I’m Spencer, a Brighton-based freelance SEO consultant helping small businesses in Burgess Hill and across West Sussex rank on Google. Local SEO, technical SEO, keyword research, on-page optimisation and content strategy — delivered with clarity, monthly reports and no lock-in contracts.
Grab a free SEO audit and I’ll tell you exactly what’s holding your Burgess Hill website back from ranking.
Burgess Hill has a growing business community with a mix of trades, professional services and retail. Local SEO is critical for standing out in the busy Mid Sussex market where search competition spans multiple nearby towns. My freelance SEO service is built around the queries trades and other small businesses in Burgess Hill are actually searching for — and the signals Google uses to rank you for them.
Ranking on Google isn’t one silver bullet. It’s dozens of small, evidence-based things working together: technical SEO, on-page optimisation, content, local signals and backlinks. My SEO service covers the full picture — not just the easy-to-sell bits. For the detailed checklist, see my local SEO checklist and how to get your website on Google.
Full technical SEO audit covering crawl errors, indexation, site speed, Core Web Vitals, mobile usability, broken links, redirect chains, schema markup, robots.txt and XML sitemaps. Fixing technical debt is always the first step — everything else works harder afterwards.
I research the exact commercial, navigational and informational queries your Burgess Hill customers are using — including service + location variations, long-tail terms and question-based queries. You get a prioritised keyword map matched to specific pages on your site, with search volume, keyword difficulty and intent.
Page titles, meta descriptions, H1 and H2 structure, internal linking, image alt text, schema markup, canonical tags, content depth and semantic keyword coverage — all tuned to your target rankings. I rewrite pages myself rather than handing over a PDF of recommendations.
For most Burgess Hill businesses, local SEO is the biggest lever. I optimise your Google Business Profile, build local citations, fix NAP (name, address, phone) inconsistencies across the web, earn real reviews, and create location-specific content that wins local pack and map results.
Rankings follow useful content. I plan topic clusters around your core commercial services, write blog posts that target specific queries with clear search intent, and make sure every piece internally links back to the pages that drive enquiries.
Ethical link building through genuine relationships — local business directories, guest posts on relevant UK blogs, digital PR for newsworthy client stories, and broken link reclamation. No buying links, no PBNs, nothing that puts your site at risk.
Plain-English monthly reports showing exactly what I’ve done, what’s working, what’s moved in the rankings, traffic trends and what’s planned for next month. No dashboards full of vanity metrics — just the numbers that matter to your business.
Most SEO agencies in Sussex and Surrey are set up for budgets bigger than typical small businesses in Burgess Hill actually have. Working with a freelance SEO consultant means no layers of account managers, no inflated retainers, and no sales team making promises an implementation team can’t keep.
What you get working with Podium:
* The person quoting you is the person doing the work
* A clear written strategy — you always know what I’m doing and why
* Realistic timelines (SEO takes months, not weeks — I’ll never tell you otherwise)
* Monthly reports written in plain English
* Fair pricing, monthly rolling, no lock-in
* Direct email and phone access — no ticket queues, no account team bottleneck
* Honest prioritisation — I’ll tell you if SEO isn’t your best channel before taking your money
Based in Brighton, I work with small businesses across West Sussex and the wider UK. Everything is managed remotely, so location is no barrier.
Three SEO packages to match where your business is right now. All monthly rolling, no minimum contract. Start with a free SEO audit to see what shape your site is actually in.
£250/mo
For small local businesses getting started with SEO.
£500/mo
For businesses serious about climbing Google rankings.
£1,000/mo
For businesses who need significant organic growth.
One-off SEO audit: £295 — a 40-page written report covering technical issues, on-page opportunities, local SEO setup and a prioritised action plan. Ideal if you want to DIY with expert guidance. Get in touch for a quote tailored to your Burgess Hill business.
Expect meaningful local SEO results in 3–6 months, and 6–12 months for competitive national terms. Anyone promising page-one rankings in weeks is either targeting zero-competition keywords or being dishonest. I’ll give you realistic timelines up front — and show you what “progress” looks like at 30, 60 and 90 days.
My SEO packages start at £250/mo for Local SEO Starter, £500/mo for SEO Growth, and £1,000/mo for SEO Premium. One-off SEO audits are £295. Most Burgess Hill small businesses sit on the Growth plan, which covers technical SEO, content and local optimisation. For a detailed breakdown of fair UK SEO pricing, see my pricing guide.
Local SEO focuses on ranking for queries with geographic intent (e.g. “accountant Burgess Hill”) and dominating the Google Map pack and local pack results. National SEO targets broader queries without location intent (e.g. “how to file self assessment”). Most Burgess Hill small businesses need local SEO first, then layer on national SEO as a secondary strategy once local rankings are sorted.
One-off audits and on-page fixes can deliver solid initial wins. But SEO is fundamentally ongoing — search results are competitive and dynamic, so a static site that was optimised 12 months ago will lose ground to competitors still investing. Monthly retainers compound. That said, I’m happy to do one-off audits if that’s what your budget allows.
Yes. AI Overviews and ChatGPT-style answers pull from the same web pages that rank in traditional search — which means being optimised for Google is still the foundation for being visible in AI results too. What’s changed: rankings now reward genuine expertise, entity-level authority and well-structured content (schema matters more than ever).
Yes — I’m happy to share case studies on an initial call. For privacy I don’t list client names publicly, but I can show you before/after rankings, traffic graphs and concrete revenue impact for businesses similar to yours.
Yes — I cover Burgess Hill and surrounding areas including Haywards Heath, Hassocks, Ditchling and across Mid Sussex. I also provide SEO services across Sussex and Surrey: Lewes, Hassocks, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead, Arundel, Bexhill-on-Sea, Uckfield, Crawley, Hastings, Hove, Worthing, Eastbourne, Horley, Crowborough, Goring-by-Sea. For regional coverage see my SEO Sussex, SEO West Sussex and SEO Surrey pages. Everything is managed remotely, so location is no barrier.
