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Soma Naturopathy

Naturopathic practitioner · Ilam, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 79 Christchurch dietitians & nutrition businesses.

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Soma Naturopathy

Naturopathic practitioner · Ilam, Christchurch

Where you stand#53of 79 dietitians & nutrition businesses
Overall health3.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing8.703Map positions6.2

Where we can help

02Reviews5.405Facebook page3.508Opening hours3.104Listings and social2.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Soma Naturopathy is a Christchurch clinic offering personalised, evidence-based naturopathy and medical herbalism. Led by a registered naturopath and medical herbalist, it focuses on whole-person care for gut health, hormonal issues, stress, fatigue and general wellbeing. Services include tailored nutrition, lifestyle guidance and custom herbal formulations delivered from a calm, private clinic in Christchurch.

Soma Naturopathy is a Christchurch-based clinic providing personalised, evidence-based naturopathy and medical herbalism. The clinic describes a whole-person approach that supports connections between mind, body and lifestyle, aiming to uncover root causes rather than only managing symptoms. It operates from a private, calm practice in Christchurch.

Services at Soma include lifestyle medicine, individually prescribed herbal formulations and nutritional therapy. The practice highlights simple, sustainable changes to improve energy, sleep and stress management, and offers targeted nutrients and herbal blends tailored to individual patterns. Nutritional support focuses on understanding the reasons behind food choices rather than rigid meal plans, and plans are described as grounded and sustainable.

Clients report a calm, welcoming clinic environment and describe improvements across sleep, skin concerns and metabolism after treatment. Reviews note clearer sleep, reduced anxiousness, better focus and improvements in conditions such as psoriasis and hormonal health. Feedback also emphasises the practitioner's passion and attentive care, and many clients describe feeling more grounded after consultations and treatment.

Locally, Soma positions itself as a practitioner-led naturopathy service in Christchurch that combines herbal medicine, nutrition and lifestyle guidance. Practical features include one-on-one consultations, custom herbal formulations and an emphasis on sustainable changes, making it a local option for clients seeking an integrative, personalised approach to common health concerns.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Soma Naturopathy shows solid presence on Google, with verified control and a strong description, but the overall health score sits at 5.1 out of 10. The listing has a clear website link and phone number, while photos are below average and need refreshing to reach the local midpoint. Open status needs verification or update.

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

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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.
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    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.
8.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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From the business

Soma Naturopathy is a Christchurch-based clinic offering personalised, evidence-based naturopathy and herbal medicine. We take a whole-person approach to health, supporting the connection between mind, body, and lifestyle to create lasting, meaningful change. Led by a registered naturopath and medical herbalist, Soma focuses on uncovering the root cause of symptoms rather than simply managing them. We work with a wide range of concerns including gut health, hormonal imbalances, stress, fatigue, and overall wellbeing. Through tailored nutrition, lifestyle guidance, and custom herbal formulations, our aim is to support your body in a way that feels grounded, sustainable, and aligned with your individual needs.

Google listingChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The overall health of Soma Naturopathy's Google Business profile sits at 5.4 out of 10, indicating average performance. The strongest finding is a top-10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. A key concern is the lack of response to reviews, which can affect trust. The business should continue capitalising on its solid rating while improving customer engagement.

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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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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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 countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Maps Search performance for Soma Naturopathy shows an above-average health score of 6.2 out of 10, indicating decent visibility in Google Maps. Top findings include a solid aggregate presence and a borough ranking that has moved above the bottom quartile, suggesting growing local visibility. Opportunities lie in further strengthening suburb reach and maintaining steady growth.

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 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.
6.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Top three for "dietitian" in 3 suburbs, seen in 17
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FoodSavvy Dietitians2.0 ★ (1) · Naturopathic practitioner
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Lea Stening Dietitian0.0 ★ (0) · Naturopathic practitioner
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Soma Naturopathy25.0 ★ (3) · Naturopathic practitioner
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Embrace Nutrition5.0 ★ (3) · Naturopathic practitioner
Map positionsChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
You are #31 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Soma Naturopathy shows a low social presence health score, with limited active profiles across key platforms. The most important findings are a missing Facebook profile and a weak GrabOne and Yellow Directory presence, plus a moderate trust score on Instagram. Prioritising social and directory listings can improve visibility and trust with local customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
  • 2
    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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found3
YellowNo listing found
NeighbourlyNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
You are #58 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
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Your website

Soma Naturopathy shows a healthy on-page SEO posture with a health score of 8.4 out of 10. Key strengths include an SEO-friendly URL, a valid favicon, a clear title tag, and sufficient on-page text. Opportunities lie in adding an H1 tag, refining the meta description to the ideal length, and addressing mixed content to improve security and trust for visitors and search engines.

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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    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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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
  • 3
    Pages linking to youVery few individual pages anywhere on the web link to yours, so there is almost nothing for search engines to follow back to you.
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

Soma Naturopathy's website health for traffic is low, with a 1.7/10 health score. The top opportunities focus on building organic and paid traffic from near-zero levels by adding quality local content, improving on-page SEO, and starting targeted paid campaigns with clear landing pages and tracking. Implementing these steps can begin to lift visibility and referrals from local clients.

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.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
You are #56 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Soma Naturopathy has no published opening hours, so alignment with Christchurch demand patterns cannot be directly measured. Because no hours are recorded, there are no identified periods of strong alignment or defined missed opportunities. Adding accurate opening hours will allow the clinic to match staffed times to local peak search periods and avoid being unavailable during high-demand windows.

Strengths

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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.
3.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Opening hoursChristchurch dietitians & nutrition · 79 businesses
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

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