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Susannah Blatchford Photography

Photographer · St Martins, 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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Susannah Blatchford Photography

Photographer · St Martins, Christchurch

Where you stand#62of 194 photography businesses
Overall health6.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.803Map positions9.702Reviews8.305Facebook page7.901Google listing7.404Listings and social6.5

Where we can help

07Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Susannah Blatchford Photography is a wedding photographer based in the Saint Martins suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. Susannah (Susie) offers wedding and engagement photography across the South Island. Reviews note a relaxed, personable approach, fast photo delivery and strong attention to couples' visions, with an emphasis on making clients and guests feel comfortable on the day.

Susannah Blatchford Photography is a wedding photography service based in the Saint Martins area of Christchurch, New Zealand. The practice works with couples for engagement shoots and wedding-day photography, and travels for events around the South Island.

Services focus on wedding and engagement photography with an emphasis on capturing the couple's vision. The material notes collaboration through initial contacts and planning, on-day coverage by Susie with support from colleagues (including Kelly), and handling of deliverables after the event.

Clients consistently describe a relaxed, personable experience. Reviews highlight that Susie listens to questions, makes clients and guests feel at ease, and supports couples through the lead-up and on the wedding day. Comments also mention quick delivery of photos and a willingness from the team to go above and beyond to achieve the desired images.

Locally, Susannah Blatchford Photography is positioned as a Christchurch-based wedding specialist that combines practical planning, on-the-day calm, and prompt follow-up. The combination of travelling for events and attentive, client-focused interaction is a distinguishing local characteristic, and many customers reference the supportive, friendly manner that shapes their experience.

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Your Google listing

Susannah Blatchford Photography shows a solid Google Business presence with a health score of 6.4 out of 10, meaning the listing is above average but room for targeted improvements. The business already benefits from a claimed listing, an open-for-business indicator, a website link, and a contact phone number. The current description remains the main area where optimisation is needed.

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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    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.
  • 2
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
7.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Susannah Blatchford Photography
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5.0 ★★★★★ (32)
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From the business

Wedding Photographer based in New Zealand

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Your reviews

Susannah Blatchford Photography shows a strong Google review health with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The business already achieves a top 10% star rating and sits in a high credibility tier, indicating high customer satisfaction. The main finding is excellent ratings, with room to improve engagement by responding to more reviews to boost trust and visibility.

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.
8.3Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Ashleigh C.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Susie was undoubtedly our best vendor and most valued expense for our wedding. She captured our day perfectly as well as making us and our guests feel so comfortable. Our pictures came through so fast and they're amazing. We are so in love...

Response from the owner1

Absolute legends!!! Love hanging with you guys in the rain!! xxx

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Tisean P.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Sus...there are simply just not enough words to express how happy we are with our photos from our big day! I knew they would be good, but this good?! My new husband who claims to be the most unphotogenic person, is somehow a model?! You mad...

Response from the owner

Gahhh just the best day with you wee beauties!! Thanks guys xxx

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

The Maps Search Performance health for Susannah Blatchford Photography is very strong, with a 9.1/10 health score indicating high visibility in Google Maps. The most notable findings show top-5 rankings for several suburb-based keywords, especially in Hillsborough, Opawa, St Martins and Waltham, reflecting solid local reach. Continued updates can push visibility toward the very top.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

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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.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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wedding photographer
✓Top three for "wedding photographer" in 18 suburbs, seen in 66
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Susannah Blatchford Photography15.0 ★ (32) · Photographer
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Liv van Leeuwen Photography5.0 ★ (24) · Photographer
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Paul Wilson Wedding Photographer5.0 ★ (25) · Photographer
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Agnes Grace Photo & Film5.0 ★ (22) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #6 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Susannah Blatchford Photography shows low overall health (2.7/10) for citations and social presence, indicating limited visibility across local directories and social platforms. The strongest finding is a very high trust Facebook profile, while other channels lag. Focus on improving Instagram and Neighbourly presence to build credibility and reach within local wedding communities.

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.
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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 5 of them.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #69 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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    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.
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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.
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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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.9Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #42 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Susannah Blatchford Photography shows a very low on-page SEO health score, with key gaps in meta data and site structure. The most impactful findings are the absence of a meta description and a title tag for the homepage, alongside a missing on-page SEO baseline and a missing favicon.

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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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Website traffic shows a very low health score, indicating limited organic and paid visibility. The most important takeaways are a near-zero organic traffic value and no organic traffic in the top 100 keywords, suggesting content and SEO actions are needed. Paid traffic also has no clear spend or measurable traffic, pointing to small or absent paid activity.

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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www.susannahblatchford.comSusannah Blatchford Wedding Photography

Wedding Photography by Susannah Blatchford. Candid and artfully captured love stories. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Available for weddings Worldwide.

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Your hours against demand

Susannah Blatchford Photography's opening hours mostly match Christchurch client demand, with strong alignment across weekday midday slots. Key popular times are covered on Monday and Wednesday lunchtime, but several high-demand evening and late-afternoon windows are currently missed. A few low-demand open hours suggest minor inefficiencies. Adjusting a couple of evening openings or trimming low-demand hours could improve commercial reach without large time increases.

Strengths

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    Hours aligned with demandNo business here matches the demand around it more closely than you do - you are open when people are looking and shut when they are not.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Your hours already line up with when people are looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours ✓
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday9am-5pm
Sunday9am-5pm
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#62of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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