This course is helpful and fun. If you are completely new to the topic, you will leave with an understanding of the tools that are available to you and how to start using them. With some practice, you will soon be ready for one more advanced Luckyweb's courses. Rafi is a very patient teacher and he explains tasks in a clear manner so that also complete beginners have the opportunity to follow and learn. This is a fun class with interesting students from different backgrounds and industries. I recommend it to anyone who is new to WordPress and is thinking about building a website with it.
Read moreWeb Design and SEO for Small Businesses
Fast Astro websites, SEO, AI visibility and Google Ads for UK small businesses from Luckywebs, a London agency rated 4.7 stars on Google.
Luckywebs is a London-based SEO and web agency that helps UK small businesses get found and get chosen. We build fast static websites on Astro, run the SEO and Google Ads behind them, and make sure AI assistants such as ChatGPT can find and recommend you. We hold a 4.7 star Google rating from 60 reviews. And if an agency retainer is more than you need right now, our free guides and SEO tools hub will help you make a proper start on your own.
A fast website that pulls its weight
Most small business sites are slow because they carry years of theme and plugin baggage. We build on Astro instead, a modern framework that ships plain static pages, so your site loads almost instantly on a phone, holds up under busy periods and gives Google no speed excuses. There is no monthly plugin patching and far less to go wrong. We handle both new builds and redesigns of sites that have stopped earning their keep.
Hosting comes as part of every site we build and manage: fast LiteSpeed VPS infrastructure, SSL, backups and Cloudflare in front. We no longer sell hosting on its own; it simply comes with the work, so one team is responsible when something needs attention.
SEO that brings in local work
Rankings only matter when they turn into enquiries. Our Head of SEO, Katy Mironenko, plans every campaign around the searches your customers genuinely make: the emergency phrases, the “near me” lookups, the comparison questions people type before they buy. For most small firms that starts with local SEO and a properly set up Google Business Profile, then builds out to pages that answer real buying questions. To see what is involved, our local SEO checklist and Google Business Profile guide walk through the groundwork we cover in the first month of any campaign.
Showing up in AI answers
More customers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google’s AI Overviews for a recommendation instead of scrolling through ten blue links. Generative engine optimisation (GEO) is the work of making sure those systems can read your site, trust your facts and mention your business when someone nearby asks for what you sell. It is built into how we do SEO, not a bolt-on. Wondering where you stand today? Read Does ChatGPT recommend your business? and run the checks yourself.
Google Ads while the organic work builds
SEO takes months, and sometimes the phone cannot wait that long. We run tightly managed Google Ads accounts for small businesses: sensible spend, negative keywords maintained week in week out, and landing pages built to convert rather than just to look nice. Ads and SEO share one keyword picture, so you stop paying for clicks the organic side already wins.
Less admin, thanks to AI
Alongside the marketing we take on AI-assisted efficiency work: automating quote follow-ups, reporting and the other repetitive jobs that eat a small team’s week. If a task happens the same way every Friday, there is a fair chance we can hand it to a machine and give you the hours back.
Results from businesses like yours
A few outcomes from our client work:
- Circa London: enquiries up 40%
- RakLAW: leads up 60%
- TWF Roller Garage Doors: revenue up 44%
- East Anglia Ultrasound: bookings up 52%
- Powertools Direct: sales up 22%
Different sectors, same approach: fix the site speed, target the right searches, measure everything.
Not ready for an agency? Start free
Teaching owners to help themselves is in our roots. Our founder, Mo Rafi, taught WordPress website building at Google Campus London from 2012, and that habit never left (our story has the background). Today it lives in our free material:
- The DIY SEO guide covers what to fix first without spending a penny
- Best free SEO tools lists what we would reach for on a zero budget
- The SEO tools hub holds hands-on reviews and comparisons for when you outgrow the free tiers
- The blog carries practical guides written for owners, not marketers
Work through those and you will already be ahead of most competitors in your town. Come back when you would rather spend that time running the business.
Who you will work with
Luckywebs is a small senior team, so you deal directly with the people doing the work: Mo Rafi, founder; Katy Mironenko, Head of SEO; and Robert Malnieks, Client Strategy Director. Your questions go to the person with their hands on your site, not through a message relay.
The first conversation costs nothing and carries no obligation. Tell us what you sell and where the work should come from, and we will give you an honest view of what to fix first, even if the answer is a pointer to our free guides.
Great experience, very informative. The course was an excellent overview of setting up a website, then Rafi broke down each section into steps to follow. Rafi was very generous with his time overrunning to allow for Q&A. I feel confident now to create my own website Thank you
Read moreIt's been a great course. If you want to create your first website without, this is a good course to get started. Rafi explained everything by making the learning process easy and has been so professional and kind enough to answer any question.
Read moreRafi is a very experienced and patient teacher. He is adept at explaining how to build a SEO ready website from scratch, explaining the basic concepts you'll need to create the foundations so when you leave the course, you have the confidence to add your own content. I would highly recommend his courses, no matter what skill set you have or website you have in mind.
Read moreRafi WordPress workshop is absolutely good, he is very patient and very knowledgeable. I learned the how to build my website and the difference between plugins and widget which for me as a beginner was unheard of. I particularly appreciated learning how to secure my site he gave us step by step instruction on how to do it as well as recommending trustful sources to find tools and how to search for them on google. Brilliant class I really recommend.
Read moreI have been working with Rafi since 2011. firstly with the Enterprise society at University College London, where Rafi run two Wordpress courses during our events. These courses were very well attended and we received very positive feedback. Secondly, Rafi has been helping me build a blog with high profile interviews, targetted at the well-educated public in my home country (Brazil). We've been having Skype sessions combined with screenshare, during which Rafi helped me customise theme, homepage, posts, adding slider images, resizing images, etc.The amazing thing is that Rafi teaches me the steps, so I become independent in building the website. Moreover, Rafi is very approachable and patient. I highly recommend Rafi .
Read moreEver since I've met Rafi at a fashion networking event a few years ago, he has been super helpful in helping me build my website using WordPress. He always answers any questions I might have and makes the whole process of creating, designing and building your website a whole lot easier. I am very happy that he is always there when I need him. His workshops are brilliant, where he makes everything quite straightforward to understand, even if you have little or no experience of websites or coding. I would recommend him at any point. Great job, Rafi!
Read moreHave a burning small business project that needs me to personally get directly involved in writing up a website to express the ideas to the final consumers, and then regularily update it. The hand on session Luckywebs has been immensely helpful and has demonstrated that I will be capable of achieving this objective. The instruction was focused relevant and extremely well presented , and will continue with future sessions in the future . Great ! Have a burning small business project that needs me to personally get directly involved in writing up a website to express the ideas to the final consumers, and then regularily update it. The hand on session Luckywebs has been immensely helpful and has demonstrated that I will be capable of achieving this objective. The instruction was focused relevant and extremely well presented , and will continue with future sessions in the future .
Read moreRafi is a great teacher and the course is very informative. Why learn to build a website or blog if it isnt going to be SEO ready? Rafi helps with all of that and has some extra tools as well. I Definetly recommend his class to any newbie!
Read moreA great seminar! I will definitely be coming back to update my skills with WordPress and will be bringing friends along who desperately need to build their own websites. Ravi is a great teacher who made everything look so simple. Highly recommend it! Jay Kay
Read moreExcellent free workshop hosted in RBKC libraries
Read moreI highly recommend this course. It is great for beginners, who have never worked with WordPress before. The course is very intense and informative for a 7 hours session. Rafi was amazing. He was very patient with all of us and made sure we understood every step. I feel confident to finally crate my own website.
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