When targeting your market, focusing on the local clients works in making sure that you accomplish your goals of getting as many leads as possible. In fact, marketing to the local scene is an opportunity that you should never miss. Not only does it result to a high ROI, you don’t even need to wait much longer and spend so much just to get the outcome you want.
However, there’s a possibility that you might take this marketing campaign for granted and thus provide an offer that may not actually appeal to your target audience. It takes an interesting and well crafted offer for you to have an effective promotional tool in your hands. If you’re not ready to give that to your target audience then you’ve just lost your opportunity to really connect and get response from your local target market.
So what does it take to have an effective local marketing scheme? It all depends on your copywriting. Good copywriting can get you the results you want. Good copywriting can get you the leads you need to increase sales.
1 – Use your website to zoom in to your local clients.
The internet is fast becoming the tool consumers use to search for a solution to their needs. If they’re looking for a plumber for example, they don’t anymore use the yellow pages to get information on one. Or if they need to find the nearest podiatrist, you just have to log on to Google and type ‘podiatrist long beach California for example, and you’ll be able to zoom in on a local podiatrist.
The key is to have the right words in your web copy so your target audience can easily search your website. It’s all about key words and search engines. When you insert key words and phrases into your web content your local surfers would most likely be able to type it onto a search engine such as Google. And voila! They’ll have your website and information in front of them.
One suggestion though: if you want your products and services to come out on this search engines, you have to list everything in text form. Search engines don’t recognize content that is set within your photos.
2 – Try the local newspaper and newsletters.
It’s like your local newspaper or newsletter is your local yellow pages. Consumers would definitely be scouring the pages when they’re looking for a product or service they need. When you’re looking for a commercial color printing company for example to take care of your printing needs, you might want to try your local newspaper. Or if you need to hire people, the local “Help Wanted” section can assist you.
As I’ve said, the key to getting the results you want is to have good copywriting on your side. A bad ad certainly reflects on you and your qualities. Good ad copy speaks a lot about your professional image and capabilities. So if you want to zoom in on your local industry, better make sure that you have good ad copy that appeals to your local audience.
