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For small independents who haven't got time to chase leads.

Everything digital — handled. Be the one they remember.

The whole digital side of your business — or just the part you can't manage — looked after by one person. Getting you found, winning customers and clearing the admin, for one fixed price agreed upfront.

Why it works
One
Conversation to get started — no lengthy brief
↑ just tell me what's going on
Fixed
Price agreed before any work begins
↑ the number we agree is what you pay
Zero
Tech knowledge needed — I handle everything
↑ no logins or editor to wrestle

Built for small independents
of every kind.

Most of my work is for small independent businesses — a hair or beauty salon, a local café, a maker selling on Etsy, a tradesperson who'd rather be on the tools than chasing quotes, a local charity that needs to reach its supporters. UK financial advice firms are a particular focus, because of WealthR — my own UK net worth and retirement-planning platform — so I already speak the sector's language. Whatever you do, the approach is the same: one conversation, a price agreed upfront, and the whole thing handled for you.

💅Nail salons, hair & barbers Cafés & restaurants 🕯️Creators & makers 🛍️Online shops 💼Freelancers & consultants 🧘Therapists & practitioners 🔧Tradespeople 🤝Charities & non-profits 🏛️UK financial advice firms Focus 🌍Anyone else who needs help

Not on this list? Doesn't matter — drop me a message and tell me what you do. I've yet to meet a small business that didn't need either better email, a better website, or both.


Your whole digital side.
Handled by one person.

Everything a small business needs online falls into three jobs: getting found, winning & keeping customers, and running smoothly behind the scenes. I do all three — briefed once, agreed upfront, no agency price tag — and I bring AI in wherever it genuinely helps, safely, with honest advice on what's worth doing and what to ignore.

