Marketing for Portsmouth Counsellors: Honest, Local, No Contracts
Real counsellors in Portsmouth getting real calls from Google. Not stock photos, not testimonials we wrote ourselves, not a trial offer that becomes a twelve-month contract.
No twelve-month contracts · cancel after the third month · website yours forever
Working Portsmouth as a counsellor
Pretty much every counsellor call in Portsmouth starts the same way: someone in North End or Old Portsmouth needs help with work-related stress or anxiety and depression, opens Google on their phone, and calls one of the first three results. That is the entire game.
Portsmouth's counsellors typically pick up calls from Cosham, Copnor, North End and the wider PO postcode area. The most common counsellor jobs in Portsmouth are self-esteem issues and bereavement support. The pattern of call volume in Portsmouth tends to follow the local property mix and seasonal demand.
What We Do
Counsellors in Portsmouth are competing with 25-50 other listings for the same calls. Here is what separates the busy counsellors from the ones whose phones have gone quiet. We handle the entire online side of your business so you do not have to. That means a website rebuild if your current one is broken or slow, your Google profile sorted out and run weekly, automatic review requests going out after each job, missed-call recovery so dropped calls turn into texts, real SEO work every week, and a monthly performance report you can actually read on a phone.
For counsellors in Portsmouth, the search terms that matter are not "counsellor" on its own. The buying-intent searches are urgent variations like "work-related stress" and "anxiety and depression". We target those exact phrases on your Google profile and on the counsellor pages of your site.
If you cover self-esteem issues and bereavement support as a counsellor, your customers are searching for those exact words on Google before they call anyone. Counsellors who match those phrases on their Google listing pick up the calls before the competitors do.
Why Counsellors Lose Calls Around Here
Counsellors in Portsmouth get the same diagnosis from us when they ask why their phone has slowed down. The counsellor listings ranking above them in Portsmouth have more reviews, fresher photos, and weekly Google profile posts. Your competitors with worse work and fewer years of experience are getting more calls than you. It is not because they are better. It is because Google shows them first.
Real Clients We Already Run
Counsellors in Portsmouth get the same diagnosis from us when they ask why their phone has slowed down. The counsellor listings ranking above them in Portsmouth have more reviews, fresher photos, and weekly Google profile posts. The honest version: we have seven paying clients. That is why we can give every one of them a phone number and answer it. When we have seventy, we will still give you a phone number, but a different one.
Next Step: A Free Audit
Easiest first step: free audit. Send us your business name and town and we will send back a one-page assessment of your Google listing, your website speed, and where you rank locally. No call required.
The Three Things That Move the Needle
Local SEO and Google Business Profile
Our SEO work is opinionated. We do not chase every algorithm update. We focus on the things that have moved local rankings for the last decade: relevance to the search term, prominence (reviews and citations), and proximity to the searcher. Everything else is noise.
Missed-Call Text-Back
When the phone rings and you can't pick up, the customer's phone gets a text within 10 seconds. The text is short and human: a hello, an apology, a question about what they need. Most reply within five minutes. About a third book in.
Review Automation
Reviews come in on autopilot. We set up a system that asks your customers right after the job, while they are still happy. About a third leave a review. Over a year that is the difference between 8 reviews and 60.
What It Costs
Here is the price. £199 for the website (one-off, yours to keep forever). £199 a month for the management. Less than £6.70 a day. Three-month minimum, then you can cancel any time you like.
Setup
£199
One-off. Covers your website. Yours to keep forever.
Monthly
£199/mo
Less than £6.70 a day. One job from Google pays for the month.
What's included every month
- Website (included in setup fee)
- SEO management
- AEO management
- Google Business Profile management
- Website updates included
- Monthly performance report
- 4 blog posts per month
- Missed call text back
- Quote follow-up automation
- Review automation
Frequently Asked
What does it actually cost?
Same price for every client. £199 setup, £199 a month. We do not haggle, we do not run promotions, and we do not have a 'special deal this week'. The price you see is what you pay.
What do you actually do every month?
We replace four jobs you would normally pay separately for: web designer (£2k-5k one-off), SEO agency (£500-1,500/month), review automation app (£40-100/month), and missed-call answering service (£50-150/month). All bundled into one price.
Do I need to do anything technical?
No. You do not need to do anything technical at any point. We handle the website, the Google profile, the SEO, the reviews, all of it. The only thing we ask for is information about your business and a few photos if you have them.
What if I already have a website?
Fine. We will migrate it over. The domain stays in your name. The content comes with it. The bits that work, we keep. The bits that do not, we replace.
How long until I see results?
Truthfully, we cannot put a number on it because every business is different. What we can tell you is what happened with our existing clients: most started seeing extra calls from Google within four to six weeks and meaningful ranking improvements by month three.
Can I cancel?
Three months is the minimum because that is how long it takes to do meaningful SEO work. After that you can leave whenever you want. Website yours, domain yours, no exit fees.
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Send us your business name and town. We'll send back a real audit of your Google listing, your website, and your top three local competitors. Same day, no sales call.