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Social Advertising

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Service — Social & Meta Advertising

You can't sell a secret. So stop being one.

You can't sell a secret. So stop being one.

You can't sell a secret. So stop being one.

The best business in Brisbane still loses to the one that keeps showing up. Social advertising isn't about posting — it's Meta and Instagram ads that follow the people who've already shown interest, build the trust that gets someone comfortable enough to call, and keep you top of mind while your competitors fight over who spent more on lunch.

Pixel & audiences live

1–2 weeks

Built for

Facebook, Instagram, Retargeting

Who owns the ad account

You do. Full access.

Connects to

Websites, Google Ads, CRM

70%

more likely to convert — retargeted website visitors compared to cold, first-time traffic

Retargeting benchmark data, 2025–26

4.2×

average return on ad spend for retargeting campaigns done properly

Retargeting benchmark data, 2026

$1.47

average cost per click for Meta ads in Australia — well below most people's assumption

Meta Ads AU benchmark data, 2026

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The Problem

Why a great business can still be a total secret.

Why a great business can still be a total secret.

None of this is about your work being bad. It's about being invisible to everyone outside the people who already know you.

Visitors leave and disappear forever

No pixel, no retargeting means the vast majority of people who check out your site never see you again — and you have no way to bring them back.

Word of mouth only reaches people who already know you

Everyone outside your existing circle has genuinely never heard your name — no matter how good the work is.

"Boosting a post" isn't a strategy

Throwing $20 at the blue button with no targeting, no funnel and no tracking is a donation to Meta, not advertising.

The same ad, shown to everyone

No separation between someone who's never heard of you and someone who visited your site three times — so nobody gets the right message.

You can't sell a secret. Nobody buys from a business they've never heard of.

Social advertising is how you stop being one — in front of the right people, repeatedly, until they're ready to act.

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Our Approach

Built to bring people back. Not just get seen once.

Built to bring people back. Not just get seen once.

Every campaign is built around the same principle: presence and trust are earned through repetition, and every visitor who doesn't buy today is still worth reaching tomorrow.

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Built On Presence First

If people don't know you exist, nothing else in your marketing gets a chance to work. Awareness isn't optional — it's the foundation.

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Built To Retarget Every Visitor

Anyone who lands on your site gets followed with ads that bring them back — instead of vanishing the second they close the tab.

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Built On A Real Funnel

Cold audiences see who you are. Warm audiences see why you're worth choosing. Hot audiences get the offer that gets them to act.

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Built On Trust Through Frequency

People buy from businesses they recognise. Showing up repeatedly is what turns a stranger into someone comfortable enough to enquire.

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Built With Creative That Doesn't Feel Like An Ad

Scroll-stopping video and image content that earns attention in the feed, instead of screaming to be skipped.

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Built To Be Measured Properly

Every dollar tracked back through the pixel to an actual lead or sale — not just likes, reach and vanity engagement.

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What's Included

Everything that goes into ads that actually bring people back.

Everything that goes into ads that actually bring people back.

The standard build for every social advertising engagement — scope changes with your business, the setup doesn't get shortcuts.

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Our Process

Six stages. Presence built deliberately, not by accident.

Six stages. Presence built deliberately, not by accident.

Trust and top-of-mind don't happen from one campaign. The process is built to compound over weeks and months.

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Audit & Pixel Setup

We check what's already in place, install proper tracking, and make sure your site can actually capture and follow visitors.

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Audit & Pixel Setup

We check what's already in place, install proper tracking, and make sure your site can actually capture and follow visitors.

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Audience & Funnel Strategy

Who you're targeting at each stage, and what they need to see to move to the next one.

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Audience & Funnel Strategy

Who you're targeting at each stage, and what they need to see to move to the next one.

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Creative Production

Image and video content built specifically for the feed, not repurposed leftovers from somewhere else.

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Creative Production

Image and video content built specifically for the feed, not repurposed leftovers from somewhere else.

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Campaign Launch

Awareness and retargeting campaigns go live together, so cold traffic and returning visitors are both being worked from day one.

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Campaign Launch

Awareness and retargeting campaigns go live together, so cold traffic and returning visitors are both being worked from day one.

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Retargeting Build-Out

Layered audiences based on how engaged someone already is — a video viewer and a cart abandoner don't get the same ad.

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Retargeting Build-Out

Layered audiences based on how engaged someone already is — a video viewer and a cart abandoner don't get the same ad.

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Optimise & Scale

Budget shifts toward what's converting, creative gets refreshed before it goes stale, and the whole system keeps compounding.

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Optimise & Scale

Budget shifts toward what's converting, creative gets refreshed before it goes stale, and the whole system keeps compounding.

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How This Connects

Retargeting needs someone to retarget.

Retargeting needs someone to retarget.

Social ads work best sitting on top of traffic already coming from somewhere else — here's what usually plugs in around it.

Where The Pixel Lives

Websites

Retargeting is only as strong as the site your pixel sits on and the page it sends people back to.

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Catches Active Intent

Google Ads

Search catches people actively looking right now. Social ads keep you in front of everyone else.

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Feeds The Pool

SEO & Local Search

Retargets the traffic your rankings already earned, so that visit doesn't go to waste.

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Captures Leads

CRM & Automation

Every lead your ads generate gets followed up automatically instead of going cold.

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Note

No traffic yet means retargeting has nothing to work with. If your website isn't getting visitors at all yet, we'll usually sort that first — retargeting an empty pixel doesn't do anything.

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Is This Right For You

A straight answer before you book a call about it.

A straight answer before you book a call about it.

This is for you if

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You've got website traffic — even modest — worth retargeting

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You want real brand presence, not just one-off sales pushes

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You're comfortable being visible — photos, video, your team, your work

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You understand this builds over weeks, not overnight

This isn't for you if

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You don't have a website or any traffic at all yet — that needs sorting first

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You're expecting one boosted post to replace an actual strategy

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You're not willing to invest in real creative — video and imagery, not just text

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You want overnight sales with zero brand presence beforehand

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Questions We Actually Get Asked

No sales spin. Just straight answers.

No sales spin. Just straight answers.

Isn't this the same as just boosting a post?

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What actually is retargeting, and why does it matter?

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Do you need access to our Meta Business account?

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What creative do you actually need from us?

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How is this different from Google Ads?

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What budget do we actually need?

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What Clients Say

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Ready When You Are

Let's stop your business being a secret.

Let's stop your business being a secret.

Thirty minutes, no obligation. We'll show you exactly how much traffic you're already losing with no retargeting in place.

Helping businesses get found, trusted, and chosen — every single day.

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Proudly based in Brisbane, Queensland Australia

Sun State Digital © 2026. Built for business owners who are serious about growth.

Brisbane, Australia

Helping businesses get found, trusted, and chosen — every single day.

Contact

Proudly based in Brisbane, Queensland Australia

Sun State Digital © 2026. Built for business owners who are serious about growth.

Brisbane, Australia

Helping businesses get found, trusted, and chosen — every single day.

Contact

Proudly based in Brisbane, Queensland Australia

Sun State Digital © 2026. Built for business owners who are serious about growth.

Brisbane, Australia