If you have looked into getting marketing help before, you will know the usual options. A big agency that costs a fortune and gives you an account manager instead of an expert. A freelancer who does one thing well but leaves you to join up the rest. Or doing it yourself at ten o'clock at night, wondering if any of it is working.

I offer something different: one experienced person who handles everything, explains it kindly, and genuinely cares whether it works.

You deal with me, start to finish

No account managers, no handovers, no ticket systems. The person you meet is the person who does the work. I am based in Acomb near Hexham, so for clients across Tynedale and Northumberland I will happily come to you. It is much easier to plan your marketing at your kitchen table than over a video call.

Plain English, promise

You should never leave a conversation about your own business feeling stupid. I explain what I am doing and why in normal words, and if you would rather not know the details at all, that is fine too. You will get a short monthly summary that says things like "340 people found you on Google this month and 12 got in touch". That is it.

Senior experience, small business prices

Seventeen years in marketing, including leading teams and budgets at group level across the UK and Europe. You get that level of thinking without the agency overheads, because there are no overheads. It is me, my laptop and a springer spaniel with strong opinions about walk times.

I do what I sell

My own website reached page one of Google for "Marketing Consultant Hexham" within eleven days of launching, using exactly the approach I use for clients. When I talk about getting found online, it is because I have done it, measurably, here in Northumberland.

Who I work best with

I work with established small business owners across Hexham, Tynedale and Northumberland. Holiday lets and B&Bs, salons and clinics, trades and makers, professional practices and rural businesses. Most of my clients are brilliant at what they do and busy doing it. They have the budget to do things properly; what they do not have is the time or the inclination to become digital marketers. If that sounds like you, we will get on well.