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Target Audience - Local Businesses

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Primary Buyer

Owners and marketing managers at local businesses with 1-20 locations. Restaurants, clinics, home services, fitness studios, salons, legal offices.

They care about:

  • Getting more customers through the door
  • Showing up in Google Maps and local search results
  • Managing online reviews and reputation
  • Knowing which marketing actually brings in revenue

Their pain points:

  • No time or expertise to manage Google Business Profile, ads, and social
  • Paying for ads but can't tell if they're working
  • Bad reviews sit unanswered for weeks
  • Marketing feels like guesswork with no clear ROI

Messaging Rules

  • Use plain language. No marketing jargon.
  • Frame everything in terms of customers, not clicks or impressions
  • "Get more bookings" not "increase conversion rates"
  • Reference specific verticals when possible: "restaurants", "dentists", "plumbers"
  • Mention Google Business Profile, Google Maps, and reviews - that's their world

Exclusions

  • National or global brands (different scale and tools)
  • Online-only businesses (different optimization levers)
  • Franchises with corporate marketing teams (decisions made at HQ level)