Local First Communities

How Local First Communities Works


Local First Communities helps local businesses, service providers, nonprofits, and community organizations get more local visibility through shared local marketing, community newsletters, and simple online tools that save you time. 

Instead of relying only on social media posts, scattered promotions, or word of mouth, Local First Communities brings local information together in one place so residents, visitors, customers, donors, and volunteers can think local first and easily discover what is happening nearby.

Save time and money engaging with local consumers. Get seen by the right people without fighting massive global platforms. Keep dollars local and tap into a community that actively chooses to shop Local First. Ready to jump in?


Grab your profile or register for your Locable dashboard to build it.

We Started in Manchester New Hampshire.

We Built A Local Network For Community Engagement

Our Community Engagement will vastly improve businesses and organizations local visibility.

HOW?

Participants start with the free forever ENGAGE PLAN to include their profile/listing on local business directories for cross promotion.

Local Partners collaborate to build local content so we all can stop chasing local information, keep community resources current, and make participation easier.


Features include  partner cross-promotion participation, promotion and distribution tools for events, jobs, and offers. Ability to generate and promote customer reviews Instant Contact Page™. Google Business Profile sync and event promotion Integrated contact database.

Getting Started

We implement of our "GET ON THE SAME PAGE MANCHESTER " campaign to encourage subscriptions to our Community Newsletter.

Exclusive Subscriber Acquisition

Local First Communities - Manchester creates more opportunities for residents and visitors to easily find local products, services, events, and causes to make Manchester the most business friendly community in the USA. Our system attracts their most likely audience consistently and cost effectively.  

#ManchesterMostBusinessFriendly #TakeBackLocal

We Implemented A Local Content Marketing Distribution System

REMEMBER - We Don't Do Your Marketing For You! We Distribute It Locally!

We reduce busywork, keep our community current and make participation easier for local businesses.

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Community Newsletter

The Local First Communities newsletter, Destination Manchester, helps share timely local information with people who already care about what is happening in the community.

Newsletter content includes local events, business updates, monthly featured events, businesses and causes including, special offers, helpful resources and other relevant content from our partners

Subscribers are your most likely audience and customers based upon our strategic placement of subscriber acquisition displays in our community.

Community Calendar

The community calendar helps residents and visitors find upcoming events, activities, and local happenings in one convenient place.

Partner organizations can share events automatically so they are easier to discover, promote, and include in broader community communication All inclusive and merged in real time.

Then shared on Destination Manchester with monthly updates and featured events.

Local Business Directories

Local directories make it easier for people to find and support nearby businesses, service providers, nonprofits, and community organizations and discover offers causes, locations and more.


Claiming a profile gives participating organizations more control over their information and helps keep local listings accurate and up to date.


Partners display their current offer on Destination Manchester monthly with the network for cross promotion on partner websites and social media.

What Local Businesses and Community Organizations Can Do

Local businesses and community organizations can use Local First Communities to:

  • Build or claim your local profile/listing and become a Partner
  • Share their business or organization updates in real time
  • Promote events, activities, offers, and announcements
  • Appear in local partner or authentic partner directories  
  • Be included in community newsletter content
  • Connect and cross promote with other local partners
  • Reach residents, visitors, shoppers, donors, and volunteers

All Powered by Locable

Local First Communities uses Locable to provide simple tools for local marketing, profile management, event sharing, cross-promotion, and community communication.


Eligible businesses and organizations get started with Locable’s Free Forever Engage Plan.

Locable offers upgrades to Build, Grow your business. 

Also For Main Streets, Chambers, and Tourism Organizations



Once your profile is claimed, you can update your information, share content, and begin participating in the Local First Communities network.

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Get Started

If you are a local business, service provider, nonprofit, or community organization, we invite you to claim your profile and take part in the Local First Communities movement to #TakeBackLocal

Together, we can make it easier for people to discover local businesses, support community organizations, attend local events, and choose local first. Let's make Manchester the most business friendly community in the USA.

Get Started