Trades and industry

Digital marketing for logistics companies and freight operators

Digital marketing for logistics companies, freight carriers and couriers across Australia that want steady shippers, not one-off quote requests.

Partnership plans from $4,500 + GST a month

Logistics

Marketing for logistics companies that win repeat shippers

Rock Solid Marketing runs digital marketing for logistics companies, freight carriers and courier businesses across Australia, from our office in Mildura. Our nearest work is in the heavy vehicle trade, with dealerships such as Mildura Truck Centre and Broken Hill Truck Centre, rather than with carriers themselves.

Shippers don't pick a carrier from an ad. They want proof you cover their lanes, handle their freight and answer the phone when a pallet goes missing. Your marketing has to show coverage, reliability and a quick way to a price, then keep you in mind when contracts come up for renewal.

Our marketing partnership plans start from $4,500 + GST a month, and the first step is a free 30-minute discovery call. If a better quote form and clearer coverage pages would do the job, we'll tell you before we quote.

Four colleagues shaking hands across a table in a bright office
Coverage and reliabilityLanes, freight types and fast quotes

9+

Years serving Sunraysia and the Mallee

10+

Years’ minimum experience for every specialist

10

Marketing specialists on your team

6

Core digital channels, one joined-up strategy

Common problems

What gets in the way, and how we fix it

  1. Quote requests arrive with no weights, dimensions or pick-up details.

    What we do

    We build a quote form that asks for freight type, dimensions, weight, pick-up and delivery postcodes and timing, so your team can price on the first reply.

  2. Your website says 'Australia-wide' but never shows which lanes you actually run.

    What we do

    We build coverage pages for your depots, regions and regular routes, so shippers can see you go where their freight needs to go.

  3. New business depends on cold calls and old contacts.

    What we do

    We add LinkedIn content, email to existing accounts and search pages for the freight services you want more of, so new shippers come to you.

  4. You need drivers, and recruitment ads crowd out your sales message.

    What we do

    We run recruitment as its own campaign with a careers page, so hiring doesn't compete with your customer marketing.

Services

Services for this industry

What we do for logistics

Logistics digital marketing that shows coverage and reliability

Logistics industry marketing works when shippers can see your lanes, freight types and a fast way to a price. They should find all three within a minute of landing on your site.

Lane and coverage pages

A page for each region, depot or regular route you service. Each lists the freight types you carry and who to call, so shippers searching for a route can find you.

Quote forms that price

Forms that collect freight type, dimensions, weight, postcodes and timing, sent to the right person with an automatic acknowledgement. Fewer emails back and forth, faster quotes.

LinkedIn and account marketing

Posts and email aimed at the operations and procurement people who choose carriers. Existing accounts get service updates; prospects get proof you can handle their freight.

Search for freight services

Pages for the services you want more of, such as interstate freight, refrigerated transport or warehousing. SEO on its own starts from $1,000 + GST a month.

Fleet branding that matches

Trucks are rolling billboards. We keep your logo, colours and contact details consistent across vehicles, depots, website and social, and brief your wrap supplier when needed.

Leads tracked to accounts

Each month you see quote requests by service and lane, which became accounts and what each channel cost, with your account manager at a monthly meeting.

Who it’s for

Is it the right fit?

Who it’s for

  • Regional freight and transport companies
  • Courier and last-mile delivery businesses
  • Warehousing and third-party logistics providers
  • Specialised carriers, such as refrigerated or oversize

Not a fit

  • Owner-drivers fully booked on a single contract
  • Anyone who wants a promised number of new accounts
  • Freight apps chasing consumer app downloads

How it starts

Marketing for logistics company growth starts with your lanes

We start with your best accounts, the lanes they use, the freight types that earn the most and where you have spare capacity. Empty backhauls and quiet depots are usually where new business pays fastest, so they come first.

From that you get a plan by service and region, with the pages, campaigns and outreach in order. You approve the messages and offers, and your sales team gets the leads with the freight details already filled in.

  • Your best accounts and their lanes
  • Freight types that earn the most
  • Spare capacity and backhauls
  • Where quote requests come from now
  • Recruitment needs by depot

Fill the empty backhauls first.

Jaxxon Wrapz website home page on a laptop screen and two phones, one showing the wrap price calculator

Work in this industry

Our transport-sector work

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Janine at Rock Solid Marketing has been fantastic to work with. She brings a clear, practical approach to online marketing and genuinely takes the time to understand your business before offering solutions. I highly recommend Janine for anyone looking for reliable, results-driven marketing support.

