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Marketing agency for Bolton businesses

Cheshire-based agency working with Bolton SMEs across manufacturing, engineering, trades and retail. Under an hour up the M61. Properly built sites, SEO that works, 30 days notice.

A few of the many businesses we've worked with, big and small

What we do for businesses in Bolton

Bolton’s a proud manufacturing and engineering town with a deep trades base and a busy retail centre. The businesses that grow here tend to be the ones that get found locally and look credible online. We work with Bolton clients across B2B, manufacturing and trades, and we’re under an hour away in Northwich.

Bolton built its name on making things, and that hasn’t really changed – engineering, manufacturing, distribution and a strong trades economy still run through it, alongside a retail core and growing professional services. It’s a market where a fast, credible website and solid local search do a lot of heavy lifting.

We’re a small team that does the technical work properly. Properly built sites that load fast and rank. Local SEO that gets your Google Business Profile into the map pack. Ad campaigns built around real enquiries. No account managers in the way – your senior contact stays with you throughout.

Marketing for businesses in Bolton

What Bolton businesses are working with

Bolton is a manufacturing and engineering town with a deep trades base, a busy market and a large local population that shops close to home.

  • Manufacturing and engineering

    Firms here sell on capability to buyers who research online first. Technical SEO for what you actually make beats generic brand content.

  • A strong trades economy

    Joiners, electricians, fabricators. For them the map pack and a steady flow of genuine reviews bring in more work than anything else.

  • Local loyalty

    Bolton customers back local businesses, but only ones they can find. A neglected Google listing costs you the enquiry before you know it existed.

Why marketing matters for Bolton businesses

For Bolton trades and manufacturers, local SEO and a proper Google Business Profile are usually the highest-impact thing going. “Fabricator Bolton” or “joiner Horwich” – those map results take the clicks, and missing them costs you the enquiries most likely to convert.

Getting in there means the basics done right: a complete, active Google Business Profile, accurate citations, genuine location pages and a steady drip of real reviews.

With a dense manufacturing and trades base and a large local population, Bolton runs high on local search intent. Do the fundamentals properly and you catch it.

Marketing work for Bolton businesses

Why Bolton businesses choose us

  • No account managers in the way

    Your main point of contact stays with you throughout - a senior team member who works directly on your project.

  • Five-star rated since 2016

    39 Google reviews. 15 Facebook recommendations. 100% positive. Read them - they're real.

  • No long tie-ins

    Rolling monthly retainers. If we're not delivering, you can leave. We retain clients by doing the work properly.

  • Weirdly into the technical bits

    We build properly, refuse to use page builders on principle, and chase 0.2-second LCP improvements. The boring nerdy work pays off.

How we work

Same process for every project. Boring, predictable, no surprises.

  • Free chat

    Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.

  • Proposal

    Honest scope. Clear pricing. No fluff.

  • Build

    We do the work. You see progress weekly.

  • Launch & iterate

    Go live, then keep improving. Regular reporting with actual numbers.

Sectors we work with

A snapshot of the kinds of Bolton businesses we've helped grow online.

  • Manufacturing
  • Engineering
  • Trades & construction
  • Logistics & distribution
  • Retail
  • B2B services
  • Health & wellness
  • Hospitality
  • Estate agents
  • Professional services
  • Automotive
  • Charities

Marketing services across Bolton

Pick what you need or hand the whole thing over. Most local businesses we work with use two or three services together.

  • Web design in Bolton

    Properly built WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify and Magento. No page builders. Properly fast. The kind of site Core Web Vitals actually likes.

  • SEO in Bolton

    Technical SEO, content, local search, link building. The slow honest kind that compounds over years.

  • Google Ads & PPC in Bolton

    Campaigns built around what actually converts. Daily monitoring, monthly reports, no vanity metrics.

  • Social media in Bolton

    Posting, replying, knowing when your audience is online. Real engagement, not bots and stock posts.

