For Businesses
Want to show how much the LOCALS love you? Follow these steps to get some love for your business!
Learn
Our process starts with locals voting. No business gets in our guide uless they are loved by the locals. Want to learn more?
Register
By adding yourself to our voting suggestions list, your business name will display as voters start typing it, making it easier to vote for you.
Campaign
We have everything from poster to Facebook posts that you can use to remind your customers to vote for you.
Advertise
If the locals made you a winner, you have an exclusive opportunity to advertise.
How Locals Love Us Works
Locals Love Us is simple. It starts with locals voting for their favorite places in more than 200 categories in our secure, online survey. Only local votes count, because locals know best which businesses really stand apart from the rest.
Voting is open all year in the annual Locals Love Us contest. Each category can have up to five winners, depending on the number of places nominated and the number of votes cast. Places that didn’t finish in the top five can still win a demographic group (gender, age, income, zip) and be included on our website. Winners earn the opportunity to advertise with Locals Love Us. So the only places that can advertise with us are those who were first chosen by you. It’s advertising you can trust.
We share the results of our survey all over town and the winners get lots more local customers. What’s not to love about that?
Still have questions? Visit our FAQ page.
Looking for ways to grow?
Take the Locals Love Us Growth Potential Assessment to find your strengths and areas we can assist you in growth!
Business FAQ's
How does a business qualify as a winner?
A maximum of 5 nominees in each category are awarded the title of a Locals Love Us winner. Winners must be in the top 20% of the total nominees of their category. If a category has less than 25 nominees, there are less than 5 winners.
How do you minimize the occurrence of random selection picking?
A voter must type in their choice by name, we do not offer multiple choice. We encourage voters to only vote for places they have personally done business with.
Who can vote & when?
Anyone over the age of 13 can vote once each year! We heavily promote voting the last month before voting closes, but voting is available all year round! At the end of voting your ballot is automatically submitted to us.
How do you prevent voters from stacking the deck?
We set up a sophisticated voting system that enables us to track who is voting. Each person is allowed to vote in each category one time. A person must create a login and password and provide a few personal details about themselves before starting. If they try to vote more than once a year, it will override their previous votes.
Why would I vote?
- You are a nice person and want to help people find places they’ll love.
- Someone wow’d you with their product or service and you want to thank them.
- You like iPads and gift certificates to fun local businesses, and found out we’re giving them away every year to locals who vote in our survey.
How do I vote?
Visit localsloveus.com. Pick your city. Click on Vote! You will have to create a login and password your first time visiting.
Can I encourage people to vote for my business?
Absolutely! We even provide images and tips on how to do this. For information on voting and campaigning, visit Campaign Stuff. We strongly encourage the most active campaigning the month before voting closes.
What is "Also Loved?"
Being Also Loved means you didn’t come out as one of the top 5 winners, but you still got quite a few votes in that category. (Kind of like an honorable mention!)