We might be named after a pre-dinner drink, but today we’re putting some Champagne on ice. Aperitif has picked up five nominations at the 2026 Global Digital Excellence Awards, three for campaigns we’re incredibly proud of and two recognising the agency as a whole.
We’ve never cared about being the biggest agency in the room, but we’ve always cared about pouring everything we have into being the best. Five nominations feel like a pretty good garnish on that.
What are we nominated for?
Drumroll, please! Here are the results that landed us on the 2026 shortlist.
Standout B2C SEO Campaign of the Year
Bargain Car Rentals: How Precision SEO Outranked Car Rental Giants
This category is for SEO campaigns designed for everyday consumers rather than businesses. We crafted the organic search strategy for Bargain Car Rentals, helping them compete against much bigger, better-known rental brands and win the search visibility that amplified their bookings and added 7 figures in monthly organic revenue.
Standout Integrated B2B Campaign of the Year
Leaselab: Building Complete Search Coverage in Australian Automotive Finance
For Leaselab, we pulled together SEO, PPC and CRO to build out search coverage across the novated leasing space, growing organic leads 13x in the process. This category rewards campaigns that combine multiple channels into one strategy for a business audience, and our work with Leaselab reflects the same hands-on craftsmanship and attention to detail behind everything we do.
Standout Use of Meta
Fox Dental Implants: Turning Social Leads Into Consults
This category looks at how well a business turns Facebook and Instagram followers into paying customers. We built this campaign around one goal for Fox Dental Implants: turn Facebook scrollers into people sitting in the chair for a consult, and that’s exactly what we delivered.
Standout SEO Agency of the Year
This one’s about our amazing SEO team. It’s the technical fixes nobody sees, the human-written content based on what people are searching for, and the link building that happens quietly every month. We show up as partners rather than just another agency on the account, and this nomination is proof that people notice the difference.
Standout Small Integrated Digital Agency of the Year
This is the nomination closest to how Aperitif truly runs. We never wanted separate teams in separate corners, SEO here, PPC there, social somewhere else entirely. We wanted one team showing up for you across everything, the same way we’d want someone to show up for us.
A round of thank yous
First, a huge thank you to the dream team at Aperitif for the effort that goes into all of our campaigns. Every person on our team brings hard work, creativity and real expertise to the table every. single. day.
Thanks also to our clients, Bargain Car Rentals, Leaselab and Fox Dental Implants, for trusting us with your marketing and letting us push for results that make a real difference to your business.
And thank you to the judges and organisers of the Global Digital Excellence Awards for putting this list together and recognising the work of agencies our size alongside much bigger names in the industry. We’re truly honoured to be part of such a great list.
Cross your fingers for 22nd October…
Save the date: winners for the 2026 Global Digital Excellence Awards will be announced on the 22nd of October. Regardless of how the night goes, this kind of recognition on a global stage is already something we’re over the moon about.
If you’d like to work with an award-winning agency that shakes things up, get in touch with us. We’d love to raise a glass to your next big win.
