Islington, London N7

Web design and SEO in Islington

A web design and SEO studio on Liverpool Road. We've worked with over 50 Islington and North London businesses, and when you want to meet, we come to you.

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★★★★★Rated 5.0 on Google

Trusted by over 100 clients across London and beyond

Google Maps results with a local Islington business in first place

Why local matters

An Islington agency that is actually in Islington

We're in the borough every day: first near Angel, then Roman Way, and now Liverpool Road in N7. When you want to meet, we come to you.

That means you deal with people you know: Arman was born and raised in Islington and Siamak has lived here since 2002. Across Highbury, Holloway and Barnsbury, locals back family-run cafes and independent shops over chains, so a real story wins. And because we know the area, we can connect you with the local people you need too, from menu printing and packaging to filming and photography.

Areas we work with

Angel

Upper Street

Highbury

Holloway

Canonbury

Barnsbury

Archway

Tufnell Park

Finsbury Park

Clerkenwell

King's Cross

Old Street

What we do

Web design and SEO services for Islington businesses

We do both, so your website is built to be found from day one.

Web design

Fast, mobile-first websites designed around what your customers need to see before they get in touch.

Web design services

SEO

Technical fixes, content and links that help you rank for the searches your customers actually make.

SEO services

Local SEO

Google Business Profile, directory listings and reviews, so you appear in the map results around Islington.

Local SEO services

Webflow and WordPress

Sites on the platform that suits your team, set up so you can edit pages and blog posts yourself.

Webflow and WordPress sites

E-commerce

Online shops on Shopify, WooCommerce and Webflow, built for product search and simple checkout.

E-commerce web design

Maintenance and support

Your first year of maintenance and support is included, with a local team you can call on.

Website care and support

How far your customers travel

We decide the search area before choosing a single search, because it shapes everything else.

01

Restaurants and cafes

Win the immediate neighbourhood: Chapel Market, Angel, Upper Street.

02

Shops that also sell online

Need local and national reach at the same time.

03

Rarer specialists

A bike shop or a specialist clinic can pull customers from across North London.

Islington case studies

Work for our Islington neighbours

Local businesses we have worked with for years, from Holloway Road to Chapel Market, in their own words and numbers.

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Mangia Bene

Family Italian restaurant

How online ordering kept a Chapel Market favourite going through lockdown

The challenge

New owners took over in 2014 with a restaurant on a busy market street but no website, no online presence and no reputation of their own. Then in 2020 lockdown closed the dining room overnight, and they needed a way to keep selling food.

What we did

We built the website from scratch on WordPress, including the research, photography, copy and menus, which we still update. We run SEO and marketing through Google Business Profile and set up a review system. When lockdown hit, we set up Gloria Food online ordering with separate apps for the kitchen, manager, drivers and customers, installed the hardware on site, and later added pre-orders and table reservations. We also produce all the restaurant's print.

4.8

average from 795 OpenTable diner reviews

1,800

monthly visits from search

“AIM have been with us since the day we took over. They built our website, took the photos and still update our menus. When lockdown closed the restaurant, they got online ordering running for us and we kept cooking. I can't imagine running Mangia Bene without them.”

Avni, Owner, Mangia Bene

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Judo For All UK

Judo governing body

From no online presence to a widely referenced home for traditional judo in the UK

The challenge

Judo For All UK started in North London with no members, no profile and no online presence. It had to explain why it existed and build credibility fast, and as it grew its first website couldn't keep up: only a few people could update it and it had no online event booking.

What we did

We have worked with JFAUK from its earliest days, on planning, branding, print and content as well as the website. In 2012 we built its first site on Joomla and grew its traffic through SEO and marketing. In 2018 we moved it to WordPress so more of the team could edit it, added online event booking and ran a full round of SEO with the move. A redesign is now under way.

675

websites linking to judoforall.org.uk

279

UK searches the site ranks for

“AIM have been with Judo For All UK from the very beginning, from our first posters to the website we have today. They understand what we stand for, and they've made sure clubs and judoka can always find us.”

Judo For All UK

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Seasons and Blossoms

Organic greengrocer

From a decade-old Squarespace site to a WordPress site ready for online orders

The challenge

We built the shop's first website, a static Squarespace site, in 2014, and it had gone untouched for over 10 years. It looked tired, and the owner wanted a website that could promote the business, be updated in-house and start taking orders online.

What we did

We backed up the static site, moved it and the domain off Squarespace, and built a custom responsive WordPress theme. We migrated the content and added on-site SEO, social links and an online shop ready to launch for a set range of products.

“We'd been stuck with an old website nobody could change for years. AIM moved everything over in three days, and now we finally have a site that looks like our shop and that we can update ourselves.”

