Marketing for Brighton businesses
Marketing support for Brighton, run from Worthing.
We work with trade and service businesses across Brighton and Hove: web design, SEO, Google Ads and automation, run from our Worthing studio about 11 miles along the coast. Same accountable team, same monthly reporting, and no pretence of a Brighton office we do not have.
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BTN Locksmith
An emergency locksmith covering Brighton and Hove. We built the website and run the local SEO behind it, with the site structured around the jobs people actually search for at 2am: lockouts, lock changes and burglary repairs, each tied to the areas BTN covers.
We also built and run the sites for VRS, a detailing and paint correction specialist working across Brighton and Sussex, and INICIO Painting and Decorating, who take on residential and commercial work in Brighton as well as Worthing.
Working in Brighton
What the Brighton market actually looks like
Brighton is the busiest market on the south coast and the hardest one to stand out in. It has more agencies per square mile than anywhere else in Sussex, a large rental and student population that churns every summer, and thousands of period properties in Kemptown, Hanover, Preston Park and Seven Dials that need constant work. For a locksmith, decorator, plumber or electrician that means plenty of demand, and plenty of competition for every search.
What we see over and over with Brighton trades is a site that looks fine but says nothing specific. It lists services, it has a phone number, and it ranks for nothing because a hundred other sites in BN1 and BN2 say exactly the same thing. The fix is rarely more pages. It is a clearer offer, honest proof, and a site that loads quickly on a phone in a stairwell with two bars of signal.
Working from Worthing rather than a Brighton postcode changes nothing about the delivery. The A27 and the coast road put us in the city in half an hour, which is close enough for site visits, photography days and the occasional meeting in person. Everything else runs the way it does for every client: one team, a fixed monthly cost, and a report each month that shows what changed.
What works in Brighton
How we approach Brighton work
The services are the same everywhere. The emphasis changes with the town, the customer and the competition. This is where we would usually start for a Brighton business.
Web design
A fast, mobile-first site that leads with the jobs you actually want. Brighton searches are overwhelmingly on a phone and often urgent, so the number, the areas you cover and your proof sit above the fold, not three scrolls down.
SEO
Brighton is too competitive for a single "services" page to rank. We build out the specific job and area pages the searches are actually for, sort out your Google Business Profile, and track the keywords month by month so you can see the movement.
Google Ads
Paid search in Brighton is expensive and easy to waste. We run tight campaigns around the emergency and high-value jobs only, with landing pages that match the search, and the management fee is always quoted separately from your ad spend.
Automation and email
Missed calls are lost jobs. We set up simple follow-up: a missed-call text, a quote reminder, a review request once the job is done. Nothing clever, just the things a busy trade never gets round to.
What we run in Brighton
Same services, wherever you are
We do not scale down the offer depending on your postcode. Every Brighton client gets the same team, the same process, and the same monthly reporting as anyone else. Websites are where most clients start. Everything else is added only where it fits.
Web design and development
Bespoke websites that load fast, look the part, and turn visitors into customers.
Find out moreSEO
Technical audits, on-page optimisation, content strategy and link acquisition built around search intent.
Find out morePPC, Google and Meta
Google and Meta ads scoped to local service businesses. Tight ad groups, conversion-led landing pages.
Find out moreBespoke apps and automation
Custom internal tools, lead routing, automated follow-up, integrations and dashboards.
Find out moreBrand creation
Positioning, identity and a practical brand kit your team can actually apply.
Find out moreSocial media management
Content planning, community management, paid social and analytics that connect to leads.
Find out moreEmail marketing
Campaigns, automated flows and list growth, built to drive revenue, not vanity opens.
Find out moreCommon questions
Frequently asked in Brighton
Do you have an office in Brighton?
No. We are registered and based in Worthing and we are open about that. We work with Brighton and Hove businesses regularly, and we are close enough that meeting in person is easy when it helps, but we would rather be honest than list a serviced-office address in the city to look local.
What have you built for Brighton businesses?
The website and local SEO for BTN Locksmith, who cover Brighton and Hove, and the site for VRS, a detailing specialist working across Brighton and Sussex. INICIO Painting and Decorating also take on Brighton work from their Worthing base. All three are on our work page with links to the live sites.
Brighton is full of agencies. Why use one in Worthing?
Because the postcode of your agency has no bearing on whether your site ranks or converts. What matters is whether the people building it understand local trade businesses, and whether you get one accountable team rather than an account manager passing your job around. We do this for a living for exactly your kind of business, and we cost a good deal less than a Brighton studio with Brighton rent.
What does a website cost?
Our standard website starts at a £50 build fee plus £35 a month for hosting, maintenance and minor edits, with no long contract. Bigger builds are quoted individually. SEO, Google Ads and email are separate monthly services and we only recommend them where they fit. We are not VAT registered, so the prices you see are the prices you pay.
Can you help with Google Business Profile and reviews?
Yes. For most Brighton trades the map pack matters more than the organic listings, so profile setup, categories, service areas, photos and a steady flow of reviews are part of every local SEO engagement, not an extra.
Talk to us
Ready to fix your marketing?
A 30-minute call, no slide deck, no sales script. You tell us what's broken, we tell you whether we can help. If we can't, we'll point you toward someone who can.
Typical response time: same business day.