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Social Media Marketing Agency · Sunshine Coast Sydney · Est. 2013

Social media marketing on the Sunshine Coast that turns the scroll into 9× ROI, not vanity likes.

We're a senior-led social media marketing agency Sunshine Coast brands trust to run organic and paid as one system — content, community and amplification across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn, tied to revenue. In one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, with a wellness, food and lifestyle audience that buys on authenticity, real content beats polish. Meta Business Partner, white-hat since 2013, $650M+ generated.

Average ROI on paid social
$650M+
Revenue generated for clients
13 yrs
White-hat, senior-led on every account
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Meta Business Partner · Sunshine Coast since 2013
Top 3% AU agencies

Trusted by teams at

Average ROI on paid social spend

Across managed Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn accounts. Blended prospecting and retargeting, measured on revenue in the Sunshine Coast's lifestyle-and-tourism market — not vanity likes.

Integrated
Organic and paid run as one engine

Most Sunshine Coast brands silo the two and waste both. We run content, community and paid amplification together, so organic proves the hooks and paid scales them — one senior pod, one strategy.

Senior-only
White-hat since 2013, no juniors on your budget

No Sunshine Coast account handed to a junior after the pitch. A strategist owns your channels from day one, accountable for the return every week.

The Sunshine Coast social scene

This is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, and it buys on authenticity.

Few regions are growing as fast as this stretch of southeast Queensland, with population, new business formation and a steady migration of buyers from the southern capitals all climbing year on year. The audience skews toward lifestyle, wellness, eco-conscious and family buyers who came for the relaxed pace — and they're noticeably allergic to a hard sell. Slick, over-produced content reads as inauthentic here; people back brands that feel local, genuine and part of the community. A polished grid with a handful of likes simply doesn't move them.

We run it as one system instead of isolated posts. A senior social media agency Sunshine Coast founders actually keep, we pair organic content and community with paid amplification across Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn — the organic proves which authentic hooks resonate, and paid scales the winners to a measurable return. We report on revenue and pipeline, not saved likes, and across managed accounts that approach averages 9× ROI on paid social. Real, locally-shot content and creator partnerships do far more of the heavy lifting here than studio-perfect production.

The region runs on tourism, food and a strong creative and small-business community, and demand is seasonal. School holidays and the southern winter bring waves of visitors, while the Noosa Eat & Drink festival, the Noosa Tri, the Curated Plate and a busy markets-and-events calendar shape attention through the year. Premium Noosa sits very differently from family-focused Caloundra and Maroochydore, the surf towns of Coolum and Peregian, and the booming new growth around Maroochydore's CBD and the hinterland villages of Maleny and Montville. We brief content from what's actually earning reach, manage the community in your voice, and tie the whole programme to one number, so social media marketing Sunshine Coast businesses invest in finally answers for itself.

What we run

Every lever a Sunshine Coast brand needs on social, under one senior pod.

Organic, paid and full-funnel measurement run as a single system rather than disconnected posts and boosts — all by the same senior Sunshine Coast team, tied to one revenue number.

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Organic social & community

Full social media management Sunshine Coast teams can hand over with confidence — channel strategy, monthly content calendars and authentic, locally-shot creative for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn, plus daily community management in your voice, usually within the hour.

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Paid social / Meta Ads

Facebook and Instagram campaigns with Advantage+, Conversion API and value-based audiences — the paid layer that amplifies your best organic and scales it to 9× ROI across a fast-growing coastal audience.

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TikTok content & ads

Native short-form built for the For You feed, plus Spark Ads that boost top organic posts — where the Sunshine Coast's lifestyle, wellness and family audience discovers brands first and CPMs are still cheaper.

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LinkedIn for B2B

Thought-leadership content, founder ghost-writing and lead-gen campaigns for the construction, health, professional-services and fast-growing small-business buyers driving the region.

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Influencer & UGC

Local creator partnerships and user-generated content that look native to the feed — ideal for the Sunshine Coast's food, wellness, tourism and retail brands where authenticity wins, measured for actual return.

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Reporting tied to revenue

One dashboard showing what social returned — paid tracked to sales, bookings and leads via Conversion API, organic on shares, saves and assisted conversions. Revenue, not likes.

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Areas we serve

Social media marketing across every corner of Sunshine Coast.

