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Lincoln Media

Photographer · Lincoln, 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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Lincoln Media

Photographer · Lincoln, Christchurch

Where you stand#18of 194 photography businesses
Overall health9.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing9.808Opening hours9.104Listings and social8.602Reviews8.403Map positions6.3

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.607Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Lincoln Media is a Lincoln (Selwyn) based real estate photography and videography business serving Christchurch and greater Canterbury. It provides professional photos, high-quality video walkthroughs, 3D tours, virtual staging and Part 102 CAA-approved aerial drone services. The team offers before-noon next-day photo delivery and has completed over 3,000 projects since 2017 for local agencies and builders.

Lincoln Media operates from Lincoln in Selwyn and provides real estate photography, videography and legal aerial drone services across Christchurch and greater Canterbury. The company highlights Part 102 CAA certification for drone operations, allowing compliant flights in Christchurch's controlled airspace, and states a fast next-day-before-noon photo delivery option.

Services include professional property photography, high-quality video walkthroughs, 3D tours, 3D rendering and virtual staging, alongside legal aerial drone filming. The website and business-provided details note quick turnaround for photos and consistent, professionally edited visuals intended to present properties clearly for listings and marketing.

Review themes indicate customers regularly experience professional, friendly service, prompt attendance and fast turnaround on deliverables. Reviewers commonly praise photo quality, helpfulness and a consistent, reliable approach to shoots and editing. Repeat bookings and recommendations from agents and private sellers appear in recent feedback.

Locally, Lincoln Media is distinguished by its Part 102-certified drone capability within Christchurch's controlled airspace, its stated next-day-before-noon photo delivery, and a substantial portfolio of work since 2017. The team notes long-standing relationships with major agencies and builders, positioning the company as a Christchurch and Canterbury specialist for real estate visual media.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Lincoln Media's Google Business listing shows a very high health score with strong basic details and verified ownership. The listing already includes a live status, a defined title, a claimed status, a website link and a phone number, which supports easy customer contact and access to services.

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 two opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
  • 2
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (18)
Photographer · Lincoln2
Open 7 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Lincoln Media provides professional real estate photography, videography, and legal aerial drone services across Christchurch, Selwyn, and greater Canterbury. We offer before-noon next-day delivery for photos, high-quality video walkthroughs, 3D tours, 3D rendering, and virtual staging. With more than 3,000 completed projects since 2017, Lincoln Media is trusted by leading agencies and builders, including Ray White, Harcourts, Bayleys, and Generation Homes. Our drone operations are CAA-approved, allowing safe and compliant aerial filming in Christchurch’s controlled airspace—coverage most operators cannot legally provide.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Lincoln Media shows a very healthy Google Business profile with an 8.6/10 health score and a star rating in the top 10% for customer satisfaction. The most notable finding is a strong star rating and high trust signals, supported by a solid review base. Opportunities focus on sustaining engagement and improving rating confidence and review volume.

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

  • 1
    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Lincoln Media
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Tracy T.★★★★★ · a month ago

excellent photos taken of our house for sale. Fast turnaround. Thanks

Response from the owner1

Thanks 🙏

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Deb T.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Kanison is both prompt and professional He provides excellent photography and videography and is super helpful. This is the 2nd time we have engaged with and won't be the last. Has helped us with the launch of The Living POD show home and w...

Response from the owner

Thank you so much Deb-really appreciate your kind words.

Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Lincoln Media shows an above-average health score of 6.4 out of 10 for Google Maps search presence, indicating reasonable visibility with room to climb. The top opportunities focus on strengthening aggregate rankings and improving borough-specific presence, leveraging strong performance for key local terms.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "photographer" in 2 suburbs, seen in 3
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Rebecca Claridge Photography5.0 ★ (71) · Photographer
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Lincoln Media25.0 ★ (18) · Photographer
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Tegan Johnson Photography4.9 ★ (48) · Photographer
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Lime Blue Photography5.0 ★ (4) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #72 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Citations show Lincoln Media's health as strong at 8.1 out of 10, indicating solid trust and reach in social profiles. Key strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, and a well-positioned LinkedIn presence that can support credibility with partners and clients. Opportunities to improve are mainly in missing or weaker profiles across TikTok, Fresha, LinkedIn Company Page, Yellow Directory, and TikTok Directory.

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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    StarOfService ProWe can see your StarOfService Pro listing (https://starofservice.co.nz/lincoln-media) 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.
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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.
  • 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 6 of them.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebooknzlincolnmediaLincoln Media | Facebook✓
InstagramlincolnmedianzLincoln Media | Instagram✓
StarOfService Prolincoln-mediaLincoln Media | StarOfService Pro✓
LinkedInlincoln-berry-557401232Lincoln Media | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #28 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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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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144 followers 2
Professional real estate photography and videography in Canterbury3
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☎ +64 210 336 571✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Lincoln Media shows a healthy on-page SEO profile with a 7.5/10 health score. Strengths include an outstanding on-page SEO score, a valid favicon, a relevant meta description, fast page load under 3 seconds, and an SEO-friendly URL. The top opportunities focus on meta description length, title tag tuning, text-to-page size balance, adding an H1 tag, and reducing render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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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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    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

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    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.
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    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.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than the newest sites here but is still younger than most.
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

Lincoln Media's website traffic health is low, with a health score of 2.0 out of 10, indicating limited organ ic and paid visibility. The most important findings show near zero estimated organic traffic value and no organic traffic growth, while paid activity is also minimal. Addressing content quality, on-page SEO and basic backlinks can start to improve rankings and traffic.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
Lincoln MediaNot in these results3
21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Lincoln Media's published hours largely match local demand for real estate photography. Several weekday midday peaks are covered, notably Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday midday. There are no high-demand hours missed. Some early-morning and late-evening openings (e.g. Tuesday 6am, Monday 8am and 9-10pm) fall below the peak threshold and may be lower value.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Lincoln Media
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Thursday · Lincoln
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #18 for opening hours
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01Google listing2 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#18of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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