Pillar 1
Get found.
When someone searches — on Google or by asking AI — you're the name that comes up.
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Website Building
Not a Wix template. A proper, fast, mobile-first website that tells people who you are and makes it dead easy to get in touch or buy.
  • One-page or full multi-section site, custom-built
  • Mobile-first — your customers are on phones
  • Contact form, booking link or shop
  • Recruitment page & CV / application forms if you're hiring
  • Hosted & maintained by me — domain & site transferred to you if you ever leave
  • AI-ready as standard — schema, clean structure & an llms.txt
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Local SEO & Google Visibility
Show up when someone nearby types "hair salon near me" or "IFA Edinburgh". A proper foundation with honest upkeep — not a twelve-month contract.
  • Google Business Profile setup & optimisation
  • On-page SEO — titles, meta, headings, schema
  • Local listings & citations (Yell, Bing Places, Apple Maps)
  • Keyword research for your area & service
  • Site speed & Core Web Vitals tuned for ranking
  • Strong one-off foundation, honest optional upkeep
Explore Local SEO
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Get Found by AI
More people now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot "who's good for this?". I make your business legible to AI so you're among the names it gives back — the same setup that gets WealthR named.
  • AI Visibility Audit (£329) — across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot & Perplexity
  • A structured report with prioritised, plain-English fixes
  • How you compare to named competitors
  • Schema, answer-first content & llms.txt — built into your site
  • Consistent business facts so AI doesn't get you wrong
  • Honest about what's proven vs. emerging — no over-promising
Explore Get Found by AI
Pillar 2
Win & keep customers.
Turn visitors into customers, and one-time buyers into regulars who hear from you.
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Branding & Identity
A logo your cousin made in Word isn't a brand. I design simple, confident identities that work across your shopfront, your inbox and your Instagram — no 60-page guideline doc nobody reads.
  • Logo design — wordmark, monogram or mark
  • Colour palette & typography system
  • One-page brand style sheet you can actually use
  • Social profile graphics & email signature template
  • Social media starter — profiles, post templates & a 30-day planner
  • Print-ready files for signage, cards & menus
Explore branding
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Email Marketing
Most businesses collect email addresses and do nothing with them. I write and set up emails that go out on their own — so your customers hear from you even when you're elbow-deep in actual work.
  • Welcome sequences for new customers
  • Monthly newsletters & updates
  • Re-engagement emails for quiet contacts
  • Abandoned-cart & promotional campaigns
  • Custom-built HTML emails — not template pickers
  • Works with Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Brevo & more
Explore email marketing
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Monthly Content & Ghostwriting
The businesses that grow are the ones that keep showing up. I write newsletters, blog posts and longer pieces under your name — in your voice, on your topics — so you keep appearing without writing a word.
  • One piece of content every month — newsletter, blog or both
  • Written from scratch, in your voice, every time
  • Ghostwriting under your name — LinkedIn, blog, email, articles
  • Repurposed into ready-to-post social cuts
  • Topic planning & light keyword research included
  • SEO-conscious — written to rank where it makes sense
Talk about monthly content
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Email List Health & Compliance
Most small businesses have lists put together with little thought for data protection — a GDPR risk sitting quietly in a spreadsheet. I audit what you have, fix it, and keep you compliant going forward.
  • Full audit of how addresses were collected & stored
  • Consent mechanism review — do you actually have permission?
  • List cleaning & suppression setup
  • Unsubscribe & preference centre configuration
  • Privacy policy & data handling advice
  • Completed formal GDPR training — not guesswork
Audit my email list
By enquiry
Reviews & Reputation
Your hard-earned reviews, working for you. Automated review requests after a job, replies drafted on-brand for your sign-off, and your best ones surfaced where new customers actually see them.
  • Review requests that go out automatically after a job
  • On-brand replies drafted for you to approve
  • Google & Trustpilot monitoring with alerts
  • Best reviews pulled onto your site
  • Pairs with Local SEO — scoped per business
Ask about reviews
Pillar 3
Run smoothly.
The back-office digital that quietly runs the business — invoicing, tools, automation, the lot.
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Get Paid Faster
Invoices that chase themselves. Polite, automatic reminders written in your voice, branded invoices with pay-now links, and a simple customer tracker — built on free software you own.
  • Professional branded invoices with pay-now links
  • Automatic payment reminders in your tone of voice
  • A simple customer & enquiry tracker, fed from your site
  • Recurring invoices & review requests
  • Built on free / low-cost software you own — typically £0/month
See Get Paid Faster
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Custom Tools & Automation
Most small businesses run on a fragile spreadsheet and three subscriptions that each do 60% of the job. I build the small, specific tools that fix that — custom-made for how you actually work, yours outright.
  • Quote calculators & price estimators on your site
  • Booking & enquiry flows that gather the right details
  • Tools that replace the load-bearing spreadsheet
  • Automations — review requests, invoice nudges, digests
  • One-off fixed price, no per-seat subscription — built once, yours
  • Proof I build this: two free tools I made & gave away
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Domain & Email Setup
Sending from a Gmail address is the online equivalent of handing out a napkin instead of a business card. A custom domain and matching email take an hour to set up and make a real difference.
  • Custom domain registration & configuration
  • Professional email address setup (e.g. hello@yourbiz.com)
  • Connected to your mail provider of choice
  • DNS, SPF, DKIM & DMARC configured so emails land in inboxes
  • No more sending from a Gmail or Hotmail address
Set up my domain & email
By enquiry
AI Tools for Small Business
The next-gen layer a normal web designer can't offer. Small, practical AI that catches leads and saves you hours — set up on software you own, scoped honestly per business.
  • Missed-call text-back — a missed call gets an instant friendly text
  • AI receptionist / site chatbot — answers, books & captures leads 24/7
  • Automated lead follow-up — instant reply in your voice, logged
  • A simple CRM — one tidy place for every customer
  • Honest scoping — including whether it's worth building at all
Ask about AI tools
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Advice firms
WealthR Client Portal
WealthR is the modern wealth platform I also build — offered as a client portal by advice firms. I scope what bringing it into your practice looks like, and design your site to feel like one product with it.
  • WealthR portal scoping & discovery for your firm
  • Marketing site designed to feel coherent with the portal
  • Client onboarding flow & portal adoption emails
  • Compliance-aware client comms & portal copy
  • Per-project scope & pricing — no off-the-shelf claim
For UK advice firms
Spotlight — Email welcome sequences

Your new customers are
slipping away quietly

Think about the last time you bought something or enquired about a service and heard nothing back. No confirmation, no follow-up, just silence. That's exactly what most of your customers experience. Not because you don't care — but because you're busy and nobody set this up. A welcome sequence runs in the background and sorts it for you.

