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Client:
Bird Control Australia
Sector:
Bird Deterrent Systems
Range:
Australia-wide · from Sydney

32,000 Cold Contacts. Zero Strategy. $22,047.78 In Revenue Later

How We Helped Bird Control Australia Convert A Dead List Into $22K Revenue With A Simple Email Strategy

$22,047.78
Revenue from one campaign
576%
Return on investment
26
Orders from four emails
32,000+
Contacts reactivated
First 30 days
Email platform & order data
Growth Engine deployed
Bird Control Australia
Australia-wide · from Sydney
$22,047.78
Revenue from one campaign
01
The brief

What they came in with, and what changed.

Goals
/ 01
  • Increase revenue through email marketing
  • Clean and segment existing contact list
  • Build a consistent monthly campaign system
Problems
/ 02
  • Missed revenue from unengaged past buyers
  • No system for email marketing in place
  • Massive list, zero segmentation strategy

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Results
/ 03
  • $22,047.78 in revenue from emails in the first month
  • Average order value of $349.34
  • 5.76x ROI including all costs
02
The full story

How the engine was built.

The problem, the build, and what it produced. Three parts, one system.

XDS-GE.v1// Growth Engine

Bird Control Australia is one of the country's leading humane bird deterrent providers, across residential, commercial, marine and agricultural markets, with a genuinely strong product and reputation to match.

A 32,000-name list that never got a second email

None of that showed up in the first quarter of 2025. Sales were down, revenue was down, and sitting underneath all of it was a database of over 32,000 past customers who hadn't received a single follow-up email since their purchase. No segmentation, no retention strategy, just a very large list of people who used to buy and had no reason to think about Bird Control Australia again.

Four segments, four emails, one system

The list got cleaned and split into the four groups that actually mattered: Residential, Commercial, Marine and Agriculture, each with messaging built around that segment's specific pain points and use case rather than one broadcast to everyone. Four emails went out, one per segment, each with a clear offer and a direct call to action, and more importantly, a system that could now run monthly instead of being a one-off.

$22K and a database that's actually worth something now

Before, the list was costing money just to store, with no returns and no visibility. After one month and four emails, Bird Control Australia brought in $22,047.78 in revenue from 26 new orders, an average order value of $349.34, and a 576% return on investment after every platform and management cost was counted. They didn't just get a good month, they got a segmented, reactivated database that keeps producing.

The 576% is what happened with this list, this month. What transfers is the method: a dormant customer list isn't dead, it's unsegmented, and the fix is worth running whether your list is 3,000 names or 32,000.

The target: the customer who'd already bought

Growth Engine // System mapXDS-GE.v1

InputTargeted trafficMeta or Google, built to attract buyers, not browsers
ConvertLanding pageWritten for one exact person, filtering before it converts
NurtureAutomated follow-upEvery enquiry answered in minutes, not days
OutputBooked jobsTraced back to the click that produced them
03
The splits ·
First 30 days

Every stage, measured.

Split 01 // Stage 1
Revenue from one campaign

Four emails, one per segment, in the first month.

$22,047.78
Split 02 // Stage 2
Return on investment

After every platform and management cost was counted.

576%
Split 03 // Stage 3
Orders from four emails

At an average order value of $349.34.

26
Finish line // Result
Contacts reactivated

Cleaned, segmented into four markets, and activated.

32,000+
04
The transformation

Drag the line. See the difference.

BeforeAfter · XDS
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05
Receipts

Traceable results, on the record.

Revenue from one campaign
$22,047.78
Return on investment
576%
Orders from four emails
26
Contacts reactivated
32,000+
Reach
Australia-wide · from Sydney
Figures are live results from the client's
Email platform & order data
over the
First 30 days

“Clear communication, smart strategy, and the results have been great — highly recommended!”

Joe Bavaro
Owner, Bird Control Australia