Your marketing manager, with a whole team behind him.
Simon runs your marketing like a member of staff, with a hand-picked team doing the work. Website, search, content, design and ads, from Harrogate, for one monthly fee.
Meet your marketing manager
Hi, I'm Simon.
Who runs your marketing at the moment? If the honest answer's "whoever's got five minutes on a Friday afternoon", you and I should talk.
I run marketing for businesses that don't have a marketing manager. You get my name, my number and my full attention. Not an account manager. Not a ticket number. Me. Behind me there's a team that does the work, and a set of tools we built ourselves because nobody else had. (No cape, before you ask. It's at the cleaners.)
Two good options. One comes with a rocket.
You can hire a marketing manager. One good person on your payroll, who learns your business and gets things moving. Then they need a web developer, a writer, a designer and someone to run the ads, and the budget to pay them all. It's a bit like hiring a very good astronaut and then remembering you haven't got a rocket.
Or you can hire me. I do the marketing manager job, and the team's already behind me: the website, the writing, the design, the ads, the search work. Rocket included. One monthly fee. One person to call. Think Houston, but in Harrogate. The tea's better.
Some people call this a fractional CMO or an outsourced marketing department. I call it being your marketing manager.
Already hired someone in-house? Good. Keep hold of them. We'll be the team behind your marketing manager, for the website, search, content and tools. Every astronaut needs a mission control.
What happens when you say yes
You've got a business to run, so here it is in four steps.
We sit down and make the plan
A kick-off meeting, in person or on a call. We lay out what we'll do first, and why. If you can't follow it, that's our fault, not yours.
We build your website first
A new website, built from scratch and written properly, with as many pages as the job needs. We build it once, then host it and look after it for as long as you're with us.
Then the graft starts
Every month: search work, long-form blogs, your paid ads planned and managed by Jared, a newsletter every fortnight, and graphic design on tap. You see everything before it goes live. Nothing sneaks out the back door.
I tell you what happened
A plain-English report from me every month, good news and bad. Message me whenever you like in between. I answer. That's what a marketing manager's for.
ZZZ
Nine jobs you'd otherwise have to hire for
Or do yourself at 11pm. One team, one monthly fee, and your evenings back. Give any card a poke for the long version.
Web design
Your new website. Built first, written properly and made to be found, which is rather the point.
Search engine optimisation
Keywords, technical fixes, the lot. Every month, so Google doesn't forget you exist.
Google Ads
Planned and managed by Jared. You pay Google directly. We never hold your money, and you see every penny.
Conversion rate optimisation
Once a year we watch real visitors use your site and fix whatever trips them up.
Lead nurturing
A newsletter every fortnight, written and sent for you. You read it first and take the credit.
Graphic design
On tap. Send what you need, as often as you need it. Send us hundreds and we'll have a chat.
Content marketing
Long-form blogs every month. Researched, written to rank, and written so people read past the first line.
Video and animation
A professional video every quarter on Legend, plus short video for social. Usually shot the same day as the photos, so we only disturb you once.
Consultancy
Simon on your team every month, with a plain-English report and the ideas that were never on the list. He can't help it.
The team behind me
Seven of us. Real names, real jobs, and not one Head of Synergy among us. Small on purpose, so you get the people in these photos and not whoever was free that week. You'll meet most of them.
Simon Edward
Marketing manager and director
Oliver Pyper
Writer
Matthew Baker
Technical lead
Jeric Silva
Frontend web development lead
Mica Silva
Website support specialist
Joel Porter
Content co-ordinator
Jared Scott
Paid ads specialist
Some of the good people we look after
top-10 Google UK rankings for ToughGlaze, as of March 2026
All that, for a company that makes glass.
marketing-qualified leads for Calder Windows, in two years
About 15 a week, on average. That's a lot of people thinking about windows.
more organic traffic for Stump Cross Caverns, June 2023 against June 2024
Not bad for a cave, eh?
Glass, windows and a cave. Sounds like the start of a joke. It's three different businesses with three different problems, each written up in full. We don't promise you the same numbers. We promise you the same attention.
Read them in full
Fan mail
5.0 from 27 Google reviews, as of November 2026. See them on Google
Simon has done so much to help my business. His wealth of knowledge and experience is absolutely mind-blowing. I can't thank him enough, and I look forward to working with him again in the future. Thanks from all the team at Calder Windows.
Thank you Simon and the team at My Digital Hero for creating such an impactful website to raise awareness of our work in suicide prevention.
It's been more than six years since the launch of our first website and although we've always received positive comments about the content - the site was looking too busy and becoming less easy to navigate.
Immediately we launched our new website, we began receiving messages and emails congratulating us. It's easier to navigate so that site visitors can find information about what we do and why we do it and it looks stunning on Desktop and mobile.
Thank you for all your hard work, dedication and for the passion you've shown in wanting to get this right - you're helping us save lives.
Our experience with My Digital Hero couldn't have been any better than what it has been. We are the youngest scuba diving center operating in the Archaeological Park of Baia at the moment (Sea World Baia Diving), and at first, as a new company, we were skeptical about the value of their services; we decided to go with them because of the incredible passion that Simon and the whole team put into what they do.
