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The local SEO agency putting UK businesses on the map

Plumbers, clinics, gyms, salons, builders. If your customers are local, we make sure it’s you they find first: on Google, in the map pack, and in the AI answers they’re starting to trust.

Cutting through the noise since 2018
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S.01 · The state of play

The playing field changed. Then it changed again.

Every business wants to be seen by their target audience online. Only a few years ago this wasn’t so complex to achieve, but a huge spike in the complexity of SEO and a phenomenal rise in competition in every industry means the once straightforward process has become one of the biggest challenges facing local businesses.

And now there’s a second front. Your customers don’t just search on Google any more. They ask ChatGPT for “a good dentist near Shoreditch”, they read AI Overviews at the top of the results page, they ask their car and their kitchen speaker. If those answers don’t mention you, that customer never knew you existed.

That’s the whole game: local SEO to own the map pack, and AI SEO to be the business the answer engines recommend. We do both.

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BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK

S.02 · How we help

Our core services

One team taking on every challenge involved in optimising your online presence, so you can focus on what really matters: running your business.

S.03 · The mission

Your digital Swiss army knife

Since 2018 we’ve worked to change how SEO is delivered to the end user: removing the veil of mystery and giving you the facts for what they truly are.

Dedicated support and transparent monthly reporting, with tangible figures for traffic, acquisitions and goals completed, always available directly from your own Google Analytics account. When we’re driving targeted, relevant search traffic to your website, you can see it for yourself.

Our mission is to take on all of the challenges involved in optimising your online presence and deliver ROI-driven results, so you can focus on running your business.

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S.04 · Method

The four pillar approach

Three pillars built our reputation. The fourth is where search is going.

PILLAR 01

On-Page SEO

We identify and work on the key terms for your business to drive targeted, intent-driven traffic that is ready to do business.

PILLAR 02

Technical SEO

We help you build and maintain a user and search-engine friendly website: mobile responsiveness, page speed, click depth, structured data and more.

PILLAR 03

Digital PR

Targeted, completely white-hat link building campaigns. No shady shortcuts that lead to penalties and ranking drops.

PILLAR 04 · NEW

Answer Engines

Structured data, entity building and answer-ready content so AI assistants and Google’s AI Overviews cite your business, not just your competitors.

S.05 · Territories

Industries we work with

We predominantly work with businesses targeting customers in a specific geographical location: adding the content and data Google wants to see, optimising your Google Business Profile, and getting it all recognised across high quality publications with strategic PR.

S.06 · Straight answers

So why choose Local Territory?

There’s no better way to judge an agency than its track record, but here are a few key reasons, straight from the horse’s mouth, why we’d say we’re a solid agency to work with.

R.01 We’re results driven +

The numbers don’t lie. We have no desire to sugarcoat the facts or show you metrics that make no difference to the bottom line. The goal is simply to help your business be seen for industry-relevant, intent-driven keywords with buying intent, increasing the number of targeted visitors ready to do business.

We report monthly with a link to all of the facts on a customised dashboard built around your KPIs, and review milestones with you quarterly.

R.02 We won’t bullshit you +

Pardon our French, but the SEO industry is full of snake oil merchants claiming business-changing results within days. Those who really know this industry will tell you SEO is not an overnight fix. Positive results are obtainable within a few weeks of a quality campaign, but it can be a long road of optimising, adding content and link building, and the road gets longer when your competitors are fighting for the same positions.

What we promise is the full picture: what your competitors are up to and what it will take to outrank them. That puts you in the driving seat, with a real understanding of the effort needed to hit the results you want, in the timeframes you want.

R.03 We cut out the jargon +

SEO doesn’t have to be complicated. If anything, it’s complicated mainly by people in the industry. Every metric we use can and should be explained in a way that’s digestible to any business owner, regardless of marketing or technical experience.

We take a technical process full of terminology and break it down to the bare fundamentals, so you always understand exactly what you’re paying for and why it’s working.

R.04 We care as much as you +

Your business is second to none when it comes to understanding your customers. With your help we take that understanding further, using keyword research and competitor analysis to find the search queries and gaps in your niche that break down trust barriers and bring customers to you.

R.05 We’re personable +

We are not a faceless machine and we never want you to feel like you’re dealing with one. Getting to know our customers, their morals, their ethics and the way they naturally do business feeds directly into the strategy we build for them.

Seeing owners and managers happy about true, organic growth is why we do this, and it’s why so much of our work comes from referrals.

R.06 We invest in our business, just like you +

We constantly expand our knowledge base, staying up to date with every Google update and investing in the most powerful software and tools in the industry.

Our in-house team includes specialists in cold sales, email marketing, video and photography, UX and UI design, so we can adapt to each client’s specific needs and build 360 strategies sculpted to their business.

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THE LOCAL TERRITORY CLIENT DASHBOARD · LIVE, 24/7

S.07 · Visibility, verified

The big picture, at your fingertips 24/7

Along with monthly reporting and quarterly reviews, every customer gets our in-house campaign dashboard, so you can see how your campaigns are going at any given time, all from one single page.

Rankings, calls, form fills, bookings: real figures from your own Google Analytics and Search Console, not screenshots we’ve dressed up.

See how we report

S.08 · Questions

You have questions. We have answers

We’ve tried to cut the jargon out of the whole website, but here are the ones everyone asks first. The full list lives on the FAQs page.

What is local SEO? +

Local SEO is the work of appearing in location-based searches that are not paid adverts: the map pack, “near me” searches, Google Maps, voice search and local organic results. If your customers come from an area, it’s the highest-intent traffic you can get.

How much does local SEO cost? +

Local SEO is organic, so you’re paying for expert time rather than ad spend. The cost varies with factors like how many locations you have and how competitive your niche is. We’ll give you a straight answer on your discovery call.

What on earth is AEO? +

Answer Engine Optimisation: making sure AI assistants like ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overviews recommend your business when people ask for what you do. It’s new, it’s growing fast, and we offer it as a full service.

Next step

We’re ready. Are you?

Show us how your business operates and we’ll show you how we can increase the number of targeted visitors finding you, visitors that are ready to do business. Choose a time to speak to our discovery team and kickstart your campaign.

Book a Discovery Call