Our Team | Local SEO Services London — The People Behind Your Rankings
👥 4 Specialists · 100% UK-Based · London Only

The People Behind
Every Campaign

At Local SEO Services London, you always know exactly who is working on your account. No account managers. No offshore teams. No anonymous "delivery staff." Four named specialists — each responsible for a defined part of your campaign — and every one of them based in or around London.

30+
Combined years of SEO
140+
London campaigns delivered
4
Named specialists
100%
UK-based — always
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Marcus Webb
Founder & Lead Consultant
11 years experience
SH
Sophie Harrington
Technical SEO Specialist
8 years experience
TA
Tom Adesanya
Local Content Strategist
6 years experience
YO
Yemi Okonkwo
Citations & Off-Site
5 years experience
Named consultant on every account
Zero offshore outsourcing — ever
London-based, London-specialist only
Direct access — no account manager layer

Founder & Lead Consultant

Marcus Webb — The Strategist Behind Every Campaign

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Marcus Webb
Founder & Lead Local SEO Consultant
11 years of experience · London specialist
Google Partner Certified
Credentials
Google Partner Certified
Google Ads Certified — Search & Performance
Google Analytics GA4 Certified
SEMrush Certified — Technical SEO & Link Building
Holistic SEO Practitioner — Koray Tuğberk Gübür methodology
BA (Hons) Marketing — University of Leeds, 2012
Previous Roles
Senior SEO Strategist
Greenlight Digital · 2015–2017
SEO Lead
Clerkenwell Content Agency · 2013–2015
Founder & Lead Consultant
Local SEO Services London · 2018–Present
linkedin.com/in/marcuswebb-localseo

Marcus Webb has 11 years of experience in SEO and digital marketing, with a specialist focus on London local SEO, Google Business Profile optimisation, and topical authority methodology. He founded Local SEO Services London in 2018 after five years in senior SEO roles at two London digital agencies, where he led local search campaigns for regional and national brands.

Every client campaign is led directly by Marcus. He personally produces the initial strategy, oversees all deliverables, and is the named contact on every account throughout the engagement. There are no account managers, no offshore delivery teams, and no templated work.

Marcus has delivered local SEO campaigns for 140+ London and Greater London businesses across healthcare, legal, trades, hospitality, retail, financial services, and professional services — from sole traders in Hackney to mid-market firms in the Square Mile.

"I built this agency because London businesses deserve better than national agencies that swap 'Manchester' for 'London' on a template page and call it a local strategy. Every campaign I run starts with a genuine topical map of the client's market and ends with measurable ranking growth in the Map Pack. I put my name on every deliverable. That accountability is the point."

— Marcus Webb, Founder

SEO Methodology

Topical Authority
Every campaign is built around a complete topical map. Your website covers every commercially relevant query in your London market — not just the head keyword.
Semantic Relevance
Every page demonstrates subject expertise at an entity level — attributes, relationships, and co-occurring terms that match how Google's knowledge graph evaluates content.
Entity Optimisation
Every page clearly establishes its central entity using structured data, clean subject-verb-object structure, and explicit naming — the path to AI Overviews and Knowledge Panels.
E-E-A-T Architecture
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness built structurally into every piece of content through named authors, credentials, and real London case studies.

Industries Covered

Healthcare & Dental Legal Services Trades & Home Services Restaurants Cafés Hotels Retail & eCommerce Financial Services Professional Services

Specialist Team

Three Specialists. One Focus: Your Rankings.

Each team member owns a defined area of your campaign. You know who is doing what, why, and when. No vague "team" doing unnamed tasks behind the scenes.