From Noosa and the surf towns of Coolum and Peregian to Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Caloundra and the hinterland villages of Maleny and Montville — we run social for Sunshine Coast brands wherever your audience scrolls.

Noosa HeadsMaroochydoreMooloolabaCaloundraCoolum BeachPeregian BeachBuderimSippy DownsNambourKawana WatersMalenyMontvilleCooroyBeerwah & hinterland
Posting every day on the Sunshine Coast but nothing converts?

We'll show you the social plan that turns scroll into revenue in a free social audit.

A senior strategist audits your organic and paid social, your creative and your tracking, finds where your spend leaks, and hands you a single 90-day plan with the return forecast — built for an authentic, fast-growing Sunshine Coast market. Yours to keep.

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How we work

Discover. Strategise. Execute. Compound.

01

Discover

Deep audit of your business, funnel, ad accounts and competitors. 7–10 days.

02

Strategise

A bespoke 12-month growth roadmap with KPIs, milestones and budget guardrails.

03

Execute

A senior pod ships campaigns, pages and automation in weekly sprints.

04

Compound

Monthly executive reviews with forecasts, attribution and next-level plays.

Selected work

Case studies that compound.

Five recent engagements. Same senior pod, every channel — all tied to a number the CFO signed off on.

All 70+ case studies
Case study index01 / 06
WiiseGlobal launch · Microsoft Ignite

The quality of work is unmatched. They delivered the Wiise website in record time, and the digital marketing launch campaign that followed delivered exceptional results.

Emma
VP of Marketing, Microsoft Australia
Wiise — Whitehat Agency case study Live case
Challenge

Launching a new cloud-native ERP from Microsoft, KPMG and Commonwealth Bank of Australia — with no public surface, no sign-up funnel and a fixed launch window at Microsoft Ignite, Las Vegas.

What we did

An end-to-end enterprise build — fully custom design and development, the website wired directly into the live ERP so visitors sign up and start using the platform in seconds, and a multi-channel paid launch (Google + Meta) timed to the keynote.

Web DesignCustom DevERP IntegrationGoogle AdsMeta Ads
Read the full case12-min read · PDF available
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1,000+
Users in 90 days
Acquired through the paid launch
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7.1X
Launch ROAS
Google Ads + Meta Ads
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8.2%
Sign-up conversion rate
Visitor to live ERP
The honest comparison

Whitehat vs the alternatives.

Whitehat
Traditional agency
Other digital
Freelancer
Senior strategists
Senior-only
In-house only
Mixed (junior-led)
Solo
AI-native execution
Yes — every workstream
No
Sometimes
No
Reporting cadence
Weekly
Monthly
Monthly
Ad-hoc
Time to results
14 – 30 days
60 – 90 days
60 – 120 days
Variable
Senior strategists 01
Whitehat Senior-only
Traditional agency In-house only
Other digital Mixed (junior-led)
Freelancer Solo
AI-native execution 02
Whitehat Yes — every workstream
Traditional agency No
Other digital Sometimes
Freelancer No
Reporting cadence 03
Whitehat Weekly
Traditional agency Monthly
Other digital Monthly
Freelancer Ad-hoc
Time to results 04
Whitehat 14 – 30 days
Traditional agency 60 – 90 days
Other digital 60 – 120 days
Freelancer Variable
How we partner

Three ways to work with us.

Every engagement is scoped to your goal — not slotted into a fixed retainer ladder. Pick the shape that matches where you are; we’ll forecast the investment in your first call.

6–12 weeks

Project Sprint

Best for: validating one channel or fixing a specific problem.

A focused, time-boxed engagement with a single senior specialist. Fixed scope. Fixed outcome. One hand on one lever.

What’s included
  • One senior strategist, one channel
  • Weekly working session
  • 90-day roadmap on day 7
  • Direct Slack / Teams line
Outcome
A measurable ranking, ROAS, or CRO lift inside a quarter.
Scope a sprint →
12+ months

Embedded Partner

Best for: enterprise & ASX-listed brands with internal marketing teams.

Senior Whitehat strategists integrated alongside your in-house team. We sit your stand-ups, ship from your repos, and report to your exec. Effectively a fractional growth function.

