5050cafefriends : Networking, marketing, fundraising

Networking, marketing, fundraising

The world is changing. The funds that governments used to make available for charitable organisations are diminishing and so organisations will have to look for ways to make up the shortfall. With the economic downturn, businesses are also looking for ways to sustain profitability.

Localsville not only offers a way of networking, marketing and fund-raising for your biz/org that is totally free for you to utilise but also reduces isolation and loneliness in the process by giving your locals the ability to join as Community which will enable them to be invited to social events at your place.

Networking
Increasing customers or clients within the area you live by providing the opportunity to network is a great way to grow your biz/org. It’s easier than you think to get started:

1/ Join as a Biz/Org 
2/ Display, upload or giveaway your unique 'Support qr'. This will allow people to scan-in and join as Community when they upgrade to Support they will be supporting your Biz/Org by their sub. returning 50% or by redeeming this amount as Spend at your biz/org. 

Receiving Funds
     a/ Highlight and select who you’d like to invite to your social             event by finding the group INVITE Icon, top-right, after                   joining as Community and follow the simple steps.      
         
3/ Send out your group INVITE, so that you can network, market and fundraise to locals. 

People are naturally curious and want to know what you do. They’ll want to network with other people from your area and sample your product or services. You can easily send out a group INVITE making your Deal of the Day/Promo/Giveaway known to them on the invite you send by describing it in the Description field. This way they can attend your social event to sample your offer.

When people scan your 'Support qr,' they are taken directly to the localsville platform where they can join as Community. They will then be able to be selected in their area, workplace, or residential facility and may receive an invite to a social event at their local biz/org.

Marketing
We regard marketing as more than just placing an ad on Social Media. Localsville is not an advertising platform, but when you create a free listing for your biz/org on localsville you are creating a way for your biz/org to be seen on the internet as well as enabling people from your area (who have joined as Community) to be able to select your place as a place to meet-up at - especially if you’re a cafe or similar.

By listing with us, you are also bringing awareness around ‘making equality a reality’ as you are seen to be in support of equality which sits at the core of what we do.  You can also become a localsville partner which means your logo will be seen on our homepage and contain a link back to your biz/org.

Combine networking (above) with marketing (below), by letting your customers and clients join as Community for free. Then display, upload, or giveaway your unique Support qr so people can scan-in.

  • Become a partner of localsville (and be seen to support equality).
  • Add a photo/logo of your biz/org to your listing
  • Add a description to your listing
  • Add your Deal of the Day to your listing
  • Add your URL
  • Add WOO (What’s on offer icons) to your listing

Fund-raising

Now that govt funding for organisations is being trimmed back, offering a way in which your biz/org can raise extra funds seems more important than ever!

At localsville - we divide our profits with you, when your clients and customers support your biz/org financially by becoming Supporters for $19.99 per month, 50% of that subscription is automatically returned to your biz/org without us or you, having to touch a thing.

This amount can be used as Spend at your biz/org or kept as a separate fund - either way your biz/org benefits. A tip jar, a Christmas fund, it’s all doh-ray-me that you have not had to earn yourself. It only takes a few months before your biz/org has raised a significant amount for itself!

Getting Started

1/ Join as a Biz/Org
When you list your biz/org ensure you have added correct name, address and photo. This will enable the 'Support qr' to appear which contains your biz/org’s unique qr identifier.

2/ Add your biz/org’s bank account details for Stripe (under gear icon top-right).   Your 'Support qr' contains a unique identifier that when people who have joined as Community complete Step 3, 50% of their sub. will automatically go to your Stripe bank account.

3/ Print out, upload, giveaway or display Support qr. People from your community can then scan-in and become Community (free) and then they may like to become Supporters of your biz/org after sampling your promo or giveaway.