An independent café in Quezon City at opening time, empty and ready — timber counter, brass espresso machine, pastries in the case, morning light on the floor

AI growth marketing for small businesses

Promotes offers.Answers customers.Books orders.So you don’t have to.

ely is the managed AI service for small businesses — it answers every enquiry, books orders and reservations, and runs your promos on your website, WhatsApp, Viber and the phone. ely human operators write the roadmap it follows.

ely promotes, answers and books for your business — around the clock, on a roadmap you approved.

For owners who’d rather run the counter than chase DMs.

LOKAL’s clients include

  • Hospitality Innovators, Inc.
  • Hue Hotels and Resorts
  • Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences
  • Aurora Subic
  • Harvest Hotel
  • The Belamy House
  • Club Nalu
  • Costa Solana
  • SMDC
  • Alveo

PROOF FIRST

Nine years of growth work. Now for your business.

The team behind ely has run growth for Philippine and Australian businesses for nine-plus years — the same people, the same standards, now pointed at your counter.

  • 9+years running growth in PH & AU
  • 65+clients since inception
  • ★5.0on Google
“Attentive, professional, and dedicated. LOKAL's guidance and effective marketing strategies made a real difference to our business performance.”
Paolo Luis Francisco · Verified Google review

ONE TUESDAY, RUN BY ELY

More than a chatbot. A team for growth.

ely launches the promo, answers what comes in — on every channel — and books the caller at 8 PM. One Tuesday, start to finish.

  1. 9:41 AM

    Promotesely launches Merienda Pre-Order.

    Promotions that run themselves — Weekday afternoons keep running quiet, and the roadmap you approved says fill them first. So ely launches Merienda Pre-Order — the page, the posts, the chat answer — and texts you the summary. It’s already live.

    1. Start of engagement · Roadmap

      Roadmap built with ely by an ely human operator; you approved it: fill the quiet afternoon hours.

    2. 9:41 AM · ely · Signal

      Weekday afternoons keep running quiet — sales dip fast after lunch.

    3. 9:42 AM · ely

      A landing page, the posts, and the chat answer — built around a ₱150 merienda box.

    4. 9:44 AM · Live

      Live on your website and socials; quoted to everyone asking about merienda. Reply UNDO to pull it.

    elyiMessage · to youLIVE

    Roadmap · fill the quiet afternoon hours · approved by you

    Heads up — weekday afternoons are still your quietest hours. The roadmap says fill them first, so I’ve drafted a Merienda Pre-Order campaign.

    Drafted — a Merienda Pre-Order page, Facebook and Instagram posts, and the chat answer, all built around ensaymada and coffee for ₱150, 2–5 PM weekdays. Publishing now.

    Live. The Merienda Pre-Order page is up, the posts are out, and I’m quoting it to everyone who asks about merienda. Reply UNDO to pull it.

    Merienda Pre-OrderEnsaymada & coffee ₱150 · 2–5 PM weekdaysyourshop.ph/merienda

    Live · Quoted in every chat

  2. 12:40 PM

    AnswersAn enquiry comes in, ely answers it off the campaign.

    Answer every enquiry, any hour — An office manager sees the Merienda Pre-Order post and asks about catering for a bigger meeting. ely answers from your catering menu and holds Friday’s delivery — before your first batch of pastries is even out.

    1. 12:40 PM · WhatsApp · Enquiry

      The first question arrives — straight off the campaign.

    2. 12:40 PM · ely

      Answered from your catering menu and prices — delivery time confirmed, allergies asked.

    3. 12:43 PM · Delivery held

      Friday 7:30 AM delivery held for 25, no nuts noted — she’ll confirm tonight.

    elyvia WhatsApp · EnquiryLIVE

    Hi, saw your merienda post — can you also cater pastries and coffee for 25 people this Friday, 8 AM? Our office is in Eastwood.

    Yes — the Office Morning box for 25 is ₱6,250: assorted pastries, brewed coffee with cups, delivered to Eastwood by 7:30. Any allergies to plan around?

    Two vegetarians, no nuts please. I’ll confirm with our admin tonight and call you.

