Julio’s toy town: cafés, a pub and tables by the river
Food and drink

The marketing team for pubs

People pick a pub for Sunday lunch, the quiz or a 50th from what they find on their phone. Julio gives you a better website, keeps your what’s-on up to date, and answers bookings and function room enquiries while you’re behind the bar.

  • £0 upfront
  • £79 a month
  • No contract
  • Live in about 48 hours
Julio dressed as a pub landlord, holding up a pint

What is Julio?

Julio is the marketing team and receptionist you text: it builds your website, gets you found, and answers every enquiry.

  1. WebsiteBuilt, hosted and live
  2. MarketingGoogle, AI search and Instagram
  3. ReceptionistEvery call and enquiry answered

£0 upfront · from £79 a month · no contract · change anything by text

Sound familiar?

What gets in the way

  • Food bookings and function room enquiries ring in the middle of a busy bar.

  • Quiz, music and sport need promoting weekly, and your what’s-on online falls behind.

  • Christmas bookings start in September, then January and February go very quiet.

How it works

Your website, marketing and receptionist, in one.

  1. 01 · Website

    A new website, built and live in 48 hours

    Julio reads your site, reviews and Google profile, then builds a what’s-on page, your food menu with table booking and a function room page. Need a change? Text it, like “this week’s quiz theme is 90s music”, and it’s updated.

  2. 02 · Marketing

    Found on Google, AI search and Instagram

    Each week Julio writes a page locals search for, like Sunday roasts or function room hire, and keeps your Google profile fresh. It turns quiz and music nights into posts within the alcohol ad rules, and you approve each one.

    How people look for you

    • “Sunday roast [town]”
    • “pub with beer garden [town]”
    • “dog friendly pub [village]”
    • “quiz night [town]”
    Julio · this week
    • Christmas parties at [pub]: menus, dates and deposits, live from September
    • Function room hire in [town]: birthdays, christenings and wakes
    • On the bar this week: the new guest ale, nothing about strength and no one under 25 in shot
    Next week’s Instagram, for you to approve
  3. 03 · Receptionist

    Every call and enquiry answered

    When someone calls mid-shift or messages, Julio replies in seconds, asks the date and numbers, and books a table or sends function room menus, passing allergy questions to staff. Then it texts you who’s coming and when.

    Replies to every enquiry: on Julio. Calls, messages and bookings: on Julio + Receptionist.

    JulioExample

    Can we book the back room for a 50th on Saturday 7 February, about 40 people?

    JulioThe back room is free on 7 February and holds 50. Room hire is free with a buffet from £15 a head, and a £100 deposit holds it. Shall I send the menus?

    Hi, it’s Karen. We’re now 22 for the Christmas party on the 12th, not 20.

    JulioThanks Karen, updated to 22. Could you send the two extra pre-orders by Friday? The balance is due on the night. I’ve told the kitchen.

    Julio behind a reception desk with a headset, holding up a phone
Every week

Julio texts you what came in

What it did, who got in touch and what it suggests next. You just reply.

JulioExample

Morning! Last week:
47 calls and messages answered. 31 tables booked for Sunday lunch.
3 function room enquiries, 1 deposit paid.
Your what’s-on page shows the next four quiz nights.
Christmas is 60% booked. Want me to promote the Thursday dates left?

Pricing

What it costs

Website

£79 /month

£0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

  • A new site, copied from yours or upgraded
  • Hosting, and your domain connected
  • Changes by text
  • Google basics built in: fast, mobile, your business details in Google’s format, and a sitemap
  • Every enquiry recorded, with where it came from

Julio does the work, and a person checks your launch.

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Recommended

Julio

£249 /month

£0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

Everything in Website, plus:

  • Weekly Google and AI-search work
  • Instagram posts you approve
  • Every enquiry to your phone
  • Replies to leads in about 60 seconds
  • Missed calls texted back
  • Review requests
  • A chat on your site

Julio does the work, and a person looks at anything it isn’t sure about.

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Julio + Receptionist

£349 /month

£0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

Everything in Julio, plus:

  • The AI receptionist: answers your calls, takes messages and books people in
  • A fair-use call allowance each month

For when the phone rings and you can’t pick up.

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Every plan: £0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

Add to either plan

+ Ads

from£399 /month + ad spend

Minimum ad spend £500 a month.

  • Meta and Google ads run by Julio and checked by a specialist
  • Your cost per enquiry, every month

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+ Your own expert

+£250 /month

A person on your account.

  • A named person
  • A monthly call
  • Checks before anything goes live

Add it to either plan. No contract.

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Questions

Questions pubs ask

Can Julio post our drink offers?

Yes, within the rules: no drinking games, no unlimited drinks for a fixed price, nothing that encourages drinking a lot or quickly, and no one in photos who looks under 25. In Scotland, happy hours and multi-buy drink deals aren’t allowed.

Who checks the posts?

You approve what goes out. Julio follows the advertising rules for alcohol on every post: nothing aimed at under-18s, and drink never linked to popularity or success.

Can Julio keep our what’s-on up to date?

Yes. Text Julio the quiz theme or the band’s name and it updates your site, Google profile and Instagram.

Can Julio take function room bookings?

On Julio + Receptionist, Julio answers the enquiry, sends your menus and prices, and holds the date on your deposit terms. You confirm the final booking.

Do we have to show our food hygiene rating?

In Wales and Northern Ireland, yes, at your entrances. In England it’s voluntary, and online it’s voluntary everywhere.

The rules Julio follows for pubs

  • Drink posts follow the CAP Code: no one under 25 in shot, nothing for under-18s, no link to social success
  • No irresponsible promotions: no drinking games, unlimited drinks or rewards for drinking fast (Licensing Act)
  • Food allergy questions go to your staff, and no dish is ever called “safe” (FSA)

Get a better website. Then win more customers.

Julio builds your new website, free to see. £79 a month to go live.

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