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Angela Jones Portraits Studio

Photographer · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

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

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Angela Jones Portraits Studio

Photographer · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

Where you stand#24of 194 photography businesses
Overall health8.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

05Facebook page9.303Map positions8.802Reviews8.107Google search and traffic7.404Listings and social7.301Google listing6.7

Where we can help

08Opening hours3.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Angela Jones Portraits Studio is a Prebbleton-based portrait photography studio serving Christchurch clients. Angela specialises in studio and lifestyle portraiture - including family, corporate, newborn and personal branding shoots - and works from a studio with a park-like lifestyle area. The studio highlights over 14 years' experience and a straightforward, client-focused approach with quick turnaround on final images.

Angela Jones Portraits Studio operates from Prebbleton in Christchurch, combining an indoor studio with a lifestyle area set in a park-like environment. The business notes more than 14 years of experience in portrait photography and welcomes clients for a range of studio and lifestyle sessions.

Services include studio portraits for families and individuals, newborn sessions, corporate headshots and personal branding work. Website material also references weddings, glamour and portrait work, and mentions headshots aimed at quick, painless sessions and personal branding that goes beyond a basic headshot.

Clients commonly describe a relaxed, professional experience. Reviews highlight that Angela puts people at ease in front of the camera, is accommodating with scheduling and client requests, and is transparent about the process. Several reviews also note speed of turnaround for final images and praise her handling of newborn shoots.

Locally, Angela Jones Portraits Studio presents as a full-service portrait studio with a variety of session types and a park-like lifestyle setting attached to the studio. The combination of years of practice, a range of portrait specialities and a focus on client comfort and efficient delivery are features clients can expect when choosing this Christchurch portrait photographer.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Google Business Listing for Angela Jones Portraits Studio shows a below-average health score, with four point-one out of ten. Strengths include a claimed listing, a working website link, a phone number and a complete address, which help customers reach and learn about the studio. The main opportunity is to update status from closed to open or temporarily closed to reassure visitors.

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 lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
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    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (52)
Photographer · Selwyn District East2
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From the business

Studio Portraits, family , corporate , newborn, personal branding

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Your reviews

The Google Business health for Angela Jones Portraits Studio is good, with a 7.5/10 overall score. Key takeaways are a top-10% star rating and solid engagement level, but room remains to lift the response rate and push ratings confidence toward the top 10%. The business should maintain its high satisfaction while increasing owner replies.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Jess G.★★★★★ · 4 months ago

Angela was incredibly accommodating with my list of demands and so kind when we had an unexpected scheduling conflict come up last minute. She was so professional through the entire expierence and best of all the pictures are amazing! She d...

Response from the owner1

Awe thank you . Lovely to meet you all. And great time to have the pics with your family from overseas

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Maisam M.★★★★★ · 6 months ago

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela was fantastic to work with. She made me feel comfortable right away and really brought out the best in my business photos. The shots turned out amazing and I couldn’t be happier. I’d highly recommend her to anyone loo...

Response from the owner

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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Angela Jones Portraits Studio is high, with a score of 8.3 out of 10, indicating strong visibility in Google Maps. The business already ranks well overall and in its local suburb, suggesting consistent performance. Top opportunities reinforce continued momentum in both aggregate and borough results, with room to nudge into top-tier positions.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Top three for "photography studio" in 7 suburbs, seen in 17
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Rebecca Claridge Photography5.0 ★ (71) · Photographer
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Angela Jones Portraits Studio15.0 ★ (52) · Photographer
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Soul Creative Studio5.0 ★ (77) · Photographer
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Product Photography and Video5.0 ★ (6) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #25 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The overall health for Angela Jones Portraits Studio's citations and social presence is below average, with a 3.4 out of 10. The most meaningful findings show a very strong Facebook presence and a credible LinkedIn profile, while opportunities lie in expanding on platforms like Instagram and TikTok and improving directory listings for Fresha, Yellow Pages and LinkedIn. Addressing these areas should help build trust and visibility.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookAngelaJonesPortraitsAngela Jones Portraits Studio | Facebook✓
InstagramangelajonesportraitsAngela Jones Portraits Studio | Instagram✓
LinkedInangela-jones-baa321103Angela Jones Portraits Studio | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #54 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 pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
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    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.3Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Stunning portrait photography by Angela Jones. Christchurch based Professional photographer - Specialising in Personal Branding Weddings Family Business and corporate images3
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #14 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The on-page SEO health for Angela Jones Portraits Studio is 6.7 out of 10, which sits above average. Key strengths include a well-structured title tag, relevant meta description, HTTPS content, fast load times, and an SEO-friendly URL. The main opportunity areas are favicon absence and a need to fine-tune the meta description length and text-to-page size balance.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits just outside a workable length, so a searcher either gets less than the space allows or loses the tail of it.
  • 3
    Pages linking to youFewer pages link to yours than most of this market, so search engines have few routes into your site.
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

The Website Traffic health for Angela Jones Portraits Studio sits at 7.1 out of 10, indicating above-average performance and solid visibility. Key findings show established organic activity and opportunities to begin paid traffic initiatives, while paid search remains untapped. Organic traffic value is above the 25th percentile and should continue to be strengthened with basic SEO and mobile-friendly optimisations.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

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    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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Angela Jones Portraits Studio has no published opening hours, so there is no measurable alignment with Christchurch demand patterns. Because hours are missing, there are no recorded periods of strong alignment; the studio effectively appears closed during known peak-search windows and may be missing family and after-work appointment demand. Adding hours will reveal precise peak matches and missed opportunities.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #137 for opening hours
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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#24of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #24 overall
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