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We have, over the years, developed a number of industry “Tip Sheets” that help businesses, entrepreneurs, community groups, schools and governments take advantage of FoundLocally’s FREE community directory features to extend their online reach.

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Web marketing for Art Galleries and Museums

Get the highest online visibility for Art Galleries and Museums, using the FoundLocally.com free listings.

Web marketing for Car Dealers

Car dealers are successful when they do four things right: hire the right people, promote the cars they are selling, get consumers in the lot to buy their cars, and bring them back for maintenance services.

Churches and Places of Worship can 'Spread the Word'

Churches and places of worship (including synagogues, mosques, temples, and umbrella religious groups) are all welcome to promote themselves and their activities on FoundLocally.com

Web Marketing for Financial Services

Build your business and are looking for new ways to reach ever-growing online audience. FoundLocally’s financial directory includes everything form banks, accountants, financial planners, and sellers of different financial products.

Web marketing for Golf Courses

Golf courses offer a wide range of goods and services in their communities. They are a facility for playing golf (sometimes public, sometimes not, or semi-private with a mix), they have golf professionals offering lessons, and pro shops.

Web marketing for Home Builders

Home builders and condo developers can promote both their home building activities as well as their showhomes in new and emerging neighbourhoods & suburbs

Web marketing for Healthcare: Doctors, Dentists, Clinics and Hospitals

There are two reasons for healthcare professionals to be on FoundLocally: 1) if you are trying to build your practice, your marketing needs to be professional, and 2) so clients & referrals can find your contact info.

Web marketing for Marinas and Yacht Clubs

FoundLocally coves a lot of territory and a lot of variety, covering both East and West Coasts, the inland Great Lakes, and a lot of lakes and waterways that are a part of Canada’s cottage country, in pretty well every province.

King-Royal Alexandre Theatre, In Toronto

Web Marketing for Musicians, Performing Arts Groups, Authors

Musicians, Performing Arts Groups, Authors have two objectives: drive traffic to their web site, and promote your appearances (gigs, performances, or readings) in or away from their home community.

Web marketing for PR Firms and their clients

A PR professional’s role is to ensure a broad audience for their client’s news and message. With the decline of traditional media, and the loss of their influence with key segments of the marketplace, everybody is struggling to reach the broadest audience and keeping budgets under control

Web marketing for Spas and Hair Salons

FoundLocally has seen a large number of personal care services added to our directory, and have created several time-saving templates for hair salons, salons with spa services and health spas with a wide range of spa services. The templates pre-select a number of categories, which—of course—you are welcome to add to (or deduct from) to properly reflect the full range of features in your business

Web marketing for Accountants and Lawyers

There are two reasons for professional advisors to be on FoundLocally: 1) if you are trying to build your practice, your marketing needs to be professional, and 2) so clients & referrals can find your contact info.

Web Marketing for Multi-location Chains and Franchises

Chain and franchise organizations are successful because they combine the power of a strong brand with the economies of scale of an ever-growing organization. Individuals joining a franchise organization to leverage their capital with the systems, processes, and standardization that has already proven both successful with customers—and profitable for owners

Web marketing for Economic Development Offices and Visitor Bureaus

Get the highest online visibility for Economic Development Offices and Visitor Bureaus and YOUR MEMBERS using the FoundLocally.com free listings. cu.

Web marketing for Event Planners and Event Marketers

An Event Planning and Event Marketing professional’s role is to ensure a broad audience for their client’s events and message. With the decline of traditional media, and the loss of their influence with key segments of the marketplace, everybody is struggling to reach the broadest audience and keeping budgets under control.

Web marketing for First Nations and their Agencies.

Online visibility for First Nations, and their Economic Development Offices and Visitor Bureaus and band-owned businesses using the FoundLocally.com free listings. Your goal is to create the highest traffic and visibility for your First Nation and its members to increase economic opportunities.

Web marketing for Home Improvement and Repair businesses

Home improvement, renovation, and repair can promote themselves and their expertise using FoundLocally directory

Web marketing for Industry Groups and Professional Associations

Business groups and professional associations can raise their own visibility by posting news, jobs, events, and savings.. Great for events & trade shows, and industry advocacy.