What’s included
  • Fractional CMO / Head of Growth
  • Multi-pod execution capacity
  • Priority ship queue
  • Executive board reporting
Outcome
A senior in-house growth function without 12-month senior hiring cycles.
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Why no public pricing? Because a real growth program is scoped to your goal, your stack and your stage — not a price tag a competitor can screenshot. Book a free call; we’ll give you a forecasted investment and an expected return inside 30 minutes.

Client voices

Words from the people paying us.

★★★★★

“Whitehat Agency has done a remarkable job with the Wiise project. The quality of work is unmatched. The team there is highly creative and results focused. They helped us deliver the Wiise website in record time and worked really well with our internal team. Then once the website was live, they helped with the digital marketing launch campaign with exceptional results. Thank you.”

Emma
VP of Marketing, Microsoft Australia
★★★★★

“Whitehat treats my business like it’s their own. They really valued our company’s values.”

Whitney London
Founder, Eden Hair Extensions
★★★★★

“Whitehat didn’t just send more traffic — they sent qualified doctors ready to insure. 300+ fresh leads and an 18% jump in completed quotes.”

Eric Lowenstein
CEO, Tego Insurance

Recognised by

Google Premier PartnerMeta Business PartnerClutch Top 1000Semrush Agency PartnerB&T Agency of the Year 2024AFR Fast 100
FAQ

Social media marketing agency Sunshine Coast, your questions answered.

Still got questions? Our team replies to every enquiry inside 24 hours.

What does a social media marketing agency on the Sunshine Coast do?

A social media marketing agency plans, creates and promotes content across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. As a senior social media marketing agency Sunshine Coast brands have trusted for 13 years, Whitehat runs the full stack — strategy, organic content, community management, paid amplification and revenue-tied reporting — as one connected system. In an authenticity-driven region, that integration turns genuine content into measurable sales at 9× ROI, not likes.

How much does social media marketing cost on the Sunshine Coast?

Our social media marketing Sunshine Coast retainers cover organic and community management, and scale with paid amplification on top — paid is usually 10–20% of ad spend, plus the creative behind it. Scope depends on channels, content volume and goals, so there's no flat rate. We forecast the investment and expected return in your free audit before you commit a dollar.

Which platforms should my Sunshine Coast business be on?

Only where your buyers are and where you can show up well — not all six. We typically recommend Instagram and Facebook for the Sunshine Coast's lifestyle, food, wellness and family audience, TikTok for younger discovery, and LinkedIn for construction, health and professional B2B. In your free audit we map the two or three channels that will return the most for your category rather than spreading you thin.

Do you run both organic and paid social?

Yes, and we run them as one engine. Organic content and community build local trust and prove which authentic hooks resonate; paid social puts budget behind the winners to reach new, targeted audiences fast. This region rewards genuine content over polish. Running both together is exactly why our paid social averages 9× ROI rather than burning budget on cold guesses across the wrong platforms.

Why does authentic content matter so much on the Sunshine Coast?

Because buyers here came for the relaxed, community-minded lifestyle and they back brands that feel genuinely local. Over-produced, hard-sell content reads as inauthentic and underperforms. We lean on real, locally-shot creative and creator partnerships that look native to the feed, which is a big reason our coastal clients reach 9× returns — the content earns trust before it ever asks for the sale.

How quickly will we see results from social media on the Sunshine Coast?

Paid social can drive measurable bookings, leads or sales within the first 30 days once tracking and creative are live. Organic compounds more slowly — most Sunshine Coast clients see a clear engagement and reach lift inside 90 days, and the region's fast growth often helps that along. We set realistic milestones in your audit and report on revenue, so you always know what your investment returned.

Can you plan around the Sunshine Coast's tourism seasons and events?

Yes — seasonality is a real lever here. Demand swings with school holidays, the southern winter visitor rush, and events like the Noosa Eat & Drink festival, the Noosa Tri and the Curated Plate. We plan creative and budget across organic and paid ahead of each peak, so your spend lands while attention is highest — timing that helps coastal clients reach 9× returns rather than posting after the moment passes.

What makes a good social media agency on the Sunshine Coast?

Senior-led execution rather than juniors on your budget, organic and paid run as one system, authentic locally-shot content for a community that values it, and reporting tied to revenue instead of likes. This is a fast-growing, authenticity-led market, so the social media agency Sunshine Coast brands should keep is the team that earns local trust — exactly how Whitehat, white-hat since 2013, drives 9× returns.

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