Set this up for me →

Dead simple
from the start.

Here's what working with me looks like, from first message to live site.

01
Tell me what's going on
Fill in the form below — there's no lengthy brief to write. Tell me what you do, who your customers are, and what's not working. That's all I need to start.
02
I'll get back to you personally
Not a templated reply, not an automated response. I'll read what you've sent, have a proper think, and come back with honest advice and a clear, no-surprises quote. Usually within a day or two.
03
I do the work, you stay busy
Once you're happy to go ahead, I handle everything. You answer a few questions about your business and I take it from there — writing, designing, building, setting up.
04
It runs without you
Your emails go out on their own. Your site works while you sleep. And if things change down the line — new prices, a different offer, a fresh tone — I offer an optional 6 or 12-month refresh to keep it all current.

Real prices.
Agreed upfront.

No "request a quote" games — here's what a build actually costs. Every site is a one-off, custom-built and hosted for you, for a fraction of agency rates — I handle the domain and hosting so you never touch the tech, and if you ever leave I transfer the domain and hand over your site. Never locked in. Prefer to spread the cost? You can pay monthly over 12 months — just ask. Then, if you'd like it, an optional £29/mo care plan so you never think about hosting or upkeep again.

Website — Starter
£499 one-off
One-off build · optional £29/mo care
A clean one-page site for a single, clear offer
Custom-built — not a Wix or Squarespace template; I host & look after it
  • One-page custom site — hero, services, about, contact
  • Mobile-first, fast, hand-built for your business
  • Copy written for your business, not templated
  • Contact form or booking link
  • Local SEO basics — Google finds you
  • AI-ready as standard — built for ChatGPT, Gemini & Copilot, not just Google
  • Email sign-up ready to connect whenever you are
  • Rounds of amends until you're happy
Start with a one-pager →
Complete
£1,499 one-off
One-off build · payment plans available
Website, branding and email, working as one
The whole thing handled — site, brand & email together
  • Everything in Website — Standard
  • Branding — logo, colour palette, typography & a one-page style sheet
  • Custom domain & professional email address setup
  • 5-email welcome & nurture sequence, written in your voice
  • Full GDPR compliance review & setup
  • AI-ready as standard — schema, clean structure & an llms.txt
  • Email sign-up connected from launch
  • Rounds of amends until you're happy, plus ongoing support after launch
Get the Complete package →
Email Starter
For businesses just getting started with email
Written, built & ready to go — add to any build
  • 3-email welcome sequence
  • Written, designed & set up for you
  • Works with your existing tools
  • Runs automatically after that
  • GDPR-compliant setup from day one
  • Rounds of amends until you're happy
Start with email →
Email Growth
For businesses ready to keep customers coming back
Full setup — then it runs without you
  • 5-email welcome & nurture sequence
  • Re-engagement email for lapsed customers
  • Monthly newsletter template
  • Copy written in your brand's voice & tone
  • Mailchimp, Klaviyo or Brevo setup included
  • GDPR-compliant setup & consent configuration
  • Rounds of amends until you're happy
Grow my email →

Or let me be your digital partner.

The build is a one-off. After that, the businesses that grow are the ones that keep showing up — so for those who'd rather not think about any of it, there's an ongoing option: one monthly fee, and I look after your whole digital side. Cancel anytime, one month's notice — never a lock-in.