It is very rare to see people so passionate about what they do, while still being extremely competent in their field, trusting this feeling we had has been one of our best decisions.In just a few months we have gone from being the newest company in the area to outranking on search engines competitors that have been around for more than 30 years! Our online presence was basically irrelevant, we were the new company no one trusted, and today countless people choose us because they say their experience on our website to look for information and reserve was easy and straightforward, compared to the one on the websites of our competitors.
The whole team is as competent and efficient as we could imagine, and the one thing that I probably can't thank them enough for is that they were not limited to only achieving the goal we had, they spent time and effort into understanding our business, our needs, our strengths and weaknesses, they studied our very niche market to understand exactly what we needed, beyond what our requests were. We actually even learned many things about marketing applied to scuba diving specifically and valuing the right things along the process! They solved each and every problem we had with a surprising readiness and creativity, and we couldn't be any more happy with what we achieved so far.
We can only imagine where this process with My Digital Hero will lead us!
It was great to meet Simon and talk about what he can do for businesses. Simon offered me a SEO review on my website which revealed a lot of things that could be tweaked to help get my pages ranked higher and potentially reach a larger audience.
The 13 page review I received was excellent .
Simon also provided me with the top 3 things to do right now.
I would highly recommend Simon to any one or business who wants better exposure to new clients
We've worked with Simon and the team at My Digital Hero for a few years now. It started when Simon built us a brand new website, and his enthusiasm has never faded since. He's a genuinely great person to work with.
The whole team has been brilliant. We have never been disappointed with the artwork, blogs or any of the general work they've produced for us. Everything has been delivered to a high standard, and it always fits who we are as a business.
As a small family business ourselves, we really value how they've treated us. The service has been excellent, the team is super friendly, and communication has always been clear and easy.
We'd happily recommend My Digital Hero to any business looking for a team that cares about getting it right. Thank you, Simon and team!
I spoke with Simon about my little app. He followed up with a thoughtful written plan covering my website, search advertising and pricing, with practical steps I can work through myself. I especially appreciated his honesty about the cost of his agency services: he told me they wouldn’t make financial sense for my business at this stage and didn’t try to sell me a package. He was generous with his time and advice, and I’m grateful for his help.
I can't recommend Simon enough. His knowledge is incredible and his energy is even more impressive. Most agency owners are happy to take your money but don't make you feel important or like a priority. Simon is the exact opposite.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Simon, he is an amazing lad!
He ran an SEO Healthcheck on our website and it highlighted us to where we were lacking.
Since then we implemented the quick fix solutions and refined our messaging for the lower competition keywords in our niche.I will definetely continue working with Simon and the My Digital Hero team, moving forward.
I put off making a website for ages because to me the task is so daunting, but they made it so easy. The layout is clean, fast, and lets the artwork do all the talking. Super responsive, kind & patient with all my questions, they delivered way beyond what I expected. If you need a website done right, look no further!
Spoke to Simon was very useful and productive. Helped out massively with our SEO
Exceptional service, an actual hero, went above and beyond and made it fun in the process!!
Simon looked after Northumbria cars for many years. Nothing was ever too much trouble for him. Working with Simon allowed us to compete with much larger companies while working on a much smaller budget. He gave us an edge. None of our previous Internet companies had lived up to their promises, Simon exceeded them. Would recommend
Thank you My Digital Hero for our fantastic website (Apex Plans). It looks very professional and clean, exactly what we were looking for. Simon was attentive throughout the process, and keen to make sure the website met our requirements. Would highly recommend!
Simon Edward at My Digital Hero delivers exceptional service. Simon is a pleasure to work with, and his personal attention and professional business expertise given to every customer sets the company apart.
Great working with Simon and the team, he’s available whenever we need for support and goes above and beyond with everything he does. I’ve been working with my digital hero for 6 months now and seen progress with our website that we have never seen before.
Simon and his team at MyDigitalHero have created a highly professional and eyecatching website for my business.
This has led to increased traffic and better online presence for us.
Simon is very responsive to my questions and in offering practical suggestions and tips that have had a beneficial effect.
Well done MyDigitalHero
My Digital Hero has completely transformed my business! Ever since I signed up with Simon and his amazing team, my business has finally achieved real success. They are so friendly and easy to deal with, and my website is working perfectly in the background, steadily attracting new customers. I absolutely love it! Simon and the team are always on hand to support me. I can’t recommend My Digital Hero highly enough - thank you so much for helping my business grow way beyond my expectations!
My Digital Hero is in actual fact my true life hero, their expertise is second to none, professionalism, dedication, delivery, I could go on but I’d sound soppy… if I could, I’d have them do everything for me and just sit back and bask in the sun. Truly brilliant.
An exceptional web development and strategy company who do things the right way. No reliance on AI or hackneyed tricks - proper customised strategies, designs and considered technical builds. Also some amazing free business tools on the website which have been helpful tracking our site's performance against competitors. All of this is done with humour and a professionalism I feel is lacking in a lot of web companies these days.
