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Death to mediocrity.

We take ecommerce and sales-led businesses from 7 to 8 figures through exceptional performance marketing. Our SEO, PPC and Paid Social teams are forensic and ruthless in their ambition for your success.

Dark Horse is the vigilante digital marketing agency Manchester has been waiting for. We will cut through marketing smoke and mirrors with results and a make a difference where it matters: your bottom line.

We are masters at driving highly targeted converting web traffic to your site. We help you dominate your space by combining the below services.

Think of Dark Horse as the blueprint to your online success and the start of sleepless nights for your competition. **** em.

We work best with ambitious, challenger brands that are bold, willing to challenge the status quo and looking for innovative ways to take on the giants in their market. ​

Served areas
  • Manchester, Altrincham, Liverpool, Bolton, Wilmslow, Warrington
Business details
  • Year established: 2019
Highlights and features
  • Forensic PPC and SEO to dominate your competition online
  • Take your business from 7 to 8 figure growth
  • Elite teams delivering measurable digital marketing results
  • Paid Social strategies to massively boost engagement revenue
  • Digital audits uncover hidden opportunities and fix inefficiencies
  • Committed to sustainable growth through The Dark Forest initiative
Associations and certifications
  • Google Premier Partner
Services
If you want to be seen online, you want the best team on it. Dark Horse's SEO team has over 80 years' combined experience, bringing visibility and profit to businesses across all sectors. To name a few:
- 156% increase in organic sessions for Rhino Safety
- 46% increase in revenue for Luxe Collective
- 53% increase in organic conversions for Gaugemaster
When you're up against the big spenders, you need the best team behind you. Dark Horse are a Google Premier Partner - in the top 3% of UK agencies. But our ad acceptance rate is in the bottom 25%. We put our clients' interests over Google's, every day.
For Avenue 85, we delivered:
- 11,824% increase in conversions
- 16,056% increase in revenue
- 6.2x ROAS achieved

How could we help you take down the competition?
If your competitors are being seen, social you. The internet's billboard. The surefire way to be seen online. Thumb stopping stuff. Our Paid Social team has experience across every corner of the social internet: Meta – Facebook and Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Twitter. All are different and require expertise to maximise results.
We’ve seen some truly horrific PPC, SEO and Paid Social digital audits in our time. Vanity metrics, fake bottom lines and marketing jargon to hide shocking results; hack agencies churn them out to veil their lack of knowledge. We bet you’re tired of that. We’re tired of that too.

We know what it’s like to be deceived and lied to, kept down by agencies that never deliver and leave you wallowing in the dark. Full of empty promises. We became the change we wanted to see. Honest, transparent and goal-led, our digital marketing audits give you tangible and useful insights into the state of your digital marketing. We explain our process and tell you where your gaps and opportunities lie. The opportunity to grow from 7 to 8 figures.

Comprehensive, objective and strategy focused audits that conquer your nightmares to win you audiences and success. You’ll never look at SEM marketing the same way again.
Reviews (11)
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Lynne Hardwick
Feb 09, 2024
The Dark Horse team reviewed our paid account and provided a comprehensive and insightful audit. It was all explained in a clear and concise way with actions to be taken. Andrew, Dave & Ryan were really helpful through every step of the process and answered our many, many questions
Noah Bier
May 01, 2023
Dark Horse provided my company Makers Cabinet with 14 months of Performance Marketing management across Meta, Google and other Social platforms. Before our relationship was initiated we expressed our difficult previous relationships with marketeers. The team at Dark Horse were understanding, straight-talking and did not over promise. DH consistently met targets set by us and were a pleasure to work with and grow our business with. I would definitely recommend working with the team because of their expertise, good communication style and effective skills in performance marketing. Note that we are changing provider because we are looking to have content creation and marketing under one provider.
Ian Fowler
Apr 01, 2023
A refreshingly frank approach to their work which underpins extensive depth of knowledge. They are on your side. Many agencies aren't. Recommended.
Neo Online
Mar 23, 2023
Staff at Dark Horse are really good at what they do, they helped my business thrive, communicate with me regularly, and provide good levels of growth month on month
Alex Shannon
Feb 13, 2023
We have worked with the team at Dark Horse for a good period now, and they have driven consistent results for us. The team are exceptionally friendly, and do exactly as they say they will.
Sam Green
Feb 09, 2023
I personally dealt with Dark Horse on behalf of my events company when looking for PPC specialists. Dark Horse provided a very comprehensive audit and I was particularly impressed with the professionalism that came with it. Andrew and Dave provided great insights and explained in laymans terms what they would do and why. They weren't pushy in any way and were very straight talking and to the point which is what I was looking for. I would definitely recommend Dark Horse to anyone looking for a PPC partner
Ben Slaven
Jul 27, 2021
Dark Horse have co-ordinated our UK paid search campaigns for a couple of years now and they've always been excellent to work with. They have an organised and professional approach, with a solid PPC knowledge to back it up. We are very happy with the service they provide - Function18.com
Melanie Bennett
Jan 05, 2021
Almost 3 years in.
Great attention to detail resulting in continuing improvement.
Recommended
Mike Locke
Jun 08, 2018
We've worked with PPC Evolved for a while now and I can honestly say their professionalism is highlighted through their strong results. Our account managers are quick to respond and very helpful even with difficult requests. If you're looking for a PPC agency, strongly consider PPC Evolved.
Sophie Orme
Jan 23, 2018
We've been working with the team at PPC Evolved for a year now and they provide excellent professional Google AdWords for our business and our franchisees. Great service from the whole team at PPC Evolved, who are always there to support us when needed. Highly recommend! :)
Sophie McGrath
Jan 02, 2018
PPC Evolved have been taking care of my PPC needs for a number of years. The ROI they provide is incredible. The team at PPC Evolved have had great significance in the growth of my business and I could not be happier with their service.