Digital Growth Diagnostic

Open Minds

Statewide Queensland non-profit providing adult, youth and psychosocial disability mental health services, suicide prevention and homelessness support, with additional locations in parts of New South Wales.

Strong statewide reputation, but online pathways fail to convert.

Open Minds has built clear credibility across Queensland and NSW through long‑standing partnerships, award recognition and a broad suite of adult, youth and psychosocial disability services from its Greenslopes base. The Queensland Mental Health Awards listing and partner network signal trust, yet those assets are not being translated into obvious online paths for referrals, partners or donors. That mismatch means potential referrers, funders and partner organisations arrive confident but leave without a clear next step, costing missed enquiries and slower funding or partnership decisions.

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

Moderate

Authority Score

30

out of 100

Organic traffic

1601

est. monthly visits

Traffic Trend

-4

%

past 12 months

Organic Keywords

808

ranking terms

Keyword Trend

-14

%

past 12 months

Backlinks

3987

total

Paid traffic

3

est. monthly visits

Digital maturity

Level 2

out of 5

The good news:

Open Minds has two assets that would be hard for competitors to copy: visible award recognition including the Queensland Mental Health Awards and an established network of partners across multiple Queensland and NSW locations. The organisation also has a substantial online footprint with 3,987 backlinks from 584 referring domains and a 5.0 Google rating. If the digital presence catches up, those assets can accelerate referrals, speed partner due diligence and lift donor confidence.

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

CMS
WordPress
Analytics
Google AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics 4
CRM
Salesforce

UX OBSERVATIONS

Blocking signup modal and a non-prioritised hero create immediate commercial friction by obscuring the primary action for referrers, partners or donors when they first land.

Impact figures and partner logos are visually weak and placed low on the page, preventing fast credibility checks and under-signalling the organisation's statewide capacity.

Navigation and on-page CTAs present multiple undifferentiated choices, failing to structure decision-making for distinct audiences and diluting conversion intent for referrals, partnerships and donations.

What this means:

With only about 1,600 organic visits per month and a national search rank around 112,153, your statewide reputation is not translating into dependable online discoverability or steady enquiry flows. An authority score of 30 and a drop from 953 to 818 ranked keywords over 12 months show visibility is slipping, which means partners and funders who look online will take longer to find you or may not find you at all.

The three gaps holding you back

  • Hero messaging undercuts authority. The homepage hero and opening content do not prioritise referrals, partners or donors, which reduces immediate confidence and raises bounce risk; the site also lacks a meta description, so search listings and first impressions are weakened.
  • Referral and partner entry points are buried. The navigation and dense service listings make it hard for referral sources, funders or partner organisations to find the exact pathway they need; Salesforce is in place but the site does not present obvious entry forms or flows that would feed those systems efficiently.
  • Proof is present but hidden. Governance pages, partner logos and awards exist, yet they are visually weak and tucked away on pages that decision-makers rarely reach, so the backlink and referral authority you have is not being converted into enquiries or donor confidence.

What's possible when these gaps are closed

  1. Turn visits into immediate referral and donor actions

    By prioritising referrals, partners and donors in the homepage hero and primary content you can convert a higher share of the roughly 1,600 monthly sessions into enquiries or referral starts. A clear, single pathway for each audience reduces bounce risk and makes the most of existing traffic right away.

  2. Make awards and partners shorten due diligence

    Surfacing the Queensland Mental Health Awards, partner logos and governance proof in prominent places would let funders and partners verify your credentials in seconds rather than hours. Given the 3,987 backlinks from 584 referring domains and a 5.0 Google rating, making that proof visible can directly shorten decision times for partnerships and funding.

  3. Guide callers to the correct contact in one click

    Reworking navigation and service pages to present clear decision paths for each clinical and support service across locations will route enquiries to the right team faster and reduce back‑and‑forth. Coupled with the Salesforce signals you already have, this can turn complex service listings into faster, measurable referral outcomes.

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

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Open Minds homepage screenshot