How Control Hire Doubled Leads with Content & Insights

In just six months, Control Hire grew organic sessions by 60%, brought in 55% more new users, and doubled their leads. The results came from a People First SEO approach, creating genuinely helpful content, optimising product and category pages based on real search intent, and deeply understanding what construction professionals are looking for. By building relevance and authority, we improved visibility and drove more conversions where it mattered.

The Challenge

Barriers in a Niche Market

Control Hire provides engineered environmental control solutions that protect people and productivity on-site. Operating across New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, they specialise in the hire and management of dust, noise, fume, ventilation and climate control equipment, such as mist cannons, noise walls, fume extractors, and real-time monitoring systems. With a consultative, end-to-end service model, Control Hire partners with construction and infrastructure projects to deliver tailored solutions that support compliance, safety, and operational efficiency.

Control Hire faced a set of SEO challenges that called for a deep and intent-driven approach.

To overcome these challenges, Control Hire needed a deep understanding of what their target audience, such as construction and mining managers, were actively searching for online. This meant grounding their SEO strategy in intent research and aligning their content and optimisation efforts with real-life needs.

  • Authority gaps in a niche market: As a specialist provider in a competitive but relatively low-volume search space, Control Hire needed to build more topical authority to signal trust and relevance to both users and search engines.
  • Unclear content alignment with search intent: While their services were highly specialised, the website lacked content that answered common questions or aligned closely with how their audience actually searched online, especially around compliance, equipment applications, and environmental control needs.

The Approach

Relevance, Usability and Intent-Driven Content

To increase Control Hire’s visibility and lead generation through organic search, we focused on aligning their digital presence with the real world needs and behaviour of their audience. Our strategy was grounded in relevance, usability, and intent-driven content.

  • Audience Insight & Intent Mapping: We started by gaining a deep understanding of how Control Hire’s key decision makers, like construction and mining managers, search, evaluate, and choose control solutions. This helped us align content and structure with real search behaviour and information needs.
  • People First SEO: Rather than focusing purely on keywords or traffic, we built a content strategy designed to be genuinely helpful. By addressing pain points, compliance questions, and equipment use cases, we positioned Control Hire as a trusted problem solver in the space.
  • Connected Content Ecosystem: We approached the website as an integrated journey, not just a collection of pages. We focused on improving internal pathways between helpful content and commercial pages, strengthening topical authority and supporting key product and service offerings.
  • Frictionless User Experience: Recognising that relevance alone isn’t enough, we focused on improving on-site clarity and navigation to make it easier for users to find the right information and take action.
  • Building Long-Term Authority: Beyond quick wins, our strategy focused on building sustainable organic visibility by improving site trust, domain relevance, and overall search equity in Control Hire’s niche.

To bring the strategy to life, we implemented a series of tactical actions across content creation, website optimisation, and technical improvements. By combining a robust content strategy with technical improvements and seamless user journeys, we ensured that Control Hire’s website was not only more visible in search results but also more valuable to their target audience.

Content Creation & Optimisation

We developed in-depth, helpful content that addressed the key concerns of Control Hire’s target audience: construction and mining managers. This included informative blog posts, guides, and case studies that aligned with the specific search intent of users. We also improved existing service pages with targeted FAQs addressing common queries about equipment use, compliance, and safety, to better capture high-intent traffic.

Internal Linking, Navigation & Indexability

We strengthened the internal linking structure to create seamless connections between content and product/service pages. This improved user experience by guiding visitors to relevant pages and signalled authority to search engines, boosting rankings for key pages.

We also optimised the site’s structure for crawlability, with clean, logical URL structures, optimised sitemaps, and fixes for any issues that could hinder search engines from fully indexing the site.

Product Page Optimisation

We focused on refining product pages to ensure they were both user-friendly and optimised for search. This included improving product descriptions, adding relevant keywords, and integrating on-page SEO elements like headings, meta descriptions, and clear calls-to-action to boost conversions.

Control Hire's customers weren't searching for equipment. They were searching for answers about dust, noise and compliance on site. Once the website answered those questions clearly, the leads followed.

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Sofia Prida
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Owned and Earned Manager
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Intender

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The Results

Long-Term Growth

By aligning Control Hire’s SEO strategy with the real-world needs of their target audience, we achieved significant growth in organic search performance. Over six months, organic sessions increased by 60%, new users grew by 55%, and leads doubled. Through a combination of insightful content creation, improved site navigation, and strategic on-page optimisations, we not only increased visibility but also strengthened Control Hire’s authority in a competitive market, setting the stage for long-term success.

60%

increase in organic traffic
Monthly organic traffic grew by 60% from June 2024 to March 2025, reflecting both improved keyword rankings and a more people-first site experience.

200%

more leads
Organic traffic conversions (phone calls and form submissions) increased by 200%, hitting an all-time high in March 2025.

112%

increase in keywords in positions 1–3
Total ranking keywords increased by 265% overall, with keywords on page 1 up 900%.

Additional outcomes

  • Monthly organic traffic grew by 60% from June 2024 to March 2025.
  • Total ranking keywords increased by 265% overall.
  • Keywords on page 1 increased by 900% overall, with keywords in high-value positions (positions 1–3) growing by 1,000%, and positions 4–10 up by 814%.
  • Organic traffic conversions increased by 200%, hitting an all-time high in March 2025.

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