Rabiye, Owner, Seasons and Blossoms

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Sampson's Cuts

Barbershop, established 1850

A new website and local SEO that doubled organic traffic in 9 months

The challenge

A barbershop with more than 170 years of history and a strong local reputation, but no website: its only presence online was a Facebook page, so few walk-ins came from search.

What we did

We designed a bespoke website that keeps the shop's heritage character, built a local SEO strategy around Holloway Road, Highbury and Islington searches, optimised content for location terms and streamlined the technical backend.

+100%

organic traffic

+75%

local search traffic

“Before AIM, if you searched for a barber on Holloway Road you wouldn't have found us. Now customers tell me they found us on Google, and the phone rings far more than it used to. They kept the feel of the shop, and they're easy to deal with.”

Sampson, Owner, Sampson's Cuts

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Client reviews

What our clients say

5.0
rating on Google

“My business used AIM's digital marketing services and it helped me grow my business. The best SEO company in Islington. Friendly and reliable customer service too.”

Ani Benjamin

Leaps and Bounds Gymnastics

“AIM Digital have been our partner for Webflow design for 2 years now and we have never had a customer complain. Everyone loves their work and we do too!”

Andreas Pandelli

Accsellera Ltd

“The team built a vibrant, high-energy Webflow site that perfectly captures the Cali Soccer School brand while making bookings effortless.”

Finn Grunfeld

Cali Soccer School

Getting found locally

How we help Islington businesses show up in local search

When someone nearby searches for what you do, Google shows a map with three businesses first. Getting into that map, and turning views into calls, comes down to a complete profile and good reviews. There are no shortcuts: real customers, real reviews and a real address, which you have, are what Google rewards.

01

Review where you stand

A free look at your website, your Google Business Profile and the local competitors showing up above you.

02

Tell your story everywhere

The same clear story on your website and your Google Business Profile: who you are, what you do and where you are. No one visits a restaurant called Restaurant in Islington.

03

Build real local signals

A complete profile, consistent listings, an easy way for customers to review you, and links from genuinely local sites. Correcting one client's details across every listing lifted their local engagement 30% in a month.

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Report and improve

Two plain-English reports a month on enquiries, rankings and map visibility, so you can see what is working and what we are doing next.

Free guides

Guides for Islington businesses

Practical advice we have written for local business owners who want to do more of this themselves.

Local SEO

Local SEO for businesses in Islington: a practical guide

Local SEO

The most common SEO mistakes Islington businesses make

SEO

How to audit your website's SEO as an Islington business owner

Local SEO

How to build local citations in Islington

Web design

How to choose a web design agency in Islington

Where we are

Our office on Liverpool Road

Prefer to talk things through in person? We'll come to you, at your shop, studio or office anywhere in Islington and North London. Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm.

Address

434-436 Liverpool Road, London N7 8NL

Phone

07785 564 976

Email

info@aimedia.co.uk
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FAQ

Questions Islington businesses ask us

Are you actually based in Islington?

Yes. Our office is at 434-436 Liverpool Road, London N7 8NL, near Holloway Road. When you want to meet in person, we come to you.

Do you only work with Islington businesses?

No. We work with businesses across London, the UK and beyond. Being local means we can meet Islington businesses face to face at their own premises, and we already know the area they are competing in.

How much does a website cost?

We quote for the actual work, not per page, based on what your site needs to do. A small business website starts from £1,000 on WordPress and from £2,500 on Webflow, with a fixed price in writing after your free website review, so you know the cost before anything starts.

Can you help my business show up in Google Maps?

Yes. The map results depend on a complete Google Business Profile, consistent details across directories, genuine reviews and a website that clearly shows where you are. We cut one client's cloned area pages to fewer, genuinely local ones and built local links, which took them to the top of local search.

How long does local SEO take to work?

Local searches often move first, and the full effect usually shows in 6 to 12 months.

Most of my customers come from word of mouth. Do I need this?

Word of mouth proves you're good at what you do. Every new customer who finds you on Google is one more person telling their friends, so the two feed each other.

Will I be able to update the website myself?

Yes. Every site we build is set up so you can edit text, images and blog posts without touching code, and we show you how before launch.

Do you look after websites after launch?

Yes. Your first year of maintenance and support is included, plus free hosting when we host your site. Webflow sites run on Webflow's own fast hosting, on a plan in your name. After that it carries on as a paid service, with ongoing SEO if you want it.

Want to be the first name your neighbours find?

Book a free website review. We'll look at your website, your Google Business Profile and who's showing up above you, then put it in writing. Want to meet in person? We'll come to you.

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