Martin
Founder, strategy and audits
Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010 in the UK.
Industry expertise · built around buyers
Marketing for UK Shops and Local Service Businesses
For UK shop owners and local trades, from florists, furniture shops and garden centres to removal firms, dry cleaners and pet groomers. Customers search for something nearby, check reviews and photos, and often ring or message before they visit. We build search, Google Ads and websites that show opening hours, prices with VAT stated and the areas you cover, then report the calls, orders and bookings that came from them.
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Owners who already run this path
Reviews, photos and the map pack
For a UK local search, the first thing a customer sees is usually the map pack: three businesses with ratings, photos and opening times. Reviews, how recently you replied to them and whether your hours are right decide who gets the call. We sort out your Google Business Profile, then build pages for each service you offer, so someone looking for alterations or a pet groomer reaches a page that matches.
Mother's Day, bank holidays and term dates
The UK year has fixed pressure points. Florists are busiest around Valentine's Day and Mother's Day in March, and garden centres fill up on the first warm bank holiday weekends. Removal firms are stretched by school summer holidays and by completion dates at the end of the month. Dry cleaners and tailors see wedding season and prom. Charity shops get donation waves after New Year. We time spend to match.
Quotes, delivery and fair wording
Furniture shops and removal firms win or lose on the details: delivery lead times, assembly, survey visits and what a quote includes. We put those on the page in plain words, with prices in pounds and VAT shown. Consumer law on refunds and delivery applies to what you say, so we write from your real terms. Claim only trade-body memberships you hold in the UK.
Leads that suit your van and your diary
A useful enquiry is one you can serve: inside UK towns and cities, for work you do, on a date you have free. Removal firms need postcodes, property size and moving date. Groomers need breed, coat and vaccination status. We use call tracking, short forms and negative keywords to cut out time-wasters, and report enquiries by source, so you see what produced booked work rather than clicks.
Questions to put to any agency
Before you hire anyone for local marketing, ask a few plain questions. Who will actually do the work, and will you speak to them? What will be tracked, and will you own the accounts and data? How will calls from adverts be separated from calls from your listing? What happens if you stop? Be wary of anyone who promises a ranking or a number of enquiries. We are happy to answer all of these before you commit in the UK.
High streets, parking and click and collect
Shopper habits in the UK vary a lot between a market town, a retail park and a city high street. Customers ask whether there is parking, whether you offer click and collect, how late you open on Thursdays and whether you deliver to their postcode. A garden centre or furniture shop that answers these on its pages and listing wins the visit. We write them in plain words and check they match what the shop really does.
Building the first three months
The first month usually goes on the basics: listing, tracking, pages and a sensible starting advert. The second brings real data on which searches produce calls and which waste money, and we adjust. By the third you have a clearer picture of cost per enquiry and booked job, and a plan for the next busy date. We never promise outcomes, and we tell you plainly if something is not working in the UK.
Retail and Local Services
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Questions about this hub
Do you work with independent shops or only chains? expand_more
Mostly independents and small groups. A single florist or laundrette needs a strong local listing and a clear site, while a removals firm covering several counties needs area pages and call tracking. We scope to the size of the business in the UK.
Can you help removal firms show trade memberships? expand_more
We can place the memberships, insurance details and accreditation logos you hold where customers look for them. We do not verify them. Check with your trade body what you may display and how in the UK.
How do you handle the Christmas and Mother's Day peaks? expand_more
We plan ahead of the date, with pages, adverts and delivery cut-off wording ready before searches rise. Budgets shift towards your busy weeks and ease off after. Your report shows what each peak produced so you can plan the next in the UK.
Who does what, HeyLead or the shop? expand_more
HeyLead does the marketing: search, ads, web design and tracking. You make the decisions on prices, delivery, refunds and what you promise customers, and you remain responsible for compliance with consumer law. We write from facts you supply and flag points worth checking in the UK.
What do you need to start? expand_more
Request the free audit and we will review your listing, site and current adverts. If you want us to go further, we ask for view access to your Google Business Profile, ad accounts and analytics. A shared list of your services and delivery areas speeds things up in the UK.
Should I phase my budget across the year? expand_more
Usually, yes. A florist might hold back for Mother's Day and the Christmas weeks, while a removal firm may spend more in spring and summer. We build a simple calendar with you, keep a small base running in quieter months and show how each phase performed in the UK.
Do I need a new website or can you work with mine? expand_more
Often we can start with what you have, fixing the pages that matter most, such as service pages, delivery information and contact details. If the site is hard to use on a phone or cannot track calls, we will say so and explain what a rebuild would involve. The decision stays with you in the UK.
What should I do about a bad review? expand_more
Reply politely and factually, offer to put it right off the page, and avoid arguing in public. A calm answer shows other customers how you treat problems. We can draft replies for you to approve, but we do not remove genuine reviews or write fake ones in the UK.
Marketing from $500 USD a month
Month to month, no commitment. One fee covers the pages, the search and ad work and the tracking. Ad spend is separate and stays in your own accounts in the UK.
Starting at
$500 USD per month
Free to cancel with 1 month's notice. Tell us what you sell and where. We come back with what the first month would fix in the UK.
Get a Free AuditWhat $500 a month covers
Pages
IncludedPages built around the searches your buyers actually type in the UK.
Search and ads
IncludedSearch and ads aimed at people ready to enquire in the UK.
Tracking
IncludedCalls, forms and bookings tagged to the search, ad or page behind them in the UK.
Our team
The same people on the audit and on the work
Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010 in the UK.
Yoana
Social and app development
Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action in the UK.
Mike
SEO
Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest in the UK.
Robert
Paid media
Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads in the UK.
Elmer
Analytics
Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data in the UK.
Dino
Design
Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences in the UK.
Certified and experienced
Certified where it matters. Accountable for the outcome in the UK.
Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010 in the UK.
Google AdsCertified
✓Google AnalyticsCertified
✓Google Tag ManagerCertified
✓Operating since 2010Proven experience
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