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SEO Agency in Birmingham

Looking for an SEO agency Birmingham businesses can trust with their search? We are a specialist team with 15+ years in SEO and nothing else on the menu: no web design upsells, no long lock-ins, and prices you can see before you call.

  • Prices on the site
  • Rolling monthly
  • Own specialist team
Specialist team working together in a bright office
15+years in search
Small team reviewing search data around a meeting table
Specialist agency

A Birmingham SEO agency that only does SEO

Plenty of agencies in the city list SEO alongside web design, paid ads, branding and social media. That is a fair model, but it means search is one line on a long menu, and the person doing it is often switching between five kinds of work in a day.

We took the opposite route. Search is the only thing we sell, so every hour in your plan goes on the work that moves rankings and enquiries: fixing what stops Google reading your site, writing pages that answer what buyers type, earning links from real sites and running your map listing.

It also keeps our advice honest. We have no website rebuild to sell you, so if your current site can rank with fixes, we will say so and fix it. That focus is what SEO Birmingham clients pay us for.

What to check

What a Birmingham SEO company should show you before you sign

Six things you can check on any provider's website or proposal. If they are missing, ask for them in writing.

Prices

A monthly figure, what it includes and whether VAT is added. Ours sit on the pricing page: £299, £379 or £549 a month, no VAT added.

Contract terms

Length, notice period and any setup fee. Long lock-ins usually protect the agency, not you. Ours roll monthly with 30 days notice.

Who does the work

Whether the team you meet is the team doing the work, or whether it is passed to freelancers you never speak to.

Proof with numbers

Results with periods and sources, ideally with the screenshot. Be wary of percentages with no starting point.

Reporting

What you will see each month: enquiries, rankings, traffic and a list of work done. Ask to see a sample report.

No guarantees

Nobody controls Google. A promise of first place is a reason to walk away, not a reason to sign.

Roles, not names

The team behind your campaign

Your plan is shared across five roles. Each one owns part of the work and signs it off in the monthly report.

1

Strategist

Picks the search terms worth chasing, sets the order of work and checks each month whether the plan still makes sense for your goals.

2

Technical lead

Runs the crawl, fixes speed and indexing problems, sets up schema and checks every change before it goes live.

3

Content writer

Writes and rewrites service pages, location pages and guides in UK English, using what your customers actually ask.

4

Outreach lead

Finds sites that would link to you for a good reason, from Midlands press to trade bodies, and pitches them by hand.

5

Account lead

Your single contact. Answers emails during UK hours, runs the monthly call and makes sure the work matches what was agreed.

Your options

Agency, freelancer or in-house?

Each route suits a different business. Here is how they compare on the points owners ask us about most.

Specialist agencyFreelancerIn-house hire
Monthly costFrom £299Varies, often £300 to £1,000A salary plus tools and training
Range of skillsTechnical, content, links and localUsually strong in one or twoDepends on the hire
Holiday and sickness coverWork carries onWork pausesWork pauses
Tools includedYesSometimesPaid separately
Notice to stop30 daysVariesEmployment terms
Best forFirms that want results without managing SEOSmall, single projectsLarge firms with steady SEO needs
Timeline

Your first six months

What happens month by month. Timings depend on how much your site needs fixing first.

  1. 01Month 1

    Audit and plan

    Full crawl, keyword research, rival check and a written plan you approve before work starts.

  2. 02Month 1 to 2

    Fix the foundations

    Speed, indexing, titles, internal links and the Google Business Profile, done in order of impact.

  3. 03Month 2 to 3

    Rebuild key pages

    Service pages rewritten to answer buyer questions, with FAQs and schema added.

  4. 04Month 3 onwards

    Earn links

    Outreach to local and trade sites, plus content that gives editors a reason to link.

  5. 05Month 4 to 6

    Grow coverage

    New pages for services and areas you want more of, measured against enquiries.

  6. 06Month 6

    Review

    A full review of what worked, what did not and what the next six months should focus on.

Proof

Agency results

Three results from client accounts, without names. All are outside the UK, so treat them as examples of the work rather than Birmingham results.

Monthly calls and forms, first 12 months

694M1899M2861M31,258M4888M51,066M61,339M71,207M81,386M91,514M101,642M111,213M12

All sources shown in the report were organic or map listings.

Ecommerce and eventsEvent equipment rental firm, US$1.96M

Revenue logged from organic search and Google Business Profile over 17 months, across 384 tracked conversions. Organic traffic grew from close to zero to about 21,500 visits a month (Semrush estimate).

384conversions
17months

Paid advertising is not part of these figures.

Web design agency, Australia

First on Google and in the map pack for "web development company", a term rated 59% difficulty, and first for "web development agency".

Home staging company, US

Monthly contacts grew from 1 to 111 over 8 months, with 377 contacts and $35,217 logged from map and organic search.

Every month

What you get from a Birmingham SEO agency each month

The exact mix depends on your plan, but every client gets these as standard.

Rank tracking

Your agreed search terms checked across the city, including the map pack, so you can see movement street by street.

Technical checks

A crawl of your site to catch broken pages, slow templates and indexing problems before they cost you traffic.

New or improved pages

At least one page written or rebuilt every month, aimed at a search your customers already use.

Map listing work

Posts, photos, categories and review requests for your Google Business Profile on local plans.

AI answer checks

How ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews describe your business, with fixes for anything they get wrong.

Report and call

A written report covering enquiries, rankings and work done, followed by a call to agree next month.

Remote, not distant

Working across the Midlands

We are a remote team, which is why our prices sit below the Birmingham agencies with offices on Colmore Row or at Brindleyplace. You still get a named account lead, a video call to start, a written plan and replies between 8am and 4pm UK time.

Most of our work is the same wherever the client sits, but local search is not. We track Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country separately, because the map pack in Walsall looks nothing like the one in the Colmore business district.

If you serve customers in several towns, our local SEO work adds a page for each area, written from a search check done inside that town.

8am to 4pmUK hours for replies
1 dayto get your free audit
30 daysnotice to stop
£0setup fee
Questions

Birmingham SEO agency FAQs

How do I choose an SEO agency in Birmingham?
Ask each agency for its prices, contract length, who will do the work, a sample report and results with periods and screenshots. Compare like with like, and walk away from anyone who guarantees first place.
What does an SEO agency actually do each month?
Technical fixes, new and improved pages, link building, Google Business Profile work and a report on what changed. The mix depends on your plan and what your site needs most.
How many clients does each account lead look after?
We keep account leads to a number they can serve properly, so you get replies during UK hours and a monthly call with someone who knows your site.
Do you outsource any of the work?
No. Strategy, technical work, writing and outreach are done by our own team. We do not resell work from other providers.
What happens if results stall?
We say so in the monthly report, explain why and change the plan. You can also stop with 30 days notice, so you are never stuck paying for work that is not helping.
Will you work with my competitor?
We avoid taking two clients chasing the same searches in the same area. If there is a clash, we tell you before you sign.
Free audit

Birmingham SEO you can test for free

Send your website and get a free Birmingham SEO audit within one working day: where you rank, what is holding you back and three fixes you can start on, whether or not you hire us.

Book a callor email hello@birminghamseo.uk