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Case study · Month one foundations
Ven Agency · SEO & GEO · Noma Finance · Sep 2026

SEO & GEO
Case Study

How month one put measurement, indexation and organic enquiry tracking in place for Noma Finance, and what that foundation makes possible for service businesses researching organic and AI discovery.

Noma Finance
23 Aug to 21 Sep 2026
7 Aug 2026
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02 · Why this matters

Organic discovery
and AI answers,
not ads alone.

03
03 · Starting point

Foundations
were missing.

Before the engagement, Noma Finance did not have a clean month of Search Console data, conversion tracking for calls and applications, or a broad index footprint. Non-branded car finance visibility was thin. Month one had to fix measurement first, then grow what Google and AI tools could find.

Incomplete measurement

Search Console was only partly recording before the property was set up correctly. Prior-period comparisons look inflated, so this case study treats the month as a baseline, not a mature ROI story.

Thinner indexation

Google had indexed 17 pages when clean tracking began on 8 August. A page has to be indexed before it can rank or be cited by AI search tools.

No enquiry attribution

Call booking and online application key events read 0 in the prior period because tracking did not exist yet, not because nothing happened.

Limited non-brand reach

Brand demand was already strong. The growth opportunity sat in non-branded car finance queries where rankings and clicks were only beginning.

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04 · What the team put in place

Tracking, health,
schema, content.

Month one focused on foundations: clean measurement, technical health, structured data, content strategy, and local presence. That is the work that makes later ranking and AI visibility possible.

Measurement

GA4, Search Console, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity set up so organic clicks, sessions and key events can be read with confidence.

Technical health

Canonical and host fixes, sitewide https www enforcement, and on-page score to 97.07 after the homepage and services page stopped pointing at each other.

Structured data

Organisation, LocalBusiness, Person, Breadcrumb, FAQ, Article and ProfilePage schema validated in Search Console.

Content strategy

Keyword-to-page map, topic clusters, 4 articles published, 27 pages optimised for titles, metas and H1s.

Local & citations

Google Business Profile optimised, NAP verified, and 39 brand profile citations created across two rounds.

Honesty first

GSC used for clicks. Semrush used for keyword and AI citation trends. Modelled traffic is not treated as actual visits.

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05 · Results snapshot

Month one
in numbers.

A first clean month of delivery. These figures are the baseline the engagement can build on, not a claim of mature organic ROI.

29
Pages indexed
Up from 17 · GSC
248
Google clicks
First full month · GSC
17
Key events
Organic · GA4
188
Organic keywords
+53% · Semrush
15
AI citations
+15.4% · Semrush
15.1K
Impressions
GSC
16.4
Avg position
GSC
1.6%
CTR
GSC
62.1%
Engagement rate
367 sessions · GA4
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06 · Search movement

More of the site
found. Rankings
moving.

Indexed pages grew from 17 to 29. Non-branded car finance terms started earning page-one positions. Brand and expert-name searches held or improved.

Search term Type Before Now Why it matters
car finance options Non-branded 12.7 10.7 379 impressions, biggest lever
types of car loans Non-branded New 8.2 New page one
best way to finance car Non-branded New 7.3 New page one
ashley van rosmalen Expert name 3.8 2.5 Expert trust signal for AI
noma finance Branded 1.1 1.1 Holding top spot
Read carefully. Prior GSC was only partly recorded. Focus on absolute positions and this month’s baseline, not inflated period-on-period percentages.
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07 · Organic to enquiries

Search that
books calls.

For the first time, Noma Finance can see which organic visitors book a call or complete an application. Tracking was newly set up in Google Tag Manager as part of the engagement.

17
Key events from organic
GA4 · first measured month
10 + 7
Calls booked + applications
Organic enquiry mix
4.09%
Session key event rate
About 1 in 25 organic visits
367
Organic sessions
228
Engaged sessions
36s
Avg engagement
62.1%
Engagement rate
Context. Key events were 0 prior because tracking did not exist. This month is the first time organic enquiries can be attributed, not a claim that leads suddenly appeared from zero activity.
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08 · GEO / AI visibility

Cited in AI
answers early.

GEO work is already showing as citations: AI tools linking to Noma Finance pages as sources. Mentions (naming the brand in the answer) typically follow once the brand is consistent across more pages.

AI search citations
15
+15.4% Semrush
Across ChatGPT · Google AI Overviews · AI Mode · Gemini
Citations first

Fifteen citations across four platforms. Still early. Citations come before mentions, and this case study does not overclaim AI brand share.

Expert signals help

Ashley Van Rosmalen’s expert-name ranking improved to 2.5. Named people are one of the trust signals AI tools use when choosing sources.

09
09 · Work behind it

43 tasks.
Three streams.

In the first seven weeks the team completed 43 tasks across 44 hours 31 minutes. Content built the story. Technical made it measurable and crawlable. Local citations widened the footprint.

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Content
28h 14m
22
Technical
11h 2m
4
Backlinks + local
5h 15m
Published articles

Types of Car Finance in Australia. What Is a Car Loan. What Is an Interest Rate. Renovation Loans. Four live pieces, also shared to Google Business Profile.

4 articles · 27 pages optimised · 39 citations
Technical highlights

Canonical and host fixes. Structured data suite. All 27 pages with one H1 and corrected titles and metas. On-page score 97.07.

44h 31m total · 7 Aug to 23 Sep
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10 · Opportunity still ahead

The biggest
lever is clear.

car finance options
10.7
Position now · 379 impressions · 1 click this month

This term was shown more than any branded query, yet it sat at the edge of page one and brought only one click. Moving it into the top five is the single biggest lever for non-branded traffic. That is a priority for the months ahead, not a claim already delivered.

CTR context. Average CTR of 1.6% reflects broader car finance searches where the site still sits lower on the page. As those rankings climb, clicks follow.
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11 · For a business like CareChoice

What this
pattern means.

Noma Finance is a finance broker. CareChoice is aged care. Different markets, same discovery problem: families and decision-makers research online, compare options, and increasingly ask AI tools for answers. This slide maps benefits only. It does not invent CareChoice metrics.

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12 · Possibilities

What an SEO
& GEO engagement
can unlock.

Clean baselines

Search Console, GA4 and Tag Manager set so every month has real clicks, sessions and enquiry events to learn from.

Technical readiness

Indexation, canonicals, structured data and on-page health so Google and AI tools can understand the site.

Content that ranks and cites

Keyword-mapped articles and service pages built for human research journeys and AI answer surfaces.

Local presence

Google Business Profile, citations and local landing pages aligned so “near me” and city searches have a clear home.

Enquiry attribution

Calls and applications tied back to organic search, so leadership can see contribution without guessing.

Room to scale

Month one is foundations. Later months push priority terms, new clusters and AI mentions once the base is solid.

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13 · Indicative investment

SEO management,
indicative only.

Light pricing context for planning conversations. This is not a CareChoice quote. Scope, hours and goals are set after discovery.

SEO Management · starts from
$1,800
+ GST / month

Minimum of 10 hands-on hours per month. Technical improvements, content optimisation, search-optimised content creation, monthly reporting and strategy calls. Can scale to enhanced packages later.

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14 · Next step

Happy to
talk it through.

If organic discovery and AI visibility matter for how families find you, the team can walk through what month one foundations look like for your market. No hard quote on this page. Just a conversation.

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