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Sophie Harrington
Technical SEO & On-Page Specialist
8 years of experience
What Sophie Owns on Your Campaign
  • Full technical SEO audit — crawlability, indexation, speed, Core Web Vitals
  • Schema markup deployment — LocalBusiness, FAQPage, Service, Person, Review
  • Site architecture and internal link structure design
  • Page speed optimisation and LCP / CLS / INP fixes
  • Crawl error resolution and Search Console monitoring
  • On-page optimisation: title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure, entity clarity
Background
Previously:Technical SEO Manager at a Brighton-based digital agency (2016–2022). Led technical audits for e-commerce and local service clients across the UK. Joined Local SEO Services London in 2022 as the agency's first specialist hire.
Credentials
Google Search Console Certified SEMrush Technical SEO Screaming Frog Advanced Core Web Vitals Specialist
TA
Tom Adesanya
Local Content Strategist
6 years of experience
What Tom Owns on Your Campaign
  • E-E-A-T content production — borough pages, service pages, industry guides
  • Topical authority mapping and content gap analysis
  • Borough location page writing — covering North London, Central London, and all 32 boroughs
  • FAQ content production targeting PAA and featured snippet opportunities
  • Topical cluster architecture — building the semantic web around your core service
  • Content refreshes and updating existing pages for freshness signals
Background
Previously:Content Lead at a London-based digital PR agency (2019–2022). Produced E-E-A-T content for legal, healthcare, and financial services clients. Joined Local SEO Services London in 2022 to lead all content production.
Credentials
SEMrush Content Marketing HubSpot Content Marketing Topical Authority Practitioner
YO
Yemi Okonkwo
Citations, Reviews & Off-Site Signals
5 years of experience
What Yemi Owns on Your Campaign
  • Local citation building — 30–60 UK directories, NAP audit, duplicate removal
  • NAP consistency management across all platforms and directories
  • Google review acquisition systems — QR codes, SMS flows, email sequences
  • Review monitoring and response management across all platforms
  • Reputation monitoring — Trustpilot, TripAdvisor, industry-specific platforms
  • Digital PR outreach for local link acquisition — journalists, BIDs, local press
Background
Previously:Off-site SEO specialist at a London multi-channel digital agency (2019–2021). Managed citation and reputation portfolios for hospitality, retail, and trades clients. Joined Local SEO Services London in 2021 to own all off-site deliverables.
Credentials
BrightLocal Certified Ahrefs Certified Local SEO Professional

How We Work

One Team. Clear Ownership. No Gaps.

Every campaign at Local SEO Services London runs on a clear division of ownership. You always know who is responsible for what — and so do we. There are no handoff failures, no communication gaps, and no tasks that fall through the cracks because "the team" is handling it.

Marcus leads every campaign strategy and is your single point of contact. Sophie handles the technical foundation. Tom builds the content architecture. Yemi manages everything off-site. Together, the four parts of your campaign are delivered by the person who specialises in exactly that discipline.

This structure means no junior staff learning on your budget, no account managers relaying messages, and no outsourced work being delivered by people who have never spoken to you. We are a small, specialist team by design — because that is what produces the best results in London's competitive local search landscape.

What We Do Not Do — And Why It Matters
No offshore outsourcing
Every deliverable is produced by a named UK-based team member. Always.
No account managers
You speak directly with the person doing the work, not a middleman.
No templated campaigns
Every strategy is built from a fresh topical map of your specific market.
No junior staff on accounts
Your budget is not training budget. Every person on your campaign is a specialist.
No generalists
We do local SEO only. We do not do ads, web design, social, or PR.
No 12-month lock-in
Rolling monthly. If we stop delivering, you stop paying. Simple as that.

Who Does What on Your Campaign

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Marcus Webb — Strategy & Account Lead
Campaign strategy, client communication, GBP strategy, keyword research, topical mapping, monthly reporting, quality control across all deliverables
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Sophie Harrington — Technical Foundation
Technical audit, schema deployment, site speed, Core Web Vitals, crawl error resolution, on-page optimisation, structured data maintenance
TA
Tom Adesanya — Content Architecture
Borough pages, service pages, FAQ content, topical clusters, content calendar, informational content, content refresh cycles, E-E-A-T copy
YO
Yemi Okonkwo — Off-Site & Reputation
Citation building and audit, review acquisition systems, review response management, link outreach, reputation monitoring, NAP consistency

Work With Us

Ready to Work With a Team You Can Name?

In 30 minutes on a free audit call, Marcus will review your website live, show you your biggest London ranking opportunities, and introduce you to the specific team members who would work on your campaign.

No obligation. No hard sell. A real reply from a named consultant within 4 business hours.

Three ways to reach us directly
Call Marcus directly
Business hours — we always answer
Voicemail with same-day callback outside hours
Email
Reply within 4 business hours. No auto-responders.
LinkedIn
Connect with Marcus directly