SEO and local search in Sussex Found where it counts.

Local SEO for small businesses - your Google Business Profile, your reviews and your website, worked on every month using your own Search Console data.

£250 a month no long contract

Sound familiar?

Most small businesses I look at are held back by the same few things. Hover over one to see the fix.

  • Your competitors show up and you don't Research into what your customers actually type, then pages and content built to rank for those searches.
  • You're missing from Google Maps Your Google Business Profile set up properly - the right categories, every service listed, photos and regular posts.
  • You've hardly got any reviews A simple plan to get more - QR codes, a ready-made ask or an automatic review request after every job - and every review answered.
  • Google can't find half your pages Search Console checked, indexing errors fixed and every page submitted. It's one of the most common faults I find.
  • Your site is slow or quietly broken Speed, structured data and technical faults found and fixed. One site I took on went from 69 to 94 for mobile performance.
  • You've no idea what's working Search Console and analytics set up, with a plain-English report each month on what moved and what's next.

Real results

Three clients, from barely visible to booked up. Every figure is from Google Search Console or PageSpeed Insights.

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High Brow Society

Permanent makeup, Southampton

Before: only the homepage showed up, with one services page for every treatment that didn't rank.

  • Fully bookeduntil the new year, within three months of launch
  • 3rdon Google for "lip blush southampton"
  • 1stfor "eyebrow training near me"
  • 21 to 49five-star Google reviews
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Verde Hair Lounge

Aveda salon, Wellington, Somerset

Before: no website, so nothing showed up in search at all.

  • 1ston Google for "Aveda salon Wellington"
  • 843clicks from Google in three months
  • Page 1for "hairdressers Wellington"
  • 12.4%click-through rate - around 3x typical
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QPS Plumbing & Heating

Plumbing and heating, Hampshire

Before: the business couldn't be found on Google at all.

  • 7thfor "boiler installation" - no town attached
  • Every pagenow indexed by Google
  • 41st to 23rdaverage position in three months
  • 69 to 94mobile PageSpeed score
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What a proper look turns up

Real faults from sites I've reviewed. None of them show up by looking at the website - you only find them in the data.

Start with a £195 review
  • Engineering consultancy

    Around 740 clicks came from people searching the company's name, against about 16 from everyone else. New customers simply weren't finding it.

  • Building services firm

    14 of 62 case studies couldn't be reached through the site's own links, and Google had picked the wrong versions of two key pages.

  • Fire and MEP engineers

    Two pages ranked around 3rd, but only 0.3 to 0.4% of people who saw them clicked. The titles weren't doing their job.

  • Plumbing firm

    The site told Google it was a type of business that doesn't exist, so its address, phone number and service area were attached to nothing.

  • Hampshire heating engineers

    A missing icon file meant Google showed a grey globe in search results instead of the logo.

What the monthly work covers

Decided by your data each month, not a fixed checklist - but this is the ground it covers.

  • Google Business Profile

    Regular posts, updates and fine-tuning, so you show up in Google Maps and the local results.

  • Reviews

    Every review answered, plus a plan to get more - QR codes, ready-made content or an automatic review request.

  • Changes made from real data

    Search Console shows what people search and where you rank. I use it to make live improvements to your site.

  • Blog posts

    Articles on your own site that answer what your customers are searching for, written for you.

  • Backlinks

    Articles on other relevant business blogs that link back to you, building your site's authority.

  • Citations

    Your business listed consistently across UK directories, so Google trusts your name, address and phone number.

  • Rewrites and updates

    Existing pages improved, retitled and expanded where the data shows they're close to ranking.

  • Keyword tracking

    The searches that matter to your business, tracked over time so we can see what's moving.

  • Plain-English reports

    What changed, what moved and what's next - with Search Console and analytics set up so you can check it yourself.

SEO prices

No long contracts. Start with a one-off review if you'd like to see what I'd do first.

