Gulmen Digital grew from a service-led business founded in 2004. Today, the Australian-owned company helps printers and manufacturers move into digital label production, combining printing and finishing equipment with the practical engineering knowledge, installation, training and support needed to make it work.

The problem

For a manufacturer choosing a label printer, the questions come long before the quote. What will it cost to run? Does colour matter? Can it handle the materials, volumes and finishing the business needs?

Gulmen Digital had the expertise to answer those questions. The opportunity was to make that knowledge work harder: helping buyers discover the business, giving them a reason to follow it, and staying in touch when there was something relevant to share.

The main website already attracted an established audience, but traffic was largely flat. The blog was just getting started, LinkedIn needed a more consistent presence, and email offered a direct way to reconnect with customers.

Gyrify brought those opportunities into one connected programme. Useful buying advice became search content, the same ideas fed social publishing, and timely business updates reached the right contact lists.

Before / After

Before: A valuable base of product expertise, an established website, and room to do more across search, LinkedIn and email.

After: A growing blog with more than 25 articles ranking in search, a regular LinkedIn publishing rhythm, and targeted email campaigns generating a response within hours. Blog traffic grew 169%, while LinkedIn impressions rose 757% in a month.

Workstreams

Solution

Gyrify started where Gulmen’s buyers start: with a practical problem to solve. Articles explained how much a label printer costs, when colour makes sense, and what changes when a manufacturer brings label production in-house. Each answer created another route into the business before someone was ready to browse a product page.

Those articles also gave LinkedIn a steady supply of useful ideas. A detailed guide could become a short explanation, a carousel or a video. Topics such as barcode printers, thermal labels and the difference between a label press and a printer gave the page a recognisable focus.

The team published 12 blog-led posts in less than a month. Reusing the underlying research made it possible to carry a subject across formats while keeping the message relevant to the same technical audience.

Email connected that content work with the day-to-day business. A machinery roundup went to resale contacts. A factory-move announcement went to the broader contact list. These were specific reasons to get in touch, with a clear message for each audience.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS / 0:29

Connecting LinkedIn and email

Aliyah Gulmen · Marketing, Gulmen Digital

Recorded during our work together as Tenet, now Gyrify.

An organic growth engine
0:19 · Play ↗How the blog gained momentum
0:26 · Play ↗The challenge before we started
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Results

The blog became a growing source of discovery. Traffic increased 169%, and more than 25 articles ranked in search. Guides covering colour versus black-and-white label printers and label-printer costs reached first-page average positions. Nearly three-quarters of search impressions came from Australia, putting Gulmen’s advice in front of its home market.

LinkedIn gained momentum alongside it. Impressions rose 757% in a month to 806, with 24 reactions and a comment. Four recent video posts added 95 views. Gulmen now had a regular stream of practical content giving people a reason to notice and engage with the business.

Email delivered an immediate response. The factory-move announcement generated 82 opens from 251 sends within two hours: a 32.7% open rate. The machinery roundup reached a focused 24-contact resale list and achieved a 62.5% open rate and a 29.2% click rate.

The result was a broader marketing presence, with useful content reaching buyers in search, keeping Gulmen visible on LinkedIn and bringing timely updates directly to customers.

Measurement notes: Blog traffic compares 71 visits in June with 191 in a partial September 2026 snapshot. LinkedIn compares 27 August–25 September with its previous period. Email figures describe individual campaigns.

Takeaways

Gulmen’s expertise was the starting point. Gyrify gave it a consistent route to market, connecting educational content with social publishing and customer communication.

Answer the questions that lead to a purchase

Practical, technical advice gave buyers a reason to find Gulmen before they were ready to ask for a quote.

Make good content work across channels

One researched topic could support an article, a LinkedIn post and a video, keeping the message connected as the format changed.

Give customers a reason to respond

Relevant updates about machinery and the business brought the conversation straight to the inbox, with engagement arriving within hours.