Not everyone can afford to shop local right now, but here are some ways you can support some small Milton Keynes businesses for free!
1. Write a positive review online
Leaving positive reviews for local business will help to boost their internet traffic and will also increase the chances that they will be recommended to others online.
2. Tell your friends or family
Simple word of mouth is still an effective tool for promoting business. If you tell a handful of people about your favourite local shop, the chance are they will pass on your recommendation to others!
3. Follow them on social media
A large social media following is essential in our digital age, by simply following a business online you are helping them to grow and expand their reachable audience.
4. Engage with their posts
By liking, subscribing, commenting etc you are unknowingly feeding into online algorithms, posts with high user engagements will often be shared the most - meaning you are giving them further promotion online for free.
5. Give them a shoutout
If you can say what a good experience you had with the business online then it will make others much more likely to go over to their pages and check them out and perhaps even make a purchase themselves
6. Share their shop/service with your followers
If you are able to share their posts with your followers, you are exposing their business to an even larger audience and helping them to grow in the process!
If you want to see our directory of local Milton Keynes businesses or even advertise your own, then please click here.
