Case studies

Results.
Technically.

Every number below is accurate, in the sense that we wrote it down. Percentages are big. Revenue is a "lagging indicator." Clients are fictional, but you've met them.

Five delighted agency staff high-five under a neon 'good vibes' sign in an exposed-brick warehouse office, in front of a screen showing a line graph crashing straight down.
Monthly reporting day. Traffic's down 80%, but impressions are a vibe and the kombucha's on tap.

All clients, results and testimonials on this site are fictional. Reach Around Marketing isn't real either.

Trades

Gurgle & Synergy Drainage

The brief: Wanted more emergency call-outs in their area.

What we did: Ranked them #1 for "plumber synergy paradigm", a keyword we invented in a workshop. Wrote 140 blog posts about the history of the U-bend.

#1for a phrase searched 0 times a month

Phone still hasn't rung. But the U-bend content is, frankly, definitive.

Retail

Brenda's Bespoke Bins

The brief: Needed to sell more custom wheelie-bin covers.

What we did: Published "Can You Legally Live in a Wheelie Bin?" It went viral with people who wanted to live in wheelie bins.

+9,000,000%organic traffic (up from 1 visitor: Brenda)

0 sales, 3 calls from council, and one very persistent man named Kev.

Fintech

Pivot & Pray

The brief: Asked for "brand clarity" before their next funding round.

What we did: Three rebrands in one quarter, each with a two-day strategy workshop, a new deck and a new font that was "basically Helvetica but braver."

3logos in 90 days

Brand clarity achieved. Runway not.

Hospitality

Gary's Mum's Artisanal Poodle Laundromat

The brief: Wanted to fill weekday appointments.

What we did: A paid social campaign targeting "dog-adjacent millennials" across four states, none of them hers.

∞%increase in impressions (we divided by zero)

Gary's mum still gets every customer from the noticeboard at the local shops.

Corporate

Nobody Remembers Holdings

The brief: Nobody remembers. The brief was lost in an account manager handover.

What we did: Delivered anyway. Monthly reports have been arriving since 2023. Nobody has opened one. Invoices: paid, automatically.

36consecutive months of reports

A perfect partnership. Neither of us has any idea what the other does.

Startup

Blockchain Sourdough DAO

The brief: Wanted to "disrupt sourdough."

What we did: Minted every loaf as an NFT. Built a waitlist. Sold the waitlist.

$0.00in bread sold

Now pivoting to AI. We've already invoiced for the pivot.

A smug executive in a black turtleneck strikes a power pose beside a giant glowing screen reading "Impressions 4,000,000,000", while a tiny panel in the corner reads "Sales: 2".

4 billion impressions. 2 sales. We call that brand awareness.

Okay, real talk

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Everything above is a parody of habits you've probably met in this industry. We built it because we've cleaned up after a lot of them. Design Box Digital is the real agency behind this stunt, and we'd rather keep you because the work's good than because a contract says we can.

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