Care
£29 / month
Keep the site live & looked after
The essentials, handled — for any site I build
  • Hosting, backups & security updates
  • Your domain's annual renewal, handled
  • A couple of small changes a month — hours, prices, photos
  • Annual refresh keeping local SEO & AI-readiness current
  • One predictable figure — no separate bills
See the care plan →
Essentials
£149 / month
Keep showing up, without the to-do list
Everything in Care, plus you stay visible
  • Everything in Care
  • One piece of content a month — newsletter or blog, in your voice
  • Google Business Profile kept fresh
  • Site copy kept current as things change
  • A simple monthly report — clicks, visits, what's working
Start with Essentials →
Partner
From £599 / month
"Just handle my digital" — the lot
Your outsourced digital department · limited spots
  • Everything in Growth
  • Fully custom — built around exactly what your business needs
  • Site, email, content, SEO & reviews — all looked after
  • Light automation kept running (lead follow-up, nudges)
  • On-call for whatever comes up or breaks
  • A monthly check-in — I only take on a handful
Apply for Partner →

Bigger or bespoke needs — an events or wedding venue, heavy paid advertising, multiple locations, or a full sales-and-marketing remit — sit above the standard tiers and are quoted individually to scope.

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Just need branding? That works too.
Logo, colour palette, typography and a one-page style sheet — commissioned solo, no website required. Branding is also bundled into the Complete package if you'd rather do both together. Tell me what you need and I'll come back with a clear quote.
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Already on WordPress, Squarespace or another platform?
Not every job is a rebuild. I'm just as happy working inside a CMS you already have — WordPress, Squarespace, Wix or similar — keeping pages, blogs, content and listings updated, accurate and looking sharp. If a fresh build isn't what you need, I'll happily look after what you've already got.
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Optional refresh service
Things change. Prices go up, offers shift, your tone evolves. Every package comes with the option to add a 6 or 12-month refresh — I'll revisit your emails and/or site copy to keep everything current, accurate, and working as hard as it should.
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You own it — hosting handled either way
I build, host and look after every site myself — a custom site, never rented from a platform like Wix. I handle the domain and hosting so you never deal with the tech, and if you ever leave I transfer the domain and hand over your site — you're never locked in. The £29/month care plan rolls hosting, domain renewal, backups and small changes into one predictable figure. Prefer not to? No problem — you just cover those running costs as they come, and I quote any changes ad-hoc.

Not quite ready to get in touch yet?

See examples of my work → Read the blog →

Two paths, same standard.

Most of my work is for small independent businesses. UK financial advice firms are an area I know especially well, because of WealthR, my own wealth-tracking platform. Whichever sounds like you, there's a page below that goes into the detail.


Taking on a few founding clients.

LiamMail is building its first handful of client projects right now — which is good news for you. It means you get my full attention, not a slot in a queue, and founding clients get my best price before rates settle. I'm only taking on a small number, so each one gets done properly. If you're a small business that needs a website, email or some honest help with AI, now's the time to get in touch.

Few
spots available

Liam Kane, founder of LiamMail, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Liam Kane
10+ yrs in marketing · Edinburgh, Scotland

Hi, I'm Liam

I run LiamMail from Edinburgh on a flexible schedule around my full-time job — a focused, deliberate side venture. Small businesses lose customers not because of their service, but because nothing's happening online to keep them coming back: no follow-up emails, a website that's nearly ready, branding that's never quite landed. You work too hard for that — and you shouldn't be paying agency prices to fix it. That's why I keep things fair.

Behind that is over a decade in marketing. I started in B2B, marketing to the travel trade, moved into B2C across social media, and for the last few years I've focused on email — which is why it sits at the heart of what I do here. It's the channel I know best, and the one that quietly earns its keep for a small business. That range means I see how the whole picture fits together — where email sits alongside your website, brand, social and local presence — and, working from Edinburgh, I know the Scottish small-business scene first-hand.

Alongside LiamMail I build WealthR — a modern wealth platform used directly by UK investors and offered as a client portal by advice firms. Building it keeps me close to how advice firms work, and investing and the markets are a genuine interest of mine — so you're dealing with someone who speaks your language and won't need the basics explained. I'm not a compliance officer — your compliance lead always signs off the final copy — but I write with the rules in mind, so you won't have to rewrite half the site to get there.

