Working with SMEs across Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Stockport, Trafford and the wider conurbation. Properly built websites, SEO that works, content people engage with, 30 days notice. Run from Cheshire, half an hour down the M56.
A few of the many businesses we've worked with, big and small
Greater Manchester is one of the densest business markets in the UK. The city core, the Salford media corridor, Stockport’s resurgent town centre, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Trafford, Tameside, Wigan. Together, that’s nearly three million people and tens of thousands of SMEs. We’ve worked with clients across most of it.
Greater Manchester isn’t a single market. Manchester city centre is competitive, expensive, fast-moving – the home of MediaCity, the creative quarter, fintech, professional services. The surrounding boroughs are different. Bolton’s manufacturing and trades base. Stockport’s recent regeneration story. Trafford’s retail and hospitality. Salford’s media and creative cluster.
We’re a tight-knit Cheshire team that knows the patch. Properly built websites that load fast even on Manchester’s notoriously patchy 4G. Local SEO that gets your Google Business Profile showing up for searches in your specific borough. Social media content that builds a community of brand advocates. Content that people actually want to read. Ad campaigns measured against real enquiries, not vanity clicks.
Pick what you need or hand the whole thing over. Most local businesses we work with use two or three services together.
Properly built WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify and Magento. No page builders. Properly fast. The kind of site Core Web Vitals actually likes.
Find out more →Technical SEO, content, local search, link building. The slow honest kind that compounds over years.
Find out more →Campaigns built around what actually converts. Daily monitoring, monthly reports, no vanity metrics.
Find out more →Posting, replying, knowing when your audience is online. Real engagement, not bots and stock posts.
Find out more →Newsletters, welcome flows, abandoned cart sequences. The highest-ROI channel of the lot when it's done right.
Find out more →Blog posts and landing pages written by humans who get your business. UK-based writers, no AI slop.
Find out more →Marketing is the single highest-impact thing for most Greater Manchester SMEs. The county is enormous in search volume terms – millions of monthly searches across the various boroughs. The local pack (those three Google Maps results) takes the lion’s share of clicks for service-based businesses.
What works consistently: properly maintained Social accounts with current photos and regular posts. Accurate citations. Location-specific landing pages that don’t just keyword-stuff. Content that people actually want to engage with. Fresh reviews coming in regularly. A fast, accessible website Google trusts.
The competition is uneven. Manchester city centre is crowded with companies. The outer boroughs are still wide open if someone does the work properly.
We don't want to blend in. We know your area is competitive and we create marketing content that will stand out.
We pride ourselves on our incredible feedback and strong client relationships. 100% positive. Read our reviews - they're real.
Rolling monthly retainers. If we're not delivering, you can leave. We retain clients by doing the work properly.
We build properly, refuse to use page builders on principle, and chase 0.2-second LCP improvements. The boring nerdy work pays off.
A snapshot of the kinds of Greater Manchester businesses we've helped grow online.
Same process for every project. Boring, predictable, no surprises.
Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.
Honest scope. Clear pricing. No fluff.
We do the work. You see progress weekly.
Go live, then keep improving. Regular reporting with actual numbers.
We work across the conurbation. Manchester city has its own dedicated page below. The surrounding boroughs are covered through this page - same approach, same team, same standards.
No, we’re in Cheshire – half an hour down the M56 in Northwich. We work with Greater Manchester businesses regularly across the city and the surrounding boroughs. Most prefer the lower overhead more than they need an office in the Northern Quarter.
All of it. Manchester city centre and Salford are our most common areas, but we do have clients in Stockport, Trafford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan and Tameside.
Yes. We have team members who live in the surrounding areas, existing clients in the area and plenty of local knowledge. The Manchester market has its own pace and pricing – more crowded, more competitive, and faster-moving than the surrounding boroughs.
Honestly, we’re cheaper. Manchester city centre rents are passed onto clients in agency fees. We’re outside the conurbation, our overheads are lower, and we pass that on. The work is the same standard.
Unfortunately, we hear this a lot. Marketing agencies aren’t all the same, and many of our clients have had negative experiences with other agencies. It’s part of the reason we only have a 30-day notice period – to reassure those who’ve been let down before. Communication is a big deal for us, and we can talk as often as you need. Some clients have a monthly reporting call as standard, plus whatever else crops up in between, while others have WhatsApp groups where they can catch up and share pictures with the team in real-time. We also have a client portal and a social media portal where you can easily speak directly with your main contacts. For us, it’s all about being easy to reach and there when you need us. Need a quick chat? We can simply send over a Zoom, and nobody loses a morning to travel.
Web design starts in the low hundreds when paid in a single payment, but we also offer pay-monthly website options. Our ongoing retainer packages, such as social media support or SEO, typically start at a few hundred a month, but we can customise a package to fit your budget. You tell us your budget, and we can craft something that will fit perfectly.
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 on Google and Facebook. No filtering, no pay-to-play, just honest reviews from real clients.
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!
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.
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!
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 , Branding , Email Marketing
Free, no commitment. We'll listen, give you honest advice, and tell you whether we're a fit.
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