Marketing automation for small businesses
You're the owner, the buyer, the bookkeeper and, after closing, the marketing department. Maggie, your AI CMO, writes your posts for your website, Google Business and social channels every week, and you approve each one from your phone.
Free to start · No credit card · 30 free posts
Used by 600+ users and trusted by teams at
aeglesriphal.com
moonlakespa.com
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Why small businesses struggle to keep their marketing going
Customers come first, then suppliers, staff and paperwork. By the time it's quiet, marketing is the last thing you have energy for.
Marketing happens after closing time
You mean to post on Sunday evening, then the VAT return, the rota and a supplier's invoice get there first. Weeks go by and your last post is about Christmas opening hours.
Word of mouth has a ceiling
Your regulars love you and tell their friends. But people who've just moved to the area, or are searching on their phone right now, have never heard of you.
“Near me” goes to the chains
When someone searches for what you do nearby, Google shows businesses with an active Google Business profile and pages that answer their question. A quiet profile sinks below the big names.
Every option seems to cost too much
An agency wants a monthly retainer, a hire means a salary, and the friend who offered to do your social posts has gone quiet. So nothing happens.
Your busiest season starts in a fortnight, and your posts are already lined up.
It's Monday morning before opening. The summer holidays start in two weeks, which is always your busiest stretch, and your website still talks about the spring.
You paste your website into cmo.so over a cup of tea. Maggie reads it and writes your brand profile: what you sell and the services you offer, the town and villages your customers come from, what sets you apart from the chain on the retail park, your competitors and the friendly, local way you talk. You correct one thing: you now open late on Thursdays.
By Tuesday the drafts are waiting, each with a picture in your business's look: a blog post answering the question customers ask you most, a Google Business post about late Thursday opening with a button to your website, a Facebook post introducing the newest member of your team and a summer offer for regulars. You approve three while waiting for a delivery and change the wording of the offer.
The posts go out at the times you set for each channel and each comes back with its link. While you're serving customers, Maggie is already planning next week's posts, and Search Console in cmo.so shows what people searched before they found you.
The marketing team you never had time to hire
Each of those problems has an answer, and you still decide what goes out under your business's name.
A website that keeps answering questions
Posts that answer what customers ask you every day, how you work and what to expect, written for Google and for AI answers. Published to your WordPress or WooCommerce, Shopify, Wix or Webflow site, or any site through the cmo.so API.
Blog on autopilotFound by people nearby
Regular Google Business posts keep you visible in local search, with offers, events such as a late opening or a tasting, and buttons such as Book that take people straight to you.
Google BusinessDone before you open
Your first week of drafts arrives with pictures, and every week after that. Approve, edit or skip each one in a few minutes from the iPhone app or app.cmo.so.
ApprovalsSounds like you, not a robot
Enter your website and Maggie builds your brand profile: what you offer, who your customers are, what sets you apart, competitors and voice. Every post and picture starts from it.
Brand profileOne idea, every channel
One idea becomes a post for each channel in its own style: Google Business for local searches, Facebook and Instagram for regulars (in beta), LinkedIn if you sell to other businesses.
Every channelPlanned around your year
Busy seasons, quiet months, local events and holidays. Posts are planned and queued ahead, and you can pause a channel when you're closed or sold out.
Seasonal scheduleYour marketing team, in your pocket
Real screens from the cmo.so app on iPhone.
From your website to a week of posts in four steps
Enter your website
Maggie reads it and drafts your business's brand profile in minutes.
Check your profile
Correct your opening hours and area, add what you want more of and choose your channels.
Review the drafts
Your first week of posts arrives with pictures. Approve, edit or skip each one.
Let them go out
Approved posts go out at each channel's times and every one comes back with its link.
Why not just…
The usual ways small businesses try to keep their marketing going, and where each one runs out.
…do it yourself in the evenings?
It works for a week or two, then the evenings fill up again. Maggie writes ahead, so your posts keep going out in the weeks you're too tired to think about them.
…ask a friend or family member who's good with social media?
Kind, but it depends on their free time, and social posts alone don't fill your website or Google Business profile. Maggie covers all three, every week, and never forgets.
…pay a marketing agency?
SEO and content agencies often cost around £1,000 a month, which is a lot of takings for a small business. Maggie writes and publishes every week from £15 a month.
…write it with ChatGPT?
You still brief it, check it, make the picture and post it yourself, and it doesn't remember your business. Maggie keeps your brand profile and puts posts out on schedule.