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Website and SEO review

one-off £195

no ongoing commitment

For anyone who wants to know what's holding their site back before deciding anything.

  • Website and technical SEO audit
  • Search Console and Google Business Profile check
  • Written report of fixes, in priority order
  • Yours to keep, whoever does the work
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Grow plan

monthly £250

for a website I've built and host

Local SEO every month, with hosting and care for your site included.

  • Everything in the monthly work above
  • Hosting, security, backups and small changes
  • A new page or blog post each month
  • Monthly plain-English report
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SEO for your current site

monthly £250

after a quick look at your set-up

For a site built or hosted elsewhere. Some of the work depends on what your platform allows, so I'll check before you commit.

  • The same monthly SEO work
  • Google Business Profile and reviews
  • Changes made on your platform where possible
  • Monthly plain-English report
Ask about your site

Worth knowing: SEO is a slow burner. Most sites start to move within 3 to 6 months, and it keeps building from there. There's no long contract - I'd just rather you went in knowing what to expect.

Google Business Profile setup £150 - one-off, for a business without a profile or with one that needs rebuilding.

Want ads as well? The Leads plan at £450 a month adds Meta ads management on top of everything in Grow. About paid ads.

How SEO with me works

No mystery. You'll know what I'm doing, why, and what it changed.

  1. 1

    Get in touch

    I usually reply within a couple of hours, and always within one working day.

  2. 2

    Free consultation

    45 minutes on your business, your area and who you want to reach. No obligation.

  3. 3

    Read the data

    Search Console, your Google Business Profile and your site, to find where the real opportunities are.

  4. 4

    Monthly work

    Targeted changes, content, reviews and profile updates - each one traced back to something in the data.

  5. 5

    Report and refine

    A plain-English report every month, and a fresh look at the data to decide what's next.

Dan created my Plumbing & Heating company a new, modern website and now runs my SEO monthly. He's quick to respond and has been very professional throughout.

Joe CharmanQPS Plumbing & Heating - Google review

Very happy with my website build & SEO from Dan, highly recommend.

Megan LeonardHigh Brow Society - Google review

Questions about SEO

Straight answers to the things people ask most. Anything else, get in touch.

How long does SEO take to work?
Some fixes show within weeks, but most sites start to move properly within 3 to 6 months. It's a slow burner - and once it's working, it keeps building without a cost per click.
How much does SEO cost?
Monthly SEO is £250 a month. For a site I've built, that's the Grow plan and includes hosting and care. For a site hosted elsewhere it's the same price, after a quick look at your set-up. A one-off website and SEO review is £195. See full pricing.
Is there a minimum contract?
No. But SEO takes a few months to show what it can do, so I'll always be honest about what to expect before you start. If you're also taking the lower website price, that needs a monthly plan for at least 6 months.
Can you guarantee first-page rankings?
No, and anyone who does is guessing. Nobody controls Google. What I can promise is work based on your real data, done properly, with clear reporting so you can see what it changes.
Can you do SEO on a website you didn't build?
Yes. Your Google Business Profile, reviews, citations and backlinks work the same whatever your site runs on. Changes to the site itself depend on what your platform allows, which is why I'll take a look before you commit. If it's holding you back, I'll say so - these are the usual reasons a site doesn't rank.
What's in the £195 review?
A check of your website, its technical SEO, your Search Console data and your Google Business Profile, with a written report of what to fix, in priority order. It's yours to keep, whether I do the work or not.
What's the difference between SEO and paid ads?
Ads get you seen straight away but stop the moment you stop paying. SEO takes longer but keeps bringing people in without a cost per click. For many businesses the best answer is both - see paid ads.
Which areas do you cover?
I'm based in Hassocks and work with businesses across Sussex, including Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Hurstpierpoint, Lewes, Brighton, Crawley and East Grinstead - and with clients across the UK. For a local business, a well-run Google Business Profile is usually the quickest win.

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