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CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke

Photographer · Halswell, 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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CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke

Photographer · Halswell, Christchurch

Where you stand#107of 194 photography businesses
Overall health4.5/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke is a Christchurch-based professional photography studio in Halswell. Kevin Clarke offers landscape, fine art print, commercial, wedding, portrait and event photography across New Zealand, and runs bespoke one-on-one photography workshops and tours locally and overseas. The studio emphasises award-winning craft and personalised instruction.

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke is a professional photography studio based in Halswell, Christchurch. The studio covers landscape, fine art print, commercial, wedding, portrait and event photography throughout New Zealand and references international recognition in its description.

Services include landscape and fine art photography, creation of prints and canvases, commercial assignments, wedding and portrait sessions, and event coverage. Bespoke one-on-one photography workshops and guided tours within New Zealand and overseas are noted as a specialty, with a focus on personalised instruction and hands-on learning.

Customer feedback shows consistently high ratings. Review themes mention satisfaction with final prints and canvases and recommend the studio as a local service. Clients describe positive experiences with the photographer's work and the printed products; these comments point to reliable delivery of commissioned pieces and an emphasis on craft in finished prints.

Locally, the studio presents as a photographer offering a broad range of photographic services alongside tailored workshops and tours. CMG Studios Ltd frames its offering around fine art printing and personalised teaching, making it a practical choice for clients seeking both commissioned photographic work and guided learning opportunities in the Christchurch area.

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Your Google listing

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke shows good basic setup on Google Business Listing with a solid claimed status, phone and full address, and open-for-business visibility. Health is moderate; notable gaps are missing website link and room to improve the description and photos to reach the local midpoint.

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

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    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.1Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (5)
Photographer · Halswell
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From the business

Professional Photography International award winning professional photographer based in Christchurch New Zealand covering landscapes, fine art prints, commercial, wedding, portrait, and event work throughout New Zealand. Bespoke one on one Photography Workshops and Tours within New Zealand and overseas a specialty.

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Your reviews

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke shows a mixed health profile in Google Business reviews. Overall health scores 5.5/10, indicating average performance. The most notable strength is a top 10% Google star rating, reflecting strong customer satisfaction. A key area for improvement is engaging with customers by replying to reviews.

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 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.
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    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.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.6Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #86 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke shows strong Google Maps health, with an 8.5/10 score indicating solid visibility. The top opportunities focus on expanding presence across more local suburbs and driving further gains in the business's own suburb. Notable keywords indicate strong performance for photography and portraits in Halswell and nearby areas.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.0Strong
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Ryorastudio5.0 ★ (8) · Photographer
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Nicole Gourley Photography5.0 ★ (37) · Photographer
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CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke25.0 ★ (5) · Photographer
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Daniela Aebli Photography5.0 ★ (5) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #40 for map positions
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Where customers find you

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke shows an above-average health score of 5.9 out of 10, indicating stable presence with room for growth. The strongest results are a very high trust Facebook profile and a LinkedIn presence that supports credibility. Focus should remain on consistent, quality content across platforms while expanding modestly into multi-channel 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.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
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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.
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    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
3.9Room to grow
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Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #118 for listings and social
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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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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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★ 5 reviews · recommended 3
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☎ +64 27 533 8209✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #50 for your Facebook page
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Your website

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke shows below-average on-page SEO health, with a 3.4 out of 10. The most important findings are that no on-page SEO score is detected and there is no meta description or title tag on the homepage, along with missing favicon and SEO-friendly URL issues. Addressing these areas will lay a baseline for optimisation and improve visibility.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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How people find you on Google

CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke shows a mixed picture in Website Traffic health, with a 4.5/10 score suggesting average performance and room for improvement. The top findings highlight very limited organic traffic value and zero visible organic rankings, while paid activity is not yet measurable. Focus should be on content, on-page SEO, and small paid tests to establish baseline traffic.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

CMG Studios Ltd's opening hours align well with Christchurch demand during weekday middays, especially Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm when search interest is above the peak threshold. There are no missed high-demand hours where the studio is closed. Some low-demand open hours-early mornings and late evenings on select weekdays-could be trimmed or repurposed to reduce staffing or overhead costs while preserving peak coverage.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.1Strong
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CMG Studios Ltd Photography by Kevin Clarke
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Sunday · Halswell
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #18 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#107of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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