Digital Growth Diagnostic

Maker Consulting Services

Regional multidisciplinary civil engineering, surveying and planning consultancy operating from Geelong (with offices in Wollongong and Shoalhaven), serving councils, government agencies, developers, landowners and contractors.

Three regional offices and deep technical leadership, but online proof is not turning into enquiries.

Maker Consulting Services has built a solid regional practice across Geelong, Wollongong and Shoalhaven with multi-disciplinary capability in civil engineering, surveying, planning and project management. You show leadership and a breadth of services on the About and Services pages, but there is almost no online evidence of project outcomes or sector-specific proof for councils and developers to verify. With only one Google review, about four visits last month and a single organic keyword, likely buyers are not finding or shortlisting you despite the offline reputation.

Your online reputation

5

Google star rating

1

Verified reviews

Medium

Reputation strength

Google Business Profile

Your online presence — what the data reveals

AI Visibility

Low

Authority Score

6

out of 100

Organic traffic

7

est. monthly visits

Traffic Trend

-96

%

past 12 months

Organic Keywords

2

ranking terms

Keyword Trend

-97

%

past 12 months

Backlinks

104

total

Paid traffic

0

0 paid campaigns

Digital maturity

Level 2

out of 5

The good news:

You already have three regional offices in Geelong, Wollongong and Shoalhaven and a multidisciplinary service set that directly serves councils, government agencies and developers. That local footprint and public sector experience are hard for competitors to match and give you direct access to the exact buyers you want. If your website and digital presence were aligned with that capability, those assets could convert into measurable council and developer enquiries.

How your website scores

Message clarity
3/5
Trust signals
3/5
Conversion design
2/5
Visual maturity
3/5
UX total11 / 20

TECH STACK

UX OBSERVATIONS

Hero messaging uses high-level brand language instead of buyer outcomes, creating immediate friction for procurement and development audiences and increasing the time required for a visitor to validate relevance.

Trust signals exist but are not carrying enough visual authority; the absence of client logos, quantified project outcomes and visible case study hooks is under-signalling credibility to councils and government decision makers.

CTAs and decision pathways are weak and low contrast; primary conversion intent is buried in the page flow and footer, which is reducing lead velocity and lowering the likelihood of qualified enquiries.

What this means:

With roughly four organic visits last month and only one keyword ranking, potential council and developer buyers cannot find or verify your track record online, so you are probably missing shortlisting opportunities. A 96 percent drop in traffic year on year shows enquiries are less likely to come from the site and more likely to rely on individual relationships, making growth uneven and hard to scale.

The three gaps holding you back

  • Hero messaging misses the buyer. This costs shortlist inclusion because the homepage leads with high‑level brand language rather than the procurement outcomes councils and developers need to validate relevance within the first 5–10 seconds.
  • Proof is present but hidden and unquantified. This reduces trust during evaluation: the About and Services pages mention leadership and 50+ staff, but there are no client logos, quantified project outcomes or prominent case study hooks where decision makers look for evidence.
  • Contact and conversion paths are weak. Low‑contrast CTAs, buried enquiry options and no procurement cues mean leads are slower and lower quality; combined with only one Google review and minimal organic visibility, this reduces lead velocity and conversion.

What's possible when these gaps are closed

  1. Turn regional reputation into verifiable project proof

    Publish sector case studies and client testimonials tied to your Geelong, Wollongong and Shoalhaven offices so decision makers can verify outcomes without picking up the phone. Even adding five to ten well structured project pages and a handful of client quotes will give procurement officers immediate proof and reduce the need for one-to-one checks.

  2. Guide councils and developers with outcome-focused pages

    Create structured pages for council procurement and developer approvals that explain outcomes, timelines and typical deliverables rather than listing services. Refocusing content this way should help recover the visibility you lost when keyword rankings fell from about 37 to one by targeting the terms buyers actually use when shortlisting.

  3. Build predictable, repeatable digital pathways for enquiries

    Replace ad hoc phone leads with short sector enquiry paths: a clear contact route, downloadable project briefs and targeted calls to action for council or developer enquiries. Adding simple tracking and a follow-up email sequence will help convert the current four visits per month into a repeatable pipeline that reflects your three-office footprint.

This report was prepared by Redfox Digital using publicly available SEO, UX and reputation data.

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