About LocalTom
LocalTom is an AI marketing expert that builds and manages your website and local marketing for independent local businesses.
What LocalTom does
You send a message on WhatsApp. The team builds the website and looks after the local marketing around it. These are the jobs.
Your website, built and managed
We build the website for your business and put it on your own web address. It is often ready to look at before you choose a plan, and it goes live in days once you do. After that we keep it online and up to date, so you are not left with a builder to learn.
Local Ads on Google Maps
We set up Local Ads on Google Maps and manage them, so you show up when people search nearby. You do not open an ads account or watch a dashboard. We will not promise a ranking: the job is to keep those ads set up and looked after.
Google reviews
We watch your Google reviews, gather them, and answer them. People read those reviews before they visit, so they should not sit there ignored. The reviews stay yours, and we do the watching and the replies.
Found on Google
We write your name, what you do, where you are and how to reach you in the way search engines read. Your website is yours, and it shows the whole business next to any Maps or Instagram page you already have. Nobody can promise the top spot, and we will not.
Found by ChatGPT and AI search
People now ask ChatGPT and similar tools for a café, a barber or another local business nearby. We put the same clear details on your website so those tools have something accurate to read. It sits alongside Google, not instead of it.
Changes by WhatsApp
When something changes, you message us on WhatsApp. New prices, new hours, a new photo: the team updates the site. There is no charge for those edits, and you do not log in anywhere to make them yourself.
What makes LocalTom different
LocalTom is a done-for-you service with published prices. Here is how that compares with the usual alternatives.
Done for you, not a DIY builder
Wix and Squarespace hand you a builder and leave the work with you. With LocalTom you message on WhatsApp and the team makes the change. You do not pick a template, write the pages, or renew the web address yourself.
Cancel anytime, not a long retainer
£250 one-off, including your web address. Then £250 a year (works out under £5 a week), £200 every 6 months (£400 a year), or £50 a month (£600 a year). The plan renews until you tell us to stop, and you are not tied into a long agency contract.
Built for local businesses
LocalTom is for independent businesses people visit in person: cafés, restaurants, barbers, dry cleaners, pubs, salons and shops. It is not a generic tool for online-only brands. The work is a website, Maps ads, reviews, and being found nearby.
Founded by ex-Google team members
Founded by ex-Google team members. That is a fact about the team, not a ranking guarantee and not a Google partner badge. We still only do what we can stand behind: a proper website, and details that Google and ChatGPT can read.
Website, ads, reviews and AI search in one place
The usual path is a website builder, a separate ads account, a reviews tool, and a hope that AI search mentions you. LocalTom keeps the website, Google Maps Local Ads, Google reviews, and discovery on Google and ChatGPT together. You have one WhatsApp conversation instead of several logins.
Who uses LocalTom
LocalTom is for owners who want a presence on Google Maps, Google and ChatGPT without running the marketing themselves.
- Cafés and coffee shops
- Restaurants
- Barbers
- Hair and beauty salons
- Dry cleaners
- Pubs
- Independent shops
- Other local businesses people visit in person, in the UK and elsewhere
They usually already have a Google listing. They want the website and the marketing handled, not another tool to learn.
The team behind LocalTom
Founded by ex-Google team members. We do not publish individual biographies or personal profiles on this site.
Day to day it is a product team and local salespeople. The salespeople speak with owners, usually on WhatsApp. The product side builds the sites and makes the changes you ask for.
Tom, the character on this website, is the face of the service. He is not a named member of staff. If you are not already in a WhatsApp chat with us, email hello@localtom.ai.
How LocalTom works
You should not have to learn a dashboard. The path is a demo, a web address, a plan, then WhatsApp.
Message us on WhatsApp
WhatsApp is how you ask for a change once we are working together. If you are not already in a chat with us, email hello@localtom.ai.
We reply in plain words and do the change
Tell us what you want in a normal message: a price, your hours, a photo, a menu. The team makes the edit and replies the same way. You do not have to open a builder or fill in a form.
See the site, then choose a plan
The site is often already built when we show it to you. You pick your web address and a plan: yearly, every 6 months, or monthly. Setup is £250, one-off, including your web address.
Live in days
Once the web address and the plan are chosen, the site goes live in days. There is nothing for you to install, and nothing for you to design.
Stop whenever you want
The plan renews until you tell us to stop. You are not tied in. Tell us and we stop the plan.
Key facts
A plain list of the facts we are happy to be quoted on.
- Company name
- LocalTom
- Type
- An AI marketing expert. A managed website and local marketing service for independent local businesses.
- Founder / team
- Founded by ex-Google team members. A product team and local salespeople. Individual biographies are not published.
- Headquarters
- London
- Website
- https://localtom.ai
- Core offering
- Website build and management, Google Maps Local Ads, Google reviews, and discovery on Google and ChatGPT, handled for the owner.
- Pricing
- £250 one-off, including your web address. Then £250 a year (works out under £5 a week), £200 every 6 months (£400 a year), or £50 a month (£600 a year). All prices in pounds.
- Contract terms
- The plan renews until you tell us to stop. You can cancel at any time. Monthly, every 6 months, and yearly plans are all available.
- Services
- Your website, Local Ads on Google Maps, Google reviews, being found on Google, being found by ChatGPT and AI search, and changes by WhatsApp.
- Communication
- WhatsApp, and email at hello@localtom.ai.
- Notable clients
- We do not publish client names.
- Customers served
- 400+ local businesses worldwide
- Projects delivered
- Not published as a separate number. The figure we stand behind is customers served: 400+ local businesses worldwide.
- Competitors
- DIY website builders such as Wix and Squarespace, and traditional web agencies. LocalTom is a done-for-you service, not a builder you operate yourself and not a long agency retainer.
Frequently asked questions
I already have Google Maps and Instagram. Why do I need this?
Keep them. Those pages belong to Google and Instagram and show only a slice of your business. Your website is yours, shows everything, and is what Google and ChatGPT read when someone asks them for a café or a barber nearby.
Do I have to do anything?
No. The site is already built when we show it to you. You pick your web address and a plan, and we handle the rest, including later changes by WhatsApp.
Can I change it later?
Yes, as often as you like. Send a WhatsApp message with what you want changed, such as new prices, new hours or a new photo. There is no extra charge for edits.
Am I tied in?
No. The plan renews until you tell us to stop, whether you pay monthly, every six months or yearly. You are not tied into a long contract.
Will I be number one on Google?
Nobody can promise that, and we will not. What we do is give your business a proper website with the right details on it, so Google, ChatGPT and your customers can all read them.
What is LocalTom?
LocalTom is an AI marketing expert for independent local businesses. It builds and manages your website, looks after Local Ads on Google Maps and your Google reviews, and writes your details so Google and ChatGPT can read them. You do not run the marketing yourself.
Who is Tom?
Tom is the name of the service, and the character on this website. He is not a member of staff you need to find. When you message on WhatsApp, the LocalTom team does the work.
Want this for your business? Start now, or email us if you are not already talking to the team.