Web marketing for Non-Profits, Charities, Community Groups

Organizations in the non-profit sector are challenged by having to not only provide the services in their mission, but seek the resources–both financial and human–to get the work done. This involves spreading awareness, gaining volunteers, and promoting events and fundraisers.

Web Marketing for Restaurants, Lounges, Pubs and Nightclubs

Restaurants can easily reach consumers are rapidly moving to using online resources to find, evaluate and select their dining options. Post news, events, specials/coupons.

Web marketing for Senior Care Providers and Facilities

FoundLocally is a great way for senior care providers and facilities to raise their own visibility, not just by adding themselves to our high-traffic community directory, but by affordably (and, in FoundLocally’s case, free!) posting news, jobs, events, and savings to increase the number of pages on their FoundLocally listing, gaining both greater visibility while saving ever-lager amounts of money otherwise spent on advertising in other media.

Web marketing for Sports Teams and Sports Leagues

Why should only “major league” sports teams and leagues get the public attention? FoundLocaly provides the opportunity for all amateur sports to promote themselves,their news, and their events (sign-ups, games, end-of-season awards, and fund-raising events), using a self-serve toolkit.

Web marketing for BRZs, BIAs and Shopping Malls

Get the highest online visibility for Business Revitalization Zones (BRZs) or Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) and YOUR MEMBERS using the FoundLocally.com free listings. Shopping Mall Management also works to create the highest traffic & visibility for their tennants

Web marketing Colleges, Universities, and on-campus groups

FoundLocally provides the opportunity for colleges and universities (as well as their on-campus groups) to promote themselves, their news, and their events to students, faculty, and the surrounding community.

Web marketing for Festivals and Community Events

FoundLocally’s self-serve toolkit makes it easy for all festivals and community events organizers to provide year-round visibility for event organizations, promote and fill both paid and volunteer positions, and promote their festival’s entire schedule.

Old Strathcona Farmer's Market, In Edmonton

Web marketing for Flea Markets and Farmers Markets

Flea Markets and Farmers Markets are unique in that they are aggregators of a number of local growers, craftsmen, artisans and businesses into a popular an high-traffic venue, and often open only for limited days or hours each week.

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Web marketing for Government Departments and Facilities

Governments have an obligation to ensure public assets are put to the use of the widest range of residents and taxpayers. Managers and Politicians also have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure public funds are spent wisely, and to look for prudent cost-saving methods for promotion and building awareness.

Marketing Hotels and Accommodation

Hotels, Motels, Beds and Breakfasts, Wilderness Lodges, Vacation Rentals, and long-term accommodation can use FoundLocally promote their properties, as well as their other facilities like restaurants, stores, banquet facilities

Web marketing for Politicians and Political Parties

Get the highest online visibility for Politicians, Candidates, and Political parties using the FoundLocally.com free listings. Gain traction & visibility for greater momentum for when an election is called.

Web Marketing Tips for Realtors

FoundLocally provides a free self-service toolkit for individual realtors and for real estate offices to promote themselves, increase findability, and promote their open houses to help drive sales.

Web Marketing for Retail shops and services

Unlike a lot of Shopping sites that only focus on high-end Retail Stores, or include only advertisers (like the in-hotel travel magazine), FoundLocally’s database is free for all retail stores and services and is very complete.

Listing K-12 Schools, Tutors, Camps

FoundLocally provides the opportunity for schools (public and private) at all levels to promote themselves,their news, and their events to parents, students, and their surrounding community.Tutors, pre-schools, dayhomes, daycamps, too!

Web marketing for Ad Agencies, Web Designers, and SEO Professionals

FoundLocally is a great way for Internet professionals to raise their own visibility, not just by adding themselves to the high-traffic community directory, but by posting news, jobs, events, and savings to increase the number of pages on their FoundLocally listing, and therefore the number of link-backs to their website. Don’t forget to add each of your clients!

Industry Tip Sheets