Huge thanks to Simon and the team!
We had an absolutely fantastic experience with My Digital Hero! As a small, family-run business, we really appreciated how supportive, friendly and approachable the team were. They genuinely couldn’t do enough to help us build and improve our digital marketing.
They created a sleek, professional website that we’re extremely happy with, while also providing excellent customer support throughout the whole process.
We would highly recommend My Digital Hero to anyone looking to take their digital marketing to the next level. A fantastic team who really care about their customers!
- Apex Plans
I honestly cannot praise Simon and the team at My Digital Hero enough! They look after all of our website and digital work for Toughglaze and have been absolutely amazing.
So much hard work goes on behind the scenes to make sure our business is seen online and reaches the right people, and Simon and his team genuinely care about helping our business grow. They are always helpful, responsive, full of ideas and nothing is ever too much trouble.
They have made a real difference to our online presence and have become an important part of Toughglaze’s continued growth.
Thank you Simon and the whole team for all your hard work and support. We really appreciate everything you do for us and couldn’t recommend My Digital Hero highly enough!
We’ve worked with Simon and the team at My Digital Hero for a while now, and I honestly can’t fault them. They built our website and have continued to look after it ever since.
They’re always quick to help with updates, changes and new ideas, and have really taken the time to understand our business and what we’re trying to achieve. It feels much more like working with someone who knows our business rather than just an outside web company.
Nothing is ever too much trouble, and Simon is always at the end of the phone when we need him.
Really pleased with everything they’ve done for us and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend My Digital Hero.
After a website provider left my business in an extremely compromised position of the worst possible timing My Digital Hero came through for us instead! 🦾
It is astounding that the massive company responsible for failing us wasn't able to provide even a temporary solution even after 48+ hours of knowing, yet My Digital Hero was able to come up with options within MINUTES of one phone call.🙌 Superb professionalism and ultra friendly service.
Thank you🦸♂️
#mydigitalheroforthewin
I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Simon on numerous projects. His work is always of the highest quality, he delivers on time and budget, with the client always leaving 100% happy. I would not hesitate to recommend My Digital Hero to any of my clients.
Two more left five stars and not a word. Strong, silent types. We like that.
Not on any list
You get a list of what you can count on, and you can hold me to it. But the list is the floor, not the ceiling. You get me on your team, and I get ideas. (Ask Zoomo.)
Zoomo asked for a website. They also got this. Nobody asked. It was included.
There's more where that came from: a space show for a cinema room, a scramble game for a cave, a set of widgets for a glass company. None of that was on a list either.
Show me the rest
Free tool
This is Site Fight, our free head-to-head. We built it. Type in your website and a competitor's, and it runs 19 real checks on both and tells you who's left standing. Three minutes, no sign-up, and a very loud announcer. Hero+ clients get the people who built it.
Three shapes a plan usually takes
You'll want to know what it costs. Most agencies dread that question. I'd rather give it to you straight.
Every plan starts with the same thing: me as your marketing manager, with the team and the tools behind me. The shape's how much firepower sits behind that. These are starting points, not price tags. Things get swapped, and nobody's made to take anything they don't need.
Origin
Starts at £2,499 a month plus VAT at 20%
Me, the team, a new website, and the monthly graft: search, blogs, ads, newsletter and design.
Rise
Starts at £3,499 a month plus VAT at 20%
Everything in Origin, plus managed social media, a case study every month, and a monthly call with me in the diary.
Legend
Starts at £5,999 a month plus VAT at 20%
Everything in Rise, plus social with short video, a photographer and a videographer every quarter, and a call with me every fortnight. You may get sick of me.
Origin starts at £2,499 a month. A marketing manager's salary alone is around £40,000 a year in the UK. That is more than Origin before their National Insurance and pension, and before they have hired anyone. With Hero+ you get the team, the tools, and the things I dream up that were never on the list.
How healthy is your marketing?
This is the Marketing MOT, our free health check. We built it so you can see where you stand before you talk to anyone. Honest questions, a score at the end, and no mechanic sucking air through his teeth.
Capes Off
Why I left my job to do this
Capes Off is my series of 34 short, honest videos on marketing, apps and software. This one's where the story starts. Put the kettle on.
CAPES OFF 
Apps and software
Need something built, not marketed?
Got a system held together with spreadsheets and goodwill, or an app that only exists in your head? That's the other half of what we do, and Matthew runs it. Twenty years of software development, and he checks every line before it goes live. Apps, integrations, bespoke systems, for one fixed monthly fee, and the fee is the fee.
Spark
Your systems, looked after. Four development days a month.
Forge
Your roadmap, moving every month. Eight days a month.
Titan
Your product team, on subscription. Sixteen days a month.
SemaPen was built this way.
Right then. Shall we have a chat?
Book half an hour, on a video call or face to face in Harrogate. No slides, no hard sell. Tell me about your business and I'll tell you, honestly, what I'd do first. If we're not the right fit, I'll say so. Either way, you'll walk out knowing where you stand.
