Digital Marketing · Christchurch, New Zealand
A Christchurch digital marketing agency that wins you local customers.
More calls, more enquiries, more of the local work you want. I help Christchurch businesses get found online and chosen over the competition, built and run by a local who actually knows the market.
- Web DesignYour shopfronton
- Local SEOFound in Christchurchon
- Google AdsLocal traffic todayon
- AEOThe name AI giveson
- GEOFound in AI searchon
The basics
What does a Christchurch digital marketing agency do?
Digital marketing in Christchurch is how a local business gets found, chosen and called online. It brings together your website, local SEO, Google Ads and AI search so Christchurch and Canterbury customers find you first when they search, and pick you over the business down the road.
EightySix Digital is a Christchurch digital marketing agency, run by local Stu Clark, helping Christchurch businesses get found online and win more local work. One local, the whole growth engine, no out-of-town agency runaround.
- It's about local customers, not clicks. The goal is more Christchurch enquiries, not vanity traffic.
- Local is everything. Showing up across Christchurch in Google, the map pack and AI answers.
- Run by a Christchurch local. Someone who knows the city and the market, not a faceless agency.
A Christchurch local
Marketing by someone who actually lives here.
I’m Stu, and I’m based right here in Christchurch. I spent 15+ years in the trades and over a decade running my own local business before building EightySix Digital, so I know what it takes to win work in this city.
When you work with me, you deal with a local who knows Christchurch and the areas your customers are in, not an account manager in another city reading from a script. Honest advice, plain English, and a plan built around your business and your patch.
Christchurch is the South Island's largest city and the heart of Canterbury, with a business landscape shaped by years of post-earthquake rebuild, a strong trades and construction sector, and growing tech and tourism industries. Its flat, spread-out layout across suburbs like Riccarton, Merivale and beyond means customers search locally for services close to them. Winning work here comes down to clear local relevance and a strong Google Business Profile in a market that rewards trusted, established local operators.
Real results for local businesses
We focus on getting you more work.
What we do
Everything to grow your Christchurch business.
Each is a service in its own right, built for local businesses, and they work even harder together. Prices in NZD, plus GST.
Web Design Christchurch
Fast, trustworthy websites that turn Christchurch visitors into booked jobs, your foundation for everything else.
fromNZ$1,600one-off
Explore web design →SEO Christchurch
Rank for “near me” and the local Christchurch searches that bring a steady flow of work.
fromNZ$600/mo
Explore SEO →Google Ads Christchurch
Top of Google in Christchurch today for the urgent and high-value jobs you want most.
fromNZ$750/mo
Explore Google Ads →AEO AI answers
Be the Christchurch business named and cited when people ask AI assistants and voice search for help.
Includedin every SEO plan
Explore AEO →GEO generative AI
Get named in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity when people ask for a business like yours.
add-on fromNZ$600/mo
Explore GEO →Free SEO Audit
Not sure where to start? See exactly what’s holding your Christchurch website back, on the house.
Freeup to 5 pages
Get your free audit →Most Christchurch businesses combine two or three. Tell me your goals and budget and I’ll build a tailored plan around them, no rigid packages, no paying for channels you don’t need.
Get a tailored plan →Every corner of the city
Growing businesses across Christchurch.
Wherever your customers are in the city, we build the local marketing that reaches them.
Central City & the CBD
The rebuilt heart of the city. We put you in front of the customers searching for services, hospitality and trades across the central city.
Riccarton & the west
Riccarton, Ilam and Addington, the city’s busy retail and hospitality hub. High-traffic, high-competition, exactly where sharp local marketing pays off.
Papanui & the north
Northlands and the northern suburbs, from Redwood to Belfast, where a big share of the city’s households search from.
Merivale & the inner suburbs
Merivale, Fendalton and St Albans, the leafy inner suburbs where customers look for trusted, quality local businesses.
The east & New Brighton
New Brighton, Aranui and the eastern suburbs out to the coast, a large, rebuilding part of the city with its own local searches.
Sumner, Lyttelton & the hills
The bays and the Port Hills, from Sumner and Redcliffs to Mt Pleasant, Cashmere and over to Lyttelton, tight-knit communities that search local.
Hornby & the southwest
Hornby, Wigram, Halswell and Islington, the industrial and big-box west where trades and services searches run hot.
Rolleston, Lincoln & Selwyn
The fast-growing satellite towns, Rolleston, Lincoln, Rangiora and Kaiapoi, where demand keeps climbing. We get you found as they boom.
How we work
A simple process. Real results.
- 01
Discover
We grab a coffee or a call, and I learn your Christchurch business, your goals and your best customers.
- 02
Plan
A tailored strategy focused on one thing: getting you more local leads and booked jobs.
- 03
Build
I set up your website, campaigns and tracking, then get to work driving Christchurch leads.
- 04
Grow
We measure, refine and scale what works, month after month, for more local customers.
Couldn’t recommend Stu more. Goes above and beyond to get the results, is upfront and explains everything he does. Is the only advertising company I have worked with who genuinely cares about your results.
Matt Elliott · Canterbury Plumbing & Gas
What does a Christchurch digital marketing agency do?
It gets your local business found, chosen and called online. It brings together your website, local SEO, Google Ads and AI search so Christchurch and Canterbury customers find you first when they search. The goal is more local calls, more booked jobs and more customers.
How much does digital marketing cost in Christchurch?
It depends on the mix. A website starts from NZ$1,600 one-off, SEO from NZ$600/mo, and Google Ads management from NZ$750/mo plus your ad budget. Most Christchurch businesses combine two or three, and I build a tailored plan around your goals and budget. NZ prices add GST. See full pricing →
Are you actually based in Christchurch?
Yes. EightySix Digital is run by Stu Clark, a Christchurch local, so you get someone who knows the local market and the areas you work in, from Riccarton and Papanui to Hornby, Halswell and out to Rolleston and Rangiora. You deal with the person doing the work, not an out-of-town call centre.
Which Christchurch areas do you cover?
All of Christchurch and greater Canterbury, including the central city, Riccarton, Papanui, Merivale, Fendalton, Addington, Sydenham, Hornby, Halswell, and the surrounding towns like Rolleston, Rangiora and Kaiapoi.
Should I use SEO or Google Ads for my Christchurch business?
Both work well together. Google Ads gets you to the top of Google in Christchurch today, while SEO builds local rankings that bring steady leads over time without paying per click.
Do you only work with businesses in Christchurch?
No. Christchurch is home base, but I work with businesses across New Zealand and internationally too. For local Christchurch businesses, being run by a local who knows the market is a real advantage.
Let’s get your Christchurch business found.
Tell me about your business and I’ll show you the smartest way to get more local customers, from one Christchurch local to another.