Concept

Other directories

Discover Your Local started when relocating to the West Country.  We were looking to promote our web and telecoms business in the local area via business clubs and local advertisers.  Unfortunately all local business clubs etc had members for our field and advertising on Corporate Business Directories was out of the question in terms of cost.

We found numerous online business directories but hated their functionality with drop down menus and when searching generally found businesses in totally the wrong part of the country with no relevance to local businesses.  Not one local directory made us think “wow, we need to advertise there”. 

Our thoughts

Our role

For any small business marketing is crucial but also generally very costly in terms of paper or internet advertising.  Our thought was to provide a solution that will promote local businesses to local people at a fraction of the cost of other directories and also provide large savings to those businesses with sound telecoms advice.

After speaking to hundreds of local businesses and individuals it was clear that we had a crucial role to play for small businesses to promote their services online to local people.  The internet is the fastest growing industry and it is important small businesses are not left behind.  Small businesses generally receive poor advice on website design and build.