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Online Solutions for Small Business

Get found. Get noticed.
Turbocharged with AI.

We set up the online presence, marketing, and lead management your business needs to grow — then we turbocharge every part with AI so it runs smarter than you could manage on your own.

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Websites Your website, search visibility, and Google Business Profile — built to get found and turn visitors into enquiries.
AI-powered
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Online & Direct Marketing SEO, Google Maps, Generative Engine Optimisation, and email campaigns — keeping you visible wherever your customers are looking.
AI-powered
03
Business Email Microsoft 365 Business — domain-based email on Exchange with the deliverability, security, and support your business needs.
Microsoft 365
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Custom Web Platforms Custom apps, portals, integrated e-commerce, and system integration — built fast for small business and startups.
AI-assisted

About EffektivWeb

Built on twenty years of real delivery — now rebuilt for what's next.

EffektivWeb is a brand of Effektiv Solutions Pty Ltd — the focused, modernised home of the web design and digital marketing capability that WebAlive built over two decades. We're not a new agency. We're the same team, with the same deep knowledge of what Australian small businesses need, now working with the best current tools — including AI running through everything we do.

Melbourne-based since 2003. Hundreds of businesses supported. A clear focus on what matters: websites that work, marketing that keeps you visible, and email infrastructure your business can rely on.

2003
WebAlive founded in Melbourne
20+
years delivering web solutions for AU businesses
100s
of small businesses supported over that time
2025
EffektivWeb — AI-first, focused, and rebuilt
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Why EffektivWeb
Twenty years of context

We've seen what works over time — not just what looks good in a pitch. Our advice is based on two decades of real client outcomes with AU businesses.

Focused, not full-service

Websites, marketing, and business email — done well. We're not trying to be everything. That focus means consistently better results in the areas that matter most.

AI genuinely embedded

AI isn't a feature we added. It's how we work. Content, SEO, reporting — AI runs through all of it, making the service faster and more effective.

Melbourne-based, AU-focused

We understand the Australian market, AU search behaviour, and what local small businesses actually need. Not a global template applied locally.

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Websites

Most businesses already have a website — the opportunity is making it work harder. We improve existing sites to look right, load fast, show up in search, and turn visitors into enquiries. And when a new site is needed, we build it the same way.

✦ AI improves, edits and optimises — existing or new
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Online & Direct Marketing

Email to your list, posts on the right channels, campaigns that go out on time and stay front of mind.

✦ AI writes, schedules and analyses every campaign
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Business Email

Professional, domain-based email on Microsoft 365 — with the deliverability, security, and reliability your business needs. When email goes down, everything stops. We set it up properly and keep it running, with support included as standard.

✦ Microsoft 365 — Exchange, Outlook, Teams included
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Custom App 🔐 CRM ERP Xero Shop + AI
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Custom Web Platforms

When standard platforms don't do what your business actually needs. Custom web apps, customer portals, integrated e-commerce, and system integration — built fast and cost-effectively for small business and startups.

✦ AI-assisted build — faster delivery, lower cost
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The AI Difference

AI that works with you — not just for you.

Most businesses have heard about AI but haven't worked out how to use it day to day. We bridge that gap — setting it up so it's genuinely useful, then making sure your team is comfortable using it.

🤖

We run AI-first ourselves

Every part of how we deliver — building your website, managing your support, creating your content — uses AI. You benefit directly from that.

🎓

We make sure you can use it too

We don't just set it up and leave. We work with you so AI becomes a natural part of your daily workflow — not a tool that sits unused.

💬

Plain language, real answers

Ask your systems anything — leads, numbers, pipeline, performance. Get answers in plain English, without digging through dashboards or reports.

Your Business Assistant
You
How many leads came in this week and which ones haven't heard back yet?
AI Assistant
You had 14 new enquiries this week. 3 are high priority — they've visited your pricing page twice and haven't had a response. Want me to draft follow-ups?
You
Yes please — and what does the pipeline look like?
The Solutions

Proven platforms. AI running through all of them.

We don't recommend tools for the sake of it. Every platform we use solves the problem well — and gives you a real AI advantage, not just a checkbox.

Websites

WordPress & WooCommerce

Websites

The world's most widely used CMS — flexible, proven, and with a plugin ecosystem that covers virtually any requirement. WooCommerce extends it into a fully featured online store. We build, maintain, and improve WordPress sites, using AI to accelerate content, SEO, and ongoing updates.

✦ AI-assisted content, SEO & editing — across your entire WordPress site
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Websites · E-Commerce

WebCommander

All-in-One

An Australian-built cloud platform that combines website, e-commerce, and online marketing in one place — with AI content tools built in. Ideal for businesses that want a managed solution without the complexity of maintaining separate systems. Strong for product-based businesses selling online.

✦ AI content creation and SEO tools built directly into the platform
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Online Marketing

Search, Local & AI Visibility

Marketing

Getting found across Google Search, Google Maps, and increasingly AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity. We cover traditional SEO, Google Business Profile optimisation, and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) — the emerging discipline of getting your business cited in AI-generated answers.

✦ AI assists with content, keyword research, and GEO optimisation
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Outbound Marketing & CRM

Mailchimp & HubSpot

Email, Campaigns & CRM

Two of the most widely used platforms for small business marketing — and the two we recommend most. Mailchimp for email campaigns, audience segmentation, and automated sequences. HubSpot for CRM, lead tracking, and connecting your marketing to your sales pipeline. We manage both, with AI running through everything we do.

✦ AI writes campaigns, qualifies leads, and queries your pipeline in plain language
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Business Email

Microsoft 365

Email & Productivity

Professional, domain-based email on Microsoft Exchange — with the deliverability, security, and 99.9% uptime that small business email demands. Three tiers covering email-only through to full desktop apps and advanced security. Includes Outlook on the web, Outlook desktop (mid/premium), and Outlook mobile on all plans.

✦ Mandatory support included — phone & email, immediate response, unlimited users
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Custom Web Platforms

EffektAI™

Agentic Platform

The proprietary agentic development platform that powers every custom web application, portal, and integrated platform we build. Faster delivery, lower cost, AI embedded from day one, and Australian governance built in. Developed by Effektiv Solutions — ships to your team at project exit.

✦ Eval rig framework · Agent mesh · AU governance layer
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AI in Action

Here's what AI actually does for your business.

Not theory. Three specific ways AI changes the game — applied to the exact areas we work in.

+ AI Updated
Case Study 01

Website built and updated with AI

A Melbourne trades business goes from an outdated site to a fast, SEO-optimised website — built and maintained using AI-assisted content and design.

Websites SEO
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Case Study 02

AI chatbot selling and supporting 24/7

A same-day service business deploys an AI chatbot that captures leads overnight, qualifies them automatically, and hands off to the team each morning.

Lead Capture AI Chat
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+ AI
Case Study 03

AI-powered pipeline — no dashboards needed

A small professional services firm replaces spreadsheet-based sales tracking with a HubSpot pipeline queried entirely in plain language via AI.

Pipeline HubSpot
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