P190// MARKETING STRATEGY // CRICH, DERBYSHIREBASE // BELPER

Marketing Strategy in Crich, Derbyshire

Crich is unusual. You’ve got the village, and then everyone who comes up for the trams, and they want very different things from you. I’m just down the road in Belper, and a plan for a business here starts with how far your marketing needs to reach. I’ll work that out with you.

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UPDATED // 28 OCT 2026

Electric vans from The Electric Van Co lined up on a red carpet inside the Guildhall for the EVC CitySprint launch — EVENTS // The Electric Van Co launch

Who can help a Crich business plan its marketing?

Norton Hunt at North Bear Media, a short drive away in Belper, plans marketing for Crich businesses that rely on the village and on visitors to Crich Tramway Village. Each plan checks whether Google and AI assistants like ChatGPT suggest them. A plan is a project, scoped first, and the £295 Marketing MOT is the place to start.

The village, and then everybody who comes up for the trams.

Crich is in the Amber Valley, home to the National Tramway Museum at Crich Tramway Village, with Crich Stand, the Sherwood Foresters memorial, up on the hill above the village.

That gives a business here an unusual mix. There’s a small local population, and then visitors coming for the museum and the views who’ve never heard of you. So a plan for a Crich business works out how much of the year depends on each of them, and what each one needs to see before they pick you.

Crich on its own won’t carry most businesses. Ripley and Belper are just down the road, and if you’re a trade, Alfreton’s on your patch too. So the plan decides how far out the marketing goes and where the money is worth spending.

Belper’s a short drive away, so I’ll come up and talk it through with you.

VILLAGE //Crich, Amber Valley
VISITORS //Crich Tramway Village
ON THE HILL //Crich Stand, the Sherwood Foresters memorial
FROM //Belper, a short drive

Where I start with a business in Crich.

I start with the MOT, because it’s £295 and it tells you plenty before you spend anything bigger.

Part of it puts two businesses near you through the same checks as you, so you can see whether someone in Ripley or Belper is the one getting found when people look for what you do. You get a score out of 100 and the three things to fix first, back within 48 hours.

If it comes down to being found and having content to post, that’s Found & Filmed: £995 a month with a filming day on site each quarter, rolling monthly with 30 days’ notice either way. You’ve got a business to run, so let me do it. I’ll tell you what makes sense and you decide.

FIRST LOOK //The £295 MOT
IF YOU'D RATHER IT WAS DONE //Found & Filmed, £995 a month
WHO //Norton Hunt, from Belper

How a plan for a village business gets made.

Here’s how it goes. The detail fits your business.

01 //
Who’s buying
We talk about who buys from you, and whether the trams bring you real trade or it’s the village that keeps you going.
02 //
How far to reach
I work out how far out it’s worth marketing, and which names Google and ChatGPT come up with when someone nearby asks for what you do.
03 //
On paper
I write it down plainly so you know what to do first, then we go through it together.
04 //
Before the busy months
We look at it again before the busy months come round, because summer and January are very different trading for a village business.

Client view

“… Honest advice, amazing results and no unnecessary upselling. …”

Some of the businesses I work with.

A farm shop in Matlock, a recovery firm in Alfreton and an electric van company. Each one planned, filmed and run by me.

A Hereford cow with ear tags leans in close to the camera on a green hillside under a blue sky, with the herd behind. — EXTERIOR // Ginger Butchers, a curious Hereford on the family farm

A rear three-quarter view of a red and white Richford heavy recovery truck with its boom and underlift, under a blue sky. — VEHICLES // Richford’s heavy recovery truck, boom raised

An overhead view of guests networking on a red carpet in a grand hall, with catering tables and covered vehicles. — EVENT // EVC launch crowd from the gallery

Common questions about marketing strategy in Crich.

How much does marketing strategy cost in Crich?

The Marketing MOT is a fixed £295, and Found & Filmed is £995 a month when you want the ongoing work done for you.

Do I need a big budget for marketing?

No. A village business can’t afford to waste money, so the plan’s first job is making sure what you spend brings in work from locals and visitors, not habit.

How quickly will I see results?

Some of it shows quickly, like getting your Google listing right before the busy season. Being found more often on Google or suggested by ChatGPT builds over time, and nobody can guarantee what ChatGPT says, but the MOT shows you where you stand within 48 hours.

Can you handle the execution too?

Yes. Found & Filmed, £995 a month, covers being found on Google and in AI search, with a filming day on site each quarter. It’s far less than a full-time hire, with no training and no kit to buy. Anything else, like a new website, I price after a quick chat.

What makes you different from a big agency?

You talk to the person who writes your plan, which is me, and I come to you because Crich is a short drive from Belper. A couple of remote specialists help with some of the marketing work, but I’m the one you deal with.

Do you work with village businesses?

Yes. Crich is a short drive from me in Belper. What changes for a village business is the plan, because it has to be clear about how far the marketing reaches and who it’s for.

Marketing strategy near Crich.

Here are the towns round Crich with their own page.

Other pages for Crich businesses.

Whatever the plan points at, you’ll find it here.

Does anybody outside Crich find you when they look for what you do, or is it mostly the village?

That’s exactly what the MOT is for. I search for what you do the way someone from outside the village would, and write down who comes up. If you’d rather have a chat first, book a call.