SEO & Google Ranking

Get Found on
Google.

Search engine optimisation and Google Business Profile management that helps real customers find your business — not just traffic for the sake of it.

From audit to results in three steps.

1

Free SEO audit

We look at your website, Google Business Profile and local competitors, then show you exactly where the quick wins and biggest gaps are. No cost, no obligation.

2

Plan and set up

We choose the searches worth going after, set up tracking and agree the priority fixes and package that suits you.

3

Improve every month

We make the changes, publish content and keep your profile active, then send a plain-English report on what moved.

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Pick the level that fits your business.

Start with the essentials and build up. Every package is monthly with no lock-in contract. The technical SEO foundations are included with our monthly website plans; these packages cover the ongoing work.

Entry level

Starter

£85/month

The consistent local basics, done every month. The best way to start.

  • Google Business Profile optimisation
  • Site crawl and technical error fixes
  • Search Console monitoring
  • Keyword research
  • Sitemap, schema, FAQ markup and llms.txt
  • Monthly Google Business Profile post
  • Replies to your Google reviews
  • Monthly report in plain English
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Most popular

Growth

£135/month

More content and stronger linking to speed up your progress.

Everything in Starter, plus:

  • 1 blog post a month on a target keyword
  • On-page optimisation of every new post
  • Internal linking to and from new content
  • Site-wide internal linking pass
  • Directory and citation listings
  • Refresh of one older page each month
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Full campaign

Pro

£200/month

For businesses in competitive markets that want to win.

Everything in Growth, plus:

  • Content clusters built around your money pages
  • Competitor gap analysis
  • Digital PR and press outreach
  • Backlink outreach
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What our clients say

Be the business customers find first.

SEO (search engine optimisation) is the work that makes Google, Google Maps and AI tools like ChatGPT understand what you do, where you do it and why you are worth recommending. Someone searches, and the businesses that look most relevant and trustworthy get the call.

Top 3

of Google results take 75%+ of all clicks

44%

of local search clicks go to the map pack

46%

of all Google searches have local intent

New to SEO?

Start with our beginner's guide, then the best SEO strategies for small businesses.

How Google decides who ranks

Google looks at three things: is your page relevant to the search, do other trusted sites vouch for you, and is your site fast and easy to use. Most small businesses lose out on the first one, because their pages never clearly say what they do and where. Fix that and you are already ahead of most competitors.

Read: What is local SEO? →

Local searches win customers

Someone searching "plumber near me" is ready to buy, not browse. Your Google Business Profile, your reviews and consistent name, address and phone details decide whether you appear in the map pack. It is free to set up and the best return most small businesses can get.

Read: Get your business on Google →

SEO is consistency, not a trick

There is no switch to flip. Rankings come from publishing useful, clear answers month after month, and keeping your site and profile in good health. One client's heating and gas business went from zero leads to 19,200 impressions and 160 clicks in month one, and now gets around 25 jobs a month through their site.

Read: Best SEO strategies →

Now people ask AI, too

Customers increasingly ask ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews for recommendations. Those tools favour businesses with clear, factual pages, FAQs and structured data, which is exactly what good SEO produces. We call this AEO and GEO, and it is built into every package.

Read: Get found on ChatGPT →

SEO or paid ads?

Google Ads put you at the top this week but stop the day you stop paying. SEO takes a few months but keeps working for free. Plenty of small businesses use ads to fill the diary while SEO builds, and we run both, so we can tell you honestly which to start with.

Read: PPC vs SEO →
Case Study

Mark Thompson
(Leeds) Ltd

Mark's old site was generating zero leads. One month after launching their new site with Marketing Handled, here's what Google Search Console showed.

Before0 leads
Mark Thompson old website
After16 leads in month one
markthompson.co.uk

In the first month alone — from a standing start of zero leads on their old site.

19.2K
Impressions
How often the site appears on Google
160
Clicks
Visits direct from Google search
16
Leads
Enquiries generated through the site

SEO without the agency runaround.

Affordable

Ongoing SEO from £85 a month. The technical foundations are included with every website we build. No agency markup.

Focused on Leads

We chase enquiries and customers, not vanity metrics like traffic for its own sake.

Local Knowledge

Based in Leeds and Surrey, we know the areas and competitors you are up against.

Transparent

Plain-English reporting and no jargon. You always know what we have done and why.

Flexible

Standalone SEO or bundled with a website, Google and Facebook ads, social media or photography.

No Lock-In

No long-term contracts. We keep you because it works, not because you are tied in.

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Common Questions

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