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GSA Business Spotlight

GSA Business’ Book of Experts did a full-page article on Locally Epic this week. Story isn’t online, but here is the story below:

Locally Epic Greenville

A key thing to pull from the story:

There’s no denying the convenience of the internet – it is, after all, in your phone, and your phone’s in your pocket or purse (or more likely, your hand) right now. But about that buck: For every dollar you spend in a Greenville business, a whopping 75 cents stays right here in Greenville. Even if you’re shopping at a Woodruff Road big box (and we all do, right?), 35 cents of every buck you spend stays local. In either case, that’s cash that flows through local employees, managers and owners and into other local businesses like grocery stores and gas stations. It buys cars from local dealerships. It buys homes constructed by local builders. It is our economic life blood. If Upstate consumers pivot $20 a week away for a year from  online or a big box store to a locally owned store that would in increase the local Upstate economy by $300 million.

 

 

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Coming Attractions: Great Upstate Podcast

Chase Michaels, our CEO, sat down with Loyd Ford of the Stories of the Upstate Podcast this week. They talked the Locally Epic app, why he’s so passionate about local, local businesses and his other passions. We also hope there was a long discussion about his Kylo Ren T-shirt.  Episode will come out in the coming weeks. We can’t wait to hear it.

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Spot our truck, get a pizza!

GREENVILLE, S.C. – A 10-by-20 billboard truck is driving around the Upstate as another way to let people know about the promos and offers on the Locally Epic app as well as put money in your pocket.

Locally Epic has more than 30,000 users and 45 categories for them to find the best offers around, said Chase Michaels, the company’s CEO and founder. The mobile billboard is another way for people to learn more about the app, which can be downloaded here or found on Itunes or GooglePlay.

People who spot the Locally Epic billboard need to download the app, take a picture of the truck and then post the photo to social media with the tags #locallyepic and #letskeepitlocal.  All entries will be eligible for weekly prizes from Locally Epic partners. For the next few weeks, if a person snaps a picture of the truck’s Papa John’s logo and downloads the app, they can win a free pizza.

Locally Epic engages local consumers via a mobile platform that allows them to enhance their ability to find local offers and promotions from a wide range of businesses in real time, while allowing businesses to effectively reach new audiences.

 

The app also is creating mass way for small business to get noticed. A lot of people are deleting apps from their phone, while many small businesses don’t have the resources to create new apps to meet market needs. Locally Epic allows companies to share the app, and by creating value to consumers the app is more likely to get added – not purged.

About Locally Epic:

Locally Epic is the next generation of real-time location-based marketing technology for businesses and consumers. Locally Epic leverages time, space and message deployment with real-time aspects of engagement, implementation, customer loyalty and consumer acquisition metrics. Learn more at www.locallyepic.com.

 

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30,000 and rising

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Locally Epic app, which helps bring together businesses and users in real-time, just eclipsed 30,000 users in less than a year of operation.

Locally Epic engages local consumers via a mobile platform that allows them to enhance their ability to find local offers and promotions from a wide range of businesses in real time, while allowing businesses to effectively reach new audiences.

The app, which can be downloaded here or found on Itunes or GooglePlay, has  45 total categories for people to review and more than 100 local businesses and non-profit organizations on it.

Locally Epic also is creating mass way for small business to get noticed. A lot of people are deleting apps from their phone, while many small businesses don’t have the resources to create new apps to meet market needs. Locally Epic allows companies to share the app, and by creating value to consumers the app is more likely to get added – not purged.

Locally Epic chose the Greenville area to launch because its team believes the region’s economic growth and high number of small businesses make it a perfect fit for the platform.

“We created something that real people could use in Greenville and the Upstate,” said Chase Michaels, Locally Epic’s CEO. “We are excited by the growth, but we know it will keep growing.”

About Locally Epic:

Locally Epic is the next generation of real-time location-based marketing technology for businesses and consumers. Locally Epic leverages time, space and message deployment with real-time aspects of engagement, implementation, customer loyalty and consumer acquisition metrics. Learn more at www.locallyepic.com.

