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Local store marketing is critical for driving customers and revenue to your business. LSM provides business owners with the opportunity to educate and engage customers in their markets and territories. Loyal customers become brand advocates, a great addition to your local store marketing toolkit.

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At Imaginuity, we believe that when you know better, you do better. That’s why we connect Human Intelligence, Data Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence to make marketing perform better for multi-location and franchise brands.
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Operators know that local marketing makes good sense because that's where their customers are.
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The IFA is telling the stories of local franchisees who make a difference in their communities
  • Matt Haller
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At FCXC 2025, franchise leaders proved the power of local connection--turning small moments into lasting customer loyalty
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Report from the floor at FCXC: takeaways from consumer marketing pros
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If you're not on top of all your local reviews and websites, there could be a reputation crisis looming in your future.
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The focus of our 2017 consumer marketing campaign has been to earn patient trust by showcasing our genuine commitment to eye care. We have done this by leveraging storytelling that depicts the moments when people need us most.
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Rob Collins is one of the new kids in town. The marketing veteran was part of Tropical Smoothie Cafe's five-member executive team hire this past October.
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Cousins Subs' VP of Marketing on using social media for local marketing in 2018.
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Social media marketing has evolved from the new kid on the block to its more proper place as a part of a brand's overall marketing strategy--a large part that is still expanding--much as the Internet did since business first "discovered" it in the mid-1990s.
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CMOs can learn a lot about social media marketing from this Saladworks franchisee!
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How Our Town America uses social media for local marketing
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How to help your franchisees with community sponsorships
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How Scooter's Coffee uses social media for local marketing
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As the world's largest swimming pool retail, service, and repair franchise, it's imperative that our marketing initiatives are successful in driving sales and traffic on a local level to our more than 230 locations across the Southeast.
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When you hear the name "Visualogistix," it conjures up a pretty good idea of just what the company does.
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How Paul Davis Restoration uses social media to market at the local level
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Shelley Young, vice president of marketing at Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, cherishes what she calls her "dream role for a marketer."
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Inspire your franchisees to spread the word (of mouth!)
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This year's Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference was a superb success, with nearly 350 franchise marketing executives and exhibitors on hand to learn, network, and, hopefully, do a little business.
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Consumer Marketing Conference kicks off next Tuesday!
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Marketing continues to evolve--from vendors hawking their wares in the agora to today's online age of display, paid search, and social media posts--and those selling goods and services have had to adapt to new methods of informing the public about their offerings.
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While the conventional method of using interests and behaviors to segment an audience still exists in large scale, the more recent tactic of connection-based targeting is quickly picking up traction because of its versatility and effectiveness.
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For any national campaign, we must keep in mind that the need for our services can vary on the regional and hyper-local level depending on climate and extreme weather.
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Remember when we used to hear Prince's song "1999" and it seemed so far into the future? Well, how about the year 2020, which is just 3 years away?
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Dunkin' Donuts Power Team To Open 69 New Restaurants In Louisiana. Longtime multi-unit franchisee Vik Patel, Super Bowl Quarterback Drew Brees, and former New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl Bringing Rush of Donuts To The Bayou State.
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We spoke with three brands, Buffalo Wings & Ring, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Meineke Car Care Centers to see how they are using social media and digital technology for customer engagement and as a local marketing tool for their franchisees.
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