SEO Boost: Small Business SEO and GEO Optimisation, UK-Wide
Google rankings still matter. But your next customer might ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity instead, and those tools only recommend businesses they can read and verify. SEO Boost is our monthly SEO programme, run by our team, that covers both: classic search and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) for AI search.
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Search Has Changed. Most Small Business SEO Has Not.
Traditional PPC is becoming an expensive race to the bottom. You pay for every click, the price keeps climbing, and the moment you stop paying, you disappear. Our view is simple: stop paying for clicks and start building an omnipresent brand.
At the same time, AI agents are becoming the new yellow pages. When someone asks an AI assistant to recommend a supplier, it does not show ten blue links. It gives one answer. Classic SEO prioritises clicks; GEO prioritises authority and inclusion in the AI’s response narrative. A small business now needs both.
Shopping for SEO is confusing because most proposals hide the answers you actually need. Before you sign anything, compare five things: what is included, how long it takes, what it costs, what reporting you get, and whether the work is ready for AI search as well as Google. This page answers each one with real numbers, plus a straight answer on what you actually need, and what you don’t.
The short version on price, so you can compare as you read: our websites start at £299 + VAT with on-page and local SEO included, and comprehensive ongoing SEO typically runs £250-£300 per month. The full breakdown is further down this page, or call 0115 718 0365 for a straight answer now.
What SEO Boost Includes
SEO Boost is an on-page and local SEO programme with a fixed monthly fee, no long contract, and a named contact in our Long Eaton office. Each month includes:
- Keyword research for the services and areas that bring in work, with local intent covered first.
- Local and organic keyword tracking , so you can see movement month by month rather than guess.
- Monthly content and technical recommendations , with the fixes applied on sites we host and maintain.
- Quarterly competitor audits showing who is winning the searches you want and why.
- GEO foundations : schema, answer-first content, llms.txt and AI-bot access, so AI assistants can cite you accurately.
- A plain-English monthly report from ContentStation: rankings, clicks, enquiries and what we are doing next.
Start With the Free SEO + GEO Check
Before you spend anything, see where your site stands. Our free check on ContentStation runs 16 tests across SEO foundations and AI-search readiness: HTTPS, titles and descriptions, headings, canonical URLs, JSON-LD schema, Open Graph tags, mobile viewport, indexability, image alt text, response time and content depth. It takes about five seconds, needs no sign-up, and returns a score out of 100 with a plain-English fix for every finding.
Want the deeper version? Add your email and we will send a 50-point audit covering keyword density, Core Web Vitals over time, local SEO signals and a prioritised fix list.
On-Page SEO Included with Every Website
We lead with what is included, not what is sold. Basic on-page SEO comes with every website we design: applied first at build, then ongoing for as long as you are a managed-service customer.
We call it SEO Ready Web Design, and the logic is right first time. A site built with search optimisation from the start makes quicker progress and costs less to optimise later. Six things are covered on every build:
- Meta tags, H titles, content and internal links, managed with Yoast or Rank Math
- Image optimisation: resizing, compression, file naming and alt tags
- Site structure: clean URLs, internal links and a sitemap, with keyword-focused URLs
- Technical SEO: SSL, no broken links or duplicate content, robots file, redirects and Google Search Console submission
- Server tuning and page speed: minification, caching and a CDN
- Mobile friendly, tested with GTmetrix and Google's own tools
Local SEO is included too. Every build gets organic local rankings work plus Google Business Profile: our GBP team claims, updates and populates your listing, keeps your NAP details uniform and distributes local keywords properly. My Business Ads and Local Citations are available on top if you want to push harder.
How an Engagement Runs
No mystery, no jargon. The included SEO on every build follows the same four steps:
- You tell us your keywords: the phrases your customers actually use
- We run keyword analysis to confirm the potential and fine-tune the targets
- We come back with content suggestions
- We apply the SEO to your site
A typical multi-page website is live within around four weeks if your content is ready. On ContentBoost campaigns, honest expectations are part of the deal: first ranking lifts in 60-90 days and steady enquiry growth through months 4-12. SEO is a build, not a switch. No hype, just what actually moves the needle.
Advanced SEO sits on top for businesses that need more, and the differences are easy to compare: on-page and off-page rather than on-page only, analysis-and-report-led rather than customer-led, and ring-fenced time rather than ad-hoc work. Either way it is fixed-fee with no surprise add-ons, and you deal directly with the people doing the work.
Everything you need to know
Straight answers on how we work, what it costs and what happens after launch.
GEO: Optimised for AI Search as Standard
GEO is Generative Engine Optimisation: structuring your website and online presence so that AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Bing Copilot and Google AI Overviews can read it, trust it and recommend you. These tools do not browse like people. They look for clear factual statements, structured data and consistent signals across the web.
SEO Boost puts the GEO foundations in place: Organisation, LocalBusiness, Service and FAQ schema; answer-first pages that lead with the fact an assistant will quote; an llms.txt file and a controlled allowlist for AI crawlers; and sameAs links that tie your website, Google Business Profile and social profiles into one verified entity. We then check how your business actually appears in AI answers and fix what is wrong.
ContentBoost: Done-for-You Content for Google and AI Search
Rankings need fuel, and you should never have to ask whether your SEO is working. ContentBoost is our monthly retainer that pairs an expert human writer with AI research and our own quality framework, producing done-for-you blog and social content built to satisfy both Google and AI search engines.
It runs on a three-step framework:
- 01 Technical and organic foundation: meta tags, site speed, mobile-first checks and Core Web Vitals
- 02 Data-driven keyword blog posts: intent-based research, AI search engine optimisation and longform authority content
- 03 Social distribution: social signals and community engagement that put the content in front of people
Every campaign is tracked against rankings, click-through rate and conversions, so you see what actually moved rather than a list of tasks completed. ContentBoost campaigns report a 94% ranking improvement and a 2.4x traffic increase.