Anthony DalfarraMildura Truck CentreRead the Mildura Truck Centre case study

Your specialists

The people behind your logistics marketing

Meet the whole team
Ami HeathAmi HeathMarketing LeadWollongong NSW
Lindsay BuckleyLindsay BuckleyDigital MastermindSydney NSW
Callen MowattCallen MowattGoogle Ads SpecialistGold Coast QLD

How it works

How a partnership runs

Every partnership starts with a strategy, then runs month by month with one plan and one point of contact.

  1. Free discovery call

    A free 30-minute call about your business, your goals and whether a partnership is the right fit.

  2. Strategy and roadmap

    We get to know your goals, customers, challenges and opportunities, then give you a practical marketing roadmap.

  3. Monthly delivery

    Your account manager runs the plan each month across the channels it needs, from social media and SEO to email and press releases.

  4. Meet and report

    A monthly meeting by phone or visit, with a HubSpot dashboard that shows what the work is achieving.

Package activities

What a logistics marketing agency covers each month

Lanes firstOne account managerNo lock-in contracts
  • Monthly meeting (phone or visit)
  • Marketing plan by service and region
  • Search engine optimisation (SEO)
  • Google Ads management
  • LinkedIn and social media
  • Email marketing to accounts
  • Quote form and lead routing
  • Website and media management
  • Brand and style guide
  • HubSpot dashboard and reporting

Google, Meta and LinkedIn bill your ad spend on top of the plan fee. Vehicle wraps and printing are quoted by your suppliers.

Partnership plans

Marketing for logistics companies: plans by monthly hours

Choose the hours for your growth plans. Each plan covers search, LinkedIn, email, quote handling and reporting, with one account manager.

Starter

$4,500+ GST a month

28 hours a month

For small to medium size business with a need to start with marketing planning and to develop key objectives.

Designed to drive website traffic and understand key learnings for inbound marketing.

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Standard

$5,500+ GST a month

35 hours a month

Designed for businesses with aggressive growth goals and product and services campaigns with high level content production.

Ideal for medium size businesses looking to increase their marketing ROI.

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Advanced

$7,500+ GST a month

45 hours a month

Tailored to businesses pursuing significant growth objectives, with a custom plan focused on the most profitable opportunities.

Includes a one-off 15-second online video or ebook of your goods and services.

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Bespoke

POA

Built around you

A choice of customised plans, including a digital subscription for optimisation, automated lead nurturing and other clever marketing “force multipliers”.

Talk to us about your goals.

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Key facts

Marketing for Logistics Companies at a glance

Starting price
From $4,500 + GST a month
Hours a month
28, 35 or 45, or built around you
Who it's for
Freight, courier and warehousing businesses
Contract
No lock-in contracts
Your contact
A dedicated account manager
Where we work
Mildura office, clients across Australia
First step
Free 30-minute discovery call

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FAQ

Questions logistics operators ask us

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Partnership plans start from $4,500 + GST a month for 28 hours of work, with more hours on the Standard and Advanced plans. Ad spend on Google, Meta and LinkedIn sits on top. If search is the main gap, SEO on its own starts from $1,000 + GST a month.

Start with the shippers you already serve well and find more like them. Build pages for the lanes and freight types you're best at, with a quote form that collects the details you need. Then reach operations and procurement managers through LinkedIn, search and email.

Compete on what big carriers struggle with: regional coverage, flexible pick-ups and a person who answers the phone. Show those on your website with named contacts, depot locations and plain service promises you can keep. Then ask happy accounts for referrals and reviews. A local depot manager who knows shippers by name is hard for a national carrier to match.

Give each service its own page with what you handle, capacity, locations, compliance and how to get a quote. Buyers search for the service, not your company name, so separate pages rank better and convert better than one long services list. Add customer stories to each page as you collect them, with permission.

Keep it to a few things done every month. That means a current Google listing, one service page improved, one LinkedIn post a week and a quote form that routes properly. Marketing in a logistics company often falls to an operations manager, so we take the regular work off their desk.

Couriers win on speed, coverage and trust. Show your delivery areas and cut-off times clearly, make booking or quoting simple on a phone, and collect reviews from business customers. Local businesses that ship often, such as retailers and trades, are worth a direct email campaign.

Mostly to stop leads slipping through. A CRM such as HubSpot records every quote request, assigns it to a person and reminds them to follow up. Email tools keep accounts informed, and reporting shows which channels bring the shippers who stay. Our plans include a HubSpot dashboard.

No. Partnership plans have no lock-in contract, so you can increase hours ahead of a new depot or route and scale back later. A dedicated account manager runs the plan, with monthly meetings by phone, video or at our Mildura office by booking. Recruitment campaigns can pause on their own, too.

Let’s Talk Marketing – Book Here

Let’s start by scheduling a free discovery call so we can get to know each other and see if we’re a good fit for your marketing needs.