Cut the £5,900/mo marketing bill to £15/mo
Everything a marketing team does, done by Maggie.
| What needs doing | Without cmo.so | With cmo.so |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time marketing hire | £3,000/mo | Included |
| SEO and AI search (GEO) agency | £1,000/mo | Included |
| Content writer, AI-assisted | £500/mo | Included |
| Social media manager, freelance | £800/mo | Included |
| Designed pictures for every post | £300/mo | Included |
| SEO and GEO softwareRank tracking, site audits, AI visibility | £250/mo | Included |
| AI writing and image tools | £50/mo | Included |
| Working hours | Office hours | 24/7 |
| Total per month | £5,900+ | From £15/mo |
Typical UK costs for a small business in 2026, with AI already cutting freelance rates. Estimates only; your own quotes will vary.
- 5 social posts, 30 once verified
- 15 Maggie messages a day
- Upgrade any time
- 12 posts a day
- 150 Maggie messages a day
- All channels
- 96 posts a day
- 1,000 Maggie messages a day
- All channels
Per website, billed monthly. Blog and social posts share one allowance; your best plan sets how much you can talk to Maggie across all your websites.
Marketing automation for small businesses: your questions
Still unsure?
What is marketing automation for small businesses?
It's software that does the repeating work of marketing a small business: planning posts, writing blog and social posts, making pictures and publishing them on schedule.
With cmo.so, Maggie does all of it from your website, and nothing goes out until you approve it.
How do small businesses get more customers online?
Small businesses get more customers online by being easy to find and easy to choose: an active Google Business profile, a website that answers customers' questions and regular posts that show you're open and busy.
Maggie writes those posts every week, plans them around your busy and quiet seasons, and Search Console in cmo.so shows which ones bring people to your site.
How much does marketing automation cost for a small business?
There's a free plan with no card needed. Paid plans are per website and billed monthly: Air at £15 a month covers two posts a day, which suits most small businesses, and Pro at £45 a month suits a growing business posting on several channels.
Founding members get lower prices for good on every plan until 1 January 2027. You can cancel any time, and published posts stay.
Which channels should small businesses start with?
Most small businesses start with Google Business, because that's where people searching nearby decide, plus their own website for the questions customers ask.
Facebook and Instagram are in beta and suit businesses with loyal local customers, and LinkedIn suits businesses that sell to other businesses. Each channel has its own posting times and queue.
I'm not technical. Is it hard to set up?
No, it isn't. You enter your website, check the brand profile Maggie writes and connect your channels through each platform's own sign-in.
Your first week of drafts is ready in minutes, and you can approve posts from the iPhone app or from app.cmo.so in a web browser.
How much time will it take each week?
Usually a few minutes to read the drafts and approve, edit or skip them, which most owners do on their phone between customers.
Once you trust a channel, you can let it run on autopilot and only check in when you want to, or keep approvals on for everything.
I don't have a website. Can I still use it?
You will need one first. cmo.so starts from your website, because that's where Maggie learns what you do and where your blog posts are published.
If you're building one, it publishes to WordPress, Shopify, Wix and Webflow, and to any other site through the cmo.so API, so you can start as soon as it's live.
Can it post offers and events?
Yes. Google Business posts can carry offers, events and buttons such as Book, so a seasonal deal or a late opening appears right where local people search.
You set the details, and you can pause a channel at any time if an offer sells out.
Does it reply to reviews or messages?
No, cmo.so doesn't reply to reviews or messages. Maggie writes and publishes posts; customer messages and reviews still come to you as they do now.
She doesn't run ads, send email newsletters or change your prices or stock either.
Is it safe to let AI post for my business?
Yes, because nothing goes out until you approve it. Approvals are on by default, and you can keep them on for every channel or let a channel you trust run on autopilot.
Social channels connect through each platform's official sign-in, so cmo.so never sees your passwords, and cmo.so never sells or rents your data.
I have two businesses. Can one account handle both?
Yes. Add each website to one account and each gets its own brand profile, channels, schedule and approvals.
Each is billed per website, so you can keep one on the free plan and the other on a paid plan.
Can my staff help approve posts?
Yes. In Me → Team you can add people and choose what each can see or change, using presets such as editor or manager.
So your shop manager can approve this week's posts while you're on holiday.
Get your evenings back and keep your marketing going
Enter your website. Your brand profile and first week of posts are ready in minutes, and nothing goes out until you approve it.
- Free plan, no card needed
- You approve every post
- Cancel any time