TalonInsights
SEO for Telford businesses.
Most local search in Telford is decided in the map pack, not the blue links — three results, one of them yours or not. The work that moves that is unglamorous, methodical, and entirely checkable.
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Google Business Profile first
The single biggest local-pack lever and the least expensive: correct primary category, full service list, real photographs, weekly posts, and a system for asking every happy customer for a review.
- 02
Consistent name, address, phone
Across Yell, Bing Places, FreeIndex, the Shropshire Chamber and the directories that actually carry weight. Inconsistency here quietly suppresses local rankings.
- 03
Pages that match Telford intent
What people here actually type — trade plus town — rather than the vanity phrases that look impressive in a report and are searched by nobody.
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The technical floor
Speed, mobile, crawlability,
LocalBusinessschema. Most local competitors have never touched any of it, which is precisely why it's worth doing. - 05
Reporting you can audit
Rankings, calls, direction requests, enquiries — monthly, in plain English. If it isn't working, the report says so rather than burying it.
Straight answers
Why "guaranteed page one" is always a lie.
Nobody controls Google's results. What a supplier controls is the work — which is why every tier here is a list of named deliverables rather than a vague monthly retainer, and why the report exists to prove they happened.
- Three-month minimum, then monthly rolling. Long enough to be a fair test, short enough that you're never trapped.
- You keep everything if you leave. Content, citations, profile improvements and rankings attach to your business, not to me.
- If your site is the bottleneck, I'll say so before taking a retainer. SEO on a broken site is water into a cracked bucket.
Tiers at a glance
- Local Foundation — £300/mo. Profile, citations, on-page work for up to five pages, monthly report.
- Growth — £750/mo. Adds keyword strategy, two content pieces a month, technical fixes, competitor tracking.
- Competitive — £1,350/mo. Adds four content pieces, link acquisition, conversion tracking, fortnightly reporting.
Common questions
Telford, specifically.
How much does SEO cost in Telford?
£300, £750 or £1,350 a month depending on tier, on a three-month minimum then monthly rolling. Published, with the deliverables listed so you can check you're getting them. Full pricing.
Can you guarantee first page?
No — and treat anyone who does with suspicion. Google's rankings aren't for sale to consultants. I guarantee the work in your tier, done monthly and evidenced.
How long before we see anything?
Three to six months for meaningful movement. Google Business Profile work often shows sooner, sometimes in weeks — which is exactly why it comes first.
Do we need a new website first?
Sometimes. If the site is slow, unusable on a phone or structurally broken, SEO spend is wasted until it's fixed — and I'd rather lose a retainer than take one that can't work. If a rebuild is the honest first step, I'll tell you.
Get started
Book a Groundwork Visit — I'll come to you.
No jargon, no pressure, and a written scope you keep whether or not you go ahead. I reply within one working day.