Local business marketing
Grow by word of mouth, on purpose
Local businesses grow through people who live nearby telling each other. Promotedly gives that a structure: referral links your customers can text to a friend, giveaways that collect entries, and offers worth sharing, with every new customer added to a list you own.
- Referrals
- Giveaways
- A list you own
The problem
Word of mouth works, but you can't see it
Most local businesses know their best customers send friends their way. Few can tell who did it, reward them for it or do it again on purpose.
Invisible referrals
A friend mentions you over dinner and someone new comes in, and nobody knows to thank the person who sent them.
Rented audiences
Social followers and listing views belong to the platform. If the reach drops, you have no way to contact those people.
Ads with no follow-up
A paid ad might bring a visit, but without capturing the customer, the next visit costs the same again.
How Promotedly handles it
Make referrals trackable
Promotedly is a promotions and rewards platform. It complements your listings and website; it doesn't replace them.
Give customers a link
Every customer in a referral promotion gets a personal link to text, email or post.
Reward the introduction
Both sides get a reward, released when the friend signs up or only when they redeem.
Collect entries, not just sales
A giveaway collects consented entries from people who haven't bought yet.
Keep everyone
New customers join your rewards list, so the next visit doesn't cost you another ad.
Shareable by design
Rewards earned by sharing
Share-to-unlock promotions release a reward after the customer shares your offer. The share is theirs to make, on whatever platform they choose. Promotedly never posts for them or for you.
- Their wordsCustomers decide what, where and whether to share.
- Friends land on your pagePeople who follow the link see your offer in your brand.
No discount needed
Giveaways that build a list
A prize draw collects entries from people nearby without discounting anything. You set the prize, the number of winners, the draw date and the entry limit, and official rules appear next to the entry form.
- Drawn on your dateWinners are drawn on the date you set and notified automatically.
- Rules publishedOfficial rules sit beside the entry form.
How it works
Four steps from signup to first claim
No agency, no developer, no design work. Most businesses have a promotion printed and live the same day they sign up.
Build your branded rewards page
Add your logo, locations, website and phone number once. Every promotion your customers open is wrapped in your brand, not ours.
Pick and configure a promotion
Choose from thirteen promotion types, set the reward, the odds, the fine print, the colours and the images. A live preview sits beside the builder the whole time.
Deploy it as a QR card or a pop-up
Print the tabletop card, or paste one line of code into your website for the pop-up. Both point at the same campaign and the same reporting.
Watch the list and the revenue grow
Scans, claims, redemptions and referrals land in analytics in real time. Every opted-in customer flows into automated email and SMS re-marketing.
Where to start
Three ways to reach new people
Referral links for your regulars, a giveaway for people who haven't visited yet and a share-to-unlock offer for social customers.
Is it right for you?
Who it suits, and who it doesn't
A good fit if
- Most of your customers live or work nearby.
- Your regulars already recommend you and you'd like to reward it.
- You want a customer list that doesn't depend on any one platform.
Probably not the right tool if
- You're looking for local SEO: rankings, listings, citations or Google Business Profile management. Promotedly doesn't do those.
- You want someone to run paid ads for you. Promotedly doesn't buy or manage ads, though you can use your promotion links in ads you run.
Free for your first 100 customers, with no card required.
Paid plans from $59 a month, priced by how many customers your rewards list holds. Every promotion type is on every plan.
Questions
Local business marketing questions
Will Promotedly help my business rank on Google?
How do I know which customer referred someone?
Can I run promotions in my ads or on my listings?
Does Promotedly post on my social media?
Do my customers need to download an app?
Make word of mouth count
Start a referral promotion today
Give your regulars a link worth sharing and reward them when a friend comes in. Free for your first hundred customers.