    Noted — I’ve held Friday 7:30 AM delivery, 25 pax, two vegetarian, no nuts. Call anytime tonight to confirm.

    Answered · Delivery held

  3. 8:10 PM

    BooksConfirmation comes via phone, ely answers and books the order.

    Bookings that come in by phone — On her way home she calls to confirm. ely takes the call, remembers the afternoon’s chat, and books Friday’s Office Morning box — invoice sent, straight into your schedule.

    1. 8:10 PM · Phone call · Guest

      “Can you confirm the catering order for Friday?” — on a live call.

    2. 8:10 PM · ely

      Remembered the afternoon’s chat, confirmed the order and allergies.

    3. 8:13 PM · Order booked

      Friday 7:30 AM delivery, 25 pax, invoice sent.

    elyPhone call · EnquiryLIVE

    Hi, I messaged this afternoon about catering for Friday — can you confirm the order for 25?

    Of course — I remember! Confirmed: Friday 7:30 AM, Office Morning box for 25, two vegetarian, no nuts. Invoice is on its way to your email.

    Order booked · Friday 7:30 AM · Eastwood delivery · 25 pax

    Answered · Order booked

Runs on your approved knowledgeHands off to a human when unsureEvery conversation loggedUndo anything with one messageYou own the websiteWe never touch your money

WORKS WITH YOU

Runs with you, works with you.

The other half: you and your staff work with ely the way you’d work with a colleague — one message, one upload, one monthly review. No dashboards to learn, no tickets to file.

PEOPLE IN THE LOOP

Automated. Not unattended.

A lot of this runs on its own. None of it runs alone — ely human operators think ahead of the AI, correct it, and answer for it.

  1. 01

    Think

    An ely human operator sets what ely pushes this month: the quiet weekday afternoons, the rainy-season lull, the customer you want more of. The AI executes the plan. A person writes it.

  2. 02

    Nudge

    People review what ely proposes and fix the call before it compounds — the photo, the offer, the tone, the timing — before it goes live.

  3. 03

    Lead

    One accountable team for your business you can message. When something matters, you talk to a person, not a ticket — and they answer for what the AI did.

Managed AI service, staffed by LOKAL.

One Global Place, BGC, Taguig★5.0 on GoogleA named team accountable to you

Eight capabilities. One business brain.

  • ChatLIVE

    One chat for enquiries, orders and staff — end to end, in 58 languages.

  • VoiceLIVE

    The AI that answers your phone — and books callers straight into your schedule.

  • InsightsLIVE

    Reporting you’ll actually read — how your business and ely are doing, at a glance.

  • BookingsCLOSED BETA

    A safe, secure booking engine, native to AI and chat — orders and reservations on your own website.

  • WebsiteCLOSED BETA

    Beautiful small-business websites built to convert — and to promote what you’re selling.

  • BrandCLOSED BETA

    Brand kits, captions and assets generated from your own branding and guidelines.

  • VisibilityCLOSED BETA

    Automated agents researching and adjusting your business to show up more in Google and AI answers.

  • CampaignsCLOSED BETA

    Promos, ads and strategies generated, launched and tuned — inside your roadmap.

Every capability feeds the same brain — so conversations become bookings, the website learns from what customers ask, and one question gets a real answer.

A Quezon City café at golden morning — a barista smiling and handing a customer a takeaway coffee across the timber counter, the customer paying by phone

Start small. Grow when it works.

No two businesses are the same — so we don’t pretend one price fits all. Start with what your business needs, in pesos, and grow as ely earns it. Join the waitlist and we’ll scope your bundle together.

  • Monthly, in pesos
  • Start with what you need
  • Onboarding included
  • GCash
  • Maya
  • Bank
  • Card

Included in your monthly bundle

  • One monthly bill
  • Onboarding included
  • You own everything
  • Results reported monthly

Make it easy, make it ely.

ely answers, books and promotes for your small business — while ely human operators think ahead of it, nudge it and answer for it. Join the waitlist and tell us about your business.

Join the waitlist

Early businesses get the first slots.