The success of small businesses is not only integral to the success of the US economy but also the American spirit. Local business is vital to the makeup of America’s communities and culture.
As our nation developed, all businesses were small. Many were created by people who saw local needs for products and services in their communities. These businesses brought people together and became an important ingredient in creating strong communities and eventually an independent national economy.
To this day, small businesses are still created out of local needs by those who have that entrepreneurial spirit. Their presence helps define their communities and is an indication that the American Dream is tangible. Their success is critically important now, with perhaps the worst economic shutdown this country has ever seen.
When the Covid-19 crisis landed on US shores, John Lim, CEO and Founder of Win Local, LLC was not deterred from his mission to help small businesses. In fact, it fueled him. “I want to spend the rest of my business days helping local businesses, those that help the community grow,” Lim said. “Without local businesses, there is no community or economy.”
“We want to eliminate the word ‘small’ from small business,” Lim said. “There’s nothing small about this. People that start these businesses have big dreams, take big risks, and make a huge contribution to the economy. The only thing small are the discounts we get because we’re not a big business.”
Small businesses lack the advantages that their larger counterparts have. They also don’t have access to the tricks and tools that are available to big businesses. “There are so many things a small business owner needs to go through and be experts in to be successful. This includes everything from legal to sales to marketing—all things that big companies have departments or hire agencies for.” Most local business owners can’t afford an ad agency to create a 360 campaign that drives customers into their business. They may not know how to place Facebook and/or Instagram ads—let alone design them. They might not have access or are able to afford incentives that reward their customers.
The Win Local platform automates these processes and eliminates the need for an agency. It provides small and large rewards—the kind offered to big businesses—for free. So when the time comes to re-open businesses, local businesses will be able to compete with their larger counterparts and bring customers back into their businesses.
Win Local was birthed during the Great Recession as a brand inside the residential real estate space. Lim helped local realtors grow their business in the digital sector during the down economy and at the emergence of the mobile device. From 2008-2010, there were billions of dollars of transactions made based on the leads Win Local was responsible for. Lim’s platform works. Recognizing the potential for the platform to help businesses in other industries he went back to the drawing board and made significant adjustments to bring it up to speed.
The essence of Win Local has been near and dear to Lim’s heart since his younger days. His grandmother, who owned a diner, instilled in him a sense of “entrepreneurship, hustle, and grit”. He’s been a small business owner virtually his entire life, but has been through the gamut of the Big Business world, is the holder of multiple patents, patents pending, and trademarks. His knowledge from these ventures that has helped him learn the secrets of success. Combined with his passion and dedication for local businesses, Lim is looking to help businesses grow and prosper.
The Win Local platform levels the playing field in the digital media sector, and combines analytics, science, real-life experiences and plenty of gumption to lead small local business owners to prosperous times.
“We want to eliminate the word ‘small’ from small business,” Lim said. “There’s nothing small about this. People that start these businesses have big dreams, take big risks, and make a huge contribution to the economy. The only thing small are the discounts we get because we’re not a big business.”
Small businesses lack the advantages that their larger counterparts have. They also don’t have access to the tricks and tools that are available to big businesses. “There are so many things a small business owner needs to go through and be experts in to be successful. This includes everything from legal to sales to marketing—all things that big companies have departments or hire agencies for.” Most local business owners can’t afford an ad agency to create a 360 campaign that drives customers into their business. They may not know how to place Facebook and/or Instagram ads—let alone design them. They might not have access or are able to afford incentives that reward their customers.
The Win Local platform automates these processes and eliminates the need for an agency. It provides small and large rewards—the kind offered to big businesses—for free. So when the time comes to re-open businesses, local businesses will be able to compete with their larger counterparts and bring customers back into their businesses.
Win Local was birthed during the Great Recession as a brand inside the residential real estate space. Lim helped local realtors grow their business in the digital sector during the down economy and at the emergence of the mobile device. From 2008-2010, there were billions of dollars of transactions made based on the leads Win Local was responsible for. Lim’s platform works. Recognizing the potential for the platform to help businesses in other industries he went back to the drawing board and made significant adjustments to bring it up to speed.
The essence of Win Local has been near and dear to Lim’s heart since his younger days. His grandmother, who owned a diner, instilled in him a sense of “entrepreneurship, hustle, and grit”. He’s been a small business owner virtually his entire life, but has been through the gamut of the Big Business world, is the holder of multiple patents, patents pending, and trademarks. His knowledge from these ventures that has helped him learn the secrets of success. Combined with his passion and dedication for local businesses, Lim is looking to help businesses grow and prosper.
The Win Local platform levels the playing field in the digital media sector, and combines analytics, science, real-life experiences and plenty of gumption to lead small local business owners to prosperous times.
