Hampshire

Marketing for Hampshire businesses

We’re just along the coast in Brighton, helping Hampshire businesses get found on Google and in AI assistants. Most of our work happens online, and we’re happy to visit when it helps.

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Does Happy Otter work with businesses in Hampshire?

Yes. Happy Otter is based in Brighton and works with businesses across Hampshire, including Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester and Basingstoke. Most of the work is done online with regular video calls, and we come to you for planning days.

Where we work

Towns we work with in Hampshire

And everywhere in between. If your town isn’t listed, we’d still love to hear from you.

  • Southampton
  • Portsmouth
  • Winchester
  • Basingstoke
  • Fareham
  • Havant
  • Eastleigh
  • Gosport
  • Andover
  • Petersfield
  • Romsey
  • Farnborough
  • Lymington
  • Alton

Local know-how

What getting found looks like in Hampshire

Hampshire has two big cities, Southampton and Portsmouth, and people there tend to search with the city in mind. Being clearly local to the right one matters more than trying to rank for the whole county.

Away from the cities there are market towns, villages and the New Forest, where tourism and hospitality are a big part of life. For those businesses, accurate listings, reviews and seasonal plans make a real difference.

If you serve customers in several towns, we’ll work out which ones bring the best work, and focus your profile, pages and reviews there first.

How we help

What we do for Hampshire businesses

  • Local SEO for the towns you serve

    Google Business Profile, reviews and town pages, built around the places your best customers come from.

  • Named by AI assistants

    Clear, consistent details and real proof, so ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot can confidently recommend you.

  • Ads that stay local

    Google Ads aimed at the right towns and postcodes, with a clear cost-per-enquiry target.

  • Coaching online

    Regular sessions on video, with in-person planning days when they’re useful.

What we do

Five ways we can help

Whether you want more enquiries, more local customers or just a clear plan (or all three!), we can help.

  • AEO

    Answer engine optimisation

    Be the answer in Google’s AI Overviews, AI Mode and voice search.

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  • GEO

    Generative engine optimisation

    Get named when people ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or Perplexity.

    Find out more
  • SEO

    SEO

    Technical, local and content SEO, aimed at the searches that bring in work.

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  • Grow

    Digital marketing

    A simple plan, then ads, email, social and content that you can measure.

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  • Coach

    Business coaching

    Clear goals, better decisions and someone in your corner to keep you on track.

    Find out more

Questions

Your questions, answered

Do you need to be local to do our SEO?

No. Local SEO depends on knowing your customers and your towns, and we do that research properly for each place you serve. Being in Brighton doesn’t stop us helping you rank in Southampton.

Will you visit us?

Yes, for planning days and workshops. Day-to-day work and monthly reviews happen on video calls, which saves everyone travel time.

We cover Hampshire and Dorset. Can you help with both?

Yes. We’ll set up your profile and pages for every area you really serve, wherever the county line falls.

Your next step
starts here

Every hour you put into marketing should pay you back. Give us a call, drop us a message or WhatsApp us, and we’ll help you work out what to do next. No hard sell, promise.

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