How Hull Dog Walkers Are Filling Their Diary from Google
If you've been going round in circles trying to work out why Hull's newer dog-walkers are getting more work than you, the answer is almost always the same: they sorted their Google listing and you didn't. We sort yours.
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Working Hull as a dog-walker
Hull is interesting because the housing is victorian terraces, inter-war council housing, post-war estates, and modern city centre regeneration and that drives the kind of jobs that come up. The customers are mostly searching by area name (think 'dog-walker in Holderness' or 'dog-walker near Beverley Road') so the local SEO needs to be tuned for those exact phrases.
If you cover Avenues, Bransholme, Holderness and the surrounding HU postcodes as a dog-walker in Hull, your customers are mostly searching for key holding or multiple dog handling. The dog-walker work in Hull tends to come in waves once your Google listing starts ranking for the right neighbourhood searches.
What We Do
Across the dog-walkers we have spoken to in Hull, the same pattern keeps coming up. The dog-walkers ranking in the top three of Google Maps for Hull get most of the calls. Honest list of what is included so you can compare: website (built and hosted), Google Business Profile (set up and run weekly), review automation, SEO work, missed-call text-back, monthly report. Nothing hidden.
Specifically for dog-walkers in Hull, we monitor about 25 local search terms that bring buying intent for dog-walker services. We update your Google profile weekly with fresh photos and posts, and we run automatic review requests after every dog-walker job. The whole dog-walker package costs £199/month.
Most calls dog-walkers get are for bad weather coverage, multiple dog handling, or key holding. The work is governed by No mandatory regulation; Narps UK, insurance requirements, DBS checks and the typical dog-walker customer is working professionals who need midday dog walks, elderly dog owners, holiday cover. Most dog-walkers we work with see those exact problems make up four out of five jobs.
Why Dog Walkers Lose Calls Around Here
When we look at dog-walkers in Hull who have gone quiet, the cause is almost always the same one. Their Google Business Profile is half-empty and they are not ranking for the dog-walker keywords Hull customers actually use. Most quiet phones are not a customer problem. They are an indexing problem. The customers are still there. Google just isn't pointing them at you yet.
Real Clients We Already Run
For dog-walkers working Hull (especially around Holderness and Beverley Road), this is the unflattering bit nobody warns dog-walker owners about. Most dog-walkers in Hull are invisible for the urgent searches that bring jobs. Small client list, on purpose. Seven UK trades businesses, each on a monthly plan, each with the same mobile number to text. The plan is to keep growing slowly enough that the service quality stays the same.
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Click the audit button. Spend 20 seconds telling us your business name. Get a real audit back the same day, often within an hour. Decide whether to hire us afterwards. That is the entire process.
The Three Things That Move the Needle
Local SEO and Google Business Profile
Local SEO is the bulk of what we do. Real keyword research using DataForSEO, on-page optimisation for the queries that bring calls, Google profile management every week, and ranking checks every Monday. No hand-waving, no monthly PDF that says 'progressing well'.
Missed-Call Text-Back
The text that goes out is editable so you can change the tone if you want. We start with one we have tested across our existing trades clients and tweak from there. The default reply pulls about 30-40% engagement.
Review Automation
What you get over a year is the difference between 'has 12 reviews from 2023' and 'has 50 reviews, the most recent one yesterday'. Google ranks the second listing higher every time.
What It Costs
We do not believe in hiding prices, so here they are: £199 setup and £199 a month. Less than £6.70 a day. The maths usually works out the same way: One job from Google pays for the month.
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?
£199 once + £199/month. The website is yours to keep even if you cancel. The minimum is three months so we have time to actually move the needle.
What do you actually do every month?
Six things every month: Google profile updates, fresh website content, automated review requests, missed-call recovery, ranking checks, and a monthly report. No add-ons, no upsells, no surprise charges.
Do I need to do anything technical?
We handle every technical step. Website build, hosting, domain setup, DNS, Google Business Profile verification, schema markup, analytics. None of that is your job. You just answer the phone when calls come in.
What if I already have a website?
Easy. We migrate the existing site across and keep everything that is working. The domain stays yours. We just rebuild it on faster infrastructure and fix the things that are losing you calls.
How long until I see results?
We do not guarantee a number of leads or a ranking position because nobody can do that legitimately. We guarantee the work is done, the report is honest, and the system stays running. The results follow if you let it run for the three-month minimum.
Can I cancel?
Three-month minimum, then rolling. Cancel whenever, no fuss. The website stays yours, the domain stays yours, and we send you a clean handover so nothing breaks.
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