{"id":13999,"date":"2012-03-26T00:04:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T05:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crowdspring.wpengine.com\/?p=13999"},"modified":"2025-03-11T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:36:16","slug":"lean-marketing-tips-hyper-local-and-local-marketing-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/lean-marketing-tips-hyper-local-and-local-marketing-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We often write about marketing strategies and tactics for small businesses and startups.<\/p>\n

These companies typically have limited budgets, thin resources, and strained capacity, which create a challenge for managers and owners: how to develop an effective marketing campaign using tactics that will work for their business.<\/p>\n

The Lean Startup movement<\/a> provides a wonderful template, and Ross wrote a great post in which he discussed how managers can use these principles in their own \u00a0marketing campaigns.<\/a>\u00a0We have written about many tactics that have worked in our own marketing efforts, such as public relations<\/a>, goal-setting<\/a>, branding<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n

Today I want to focus on tactics with a local flavor. A phrase we hear a great deal is “hyperlocal,” which Wikipedia defines as being “synonymous with the combined use of mobile applications and gps technology.<\/a>” I would enlarge that scope beyond mobile applications and GPS, and explain hyperlocal marketing as a strategy for reaching a specific, targeted audience in a very specific geographical location. In other words, hyperlocal is a way for marketers to deliver an effective marketing message to customers in a particular local community.<\/p>\n

This is nothing new for marketers; a great example of hyperlocal marketing with us for decades is the Yellow Pages. This still ubiquitous book of business listings, made of the cheapest paper stock available and found on shelves and in recycling bins everywhere, has historically been a great way for businesses to reach local customers – from “AAAA Auto Repair<\/a>” all the way down to “ZZZZ Welding<\/a>.” But the world of marketing has grown way more sophisticated, and in the age of local SEO<\/a>, GPS and QR codes, small business can leverage some sophisticated tactics to reach local audiences, build awareness neighborhood by neighborhood, and make the most of a limited marketing budget. Here are 5 ideas for hyperlocal marketing that you can consider for your own business:<\/p>\n

1. Yellow pages<\/strong>.<\/strong>
\nIf it still works and still fits your budget, why not experiment with this chestnut? For very small sums, a business can target a specific local audience (often right down to the zip code). If nothing else, using Yellow Page advertising guarantees that your business name is right there along with your competition’s and that you have an equally good chance of capturing the customer who is looking for you. Most Yellow Page publishers now include online listings along with the print version, which can also enhance a business’s web presence and SEO efforts.<\/p>\n

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