
“An idiosyncratic workaholic and an obsessive genius.”
Graham Pugh, Brand Voice Agency
Freelance SEO consultant for SMEs
If you’re here coz you googled ‘freelance SEO consultant’ (or another of my targeted keywords), SEO isn’t dead. And you want a piece of that. You’d like nothing more than SEO to bring qualified leads to your digital door.
Thankfully, generative AI hasn’t murdered the SEO industry. Instead, it’s created an additional route for clients to find your website.
However, your junk mail is inundated with AEO/GEO scammers, with their outlandish ‘AI-driven’ promises. Yeah, SEO feels mental right now, and understanding how organic traffic works seems really effin’ hard.
SEO fundamentals still matter
Here’s the reality: most SMEs don’t cover the SEO basics. Keywords remain the gateway to search traffic, but almost all (yes, all) of the sites I audit don’t target them.
Shockingly, small to medium-sized companies don’t do zip to optimise their websites, so if you were to invest in SEO fundamentals, you’d automatically be ahead of the competition.
Before you have your nogging turned by AI optimisation or aimlessly bosh out gobs of content, take my FREE search engine temperature check to establish your SEO ground zero.
About me
A freelance SEO consultant and WordPress tinkerer. Before that, I wasted twenty years as an office administrator. No, that bit of intel doesn’t scream ‘hire an SEO consultant’. Yeah, I sound decidedly unqualified…

“Sarah is a gem: all her communications are refreshingly frank, clear, no-nonsense and witty. She almost makes SEO fun.”
Jonathan Hope, Advanced Studies in England
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Nice things people said…
“A potty-mouthed whirlwind. An idiosyncratic workaholic and an obsessive genius. She really cares about making sites better. No corners were cut, or steps skipped, or tasks skimped. It must be because she knows her stuff so well that she can so speedily provide such sage advice.”
Graham PUGH, BRAND VOICE AGENCY
“The girl who finally got SEO to click in my brain via some of the funniest copywriting I’ve ever seen. Sarah managed to achieve what no other SEO expert I have encountered has managed: to get the information into my brain in a funny, accessible way.”
Siobhan Fox, Marketing Strategist
“If you’re looking for someone to cut through the noise and tell you exactly what your website needs to perform better, Sarah’s your person. I couldn’t recommend her more highly. Her work was thorough, clear, and most importantly, actionable. No fluff, no jargon, just a focused breakdown. What I really appreciated was how easy she made the process. She listens, asks smart questions, and works fast. There’s no ego, no over complication, just deep knowledge, straight answers, and a sense of humour that makes even the driest parts of SEO feel manageable.”
RICHARD GODFREY, SYNCITY
“It feels like you actually get it. You’re not typing keywords into the void; you’re speaking to people and making real connections.”
Anumitha Apollo, Therapy Notes
“She not only breathes life into dry business language but makes it easy to digest.”
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