Printings: A Proper Website Without the £3,000 Agency Bill
Most printings in the UK are losing work to two or three competitors who simply rank higher on Google. Same job, same prices, different visibility.
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Why It's Different for Printings
Marketing for printings is a different game from marketing for, say, a coffee shop or an estate agent. Customers are usually in a hurry, often a bit stressed, and almost always price-sensitive. Your website and Google listing have about three seconds to convince them you are the right call. Most printings fail at exactly that.
Most calls printings get are for quick turnaround, flyers and brochures, or large format printing. The work is governed by British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) and the typical printing customer is small businesses needing marketing materials, event organisers, companies needing branded items. Most printings we work with see those exact problems make up four out of five jobs.
What We Actually Do
For printings reading this who already feel like they have tried everything, here is the bit nobody mentions. Most printing marketing advice is generic and does not actually move the needle for printings. We replace four or five things you would normally pay separately for: web designer, SEO agency, social media person, review-request app, missed-call system. One package, one price, one person to talk to.
Specifically for printings, we monitor about 25 local search terms that bring buying intent for printing services. We update your Google profile weekly with fresh photos and posts, and we run automatic review requests after every printing job. The whole printing package costs £199/month.
What Most Owners Get Wrong
Among the printings we have already taken on, every single one had the same bottleneck. Their Google profile was half-empty and their site was not ranking for the urgent printing searches. It is a maths problem. About 70% of local searches happen on a phone. About 44% of those clicks go to the three businesses in the Map Pack. If you're not one of those three, you're competing for the leftovers.
The Clients We Already Run
Here is what we tell printings when they ask why their phone has slowed down. Most printing businesses are not ranking for the search terms that bring buying-intent calls in their area. The first paying client signed up in March. The seventh signed up in early April. We are growing slowly because every client gets the same level of attention, and that ceiling moves up as we add more capacity.
Next Step: A Free Audit
The free audit is the no-pressure way to see what we would actually do for you. We check your site, your reviews, your Google profile, and your nearest competitors. You decide what to do with the information.
The Three Things That Move the Needle
Local SEO and Google Business Profile
What we measure: keyword positions, Google Business Profile views, direction requests, calls from the listing, and form fills on your website. The monthly report shows all of these versus the previous month with no marketing spin.
Missed-Call Text-Back
We have seen owners on this system go from 'a quiet week' to 'fully booked' just because the missed-call text turned dropped calls into actual job enquiries. It is genuinely the highest-ROI thing in the whole package.
Review Automation
Most owners undercount how much reviews matter for ranking. Every additional review is a small boost to your local pack position, especially when the review mentions the service or area. The automation makes that compound silently in the background.
What It Costs
Honest pricing, no asterisks: £199 one-time setup and £199 every month. Less than £6.70 a day. One job from Google pays for the month. The site is yours forever, even if you cancel after the third 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?
Two numbers, no surprises. £199 for the website itself (built and hosted by us, yours to keep). £199 a month after that for the management. Three months minimum.
What do you actually do every month?
Plain English: we make your business show up first when people Google for what you do nearby, we make sure no calls get lost when you cannot answer, and we show you exactly what changed every month.
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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