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Marketing Agency in Manchester

Coulter Hinks is a marketing agency based in Manchester, working with small, owner-led businesses across the city and the wider North West. What makes us different isn't the services list — most agencies offer social media, paid ads and websites — it's that we connect what we do in marketing to what actually moves your numbers, because Grace, our commercial finance lead, is in the room from the start.

woman in blue tank top standing beside white wall

Marketing Agency in Manchester

Coulter Hinks is a marketing agency based in Manchester, working with small, owner-led businesses across the city and the wider North West. What makes us different isn't the services list — most agencies offer social media, paid ads and websites — it's that we connect what we do in marketing to what actually moves your numbers, because Grace, our commercial finance lead, is in the room from the start.

Manchester-based marketing

Why work with a Manchester-based agency

Being based here means we can meet you in person, we know the local business community, and we understand the specific pressures on small businesses trading in and around Manchester — rising costs, tighter margins, competing against bigger brands with bigger budgets. It also means we’re genuinely reachable: no account manager three time zones away, no agency that’s never set foot in your business.

Being based here means we can meet you in person, we know the local business community, and we understand the specific pressures on small businesses trading in and around Manchester — rising costs, tighter margins, competing against bigger brands with bigger budgets. It also means we’re genuinely reachable: no account manager three time zones away, no agency that’s never set foot in your business.

What we do

Connected marketing and commercial thinking, built around what will actually move your business forward.

Connected marketing and commercial thinking, built around what will actually move your business forward.

Growth Partnership

Growth Partnership

An ongoing, connected plan across marketing and commercial strategy, for businesses who want more than a single execution service.

An ongoing, connected plan across marketing and commercial strategy, for businesses who want more than a single execution service.

Social Media Management

Social Media Management

Content and strategy built around what’s actually converting, not vanity metrics.

Content and strategy built around what’s actually converting, not vanity metrics.

Website Design & Development

Website Design & Development

Sites built to convert, with SEO built in from the start rather than bolted on afterwards.

Sites built to convert, with SEO built in from the start rather than bolted on afterwards.

Paid Advertising

Paid Advertising

Google, Meta and LinkedIn campaigns, only recommended once the foundations are ready to make the most of the spend.

Google, Meta and LinkedIn campaigns, only recommended once the foundations are ready to make the most of the spend.

Email Marketing & Customer Retention

Email Marketing & Customer Retention

Growth from the customers you’ve already worked hard to attract, not just new ones.

Growth from the customers you’ve already worked hard to attract, not just new ones.

Who we work with

Ambitious businesses, run by people who want more.

We work with ambitious, owner-led small businesses across a range of sectors — from hospitality, including Tempo Perso and Mill Pond Estate, to retail and home brands, including Esselle, Belfield Home and ARTHOUSE. What they have in common isn’t the industry; it’s that they’re run by people who want marketing that’s tied to commercial reality, not just impressions and reach.

We work with ambitious, owner-led small businesses across a range of sectors — from hospitality, including Tempo Perso and Mill Pond Estate, to retail and home brands, including Esselle, Belfield Home and ARTHOUSE. What they have in common isn’t the industry; it’s that they’re run by people who want marketing that’s tied to commercial reality, not just impressions and reach.

FAQs

A few useful answers.

Are you only able to work with Manchester-based businesses?

What makes Coulter Hinks different from other Manchester marketing agencies?

Can I book a single service rather than a full Growth Partnership?

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