/ About — Precision Digital
The Team Behind the Work
A specialist, founder-led digital marketing agency in Newcastle. Four people. Decades of experience. Every campaign — from our Newcastle SEO services to AI automation — managed end-to-end by one named expert.
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Precision Digital is a specialist, founder-led digital marketing agency based in Belmont, Newcastle. The team is four people: Dan (Founder & Director), Stuart Hinton (Google Ads, 12+ years), Steve Trim (SEO, 11 years across the UK, Australia, NZ and Thailand), and Ben (Web Design, 48hr builds available). No juniors, no account managers, no locked-in contracts. Every campaign is managed end-to-end by one named specialist.
/ 01 — Why We Exist
Most agencies grow by adding more people and more noise. We don't.
Precision Digital exists because Dan saw how big agencies work from the inside: bloated teams, junior staff doing the real work, account managers playing telephone between the client and the specialist, 12-month contracts that benefit the agency not the client. It's a model built to scale revenue, not results.
So he built something different. A small team of senior specialists who each own their discipline end-to-end. No layers. No gatekeepers. No one "managing" the relationship between you and the person actually doing the work — because that person is the one you talk to.
We don't pitch "full-service" and then scramble to find freelancers. Stuart has been running AdWords specialist Newcastle campaigns for over 12 years. Steve has led SEO campaigns for 11 years across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand. Ben handles every website design project from scratch — custom designed, not templated. Dan leads strategy and makes sure the work connects to commercial outcomes.
That's the entire team. Four specialists, direct access, month-to-month. We focus only on what drives business — enquiries, bookings, and revenue. Everything else is noise.
/ 02 — The Team
Four specialists. No juniors. No middlemen.
Every person on this page is the person who does your work. Not a manager. Not a coordinator. The specialist.
Founder & Director
Dan Watkins
Dan founded Precision Digital to give Newcastle and Hunter Region businesses access to senior-level digital marketing without the big-agency overhead. He leads strategy and client relationships, hand-picking every specialist on the team. No account managers, no middlemen — Dan makes sure every client gets direct access to the people doing the work.
Founded PD
5 years ago
Focus
Strategy & Growth
Google Ads Specialist
Stuart Hinton
Stuart has over 12 years of experience getting Google Ads campaigns right — and fixing existing campaigns that have misfired badly on their way to him. A severe case of OCD has proved to be highly beneficial, combined with years of training in Google Ads. He's the guy other digital marketing agencies turn to when clients call in with scorched pockets. Every Google Ads campaign at Precision Digital is structured, optimised, and managed by Stuart personally.
Experience
12+ years
Speciality
Google Ads
SEO Specialist
Steve Trim
11 years of technical SEO experience helping businesses grow online across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand. Steve won't start a campaign without clear aims and a defined strategy. Expect a detailed questionnaire and follow-up questions before any work begins — proper SEO is built on real understanding, not assumptions. He's the most pedantic man on the planet, which is exactly what you want managing your organic search presence.
Experience
11+ years
Markets
UK · AU · NZ · TH
Software Engineer & Web Design Lead
Ben Yermak
Full-stack web and application developer with 12+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade software — from responsive front-end interfaces to scalable back-end systems and cloud-deployed infrastructure. Proficient across the modern JavaScript ecosystem including React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js, with deep experience in database design, RESTful APIs, and containerised deployments. Today, I operate at the intersection of AI and software development — building intelligent platforms, rapid-deployment CMS tools, and AI-agent-powered automation systems that turn weeks of work into hours. I architect, build, test, and ship end-to-end, whether it's a full-stack SaaS application, a high-performance marketing site, or a custom business automation tool.
Builds
48hr available
Speciality
Full Stack + SEO
/ 03 — How We Work
Four principles. Non-negotiable.
01
No Locked-in Contracts
Month-to-month. Leave when you want. We keep you because the work speaks.
02
Zero Jargon
We explain what we're doing in plain language. If you can't understand it, you can't trust it.
03
One Specialist Per Service
Every campaign is managed end-to-end by one named expert. No handovers. No confusion.
04
Built for ROI
Everything we do is tied to commercial impact. Enquiries, bookings, revenue.
/ 04 — Newcastle
Based in Belmont, serving Newcastle and the Hunter Region.
Serving Newcastle · Lake Macquarie · Belmont · Charlestown · Warners Bay · Maitland · Cessnock · Port Stephens · and the wider Hunter Region
We live and work in the same region as our clients. Belmont is home, Newcastle is the market, and the Hunter is the region where most of our clients operate. Trades, service businesses, and professional services across Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock, and Port Stephens — that's who we built this agency for.
Being local matters in digital marketing more than most people think. We know which suburbs convert, which local directories actually drive traffic, and how the competitive landscape looks for businesses in this region. Our Newcastle local SEO strategies are built on this knowledge. We're not a Sydney agency stretching to cover regional markets. Newcastle is our market.
Every strategy we build is grounded in the realities of the Hunter Region — your competitors, your customer base, your local search landscape. Not a cookie-cutter playbook from a city agency that has to Google where Warners Bay is.
/ 05 — Social Proof
Proven results, delivered.
Real 5-star reviews from Australian businesses who hired us, stayed, and sent us more work. No fake badges, no cherry-picked metrics, no paid endorsements.
Google verified
Five-star reviews
Combined experience
Locked-in contracts
“Daniel and his team have been a pleasure to work with since engaging with them at the beginning of this year. Real results, clear communication throughout.”
Alex
Landscaping owner · Newcastle
/ 06 — Next Step
Let's find out where you need to get to.
No generic packages. No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about what your business needs and whether we're the right fit.