Do you want to do more business in your local area?
Sowhatslocal is a powerful yet easy to use web based marketing system that provides targeted promotion of our member Businesses.
We can put the right customers in touch with your business in REAL TIME direct to their mobile phone.
We are offering all businesses three months to trial the service FREE OF CHARGE - REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS NOW.
SoWhat'sLocal offers businesses endless options for creative ways to reach new customers, here are just some of the exciting ways that SoWhat'sLocal can benefit your Business:
Events and Promotions
As a Business member of SoWhat'sLocal you will be able to register Events and Promotions within the SoWhat'sLocal database.
Your Event or Promotion may reach your prospective customers in a number of ways:
- Traditional Event Calendar accessed via this website
- Scrolling text with event information displayed on this website
- SMS Alert - an SMS about your event or promotion triggered when your event matches members' SMS Alert profiles
- SMS Request - when a member sends us an SMS requesting information that matches your event category, we send a return SMS with your details
See "What can I list as an Event / Promotion?" in our frequently asked questions or view the flow diagram for an easy to understand view of how this may benefit your organisation.
Full Page of Content
As a Business member of SoWhat'sLocal, you will have a full page of text and images to promote your business online. You will receive a URL (website address) for your page of content which you may provide to your customers in the event that your business does not have a website of its own.
Business Directory
We built SoWhat'sLocal to drive community involvment by providing easy access to information about what's going on in the local area.
We succeeded in doing this but we also ended up with a powerful and easy to use business directory that can be searched from anywhere by sending an SMS from a standard mobile phone.
Advertising
We will continue to use a variety of advertising medium to promote SoWhat'sLocal. This drives large numbers of consumers to our site looking for things to do.
Consumers that enjoy the ease of use and the convenience of searching via SMS will use SoWhat'sLocal as a Business Directory both online and when searching from their mobile phone using SMS.
Community
One of our core values is to encourage people to engage more in their Local Communities. We support this goal in a number of ways:
Local Information
When you register as a member of SoWhat'sLocal, you will automatically become a member of your local SoWhat'sLocal community. When you search SoWhat'sLocal for events or businesses you will only find those in your local community (unless you specify a different location).
Voting and Blogs
Whilst you will be able to view what is going on in other communities, you will only be able to participate in the votes and blogs in your own community.
Supporting Local Charities
Local Charities and Not for Profit organisations do amazing work within local communities. We provide them with completely free access to SoWhat'sLocal in order to promote the great work that they do and also to provide them with additional funding via our profit sharing scheme.
Profit Share
We provide a share of the profits generated by your use of SoWhat'sLocal to the charity or not for profit organisation of your choice. When you register, simply select the local charity or not for profit organisation that you would like to support and a share of the profits generated by your use of the system will be returned to your chosen organisation. You can even choose to share your contribution as carbon credits that will be issued in green initiatives - contribute as you go!!!
Rating
Our rating system ensures that people are pro-active in their reviews. Having an anonymous rating system helps you to fine tune your place in the community.
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