Small independent businesses Salons, cafés, makers & trades Charities & non-profits UK financial advice firms WealthR (wealth platform & portal) Email marketing Welcome sequences Website building Branding & identity design Logo & brand style sheets Copywriting Mailchimp · Klaviyo · Brevo FCA financial promotions Consumer Duty-aware GDPR & data compliance List health & hygiene Edinburgh, Scotland Worldwide clients
Based in Edinburgh. Working worldwide.

Everything I do is remote — a call, a few emails, and I can work with any business, anywhere. Same quality, same personal approach, wherever you are.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇨🇦 Canada 🇦🇺 Australia 🌍 Anywhere

Before you get in touch.

A quick set of the things people usually want to know first. Anything specific to your line of work, the small businesses and UK financial advice firms pages have their own FAQs. Anything else, just ask.

How does pricing work?
Every project is quoted individually. Tell me what you're thinking — what you do, who your customers are, what you need built or rewritten — and I'll come back with a clear, fixed-price quote agreed upfront before any work starts. There's no mandatory retainer and no surprise platform fees — just your domain's annual renewal and an optional care plan if you want me on hand for changes. If something's simpler than expected, it costs less. If it's more involved, I'll say so before we start.
How long does a project take?
A small one-page site is usually 2–3 weeks from brief to launch. A fuller multi-section site with branding work and email sequences is typically 4–8 weeks. Brand-from-scratch projects sit at the longer end. I'll give you a realistic timeline as part of the quote — and I work evenings and weekends, so most milestones land sooner than you'd expect from a 9-to-5 agency.
I don't have a logo, brand colours or written content. Is that a problem?
Not at all — "we have nothing" is a perfectly normal starting point. I can design a logo, build a simple brand identity (colours, type, a one-page style sheet you can hand to anyone making things for you later), and write all the website copy from scratch as part of the project. The shorter your brief, the more I'll ask in our first conversation.
I already have a Wix / Squarespace / GoDaddy site. Should I rebuild?
Often, yes — but I'll tell you honestly if I don't think it's worth it. Most template platforms quietly cost you in monthly fees you don't see, code you don't own, designs that look like every other business in your category, and limited local SEO. I'll have a quick look at your current site and either suggest a rebuild or recommend smaller fixes — whichever serves you better.
Where are you based? Do you only work with Edinburgh businesses?
I'm based in Edinburgh, but everything I do is remote — a call, a few emails, a shared folder, and I can work with any business anywhere in the UK or worldwide. Same quality, same personal approach. For UK financial advice firms, I work UK-wide and the sister product, WealthR, is built specifically for the UK retail wealth market.
What happens after launch?
Every project comes with tweaks until you're happy and ongoing support after launch — I don't disappear once the site goes live. If you want to keep showing up consistently (monthly newsletters, fresh blog posts, copy that stays current), there's an optional monthly content arrangement with one month's notice to pause or stop. No long-term contracts.
What if I'm not sure exactly what I need?
Most people aren't on day one — that's the whole point of the first conversation. Drop me a message with whatever you've got: what your business does, what's not working at the moment, and what you'd love to be different. I'll come back with honest advice on what would move the needle, even if that means a smaller scope than you came in expecting.

Tell me what's
going on with your business

No commitment, no sales call, no weird pressure. Just tell me what you do and what's not working — I'll come back with honest thoughts and a straight answer.

Not sure if I'm
the right fit?

Drop me a message anyway. If I don't think I'm the right fit, I'll tell you — and usually point you somewhere that is. No sales script, and I won't chase you afterwards.

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Edinburgh, Scotland — clients worldwide
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wealthr.co.uk & formattools.co.uk — my own products
⚡ I reply to every message personally — usually within a day or two. Every project timeline is agreed upfront before any work begins, so you'll always know exactly where things stand.