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// local trades

Three calls came in while you were on the tools.None got called back.

You are not losing jobs on the job. You are losing them while your hands are full.

I run a

Maddy at her desk in the Birdcage studio, behind a Birdcage-branded laptop
Birdcage Studiolive

Trusted by over 2,500 businesses, from local trades to ASX names.

BHPLendleaseAdobeHPTikTokRE/MAXVassalloField Mining ServicesSimilarWebFramer
HighLevelThe Luxury NetworkMel BoteriDindi NaturalshyoumankindChoices FlooringStreeter Law FirmEmbodymeHouse of LacunaSpringfree Trampoline

// diagnostic ·

None of this is a you problem.

Nothing here is broken. It is disconnected. That is a different problem, and it has a different fix.

diagnosing Local Trades…

> mode: Local Trades · reading the reality…

Maddy drawing the strategy on paper, magazine cuttings on the seat behind her
// the one reading your work

// the receipts

Same problem. Already solved.

For people running exactly what you run.

Sutton Built
local trades · building

Sutton Built

Strategy & Website

Summit Coatings
local trades · painters & coatings

Summit Coatings

Strategy, Google Search Marketing & Website

Stag Electrical
local trades · electrical & solar

Stag Electrical

Social media & growth: 3 million+ video views

18

years in business

1000s

brands launched

4

products building

20+

industries served

// where it goes wrong

Four ways every business leaks.

One tool never saved a business. The wiring between the tools did.

  1. 01

    Get found

    Show up first when they go looking.

  2. 02

    Win them over

    A brand and site that earns the yes.

  3. 03

    Look after them

    Every lead chased, every client cared for.

  4. 04

    They come back

    Follow-up and loyalty that runs itself.

and the loop runs again

// so here is what we’d build

So we introduce them.

Four pieces, built as one. The ads point at a page built to catch them. Every lead is captured, chased and tracked.

Websites

Websites

Sites built to turn visitors into booked jobs.

Software & apps

Software & apps

The custom system your whole business runs on.

Marketing & ads

Marketing & ads

Google, Meta and social that bring the good jobs in.

Brand & strategy

Brand & strategy

Get clear on who you're for and why they pick you.

// the ladder

Four rungs. Most people are stuck on the first.

Maddy and the funnel strategy
// the thinking, before the tech
  1. 01

    Clarity

    Clear on who you’re for and why they choose you.

    sound like everyone sound like you

  2. 02

    The right customers

    Not more leads. Better ones, who already want what you do.

    tyre-kickers ready buyers

  3. 03

    Easier sales, more money

    More leads turn into customers, without you chasing them.

    chased days later chased instantly

  4. 04

    Less time

    Follow-up, reviews and repeat business run themselves.

    runs on your hours runs on its own

// as featured in

The Wall Street Journalnews.com.auYahoo FinanceThe Australian Business JournalInside Small Business

// partners + qualifications

Queensland Government · digital marketing partner advisorAustralian Marketing InstituteJames Cook University · qualification

// two ways in

Start where you are. Climb when you grow.

the first rung

The Starter

New brands, getting off the ground.

Look real, and start catching leads from day one.

  • A logo and a clean, simple brand.
  • A website that works and looks the part.
  • Lead capture, so no enquiry is lost.
  • A plain guide on how to grow from here.

$2,000 to $10,000

Scoped up front, then fixed. Care plan from $99/mo.

the hubmost asked for

Keystone

Real money coming in, and a mess behind the scenes.

Your website stops being a brochure and becomes the business.

  • Map. We find where the business leaks, and what you are still doing by hand.
  • Connect. Your site becomes the hub. Leads, bookings and the numbers run through it.
  • Flow. The marketing points at the hub, tracked end to end.
  • Hand off. Your team runs it. Ours sits behind it.

Starts with the Map

A paid audit first. Build and retainer scoped from what it finds.

Not tied to a platform

We use what works for your business, not what we happen to know.

Staying ahead is our job

You get the benefit of every good new thing, without keeping up with it.

Hands on, not handed over

We build the heart of the business, then run it with you.

// straight answers

The questions everyone asks first.

What does Birdcage Business Builders actually do?
Birdcage Business Builders connects the channels you already run. For most businesses the ads, the social and the website have never met, so each one gets judged alone and each one looks like it is failing. We wire them into one system built around your website, so the work comes in on its own. Australian, since 2015, across more than 20 industries.
Why isn’t my marketing working?
Usually because nothing you run is connected to anything else. The ad does its job and sends someone to a page that was never built to catch them, so they leave, nothing follows up, and the money you paid for that click walks back out. It is rarely the ad, the post or the website on its own. It is the wiring between them.
How much does it cost?
There are two offers. The Starter is for new brands and runs between $2,000 and $10,000, scoped up front and then fixed, with an optional care plan from $99 a month. Keystone is for established businesses and starts with the Map, a paid audit, after which the build and monthly retainer are scoped to what the audit finds.
What is the Map?
The Map is a paid audit and the first step of Keystone. We go through the whole business and show you exactly where it leaks, what is still being done by hand, and what that is costing you. You keep the findings whether or not you go on to the build.
Is this just a website?
No. Most business websites are a brochure pretending to be an employee. Keystone makes the website the working heart of the business, so leads are captured, enquiries and bookings flow through it, the numbers are visible, and the marketing points back at it.
Which industries do you work with?
Trades, mining and industry, hair and beauty, professional firms, travel and hospitality, and online stores. The offers are the same for all of them because the four leaks are the same: people cannot find you, they do not pick you, they are not chased, and they do not come back.
Are you tied to a particular platform?
No. We are deliberately platform independent and pick what actually fits your business rather than the one tool we happen to know. Keeping up with what is new is our job, not yours.
Do I have to run it myself afterwards?
No. We hand off so your team can run it day to day, and our team stays behind it. You keep the result and you do not inherit a second job.
Where are you based?
Birdcage Business Builders is an Australian business, working with clients across Australia since 2015.

ready when you are

Show us what you do by hand. We’ll show you it handled.

It starts with the Map. We find where the business leaks, and what it is costing you.

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