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Upstate Studios

Australia’s fastest-growing reformer Pilates network. We rank every studio for its catchment, run paid that converts new members, and own the local pack in every suburb they open in.

+3259%

Net ranking improvements
Fitness · Multi-location
Local SEO · Google Ads · Meta Ads · Content
36 months
2022–2025

How we got Upstate Studios found.

Upstate’s growth model is location led. Every new studio needs to dominate its suburb within weeks of opening, or the unit economics don’t work. Generic SEO doesn’t get you there. Per-location SEO does.

We built a per-studio playbook, dedicated location pages, Google Business Profile management across every site, suburb-level review velocity programs, and paid search structured per-studio with conversion tracking back into the booking system.

Now an indispensable part of the team. Every new studio launches with a search foundation in place. Membership has compounded every year of the engagement.

Results, verified.

+3259%

Net ranking improvements

14

Studios under management

+186%

Trial bookings YoY

The work, by phase.

01

Per-studio audit

GBP, local pack, suburb visibility audited per location. Heatmap of the gaps.

02

Playbook

One template, replicated per studio. Location page, GBP categories, review program, paid structure.

03

Execute

Weekly cadence. New studios onboarded inside week one. Same senior team across the network.

04

Compound

Quarterly review per studio, plus network-level rollup. Spend rebalanced to performance.

“Paperstack have been a strategic partner to Upstate for several years and are an indispensable part of the team. Their campaigns have delivered consistent member growth for existing and new studios, whilst building the Upstate brand.”

More results.

+1232%

Increase in organic revenue

Jackson Miles

+1400%

Increase in organic traffic

Shed Living

+1829%

Rankings improved year on year

City Discount Tyres

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