Description

What if your business could create an event that customers look forward to every year? Today explore how small businesses and local brands can invent their own unique events to boost engagement, sales, and community loyalty. We dive into real examples like Three Floyds Brewing's legendary Dark Lord Day—a cult-favorite event that draws thousands and creates massive buzz. Learn how to develop your own local event, attract crowds, and turn a simple idea into an annual celebration that puts your business on the map.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The benefits of creating a local marketing event for your business.
• What the steps are to developing a day that grows into something that thousands come from miles around to attend.
• Learn the marketing strategies used to promote your new event.
• We cover specific examples that have grown in recent years and have become a staple in their communities.

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Do you have an interesting idea for a show topic or a marketing problem that you'd like us to cover in a future episode of Mastering Local Marketing? Email matt@masteringlocalmarketing.com and we'll add it to our future episodes.

Mastering Local Marketing is a small business podcast focused on local marketing strategies, marketing tactics, and digital marketing that drive real customer acquisition and business growth. Built for entrepreneurs and marketers, this show breaks down marketing strategies for business owners who want results, not fluff.

Each episode explores practical marketing strategies including local advertising strategies, social marketing, sales strategies, and digital marketing tactics designed to help you market a local business more effectively. Whether you run a retail store, restaurant, or service business, you'll learn how to turn visibility into leads and leads into paying customers.

Hosted by marketing expert Matt Hanson, the podcast highlights real-world marketing for small business, common marketing mistakes, and proven systems used by masters of marketing to grow local brands. You'll discover how to improve customer acquisition, strengthen local presence, and accelerate sustainable business growth.

If you're looking for actionable marketing tactics, smarter local marketing, and strategies that actually move revenue, this is one of the top small business podcasts to add to your rotation. Subscribe and start mastering strategy that helps your business grow.