Show up when locals search
£249/month rolling
+ VAT, 30 days' notice. Or £225/month on a 12-month plan
- Google Business Profile set up and managed
- On-page SEO fixes
- 1 new page every month
- Clear monthly report
SEO for St Helens businesses across WA9, WA10 and WA11, whether your customers are local households or other businesses. We are a Wigan agency about seven miles away, from Haydock to Rainford, and happy to meet in person.
Local SEO for a St Helens business costs from £249 a month rolling, or £225 a month on a 12-month plan, plus VAT, with Mako Digital. Our SEO work includes improving your website, relevant local search visibility and the clarity of your business information so search engines and AI tools can better understand what you offer. The exact work depends on your chosen plan. In St Helens we start by working out whether your customers are local households, other businesses, or both, because each searches differently.
SEO for businesses around St Helens can involve two different audiences: local customers looking for nearby services, and business buyers searching for specialist products or suppliers. Some businesses serve both, and each audience may need a different approach.
The two often need different SEO. A household customer is usually looking for a service close to them and wants to know you cover their area, what it costs and how quickly you can help. A business buyer may search for a specific product or service, compare several suppliers, and look for evidence such as product ranges, accreditations, delivery areas and account terms before getting in touch.
So the first step is to be clear about who you want more of. That decides which pages matter, what they need to say, and what we measure.
For businesses serving customers across several areas, we make sure their Google Business Profile accurately describes where they operate and their website clearly explains the services and locations they cover. Where separate location or service pages genuinely help customers, we build useful, distinct content. Visibility in Google Maps also depends on factors such as relevance, distance and prominence.
A simple way to see the difference. Some businesses fall into one column, some into both.
| Local customers | Business customers | |
|---|---|---|
| What they search for | A service near them, often with an area name or "near me" | A product, service or supplier type, sometimes with a region rather than a town |
| What your pages need | The service, the areas you cover, prices or price guidance where you can, reviews and an easy way to get in touch | What you supply, to whom, delivery or service areas, credentials, case examples and how to open an account or request a quote |
| Where Google Maps fits | Often central, through your Google Business Profile | Can still matter, but service and product pages usually carry more of the work |
| What we measure | Calls, enquiries and bookings from local searches | Quote requests and enquiries from the services and products you most want to sell |
Client details are kept anonymous. We describe the work we do, not results.
We don't currently have a St Helens-based SEO client to showcase. We have, however, created and managed St Helens service-area content for a North West printer supplier, giving us relevant experience of targeting searches in the area.
Website and ongoing SEO for a Wigan compliance consultancy founded in 2004, with location pages across the North West.
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Website and local SEO for a Wigan printer consumables and managed print supplier serving the North West.
Read the case studyFixed monthly prices, plus VAT. Every plan starts with a free initial check of how you show up today.
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The parts of local search a business can influence. The exact mix depends on your plan.
The right categories, services, service area, photos and posts, so your profile accurately describes what you do and where.
A clear page for each main service, and area content where it genuinely helps customers, written for people first.
A simple, honest routine for asking happy customers for reviews, and replying to every one.
Your name, address and phone number matching across Google, Bing, Apple and the directories that matter.
Speed, mobile layout, structured data and the technical basics that stop good pages being held back.
Clear, consistent facts about your business, so search engines and AI tools such as ChatGPT can better understand what you offer.
You don't always need a new website to improve your search visibility. Sometimes the priority is clearer service pages, technical fixes or better conversion paths. When a redesign is necessary, we plan the migration carefully to reduce the risk of losing existing search visibility.
Straight answers. If yours is not here, call us on 01942 644870.
We don't currently have a St Helens-based SEO client to showcase. We have created and managed St Helens service-area content for a North West printer supplier, and most of our clients are in Wigan borough, about seven miles away.
Often, yes, but the emphasis changes. Business buyers tend to search for what you supply rather than a business near them, so clear service and product pages, evidence and an easy way to request a quote usually matter more than Google Maps alone.
Yes. We work with businesses across WA9, WA10 and WA11, including Haydock, Rainford and Eccleston, and nearby Newton-le-Willows. We are happy to meet in person.
Not necessarily. If you are fully booked, a complete Google Business Profile and a steady flow of reviews may be all you need. SEO makes sense when you want customers who do not know you yet.
Our plans start at £249 a month rolling (30 days' notice), or £225 a month on a 12-month plan, plus VAT. Growth is £449 a month and Lead Engine £749 a month, each a little less on a 12-month plan. For established businesses, Strategic Growth is from £1,250 a month. Google Ads management is an optional extra, price on request.
Google's guidance explains that some SEO changes can take effect within hours, while others may take several months, and it recommends allowing a few weeks to assess individual changes. Building search visibility is an ongoing process. Fixes to your Google Business Profile can show sooner. Competitive trades take longer.
The work agreed in your plan, prioritised for the services and areas that matter most to your business: your Google Business Profile, your website pages, reviews and listings, and the technical basics. Each month you get a written report showing what we did, what changed and what we will focus on next, and we adjust the priorities as the evidence develops.
No. The 12-month plan gives you the lower monthly price, and there is a rolling monthly option at a slightly higher price with 30 days' notice.
Start with a free initial search visibility check. We'll take a brief look at how your business appears for a few relevant searches and, where available, Google Maps and AI-powered answers, then talk through what we see.
Prefer to talk? 01942 644870 or hello@makodigital.co.uk.