 

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GSA Business talks to us

Locally Epic Greenville

Did you do any shopping this weekend? Was it local? Check out this story from GSA Business Report where our very own Chase Michaels was talked to about the importance of shopping locally. Remember this as you continue to shop.

Also, story is not online, which is why we are going way old school with this photo clip!

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Locally Epic app expands to include nonprofit organizations

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – Locally Epic is offering free access to the app’s location-based marketing technology for local non-profit organizations.

The Locally Epic app allows businesses to communicate directly with customers, using geo-fencing and push technology to send mobile offers to nearby users in the area. Nonprofits will be able to utilize the app to reach out to donors, recruit volunteers, publicize events and share their story with the community.

Locally Epic will host a free informational session on Thursday, November 16 at 8 a.m. at Endeavor to explain how nonprofit organizations can utilize the app. Interested organizations can pre-register here. 

“Nonprofit organizations are a vital component to our community,” said Locally Epic Founder and CEO Chase Michaels. “Our hope is that by providing access to Locally Epic’s services, we can help the Upstate’s nonprofits further their reach in the community.”

About Locally Epic:

Locally Epic is the next generation of real-time location-based marketing technology for businesses and consumers. Locally Epic leverages time, space and message deployment with real-time aspects of engagement, implementation, customer loyalty and consumer acquisition metrics. Learn more at www.locallyepic.com.

 

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Zoom, Zoom

Locally Epic, Euro Auto Show 2017

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Locally Epic will serve as the official app of the East Coast’s premier European car show, the Euro Auto Show, returning to Greenville this October.

The festival, now in its 22nd year, will take place on October 20 and 21 at the Preserve at Verdae, located off Verdae Boulevard in Greenville. The two-day event includes a craft beer tour of Greenville, automotive technology sessions, a full day car show attracting over 400 European cars, and an automotive film festival. This year’s attendees will be able to find more information on the Locally Epic app.

Locally Epic is an app that allows local consumers via a mobile platform to enhance their ability to find local offers and promotions from a wide range of businesses in real time, while allowing businesses to effectively reach new audiences. The app can be downloaded here or found on Itunes or GooglePlay.

Interested attendees can also purchase tickets for Saturday’s events here. General admission tickets can be prepurchased for $10 or purchased the day of for $15.

“European automobiles and the industries that support them are a crucial part of this area’s economy,” said Chase Michaels, the company’s founder. “It doesn’t get more Locally Epic than the impact of European cars on the Upstate.”

About Locally Epic:

Locally Epic is the next generation of real-time location-based marketing technology for businesses and consumers. Locally Epic leverages time, space and message deployment with real-time aspects of engagement, implementation, customer loyalty and consumer acquisition metrics. Learn more at www.locallyepic.com.

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Shout out from the Greenville News

We got a nice feature in this week’s Greenville News.

While thousands of people are gathered downtown to enjoy food, music and fun at Fall for Greenville this weekend, dozens of two-person teams will be working to win prize money in an adult scavenger hunt.

Epic Quest, a scavenger hunt put on by Locally Epic, invites up to 50 teams of two to sign up to participate in the all-day hunt. The date for the event was specifically chosen because the added crowds in Greenville would make the mission more challenging.

Teams on the Epic Quest will visit more than 20 local businesses and landmarks to earn points. They’ll add to their total by taking part in a social media challenge along the way.

The first place team wins $2,500, second place team wins $1,500 and the third place team wins $1000. Participating teams will be sent more details as the event draws near.

Read the rest of the story here.

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A double shot of TV exposure

Fun day as we woke up to feature stores from Fox Carolina and WYFF talking about the upcoming Epic Quest this Saturday in Greenville.

You can follow links to the WYFF story here and Fox here.

From the WYFF story:

“We thought a fun obstacle would be Greenville itself, and Fall for Greenville definitely will make people think of new routes to get to things,” Dave Ropes, Locally Epic chief marketing officer, said. “While not everything will be in downtown, there will be spots there, so people will have to plan how to get there.”