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Dealers, leisure and the trades behind the Cotswolds

Gloucester’s commercial base leans towards vehicles, leisure and the building trades that serve the county around it. All three sell things that look better moving than they do in a photograph.

Pearman Briggs

Motorhome and caravan dealers, and a client from February 2024 to August 2026 on a monthly film and Reels programme. Stock walkarounds, the showroom, and the kind of detail that answers a buyer’s question before they have to ring and ask it.

They then took the work in house, with our help, which is an outcome we are happy to talk about. Martyn does exactly that on camera on this site. Not every business should pay an agency forever, and saying so is cheaper than pretending otherwise.

What a dealer actually needs

Stock content produced fast enough to keep up with what is on the forecourt, which is a scheduling problem more than a creative one. Then paid advertising pointed at people already searching for the model, and a CRM that answers an enquiry at nine on a Sunday evening, because that is when people browse motorhomes.

Marine, outdoor trades and the builders working across the Cotswolds have close to the same requirements.

Stock businesses and the scheduling problem

Any business selling from a changing stock list shares the same marketing constraint, and it is production rather than creative. The forecourt turns over faster than most agencies can film it, so the material is always slightly out of date by the time it publishes.

The fix is a cadence rather than a campaign. A regular filming day, a template that makes each walkaround quick to cut, and a publishing routine that does not need a meeting. Get that right and the advertising has something current to run behind all year.

Taking it in house, and when that is the right answer

Not every business should pay an agency indefinitely. Where the content requirement is steady, predictable and high volume, training somebody internally and handing over the process is usually cheaper and often better, because they are there when something interesting happens.

We would rather set that up and stay involved where it matters than bill for a filming day somebody on your team could do just as well.

Gloucester, Cheltenham and the Cotswolds

The county splits neatly for search purposes. Gloucester carries the trade and dealer businesses, Cheltenham holds more of the professional and hospitality trade, and the Cotswold towns beyond are small, high value and barely contested.

A business serving all three needs pages for all three, and most have one page mentioning the county once.

Start with the audit

Bring the website and what you want to sell more of. The audit covers the site, the search terms, the profile and the enquiry path. No cost and no obligation.