Straight Answers on Price
Straight numbers, because that is what you are comparing. Our websites start at an affordable £299 + VAT for a multi-page site, with basic on-page SEO, local SEO, domain registration and a business email with a 10GB mailbox all included at no extra cost.
When you need more than the included tier, comprehensive SEO typically costs from £250-£300 per month and upwards. Anything less than this is likely to be not worthwhile, and we would rather tell you that up front than sell you a cheap package that does nothing.
Every engagement is fixed-fee with no surprise add-ons, and free advice, trials and no obligation demos come first, so you know exactly what you are buying before you spend anything.
Those numbers come from an agency rated 4.6 Excellent on Trustpilot from 51 verified reviews and trading since 2009, so we will still be here to stand behind them. Questions on price? Call 0115 718 0365.
Why Small Businesses Trust Us
We are rated 4.6/5 on Trustpilot from 51 verified reviews and 4.8/5 on Google. Independent UK-based reviews, not testimonials we wrote ourselves.
Local Exposure Ltd has been trading since 2009, with 1,500+ business websites built and supported, based in Long Eaton on the border between Nottingham and Derby. We are also the parent company of Trusted Photography, our 360-degree virtual tour brand on Google Maps since 2012. Companies House 06968703, VAT GB975368959.
Part of trusting an agency is knowing what it will not do:
- We do not offer link building or guest posts. Link building is a double-edged sword that could later lead to a penalty, so we stick to citations
- We do not generally take SEO-only work on sites we did not build. If the foundations are wrong, we fix the root cause first rather than charge you to polish it
- We will happily work alongside your existing third-party SEO people
UK-Wide Coverage, Delivered Remotely
We work with businesses UK-wide, delivered remotely, with a home focus on Nottingham, Derby, Long Eaton and the wider East Midlands. Wherever you are in the UK, your location makes no difference to the service or the fixed price, and you deal with the same team.
Our HQ is at Bridge Court, Bridge Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire NG10 4QQ. Opening hours are Mon-Thu 09:00-17:00 and Fri 09:00-13:00. Call 0115 718 0365 or email info@localexposure.co.uk.
Looking specifically for local search help in and around our East Midlands base? Our dedicated SEO Nottingham page covers local rankings in depth.
Optimised for the Future of Search
Be the business they find first. Everywhere. On Google today, and in the AI answers your customers are already asking.
Start with free advice, trials and no obligation demos, and a straight answer on what you actually need and what you do not. You will be dealing with an agency rated 4.6 Excellent on Trustpilot from 51 verified reviews, trading since 2009, on fixed fees with no surprise add-ons.
Get a free quote and we reply within one working day. Call 0115 718 0365 or email info@localexposure.co.uk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Basic on-page SEO and local SEO are included with every website we build, first at build and then ongoing while you are a managed-service customer, and our websites start at £299 + VAT. If you need more, comprehensive SEO typically costs from £250-£300 per month and upwards. Anything less than this is likely to be not worthwhile, so we will tell you honestly if a cheaper option is a waste of money.
Every engagement is fixed-fee with no surprise add-ons, and we start with free advice, trials and no obligation demos, so you know exactly what you are buying before you spend anything. We would rather tell you up front that a cheap package is not worthwhile than lock you into one. If you are weighing it up, call 0115 718 0365 and we will give you a straight answer on what you actually need, and what you do not.
We give honest expectations rather than promises: SEO is a build, not a switch, and anyone promising instant page-one results is not being straight with you. On ContentBoost campaigns you should see first ranking lifts in 60-90 days and steady enquiry growth through months 4-12. On new builds, a typical multi-page site is live within around four weeks if your content is ready, with on-page SEO applied from day one so it is right first time.
GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimisation: structuring your website and digital presence so AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity identify your business as the authoritative source and cite it in their answers. It strengthens rather than harms your Google rankings, because the same clean structure, schema and authoritative content supports both. AI agents are becoming the new yellow pages, so every website we build now ships GEO-ready as standard, because the alternative is rebuilding it inside 18 months.
Generally no, and that is deliberate. We take a root-cause approach: if a site was not built with search optimisation in the foundations, layering SEO on top is usually poor value, so we normally recommend a rebuild first. Our multi-page websites start at £299 + VAT with on-page SEO included, and the average site is live within around four weeks once content is ready. We are happy to work alongside your existing third-party SEO people where that makes sense.
No. Link building is a double-edged sword that could later lead to a penalty, so we do not offer link building or guest posts. We build local citations instead, and we focus on the on-site, technical and content work that earns rankings and AI citations safely.
ContentBoost includes performance tracking of rankings, click-through rate and conversions, so you see what actually moved rather than a list of tasks completed. Every engagement also gives you direct access to the team building your work, so questions get answered by the people doing the job.
Yes. We work with businesses UK-wide, delivered remotely, with a home focus on Nottingham, Derby, Long Eaton and the wider East Midlands, so your location makes no difference to the service or the price. Everything is fixed-fee with no surprise add-ons, and we reply to every enquiry within one working day. Call 0115 718 0365 or email info@localexposure.co.uk.
Get a free quote through our contact page and we reply within one working day. Prefer to talk? Call 0115 718 0365 (Mon-Thu 09:00-17:00, Fri 09:00-13:00) or email info@localexposure.co.uk. You deal directly with the team doing the work from the first conversation, starting with free advice and a no obligation demo, so there is nothing to lose by asking.
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