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3 ways to get locals to follow you online

Tourism groups and small businesses both struggle with a common question: once we get online, how do we get local people to follow, like or friend us?

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Here are 3 quick ideas on how to get connected with the locals:

1. Talk about local issues. When you talk about the topics that local people care about, they are more likely to engage with you.

2. Tell local people about it. Talk in person, talk with them online, make business cards for your blog and Twitter and hand them out to locals.

3. Invite locals to participate. Ask them to guest post. Quote them in a story. Use their story, with their permission to illustrate a point.

How do you connect with locals?

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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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