[//] About
You’re hiring one person. That’s the whole point.
Smiths SEO is me — Harry. I graduated as an engineer recently, and I’m building my portfolio by fixing and rebuilding websites for small businesses near me.
That’s the honest deal, and it cuts both ways. I don’t have ten years of case studies behind me yet. What I do have is the time to care about your site more than an agency juggling forty accounts, prices set to build a portfolio rather than pay for an office, and every reason in the world to do work I’d be proud to show the next person who asks.
You get me from start to finish. The person who audits your site is the person who writes the code, and the person who picks up the phone when something breaks at 8pm on a Friday.
— Harry
- One person, start to finish — no handoffs, no account manager
- Portfolio pricing while I build up my case studies
- Local small businesses are exactly who I want to work with
- Nothing to pay until your site is live and you’re happy
What I commit to
How a job runs
- 1
Free auditWithin 24 hours
Send me the URL. I go through the site properly and send back a plain-English list of what’s broken, what’s slow and what it’s costing you. No call required.
- 2
A fixed estimateSame day
You pick what you want done and I come back with one figure and one date. Say yes in a reply — no contract to negotiate, and nothing to pay at this stage.
- 3
I build it on a copyLive site untouched
The work happens on a staging clone, so your real site is never at risk. You get a preview link and can watch it come together.
- 4
Launch, then invoicePayment comes last
I push it live at a quiet hour, check everything, and send the before/after report. Only then do you get a bill. Two weeks of free aftercare follow every job.
Why work with me
Days, not weeks
A single fix usually goes out within two working days. A performance and SEO pass takes about a week, a full rebuild two to three. You get the date before you commit to anything.
Nothing to pay upfront
No deposit, no setup fee, no card details before I’ve done anything. I invoice once the work is live and you’ve told me you’re happy with it — so the risk of hiring someone new sits with me, not you.
You always know the price first
The audit comes back with a figure. No hourly meter, no scope-creep invoices. If I underestimate the job that’s my problem to absorb, not yours to pay for.
Zero downtime, always
Every change is built and tested on a copy of your site, then pushed live in one go. If anything looks wrong, I roll it back in seconds.
Proof, not promises
Every job ends with a before/after report: Lighthouse scores, load times, the bugs that are gone and exactly what changed. You can check every claim I make.
You deal with me directly
No ticket queue, no junior picking it up in three weeks, nobody relaying your questions to someone else. You have my email and I answer it myself.
No lock-in, ever
You keep ownership of the code, the hosting, the domain and every account. Walk away whenever you like — nothing is held hostage.
Send me your web address
You get a written audit within 24 hours — what’s broken, what’s slow, and what it’s costing you. No call to book, and nothing to pay.