By: Andy Chapman | Published: 29 June 2025
If you're a builder, plumber, electrician or any tradesperson running a small business in East Devon, you've probably felt this frustration:
"I'm great at what I do - but I'm nowhere to be seen online."
You're not alone.
You’ve got the tools, the skills, the van. Word of mouth has kept you going — until now. But suddenly, everyone’s searching online before they pick up the phone.
So you try to get ahead. And that’s when the confusion hits:
Everywhere you look, someone’s trying to sell you something different.
You just want to be found when someone searches “trusted tradesperson near Exmouth” or “best plumber Sidmouth.”
But instead, you get:
That’s what I fix.
At 1010 Media, I’ve developed a one-off setup service specifically for tradespeople and small businesses in East Devon.
This isn’t a one-size-fits-all marketing package. It’s a practical, fast, and local solution.
I call it Search Everywhere Optimisation and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
I also include:
I’m based in Devon - and I get local business.
I know East Devon towns like Sidmouth, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Honiton, Seaton, and Ottery St Mary — and what it takes to stand out here.
This isn’t about ranking nationally. It’s about showing up locally — where your ideal customers live, work, and search.
I don’t trap you in long contracts. I don’t confuse you with dashboards and nonsense metrics I get it done - usually in under a week.
Then I give you access, show you how it works, and hand you the keys.
I’ll even check in after 90 days to tweak things if needed.
Because this is hands-on and done properly, I limit Search Everywhere Optimisation to 5 local businesses per month.
If you're in East Devon and you're ready to stop being invisible online - now’s the time.
I’ll show you exactly where your digital presence is falling short - and how we can fix it.
Image by creativeart on Freepik
Book a free discovery call and find out what's possible.Added: 16 February 2026
DJ Haggett has stayed at the top of Devon's premium catering market for over 15 years through ongoing website development, SEO, and digital strategy designed to protect visibility and drive consistent bookings.
Added: 13 February 2026
Most SEO advice focuses on what helps you rank with very little talk about what makes someone choose you once you appear. This is the gap is where many enquiries are lost.
Added: 22 January 2026
If you hire an SEO consultant in Devon, the work should be structured, transparent, and grounded in the realities of the local market. The early weeks focus on fixing technical foundations and removing blockers. After that, the emphasis shifts to local relevance, clearer page intent, and compounding visibility across both traditional search results and AI-driven summaries.
Added: 06 January 2026
Structured data (schema markup) occupies an awkward middle ground in SEO. It is often oversold as a ranking booster, then dismissed entirely when no uplift appears. Neither position survives contact with the evidence. Schema does not directly improve rankings. It also does not do 'nothing'. Its value lies in a narrow but increasingly relevant set of use cases, especially as search interfaces shift toward summarisation, extraction, and entity-based retrieval.
Added: 29 December 2025
2025 fundamentally changed how customers find local businesses. Google's AI Overviews now appear in a majority of commercial searches, traditional organic listings have moved down the page, and well over half of searches now end without a click. For Devon businesses, the old playbook of 'rank higher, get more traffic' no longer reflects how search actually works. Here's what happened, what it means, and what to do next.
Added: 07 December 2025
On Point Construction is a high quality building company in Exmouth led by Rob and Nick. They partnered with 1010 Media to improve visibility, attract stronger enquiries and ensure their website reflects the standard of their work. The project included a full website update, complete copy rewrite, on page optimisation and local SEO and continues with the 1010 Media Growth Package, a monthly optimisation plan designed to increase rankings, engagement and enquiry volume over time.