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CashLend

cashlend.com.au was a completely new website last year and had no engagement, considering it’s a new player in the very competitive space of online personal loans from private lenders.

It was a slow start for CashLend, but we have made strong progress in 6 months.

Total Clicks
576
Last 6 months
18
Previous 6 months
Total Impressions
27.1K
Last 6 months
8.45K
Previous 6 months
Average CTR
2.1%
Last 6 months
0.2%
Previous 6 months
Average position
62.7
Last 6 months
79.8
Previous 6 months

Historical Data

From having little to no clicks, we’ve managed to grow their bi-annual traffic by 3200%, and impressions improved by 320%.

This growth was done through a combination of push for branded and unbranded traffic, through Onpage content and PR outreach.

Steady MoM Growth Across All Page Types

Whether it’s the homepage, loan pages, or resource pages that we’ve built, CashLend saw consistent growth month over month, even though it’s a new and small player in the market.

Sustainable Growth That Turns Into Conversions

Our clients at Cashlend saw a 317% increase in application form submissions (funneled through clicks from the website) thanks to the overall growth of traffic.

Strong Positioning for High Intent Long-tail Keywords

Considering the current level of Cash Lend as a website and a brand, we’ve applied a beachhead content strategy that targeted long tail keywords that bring in high intent traffic.

1 hour cash loans very quick funds australia no credit check 24/7
157
6
151
59
75.3
-16.3
instant cash loans online 24/7 australia
21
0
21
112.9
0
112.9
car repair loans
471
357
114
27.7
84.5
-56.8
loans for car repairs
152
136
16
34.2
73.2
-39.1
emergency car repair loan
69
12
57
20
69.8
-49.8
small cash loans australia
9
7
2
65.7
98.6
-32.9
instant cash loans on centrelink 24/7 without credit check
7
0
7
96.7
0
96.7
need money for car repair
3
0
3
1
0
1

On some high search volume keywords like “1 hour cash loans very quick funds australia no credit check 24/7”, we’re still far from the first page, but we’ve managed to gain clicks and impressions despite having a months-old website.

SEO

Steps We Took To Improve Our Client’s SEO

Optimised pages for AI Overviews and Google Snippets by writing content that answer zero-click search queries and People also ask questions
Improved on-page content quality by optimising for user search intent, not exact keyword matches
Acquisition of high quality links each month
Creating a blog page to post well-researched resource pages to serve as link baits, and educational guides, written for consumers of loans
Continuous optimisation and revision of Key SEO sections of each page
Content Refresh for resource pages to signal content freshness.

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Case Studies

CashPal
90% of generated organic traffic came from unbranded terms, coming from users that don’t know about CashPal yet.

In 6 months, we’ve generated over 87k organic traffic into the website, and 2.79m impressions.

CWS
30% increase in sales within 90 days of working with us.

From having barely any traffic in 6 months, we’ve managed to gain highly qualified organic traffic into a domain that is barely a year old.

Cash Lend
93%  increase in organic traffic, and 50% in impressions within 3 months

CashLend launched as a new site in a competitive market with no initial engagement, but saw strong progress within six months.

MeLoan
After working with us, we were able to improve their traffic by 230% The impressions remained relatively the same in that 8-month period.

Despite this, the click through rate went up, due to our optimisations that were customer focused.

Loan Owl
Loan Owl gained traction quickly through consistent SEO and A/B testing in a competitive market.

Thanks to our consistent efforts to improve the SEO of the website over time, and ability to do A/B testing on strategies, we were able to gain traction for the website in no time.

Empower Money
Empower Money gained high-intent traffic in 8 months despite limited pages and a minimal SEO budget.

Even with the constraints of a specialised niche and a minimal SEO budget, we were able to bring them traffic with high intent within a span of 8 months.

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