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Kick Off 2022 With A Localized Marketing Strategy That Drives Real Results

Kick Off 2022 With A Localized Marketing Strategy That Drives Real Results
While we've already shared a blog on which localized marketing trends your multi-location business should focus on in 2022, there are specific strategies that can help your team get the most out of its efforts. Leveraging the right localized marketing tactics is critical, but they won't drive results unless executed effectively. Throughout this blog, we'll take a look at how your multi-location business can implement a localized marketing strategy across locations that drives revenue.What to Consider Before Implementing Your Localized Marketing Strategy
Before your multi-location business begins implementing your localized marketing strategy, everyone must align on which aspects of the localized marketing strategy will be handled at headquarters vs. what local teams will be responsible for. For instance, who will be in charge of responding to reviews? Will local listings be managed at the local level or by corporate? If everyone is on the same page regarding who is responsible for which marketing tactics, it will increase the likelihood of local adoption. After both corporate and local teams are on the same page about who is responsible for what, you need to establish what resources are required in order to execute the strategy successfully. Resources that local teams will need to achieve success include, but are not limited to:- Onboarding training. Every new team member should receive an intro to your business's localized marketing program.
- Tools to execute. Does your business have a platform that allows local teams to effectively achieve the marketing efforts they're responsible for?
- Proper approval workflows. This is something essential to consider as well. Does corporate need to approve social content before it goes live? Who is monitoring review responses?
- Various types of local content that can and should be shared
- Posting frequency
- Branding guidelines, if any apply
- How to respond to engagement on local social
Plan Adoption Programs
While training your local teams is a must, you also need to think about an adoption program. If you're not already familiar, an adoption program is a process by which members of your local teams become acclimated to the localized marketing solutions your business has, and they decide to keep using it. So how exactly can you ensure local adoption? First, think about how many logins your local teams need to execute their marketing efforts and how many platforms they need to learn. If four different logins are required to manage your localized marketing strategy, it may deter buy-in from some local teams. On the other hand, if your local teams can accomplish everything they need to under a single login, that will help boost local adoption. We'll get more into options for localized marketing platforms later in this blog. Your multi-location business should also consider how it would incentivize local adoption. Often as marketers, we thrive off positive feedback and reinforcement. Do top-performing local teams get a bonus? Is everyone using your localized marketing platform put into a raffle to win a prize? While ideas like this can help boost local adoption, even recognizing local teams crushing their marketing efforts goes a long way. If your multi-location business makes an effort to acknowledge teams leveraging local adoption, it will create a cascading effect where more and more local teams get on board.Focus Efforts Where They Matter Most
This tactic might seem pretty straightforward, but your multi-location business needs to focus its marketing efforts on the search and social channels your target audience is using. It's the same concept as finding a single login tool. If your local marketing teams have a set list of local search and social channels they should be focusing on, it will seem a lot more manageable than spreading their already limited time across every possible marketing channel. So which channels are most important when it comes to localized marketing for multi-location brands? Our 2021 Localized Marketing Benchmark Report analyzes how top multi-location businesses perform on Google Business Profile, formerly known as Google My Business, Facebook, and Yelp.