  • Email marketing in Bolton

    Newsletters, welcome flows, abandoned cart sequences. The highest-ROI channel of the lot when it's done right.

  • Content marketing in Bolton

    Blog posts and landing pages written by UK-based writers who get your business.

  • Branding in Bolton

    Logos and brand systems that hold up everywhere they need to. Built once and built properly.

  • Local SEO in Bolton

    Turn up in the map pack when someone nearby searches. Profile, citations, reviews, local pages.

  • Small business marketing in Bolton

    The whole lot for a smaller business: no long contracts, no jargon, and the work done properly.

What it costs

Same prices wherever you are. We don't charge more because of your postcode.

Priced per account, because ad budgets differ too much for a menu: Google Ads , Social media , Email

Rhiannon and Darren Birch, founders of Cheshire Cat Marketing

Who you'll actually be working with

We founded Cheshire Cat Marketing in 2016 after watching too many small businesses burn through agency budgets and end up with a slow site and a stack of invoices.

We work with businesses across the UK and into Finland and Sweden, and every bit of it is done in-house. Whoever you speak to first is the person doing the work, and they stay with you. Nobody is passing your messages to a separate team.

  • Five-star rated, every review 57 reviews across Google and Facebook. Not one of them below five stars.
  • Award-winning Shortlisted more times than we can neatly list, and we've taken a good few home.
  • Everything done in-house No freelancers, no white-label, nobody you've never met touching your account.
  • Outspoken, honest support We'll tell you when something won't work, even when it'd be easier to take the money.
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Frequently asked questions

Are you actually based in Bolton?

No. We’re in Northwich, under an hour up the M61. Easy enough to visit, far enough to keep our prices sensible. Most clients prefer the lower cost to a Bolton postcode.

Do you understand the Bolton market?

Yes. We’ve worked with manufacturing, engineering and trades businesses across the North West. We know the competition, the buyer patterns and what actually brings enquiries in a town like Bolton.

Do you do work for manufacturers?

Yes. For manufacturers and engineering firms it’s usually a credible B2B website, technical SEO for the products and services you want to be found for, and sometimes targeted ads. Long sales cycles reward getting found early.

How does the day-to-day work?

Zoom or Teams for anything that needs talking through, email for anything that doesn't. It keeps the hours you're paying for on the actual work. And you'll know exactly who your contact is, because it'll be the same person next month and the month after.

What's the smallest budget you'll work with?

Web design starts in the low thousands. Ongoing retainers start at a few hundred a month. We’ll be straight on the first call about whether it fits.

What our clients say about us

Five-star rated on Google and Facebook. No filtering, no pay-to-play, just honest reviews from real clients.

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57 five-star reviews
Shanel Nwosu
Shanel Nwosu 2 months ago

I just want to say, the guys over at Cheshire Cat Marketing are amazing! I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch of people to constantly be in contact with. Whether it was checking up on me and my business or being open to listening to my ever changing ideas! Everything in between too! I would recommend them to anyone wanting, social media or anything marketing wise for your business!

Megan Lawrence
Megan Lawrence 4 months ago

I’ve just phoned and spoken to Rhi, who has been absolutely incredible! I phoned to cheekily ask for some advice, as I am fundraising for a charity event. She was incredible, offering advice, guidance and ideas. The support was truly incredible and has allowed me now to hopefully generate more publicity and support for the event I am supporting.I am in awe of her friendly disposition and her generosity of her experience.Her entire demeanour was approachable and supportive and offered a true unique perspective, whilst being situational and economically aware.So pleased, and touched to have had such a wonderful and postive interaction and would encourage anyone to use their services again.

Emma Radcliffe
Emma Radcliffe a year ago

The Cheshire Cat team are fantastic. They really care about understanding your business and doing a great job. Each time they send me some posts to approve I'm always thrilled with the results - and with 20+ years marketing experience, I'm not an easy person to please! We've seen our followers steadily grow whilst we've been working with them - recommended!

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