What does an engagement cost?+
Engagements are scoped after the 45-minute audit conversation. A single-institution retainer typically sits between AUD 6,000 and AUD 14,000 per month depending on channel scope and reporting cadence. Project work is priced separately. Numbers are firm before signature, not before conversation.
How long before results show?+
Paid search corrections show inside 30 days. Organic and answer-engine positions take a full intake cycle. The national Christian university college's 66 per cent CPC reduction was measured at month twelve, not month one — early gains were real but the durable numbers came later.
Do you sign an NDA before the audit conversation?+
Yes, if requested. Standard mutual NDA, twelve months, standard sector carve-outs. Sent within an hour of asking.
What if we're already using SEMrush, Ahrefs or a comparable tool?+
Keep them. Tools are not the reason a campaign underperforms. The tools do what a competent operator asks them to do. If a change of stack is warranted after the audit, the recommendation is written into the scoping doc with reasons and cost implications.
Do you work with international student recruitment?+
Yes, on CRICOS-registered institutions. International recruitment runs on a different funnel to domestic and mature-age, and gets built as such. It is not a bolt-on to a domestic campaign, and treating it as one is the most common failure mode being corrected in the sector.
Do you work outside the education sector?+
No. That is what makes this work. Cross-sector referrals go to HorizonWorks — a sister agency built for exactly that — with an introduction the same week.