Marketing and AI for local business. Australia wide.

  • new what AI can do now
  • we people who know marketing
  • newe what the two can do together

People and AI, working as one team for your business.

Newe is a marketing agency for local businesses. Experienced marketing people, working alongside AI, doing for a business your size what only a big, expensive agency could do before.

The name

First, there's new.

AI that picks up the phone at 9 pm, remembers every follow up and gets through a week of busywork before lunch.

Then there's we.

People who have spent years learning why a customer picks one business over the one down the road.

On their own, each falls short.

People run out of hours. AI has no idea what your customers are like. Neither can do the whole job alone.

Together, they become something new.

New and we share a letter. Slide them together and you get our name, and the way we work.

A new kind of we.

Why it matters to you

Until now, the good stuff took a big team. A website that takes bookings at midnight. A phone that never rings out. Reviews that keep arriving. You needed a strategist, a designer, a developer, a writer and someone to answer the calls. The big chains could pay for all of that. Everyone smaller made do. Now people working with AI can do that work for one local business at a time. That is what Newe is for.

Where we start

We look before we talk.

Before our first conversation, we look your business up the way a customer would: on Google, on a phone. Then we tell you what we found in plain English, starting with the one thing that matters most.

What we look at

  1. A site of your own

    Not only a Facebook page or a directory listing.

  2. It opens, and it's secure

    No error page, no long wait, and the padlock showing in the address bar.

  3. It fits a phone

    Text you can read and buttons you can tap without zooming.

  4. Booking without a phone call

    Can someone pick a time at 9 pm, when you're closed?

  5. The link on your Google profile

    It should land on a working page, not a dead one.

  6. Your reviews, next to your neighbours

    How many you have, compared with similar businesses in your town.

Example check Illustration only. Not a real business.
  • Has its own website
  • Opens, with the padlock
  • Hard to read on a phone
  • No way to book online
  • Google profile link works
  • Fewer reviews than similar businesses nearby

We would start with one of the flags. The one that matters most.

Try it yourself first.

Everything we look at is public, so you can run a quick version in two minutes.

  1. Search for your business on your phone.
  2. Open your site and try to book.
  3. Count your Google reviews, then count a competitor's.

If it all holds up, you may not need us. If something doesn't, that's where we'd start.

Want the full check on your business? Book a chat and we'll bring it

What it looks like when it works

A Tuesday, with the gaps closed.

An ordinary day for a local business once the pieces are in place. This is an illustration of how our services fit together, not a client story.

  1. 6:10 am

    Someone nearby needs you

    They search on their phone, or ask an AI assistant who to call. Your business comes up, with fresh reviews and the right opening hours.

    Local search and AI answers

  2. 6:12 am

    They tap through to your site

    It opens fast, fits their screen and has one clear button: Book. They pick Thursday at 2.

    Website with online booking

  3. 8:00 am

    Today's customers get a reminder

    One can't make it, so she moves her own booking to Friday. Nobody had to pick up a phone.

    Smart bookings

  4. 10:40 am

    The phone rings while your hands are full

    The AI receptionist answers, takes the details, books the job and sends you a short summary.

    AI phone receptionist

  5. 3:30 pm

    A job well done

    The customer gets a thank you, with a link to leave a Google review while they're still happy.

    Google profile and reviews

  6. 6:00 pm

    People nearby see your work

    A post goes up showing today's job. An ad reaches locals who are looking for exactly that.

    Social media, ads and creative

  7. 9:15 pm

    You're on the couch

    Tomorrow's bookings are confirmed and the follow ups are sent. You did the work you're good at. The rest was looked after.

    Automation built around you

Services

Everything on that Tuesday, by name.

  • Websites that take bookings

    A fast, good looking site that works on any phone and lets customers book themselves in.

  • Smart bookings

    Reminders, confirmations and reschedules, sent automatically, so people remember to turn up.

  • Google profile and reviews

    Your profile kept complete and current, and a steady, honest way of asking happy customers for a review.

  • Local search and AI answers

    Showing up when locals search on Google, and when they ask ChatGPT or another AI assistant who to call.

  • AI phone receptionist

    Answers every call, day or night, takes bookings and messages, and passes on anything it can't handle.

  • Social media

    Regular posts that show your real work, without you having to think about what to post.

  • Ads

    Advertising that reaches people nearby who are ready to book.

  • Creative

    The images, video and words your ads and pages need to look the part.

  • Custom automation

    The repetitive jobs in your business, handed to software we design around the way you work.

Not sure which one you need? That's what the chat is for. You can start with one.

How we work

Four steps, in plain sight.

  1. We look first

    Before our first chat, we check what your customers see when they look for you: your Google profile, your reviews and your site on a phone.

  2. We talk for 15 minutes

    A short call with Rafael. No slides and no pressure. You leave knowing what we'd fix first, whether you hire us or not.

  3. We build it, you approve it

    Nothing goes live until you've seen it and said yes.

  4. It keeps running, we keep watching

    AI handles the repetitive work every day. People check it, improve it and answer to you.

The we in Newe

I'm Rafael Abellan. I've worked in digital marketing for fifteen years, and I started Newe here in Australia in 2021.

The work has changed since then. With AI beside us, we can do for one local business what used to take a whole agency team, and take the time to do it properly. So we have rebuilt the way Newe works around that.

That's the new we: you, us, and AI doing the heavy lifting in the background.

Rafael AbellanFounder, Newe

Fifteen years
in digital marketing
Founded in 2021
as a marketing agency in Australia. Now rebuilt around what AI makes possible.
Regional Victoria
is home. We work with local businesses across Australia.

No logos. No testimonials. Yet.

The way we work now is new, so we have no results from it to show you yet, and we won't make any up. What you can judge us on today is the check we run on your business, the way we talk to you, and whether the first thing we fix works.