Marketing for Edinburgh Opticians: Honest, Local, No Contracts
If you're an optician working in Edinburgh and your phone is quieter than it should be, the problem is almost always the same. And it's fixable.
No twelve-month contracts · cancel after the third month · website yours forever
Working Edinburgh as an optician
The optician customers in Edinburgh are split roughly in half between long-term residents who already have someone they trust and newer residents (or younger ones) who Google for everything. The newer half is who you want, and Google is the only way to reach them.
Edinburgh customers searching for an optician usually live in Leith, New Town, Cramond or one of the satellite areas like Musselburgh or Livingston. The local property mix in Edinburgh drives a steady demand for children's eye tests and deteriorating vision from opticians.
What We Do
For opticians working Edinburgh (especially around Marchmont and Bruntsfield), this is the unflattering bit nobody warns optician owners about. Most opticians in Edinburgh are invisible for the urgent searches that bring jobs. We are your outsourced marketing department, except cheaper than one in-house hire and we actually deliver. Website, SEO, Google, reviews, missed-call recovery, content. One monthly fee, one report, one mobile number for everything.
For opticians in Edinburgh, the version of this we run looks like weekly Google profile updates with photos from real optician jobs, four blog posts a month written for the searches opticians customers actually use, and a monthly performance report you can read on a phone.
If you are an optician, you already know the bread and butter: deteriorating vision and eye strain from screens, with contact lens fitting when the season turns. Adults needing regular eye tests, parents with school-age children, contact lens wearers, which means opticians need to be findable when those exact searches happen.
Why Opticians Lose Calls Around Here
Opticians in Edinburgh are competing with 100-200 other listings for the same calls. Here is what separates the busy opticians from the ones whose phones have gone quiet. The phones do not stop ringing because the work has dried up. They stop ringing because somebody else's listing is showing up first. That is the entire diagnosis nine times out of ten.
Real Clients We Already Run
Across the opticians we have spoken to in Edinburgh, the same pattern keeps coming up. The opticians ranking in the top three of Google Maps for Edinburgh get most of the calls. We are small on purpose. Seven paying clients right now: a mix of plumbers, heating engineers, paving and bathroom fitters across England and Wales. Every one of them we know by first name. Every one of them got a real result inside the first month.
Next Step: A Free Audit
Honest framing: the audit is free because it costs us about 30 minutes of automated checks plus 10 minutes of a real human looking at the results. We do that because most owners don't trust marketing pitches anymore (rightly), and a real audit is the only way to start a useful conversation.
The Three Things That Move the Needle
Local SEO and Google Business Profile
The SEO bit covers: keyword research, on-page optimisation, technical SEO (site speed, schema, sitemaps), Google Business Profile management, citation building, and monthly ranking reports. All of it is included, no add-ons.
Missed-Call Text-Back
Every missed call gets an automatic text within seconds. The script is plain and human (we wrote it ourselves, it does not say 'this is an automated message'). Most callers reply within minutes and book a callback.
Review Automation
The reply rate sits around 30% across our existing clients, which is roughly five to six times what owners get when they ask in person. Most owners forget to ask half the time anyway.
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?
One job from Google pays for the month. The price is £199 setup and £199 a month. Less than £6.70 a day. Cancel after the third month if it isn't working out.
What do you actually do every month?
Specifically: build and host your website, run your Google Business Profile weekly, set up review automation, set up missed-call text-back, write four blog posts a month, send a monthly report. That is the full list.
Do I need to do anything technical?
If you can text us a logo and a few photos of your work, you have done your bit. Everything else, including the boring technical stuff like SSL certificates and search console setup, is on us.
What if I already have a website?
We work with what you have got. If your current website is broken or slow, we rebuild it. If it is fine, we keep it and just sort out the SEO and Google profile. Your domain stays the same either way.
How long until I see results?
Honest answer: anyone who guarantees specific numbers is lying to you. We can guarantee the work gets done properly. The missed-call text-back system pays for itself the first time you save a job. SEO results take longer, usually three to six months for meaningful movement.
Can I cancel?
After three months you can cancel any time, no notice period, no exit fees. The website is yours to keep. We transfer the domain and the site to whoever you want.
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