Beyond the Directory
Helping Local Businesses Be Seen, Supported & Connected
Supporting local starts with knowing what’s local. We help businesses increase their visibility, connect with their community, and make it easier for people to discover what’s right in their own backyard.
Whether you’re running a business from your kitchen table, offering mobile services, operating a busy storefront, or managing a large industrial company, we’re here to help you grow and connect with your community.
Our goal is simple: help local businesses get noticed, build meaningful community connections, and give people more reasons to choose local.
The Love Local Always Network
What Is the Love Local Always Network?
At Love Local Always, we believe local businesses are stronger when they support one another. That’s why we created the Love Local Always Network, a community-driven digital advertising network that helps businesses increase their visibility by working together, not alone.
When you join the network, a digital display is installed in your location, featuring a rotating playlist of fellow Love Local Always members. At the same time, your advertisement is shown across these screens throughout our network, putting your brand in front of thousands of local customers every day.
Instead of relying on a single advertising location, your business gains exposure throughout the community wherever people are already shopping, dining, working, and connecting. It’s a cost-effective way to build brand awareness, reach new audiences, and become a household name with local customers.
Easy Operation
Set Up Once, Runs Automatically
Your setup includes the media player and any required display hardware needed to connect your screen to the Love Local Always Network.
Once your display is installed, simply keep it turned on during your regular business hours. From there, everything runs automatically.
Choose Your Fit
Options & Plans
For Brick & mortar businesses
Hardware
- Monitor
- Stand Unit
- Firestick
- Remote Control
Package A
Our graphics team designs your ads, which play continuously.
Package B
Your own account & login, allowing you to update and change your ad at any time.
Not Much Walk-In Traffic?
You can still have your ad play on our digital network (8 spots per loop).
For Home-Based Businesses
Home-Grown Network
The Home-Grown Network is our solution to sharing home-based businesses with their communities.
If you run a business from home without a physical location, this is the plan for you. See your advertisement in local coffee shops around your town.
Package A
Our graphics team designs your ads, which play continuously.
Package B
Your own account & login, allowing you to update and change your ad at any time.
Getting Started
How It Works
Choose Your Package
Start by selecting the package that best fits your business and marketing goals (see Options & Plans above).
Package A is ideal for businesses looking for a simple, hands-off marketing solution. Our team will design your advertisement, and updates can be requested for an additional fee.
Package B gives you access to your own account, allowing you to update or replace your advertisement whenever needed — ideal for seasonal promotions, upcoming events, limited-time offers, or businesses that like to keep their advertising fresh.
Complete Your Onboarding
Once you have selected your package, you will complete a short onboarding form. This gives our team the information needed to set up your account and process your payment details.
Package A clients will also receive a detailed questionnaire so our team can begin creating their advertisement. Once completed, the ad will be sent for approval before it goes live.
Package B clients will receive access to their accounts, along with a step-by-step guide to navigating the platform, enabling them to create and manage their own content with ease.
Set Up Your Display
Next, we will get your business connected to the network. Depending on your space, you may choose a tabletop display, floor stand, or wall-mounted screen. If you already have a suitable TV or monitor with an HDMI port, we may be able to use your existing equipment.
Your setup includes the media player and any required display hardware needed to connect your screen to the Love Local Always Network.
Turn It On and Join the Network
Once your display is installed, simply keep it turned on during your regular business hours. Your screen will automatically showcase advertisements from fellow Love Local Always members, while your own advertisement runs throughout your assigned network loop.
Each loop includes up to 40 businesses. Advertisements are shuffled between participating locations quarterly to provide exposure in different areas of the community throughout the year.
From there, everything runs automatically — your business receives ongoing local exposure while helping create a stronger, more connected business community.
Social Media Perks
Love Local Always Community
To add to the in-person marketing of our Love Local Always Network, we’ve created Love Local Always Community, our place to promote member companies through social media. These perks let your company collaborate on posts, reaching our audience’s feeds as well as your own, for even more exposure to potential customers.
If you’re subscribed to Package A, you receive 1 collaborative post on both Facebook and Instagram per month. If you’re subscribed to Package B, you receive double the perks — 2 collaborative posts on Facebook and Instagram each month.
On top of this, your business will be added to our regional social media pages and social media directories.
even more
Grow Beyond Your Community
Local doesn’t stop at city limits. Love Local Always helps connect your business not only with people in your own community, but with neighbouring communities too.
For an additional fee, you can expand your ad onto screens in surrounding communities and introduce your business to even more local customers.
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