Invisible on Google
Someone searches for a café in your suburb right now. They find three other places. Not you.
AI-powered digital transformation · Sydney, Australia
We help independent cafés and retail stores in Sydney get properly set up online — Google, social media, AI automation, and a website that actually works. In 30 days. You don't need to understand any of it.
47+
customer interactions automated
per month, per client
per month, per client
3×
average increase in
Google profile views within 30 days
Google profile views within 30 days
30
days from sign-up
to fully operational
to fully operational
The reality for most independent businesses
Sound familiar?
Customer enquiries going unanswered
DMs, calls, emails — they come in while you're flat out on the floor. By the time you get back, they've gone elsewhere.
Instagram that looks abandoned
Your last post was six weeks ago. A potential customer checks your profile and moves on.
Watching competitors go viral
The place down the road has worse coffee and a packed room every Saturday. They figured out social media. You haven't.
No way to sell online
Someone discovers your store on a Tuesday night. They'd buy right now. But there's no online store. They don't come back.
Hours lost to admin
Every missed call, every Instagram DM about your hours, every review you meant to respond to. Hours. Every week.
We fix all of it.
In 30 days. Done for you. Without disrupting how you run your business.
Google Presence
We optimise your Google Business Profile from the ground up. The people searching for your type of business in your suburb start finding you.
Social Media Strategy
Four content pillars, a filming guide, 30 days of written posts. You film it on your iPhone. We write everything else.
Custom AI Automations
We build automations specific to how your business runs — enquiry handling, review requests, follow-up sequences, booking flows. You stop doing repetitive tasks manually.
Your Website
On-brand, mobile-first, locally SEO-optimised. Built to convert visitors into customers — fast to load, easy to update, and actually found on Google.
Reputation & Reviews
We build automated sequences that prompt happy customers to leave Google reviews at exactly the right moment — turning good service into visible social proof.
Monthly Intelligence
On the first of every month you receive a plain-English report showing exactly what worked, what's improving, and what we're doing next.
From invisible to thriving — in 30 days.
Week 1
We build the foundation
Google profile optimised, social media strategy delivered, content calendar written, website brief complete.
Week 2
Your automations go live
Custom AI automations running — review requests, enquiry handling, follow-up sequences. Your business starts operating in the background.
Week 3
Your website launches
On-brand, fast, locally SEO-optimised. Customers can now find you and understand why they should visit.
Week 4 onwards
We manage everything
Monthly reporting, strategy updates, automation monitoring, content calendar refresh. You post. We handle the rest.
"Your job in all of this? Film 5 short iPhone videos a week and show up to one 20-minute call. Everything else is us."
Real businesses. Real results.
"No more leads falling through the cracks."
We built a custom automation stack that qualifies enquiries, follows up overnight, and books jobs without Cory's team lifting a finger — even on weekends.
Electrical & Refrigeration — Central Queensland
"Foot traffic data they'd never seen before."
We connected to their existing cameras and built a real-time analytics dashboard showing their busiest periods, where customers moved, and when queues formed. Wally made smarter staffing decisions from week one.
Café — Sydney
"Consistent growth from day one."
Social media content systems, Google profiles, websites, and automation pipelines across hospitality and retail businesses across Sydney — each one built to the specific brand, not a template.
Various — Sydney
Straightforward pricing. No surprises.
Start with a free 30-day pilot. Then a simple monthly arrangement if it's working.
Setup
$1,500 – $3,000
One-time fee, paid at the start
Depends on scope — we'll give you an exact quote after the discovery call.
- Complete Google Business Profile optimisation
- Social media strategy and 30-day content calendar
- AI phone and enquiry system live
- Website built and launched
- All automations set up and tested
- Full onboarding document and handover call
Ongoing
$500 – $1,500/mo
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Depends on the size and complexity of your business.
- Monthly content calendar (AI-generated, performance-optimised)
- All automation systems monitored and maintained
- Google profile actively managed
- Monthly performance report on the 1st
- Strategy adjustments based on what's working
- Ongoing support from Hugo and Finn
Not sure yet? Start with a free 30 days.
We set up your Google profile, social media strategy, and AI automations at zero cost. No obligation. You keep everything we build regardless.
Apply for the free pilot →Film 5 short iPhone videos a week using our filming guide. Attend one 20-minute handover call at the end of month one. That's it. We handle everything else.
The monthly retainer kicks in. We manage everything — your AI systems, your content strategy, your monthly reporting. You focus on your business.
Month-to-month after the setup period. 30 days notice. Everything we built stays live and belongs to you — the website, the automations, all of it.
We focus on Sydney for now. If you're in Melbourne or Brisbane and interested, reach out — we're expanding.
Two founders. One mission.
Hugo & Finn
Hugo & Finn — Meridian Local
Meridian was built by Hugo Seligman and Finn Cootes — two Sydneysiders who got tired of watching great local businesses lose customers to bigger competitors with better digital presence.
Hugo builds the systems. He's been building AI automations, websites, and digital tools for Australian businesses for three years. Finn handles the relationships — from the first conversation to the ongoing partnership.
We only work with a small number of businesses at a time. Not because we have to — because we build everything specifically for each client, and that takes care.
Small by choice
Specific, not templated
Month-to-month, always
Ready to be found?
Book a free 20-minute discovery call. We'll look at your business, tell you exactly what we'd do, and give you a specific quote. No obligation.
Book your free call →hugo@meridianai.build — meridianai.build