SEO
SEO retainers that have to earn their place
Three retainers, priced by how competitive your market is. Everything is reported monthly so you can see what changed and why. No jargon, and no spammy shortcuts we would not use on our own site.
Who it suits
Good for businesses that want enquiries, not a chart to frame
Search work pays off when there is a real service, a site that loads properly and someone who can answer the phone. If that is you, a retainer is worth the money. If your site is a mess, we would rather fix that first than bill you monthly for pushing water uphill.
You are a fit if
People search for what you sell
You can handle more enquiries
You can give us ten minutes a month for questions
You are thinking in quarters, not weeks
Probably not yet if
The site is slow, broken or about to be replaced
You need leads this week (Google Ads is the faster lever)
Nobody can approve new page copy
Start smaller
Not ready for a retainer? A one-off technical SEO audit is a sensible first step, and it tells you what is worth paying for before you commit to anything monthly.
The three retainers
Same discipline, different depth
Every retainer covers the basics properly. What changes is how much ground we cover each month and how often we come back to it.
SEO Local
Single location businesses, trades and local services that want to be found nearby.
£549 per month ex VAT
Included
Google Business Profile management
On-page hygiene: titles, headings, internal links
Local listings and consistent business details
Monthly report in plain English
Not included
New page copy and content briefs
Deep technical work across many sections
Regular strategy calls (by exception only)
Most common
SEO Growth
Regional SMEs with real traffic goals and more than one service to sell.
£1,149 per month ex VAT
Included
Everything in SEO Local
Monthly prioritised actions, so you always know what is next
Copy and content briefs for the pages that matter
Optional quarterly strategy call
Not included
SEO Priority
Bigger sites in tougher markets, where small gains are worth a lot and competitors are trying hard.
£1,995 per month ex VAT
Included
Everything in SEO Growth
Technical depth across multiple sections of the site
Fortnightly updates instead of monthly
Two 30 minute strategy calls with Adam each quarter
Not included
Retainers are monthly. Guide prices are shown excluding VAT. We confirm fit after a quick look at your site and your market.
Not ready for a retainer?
Two one-off pieces of work that stand on their own. Both are useful whether or not you ever go monthly with us.
A proper look at what is holding the site back: speed, indexing, structure, duplication and the pages worth fixing first. You get a prioritised list in plain English that you can act on yourself or hand to us. It is also the natural step up into SEO Local, because the first month of work is already mapped out.
Google Business Profile setup or cleanup
£199
Your profile claimed and filled in properly, categories and service areas set sensibly, business details made consistent and any duplicate listings cleared out. If you would rather we kept on top of posts, photos and reviews afterwards, ongoing profile care is £49 per month.
One-off prices exclude VAT.
A month with us
What actually happens between invoices
01
Look at the numbers
Rankings, clicks and enquiries, checked against what we changed last month rather than in isolation.
02
Fix and improve
Technical fixes, page improvements, internal linking, profile updates. Real changes on the site, not a list of suggestions.
03
Add or sharpen content
On Growth and Priority, copy and briefs for the pages that can realistically win, written for customers first.
04
Report and agree next steps
A short report saying what changed, what it did, and what we are doing next. Ten minutes to read, no filler.
Straight answers
What we will not do
Buy links or use private blog networks
It works until it does not, and clearing up afterwards costs more than it ever earned. We build coverage that would still make sense if Google disappeared tomorrow.
Promise a position on Google
Nobody can, and anyone who does is selling you something. We will tell you what we think is achievable and how long it usually takes in a market like yours.
Publish thin pages for every nearby town
Twenty near-identical pages with the place name swapped is an old trick that ages badly. One strong page beats twenty weak ones.
Hide behind dashboards
You get a short report that a human wrote, saying what we did and whether it worked. If a month was quiet, we will say so.
Worth knowing
SEO works better on a site that is looked after
Speed, uptime and updates all feed into search performance, so most of our SEO clients sit on a hosting and care plan as well. It is not a requirement, it just stops us paying for the same problem twice. If you need enquiries sooner than search can deliver them, Google Ads is the quicker lever.
Find out if SEO is worth it for you
Send us your site and the work you want more of. We will tell you which retainer fits, or if you would be better off spending the money elsewhere first.