Operating from Leicester and recognised by businesses nationwide, Skale crafts SEO strategies that reflect your commercial objectives and grow alongside your business.
Whether it’s technical audits, content development, link acquisition, or AI-driven search optimisation, we focus on outcomes that support your bottom line. Our work is guided by clear metrics, complete visibility, and precise execution from start to finish.
86%
Increase in revenue
2.4x
Increase in signups
Digital search is in flux. As AI tools such as ChatGPT and Perplexity transform how users access information – and Google continues to roll out core updates – staying visible in the Leicester market has never been more demanding.
We don’t copy, repurpose or rinse old tactics. Your goals dictate the playbook, and we build everything around what drives your business forward.
Whether you’re pushing a new startup in Leicester or running a brand that’s already got traction, your strategy is built for your world, not someone else’s.
We helped Happy Scribe grow from 2,700 to 70,000 monthly signups, cutting cost per signup from €7.15 to €0.08. Through focused link-building, we aligned SEO with growth, driving major gains in organic revenue.
Niek Leermakers
SEO / SEM Manager
25x
signups
We helped Maze boost monthly organic signups by 283% in six months by creating targeted content clusters, optimising for search intent, and building 200+ high-quality backlinks – proving SEO as a scalable growth channel.
Bożena Pieniazek
VP of Marketing
283%
signups
We helped Holded grow organic signups by 1,370%, paid subscriptions by 1,650%, and revenue by 279% through focused SEO. By targeting high-intent keywords and building strong backlinks, they cut reliance on paid channels and boosted organic growth.
Tom Wilkinson
VP of Growth
16.5x
Customers
See where you stand in the Leicester search landscape. We’ll reveal the opportunities that matter most to your business and map out a strategy to turn search visibility into long-term commercial gains.
From day one, we align execution with business impact. These six service areas are how we help ambitious Leicester brands unlock predictable, compounding growth through organic search. We combine clarity, structure, and strategic accountability at every step.
We use a test-and-learn approach to build SEO strategies that deliver business outcomes. Each roadmap is structured as a 3-month agile sprint focused on rapid execution, iteration, and measurable progress. We work backwards from your North Star goals and break them down using a mathematical framework that prioritises actions by impact, effort, and speed.
Everything is grounded in data, from opportunity sizing to forecast modelling, so you know exactly what’s driving growth and why.
We help you increase visibility across platforms like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity by optimising your content for structure, authority, and context. Our bespoke AI search measurement framework tracks both leading and lagging indicators weekly, so we can directly connect rankings in AI-generated results to bottom-line impact.
You’ll also get insight into how your performance in AI search compares to traditional SEO, including sentiment analysis, rank tracking, and competitive benchmarks. Together, we work to improve your visibility and influence across this emerging discovery channel.
We create content that’s designed to rank, convert, and strengthen your brand. Our process starts with a content workshop to align on tone, voice, and strategic goals. From there, you’ll work directly with a content specialist, backed by a senior content lead who oversees quality and consistency.
We produce a range of high-impact formats, including guides, listicles, comparison pages, alternative articles, and glossaries.
To create unique, authoritative content, we often conduct user interviews and run surveys to uncover first-hand insights and proprietary data. We also develop author strategies to enhance visibility and credibility in search, helping your brand stand out in a crowded space.
We focus on building links that drive real SEO performance, not vanity metrics. Every campaign is fully transparent, with a live dashboard that lets you track progress at each stage – from prospecting to placement.
Our goal is to secure links on highly relevant, industry-specific domains that increase your topical authority and improve your rankings where it matters most. We also work to get your brand cited across the web, boosting unlinked brand mentions that are becoming a key signal in AI-driven search.
It’s link building with strategic purpose, measurable impact, and long-term value.
We help you turn more traffic into pipeline by optimising the full user journey. This starts at the SERP level, where we run structured tests on meta titles and descriptions to increase click-through rates.
We also work with your team to map the entire customer journey from top-of-funnel to bottom-of-funnel, aligned with your ideal customer profile.
Our CRO approach includes measurable growth experiments backed by statistics to ensure any uplift is statistically significant and repeatable. Every recommendation is designed to maximise conversion and tie directly to business impact.
We provide full visibility into what’s working, why it matters, and where to go next. Every client gets a custom dashboard tailored to their goals, along with a decision-making framework that makes the data easy to interpret.
We track both leading and lagging indicators of success through a measurement model built specifically for your business. Our goal is to ensure every core metric is trending upward – from rankings and traffic to conversions, revenue, and brand awareness.
We also run quarterly business reviews for a strategic deep dive, aligning performance with your long-term goals. Everything we do follows a test-and-learn approach so growth is not just visible, but measurable and repeatable.
AI Search Audits
Topic Research
Technical Audits
Content Growth Modelling
On-Page Optimisations
Topic Cluster Architecture
Pipeline Analysis
CRO
Experimentation
Programmatic SEO
YouTube SEO
Website Migrations
Competitor Analysis
Data Analysis & Dashboarding
AI Link Source Analysis
Schema Implementation
Content Cannibalisation Audit
What to expect on your strategy call:
Yes, we actively optimise for visibility in AI-generated search results across platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Our approach focuses on improving the structure, authority, and topical relevance of your content so it’s more likely to be cited by large language models.
We also work on earning brand mentions and backlinks from high-authority domains, which strengthens your presence in the data these models rely on.
You’ll get clear reporting on your AI search visibility, along with strategic actions to improve inclusion and track its impact on pipeline and revenue.
Yes. We’re happy to directly upload and format content, apply internal links, and implement on-page recommendations in your CMS, whether that’s Webflow, WordPress, HubSpot, or a custom platform. If you prefer to handle implementation internally, we’ll provide your team with everything they need, including QA and Loom walkthroughs to ensure smooth and accurate execution. We regularly support Leicester-based brands with both full-service and collaborative implementation approaches.
You’ll receive:
– Weekly Slack updates with KPI pacing
– Real-time Looker Studio dashboards
– Linear forecasting for leading and lagging KPIs
– Attribution modelling, CAC payback analysis, and AI search visibility
– QBRs every 3 months for clients on larger retainers
We zoom out and show progress against strategy — and zoom in to uncover learnings and next steps.
Absolutely. Our services are modular and built for flexibility. You can start with strategy-only and expand into content or link building when you’re ready. We’ll advise you based on data — not upsell pressure — and adjust your Scope of Work accordingly. Many of our long-term clients evolve their SEO stack with us over time, often adjusting their focus as new opportunities emerge.
Although we work with companies across the UK and internationally, Leicester remains a core focus in our SEO delivery.
Plenty of the brands we advise are either based in Leicester or actively expanding there. With in-depth knowledge of local search dynamics and what it takes to compete, we help businesses gain real traction in a fast-moving digital environment.
We treat Leicester’s digital space as seriously as any major market. Our process starts with a close analysis of your local competitors, identifying where you stand and what it will take to outperform them.
Whether you’re in a fast-growth industry like fintech or a mature space like legal or ecommerce, your SEO plan is shaped by insight, not assumption. We rely on numbers, iterate fast, and focus on results that move the business forward.
Winning in Leicester requires more than basic SEO updates or content for the sake of it. Our pricing reflects the outcomes you want to achieve, your current position, and how ambitious your market is.
You get strategic planning, focused delivery, and reports that tie directly to growth indicators such as lead generation and revenue. We price based on impact. If the numbers don’t add up, we won’t recommend the project.