From zero online presence to 100+ participant enquiries in four months
A Sydney NDIS provider launched a new brand with no digital footprint and complete reliance on word of mouth. Here is exactly what we built, what we did, and what happened.
100+
Qualified enquiries
4
Months to results
1
New staff hired to manage volume
Google Ads
Meta Ads
SEO
Website
Email Nurturing
6 Service Types
Sector
NDIS Provider
Location
Sydney, NSW
Engagement length
6 to 12 months
Services delivered
Website, Google Ads, Meta Ads, SEO, Blogs, Email
Result timeframe
100+ enquiries in first 4 months
The situation
A new brand. No digital presence. Entirely dependent on word of mouth.
When this Sydney NDIS provider came to GrowthGen Digital, they had just launched a new brand offering six disability support services across the Sydney metropolitan area. Their services covered Support Coordination, 24/7 Care, Positive Behaviour Support, NDIS Nursing, Community Access and Accommodation.
They had no website presence worth speaking of, no Google Business Profile, no active social media, and no paid advertising in place. Every participant enquiry was coming through personal relationships and referrals from existing contacts. Word of mouth had served them to get started — but it was not going to scale the business.
They came to us with a clear brief: build a digital presence from the ground up and start generating consistent, qualified participant enquiries.
Starting from zero online
No Google ranking, no Business Profile, no organic visibility for any of their six service types across any Sydney suburb.
New brand with no proof points
As a recently launched brand, they had no reviews, no case studies, and no existing digital credibility to build from.
Six service types to position
Each service required its own positioning, keyword strategy and service page — covering everything from Support Coordination to Accommodation and NDIS Nursing.
No referrer-facing presence
Support coordinators and LACs searching for providers in their area had no way to find or evaluate this organisation online.
What we did
A complete digital system built across five workstreams simultaneously
We did not run a single campaign and call it done. We built a connected digital system across website, search, social, content and email — each component designed to support the others.
We built dedicated service pages for Support Coordination, 24/7 Care, Positive Behaviour Support, NDIS Nursing, Community Access and Accommodation. Each page was written in plain language, structured around how support coordinators and families search, and built with clear enquiry paths. Trust signals including NDIS registration details and service area information were added throughout.
We built separate Google Ads campaign structures for each service type, targeting the specific search terms support coordinators, LACs and families use when looking for providers in Sydney. Campaigns were configured with tight geographic targeting, service-specific ad copy and landing pages, and conversion tracking tied to form submissions and phone calls. Budget was allocated based on search volume and priority service types first.
We ran Meta campaigns targeting families and carers in Sydney who were in the consideration phase — researching NDIS providers before making contact. Campaigns focused on building familiarity and trust with the brand during the weeks before a family was ready to enquire. Retargeting audiences were built from website visitors who had viewed service pages but not yet submitted an enquiry.
We built an SEO foundation targeting the primary service and suburb combinations most relevant to their coverage area. Blog content was written to answer the questions families and support coordinators search for — covering topics like how to find an NDIS provider in Sydney, what to look for in Supported Independent Living, and how Positive Behaviour Support works. This content built topical authority and drove organic traffic alongside the paid campaigns.
We advised and set up a simple email nurture sequence for enquiries that came in but did not immediately proceed. Families and referrers who submitted forms received an automated acknowledgement, followed by a short nurture sequence providing relevant information about their service type of interest. This kept warm enquiries engaged during the decision period rather than losing them to silence.
The results
Over 100 qualified participant enquiries in four months
The results came from Google Ads, Meta campaigns and website form submissions working together. No single channel drove everything — the system worked because all components were connected and optimised toward the same outcome.
100+
4
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The volume of enquiries was high enough that the provider had to recruit a new staff member specifically to handle incoming participant enquiries.
How it worked
The approach that made the difference
Most NDIS digital marketing fails because it treats the sector like any other industry. It runs generic campaigns, uses generic language and measures success in clicks rather than participant enrollments. Here is what we did differently.
| Referrer-first thinking | Every campaign and every page was built around two audiences — families searching directly, and support coordinators searching on behalf of their clients. These two audiences use different search terms, have different questions and need different information. We built for both from day one. |
| Service-specific pages | A single generic NDIS page would not have worked. Each of the six services had its own dedicated page, its own keyword targeting and its own ad group. Support Coordination enquiries went to a Support Coordination page. Accommodation enquiries went to an Accommodation page. Relevance drives conversion. |
| NDIS compliance built in | All copy was written within NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework guidelines. No overclaiming, no NDIS-approved language, no unsubstantiated outcome guarantees. Compliant marketing builds trust — and trust drives enquiries in the disability sector more than any other factor. |
| Paid and organic together | Google Ads drove immediate enquiries while SEO and blog content built long-term organic visibility. Meta campaigns kept the brand visible to families during their consideration period. Each channel supported the others rather than operating in isolation. |
| Full enquiry tracking | Every enquiry was tracked back to its source — which campaign, which keyword, which page. This meant budget could be moved toward what was working and away from what was not, throughout the engagement. |
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