
Grow Your Local Business
Are you ready to grow your local business? Local marketing expert and life coach Leslie Presnall shares the strategy and the mindset to reach more people in your city and bring in a steady stream of clients.
Episodes
132 episodes
5 Things You Don’t Need to Get Your First Local Clients
So many local business owners get stuck behind the scenes waiting until everything looks perfect and “ready” before they start putting themselves out there. The problem is that waiting costs you time, energy and clients.In this episode, ...
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Episode 134
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27:25

MVP: The Lifetime Return
In this Most Valuable Podcast episode, we’re exploring the lifetime return on investments you make in your business.And not just money investments but also time and energy investments.How will your actions and commitments pay of...
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Episode 133
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23:59

Why Instagram Growth Advice Doesn’t Work for Local Business Owners
Unfortunately, most Instagram growth advice out there is designed for influencers and online businesses — not local service providers.That’s why so many local business owners waste so much time posting Reels, chasing views and trying eve...
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Episode 132
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16:05

4 Ways Local Business Owners Can Make Time for Marketing
Do you ever feel like marketing or "create social media post" just keeps getting added to the bottom of your to-do list? You want to be consistent, you know it’s important, but between working with clients, working in your business and...
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Episode 131
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17:05

MVP: How To Stay Consistent in Your Local Business with a Minimum Baseline
In the re-release of this MVP (Most Valuable Podcast) episode, I'm teaching a tool called "The Minimum Baseline" to help you create more consistency in your local marketing and business.This coaching tool is a game change...
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Episode 130
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17:40

5 Ways to Boost Local Sales with Better Instagram Captions
In this episode, you’ll see why captions are one of the most powerful tools you have for turning local followers into paying clients and how to make yours work harder for you.Captions aren’t filler or an after thought. They’re how you ge...
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Episode 129
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16:40

How to Market Like You’re Fully Booked
In this episode, I’m walking you through what fully booked local marketing actually looks like and how to start showing up that way now, before the results are even here.This isn’t about faking it. It’s about shifting into the e...
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Episode 128
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12:16

3 Emotions That Will Help You Stick With It (Even When You’re Not Seeing Results)
When you’re learning something new in your local business like marketing on social media, selling, creating content, or pitching yourself, it’s easy to feel frustrated and want to quit when the results don’t come fast enough.This episode...
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Episode 127
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13:53

Instagram Update! How To Get Found on Google Through Instagram
There's a new Instagram update that allows Google and other search engines to index all your content, including posts, reels and videos.In this quick episode, I’m breaking down what Meta’s new update means for your local business — and ...
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Episode 126
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9:10

Skillset Gap or Implementation Gap? What’s Really Keeping You Stuck
In this episode, we’re talking about troubleshooting and problem-solving in your business and getting crystal clear on whether the reason you’re not getting results is because of a knowledge gap or an execution gap.Tune into this epis...
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Episode 125
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21:07

MVP: How To Show up In Local Facebook Groups
In this Most Valuable Podcast episode re-release, I’m sharing best practices on how to show up in local facebook groups as a business owner to promote your business, offer value and be of service in your community.Tune into this episo...
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Episode 124
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24:19

MVP: When People Don't Support You
When the people closest to you don’t understand your business or believe in what you’re building, it can slowly chip away at your own belief — making you second-guess your decisions, stay small, or lower your goals...Whether it’s your pa...
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Episode 123
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19:19

Being Someone Locals Love To Pay
Most local business owners spend a lot of time thinking about how people don’t want to pay them — and it’s hurting their energy, marketing and sales.But what if you flipped the script?What if you started believing you’re ...
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Episode 122
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11:28

The Local Instagram Formula 2.0
Instagram has changed a lot since I first shared The Local Instagram Formula in 2022 — and so have the strategies I teach.After working with hundreds of business owners, auditing accounts across every industry, and answering thousands o...
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Episode 121
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15:42

Instagram Business vs. Creator Account: What’s Best for Local Business Owners?
If you’ve ever wondered whether you should be using an Instagram Business account or a Creator account — this quick episode will give you the clarity you need!This is a question I recently answered inside The Localpreneur Acad...
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Episode 120
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9:58

Hoping to Get Local Clients vs Expecting To Get Fully Booked
This episode is a reminder that how you think about getting clients changes everything. If you’ve been waiting for local people to find you, posting inconsistently, or doing a lot of busy behind-the-scenes work without real results… th...
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Episode 119
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20:11

How This Rural Social Media Manager Got Fully Booked (and Helped Her Clients Grow Too)
Today’s guest, Jordon Egelston, is a former nurse and mom of two who now runs a fully booked social media management business serving rural small businesses in Upstate New York.In this episode, we talk about what’s really worki...
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Episode 118
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30:13

Stop Overthinking Your Content
Overthinking is one of the biggest reasons local business owners never get their content out to their followers.In this episode, we’re talking about different ways overthinking shows up in your content creation process -- and wh...
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Episode 117
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14:08

How Too Many Offers Are Slowing Down Your Local Sales
The real problem with having too many offers? It slows down your local sales.In today’s episode, I’m walking you through SIX different ways this shows up for local business owners — from confusing your audience to filling your calendar w...
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Episode 116
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20:34

Offers 101: What You Actually Sell In Your Local Business
If you've ever felt confused by the word "offers" or wondered how to "make offers" in your business -- this episode will clear it up!I'm breaking down what an offer actually is for local business owners because...
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Episode 115
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13:06

MVP: How To Create a Follow Up Process
Dive into the re-airing of this Most Valuable Podcast episode (originally episode 90) where I'm sharing How To Create a Follow-Up Process for potential clients.Do you ever stress out about how to follow up with leads?Maybe they'v...
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Episode 114
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18:45

When You’re the First to Do Something New In Your City (And It Feels Kinda Scary)
When you do something new in your city — offering something no one else is offering, or doing it in a totally unique way — it can feel exciting and straight-up scary.Your brain might start to second-guess: “Will...
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Episode 113
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15:17

Why Growing Your Business Locally First Will Get You Fully Booked Faster
If you run a business that can work with people all over, but you're struggling to get clients, this episode is for you!Just because you can serve people anywhere, it doesn't mean it's the best place to START.In today's e...
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Episode 112
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27:31

Local Clientele Drama
📍 “People in my city won’t pay for this.” 📍 “No one here values what I do.” 📍 “Everyone just wants to DIY instead of hiring me.”If you’ve ever had thoughts like these, you might be stuck in Local Clientele...
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Episode 111
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19:54

6 Totally Free Ways to Market Your Business Locally (Even with a $0 Budget)
If marketing feels hard because you have a limited budget for ads or promotions, or you’re constantly stressed about the cost of growing your business — this episode is for you.The good news? There are so many ways to market yo...
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Episode 110
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14:18
