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Image Group Services

Photographer · Woolston, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Image Group Services

Photographer · Woolston, Christchurch

Where you stand#57of 194 photography businesses
Overall health7.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.607Google search and traffic6.6

Where we can help

02Reviews5.608Opening hours5.605Facebook page4.801Google listing4.403Map positions3.506Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Image Group Services is a Christchurch-based photography and signage studio operating from Woolston. It provides professional photography and videography, aerial drone services, sign manufacture and installation, plus printing and vinyl cutting. The company offers specialist real estate marketing services for agents and vendor-direct clients across Canterbury and some nationwide work, with a focus on integrated visual and signage production.

Image Group Services is a Christchurch-based studio operating out of Woolston. The company provides photography and videography, aerial drone services, printing and signage work, and sign installation. It describes itself as a one-stop-shop serving local Canterbury businesses, the real estate sector and some clients nationwide.

Services include commercial and event photography and video, drone operations for aerial imagery, sign manufacture and vinyl cutting, and on-site sign installation. The business highlights specialist real estate marketing services for agents and vendors alongside printing and signage production, presenting photography, signage and installation together as connected offerings.

Customers consistently praise wedding and family photography work and report long-term relationships with the company. Reviews reference satisfaction with returned images and a friendly, personable approach from staff. The business holds an average rating of 4.7, reflecting positive customer experiences across events, family shoots and repeat commercial clients.

Locally, Image Group Services is notable for combining visual media and physical signage services under one roof, offering practical convenience for clients who need imagery and signage handled together. Its service mix and Christchurch base make it a visible option for Canterbury real estate marketing, small businesses and private clients seeking photography, drone capture and sign production.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Image Group Services shows a mixed Google Business health score of 5.0 out of 10, indicating average performance and some gaps to address. The listing has essential basics in place, including a website link, claimed status, a visible title, and a phone number, which helps customers reach out. The most notable opportunities are adding a logo, expanding the photo gallery, and improving the description to explain services and value.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 2
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.7 ★★★★★ (7)
Photographer · Woolston
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Image Group Services shows an overall health score of 5.7 out of 10 for Google Business reviews, indicating average performance. Two key findings stand out: no responses to any reviews, which affects trust and engagement, and solid momentum in rating confidence, star rating, and total reviews that suggests improving engagement could lift position locally.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 2
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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4.7★★★★★7 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #85 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Maps search health for Image Group Services sits at 3.3 out of 10, indicating below-average visibility in Google Maps. Top findings show steady performance for photography-related queries in Woolston and Hillsborough, with several rankings in the 8th-10th positions. There is clear potential to improve aggregate maps presence and strengthen local results in the borough.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 3 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Real Estate Photography5.0 ★ (9) · Photographer
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White Wolf Studio5.0 ★ (3) · Photographer
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Agnes Grace Photo & Film5.0 ★ (22) · Photographer
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Creative Images Photography5.0 ★ (8) · Photographer
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Image Group Services2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #127 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Image Group Services shows a very high health score for citations and social presence, indicating strong local visibility. The most notable findings are very strong Instagram and Facebook profiles and a presence on Yellow Directory, which supports local discoverability. Opportunities remain on TikTok, Neighbourly and listings to broaden reach. Addressing these can further improve reach among local buyers and agents.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Yellow ProfileWe can see your Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/image-group-services-ltd-579476746) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    LinkedIn ProfileWe could not find an active LinkedIn Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookimagegroupservicesltdImage Group Services | Facebook✓
Yellowimage-group-services-ltd-579476746Image Group Services | Yellow✓
Instagramimage_group_servicesImage Group Services | Instagram✓
White Pagesimage-group-services-woolstonImage Group Services | White Pages
LinkedInimage-group-servicesImage Group Services | LinkedIn3
TiktokNo account found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #9 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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229 followers 1
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★ 4 reviews · recommended 2
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☎ +64 3-381 2964✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #101 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Image Group Services shows a solid on-page SEO health score with room to fine-tune a few elements. The strongest finding is an SEO-friendly URL and a valid H1 tag, while the favicon and a concise page size support fast loading. The main opportunity lies in improving the meta description length and reducing render-blocking resources to boost user experience and crawl efficiency.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than almost any business in this market.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
  • 2
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Image Group Services shows a solid overall website traffic health, scoring 6.5 out of 10 and above average for the local market. Notable findings include room to grow paid traffic and tighten paid spend visibility, while organic traffic indicators remain competitive and show momentum. The top opportunities focus on establishing measurable paid activity and continuing SEO fundamentals.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2No ads from you on any search
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #66 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Image Group Services' opening hours largely align with midday demand on weekdays, especially Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm. However, several high-demand evening hours are missed - notably Tuesday and Wednesday 8pm and Monday and Friday late afternoons. A small number of open hours fall into low-demand windows, suggesting potential trimming or flexible staffing. Practical adjustments could shift a few hours into stronger evening demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
5.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Image Group Services
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Woolston
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #86 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#57of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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