SEO FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Local and niche search is where a small business can genuinely beat a national competitor. Tight geography, specific services and real reviews count for more than domain size.
We start with the work that produces enquiries inside the first quarter, then build authority from there.
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Categories, services, photos and posts set up properly so you appear in the map pack.
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Genuinely useful pages per service and town, not thin templates with the place name swapped.
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Consistent business data across directories, and a simple process for collecting reviews.
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Calls and forms tracked to source, so you know which work is paying for itself.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Six areas we work in regularly. If yours is not listed, the audit will tell you quickly whether search is worth the investment.
Local visibility and websites that turn visits into booked jobs.
Authority content for firms sold on expertise and trust.
Competitive practice-area terms, handled carefully.
High-trust search where accuracy and compliance matter.
Clear, fast sites that fill tables, rooms and diaries.
Product and category search for smaller e-commerce catalogues.
BUDGET REALITY
Small businesses are sold SEO packages that spend most of the budget on things that will not move an enquiry for a year. With a limited monthly figure, sequencing matters more than tactics.
We start with the work that produces enquiries inside the first quarter, then reinvest into authority once the basics are earning.
Google Business Profile, reviews, the two or three commercial pages that carry your money terms.
Speed on mobile, indexation and internal linking. Cheap to fix, expensive to ignore.
Additional service and area pages, once you know which ones convert.
Links and editorial. Valuable, slow, and wasted if the foundations are broken.
FIRST NINETY DAYS
WEEKS 1–2
Findings, priorities, and call and form tracking set up so results are measurable.
WEEKS 3–6
Google Business Profile rebuilt, review process started, on-page fixes shipped.
WEEKS 7–10
Your most commercially important service pages rewritten and expanded.
WEEKS 11–13
What moved, what did not, and where the next quarter of budget goes.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Anything not covered here, ask us directly and you will get a straight answer before any proposal.
Below a certain point a retainer becomes activity without impact. We will tell you honestly at audit stage whether your budget can move your market, and suggest a one-off piece of work instead if it cannot.
Yes, and it often makes the budget go further. Review collection, photos and Google Business Profile posts are things your team can own while we handle strategy and technical work.
Calls and forms tracked to source from week one. You should be able to see which enquiries came from search, not just that traffic went up.
Not always. Many sites are workable with fixes. We will say plainly if yours has a ceiling that fixes cannot raise.
No lock-in. Rolling monthly, cancel when it stops being worth it.
No. One client per sector per geography.
Every sector we work in, and what changes in each.
Local and consumer search in more detail.
When the site is the bottleneck rather than the visibility.
FREE SEO & AEO AUDIT
Send your domain and we will send back a written audit: ranking and click-through gaps, technical blockers, and how often the answer engines cite you. No cost, no obligation, no automated PDF.
✓Written by a senior strategist within two working days
✓Covers Google, Bing and AI answer engines
✓One follow-up email, and only if you want one
