialled multiple campaign types to find the most cost-efficient mix, all despite a restrictive niche CMS.

The results

Page #1 for "obstetrician in Melbourne"+103% non-brand traffic-16.7% cost per lead

Services involved: SEO and AI Visibility, Google Ads and Paid Search

Education · service business

Private girls' school: full-funnel enrolment marketing on a fixed budget

The brief

An inner-Melbourne private girls' school needed brand awareness and admissions leads within a fixed budget, targeting a small audience of parents and grandparents in a limited radius, while competing with schools enjoying far greater passing-traffic visibility.

The approach

A layered paid strategy: low-CPM programmatic to build awareness and fuel brand searches, Meta ads building consideration within a 15km radius, and Google search, display and video capturing lower-funnel demand across generic, competitor and brand terms.

The results

-38% cost per lead · Google Ads-38.7% cost per lead · Meta

Services involved: Meta Ads and Paid Social, Google Ads and Paid Search

B2B · professional services

Supply chain consultancy: building search authority for a new B2B website

The brief

A Melbourne supply chain consultancy with a young website needed to rank for competitive industry keywords and reduce dependence on paid advertising.

The approach

Technical SEO remediation (speed, mobile, crawlability), keyword-led content optimisation with sitewide internal linking, and a strategic link building campaign securing authoritative industry backlinks.

The results

157 keywords ranking6 non-brand in top 10266,000+ impressions60%+ engagement rate

Services involved: SEO and AI Visibility, Web Development

eCommerce · travel telco

Travel eSIM retailer: owning the eSIM category before competitors arrived

The brief

A travel SIM retailer needed to capture the surging eSIM opportunity, with targets to grow organic traffic 50% and double non-brand keyword performance.

The approach

Early keyword research identified the eSIM trend ahead of the market; dedicated landing pages and content were built around it, and every link building dollar was concentrated on propelling those chosen terms up the rankings.

The results

+223% non-brand eSIM clicks+494% page-1 growth+448% top-3 growth+58.6% organic traffic

Services involved: SEO and AI Visibility, Web Development

Professional services · global

Leadership training firm: global thought-leadership visibility

The brief

A corporate culture and leadership training firm with offices in Melbourne, Santa Monica and Toronto wanted more organic traffic, awareness and leads, plus a credible social presence to reassure engaged prospects.

The approach

An extensive SEO program of content development, technical optimisation and link building broadened the top-of-funnel audience, while consistent LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram publishing showcased real workshops and positioned the team as thought leaders.

The results

+356% users from social+137% users from organic+252% non-brand traffic

Services involved: SEO and AI Visibility, Content marketing

Service business · trades

WA towing company: 12x monthly recurring revenue

The brief

A Perth towing operator wanted to break out of a local radius and grow into a state-wide operation.

The approach

Refined the value proposition, rebuilt Google Ads targeting around highest-value jobs, and maximised return on every dollar of ad spend.

The results

12x monthly recurring revenueCoverage across all of WA

Services involved: Google Ads and Paid Search

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