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10 Services Local Businesses Will Pay You For

💡 Here are a few ideas for services you could provide to a local business to help them get more customers, or increase the value of existing customers…

  • Social Media Management
    Many businesses struggle to use social media effectively. You could offer to create and post content on their behalf and engage with their followers.
  • Local SEO
    Help optimize their website for local search. Create and optimize their Google My Business profile. Build links to their site from other local businesses.
  • Content Marketing
    Create blog posts, videos, infographics, and other types of content to get more people to their website and establish the business as an authority in their field.
  • Email Marketing
    Build and manage their email lists of existing and prospective customers. Create email campaigns to promote their products or services, announce special promotions or events, and encourage repeat business.
  • Online Advertising
    Use online ad platforms like Google Ads, Facebook Ads, or Instagram Ads to promote the business and find new customers.
  • Referral Program
    Help them set up and run a referral program to encourage satisfied customers to refer friends and family.
  • Website Design and Maintenance
    Offer a service similar to Ryan Golgosky at 180Sites.com.
  • Influencer Marketing
    Identify and engage with influencers in the same industry to promote the business’s products or services to their audience.
  • Cross Promotions
    Find other local businesses that complement the product or service of your client, then set up a cross promotion. For example, a roofing business might do a cross promotion with a gutter cleaning business.
  • Local Events
    Organize or sponsor local events to promote the business and generate buzz in the community.

Even if you have little-to-no knowledge or experience with any of the above, remember that local business owners likely have even less than you. 

Plus, there are plenty of free tutorials online that can help you learn fast 🤓

For example, read these two ultimate GMB guides and you’ll know more than most…

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Updated: March 7, 2025

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