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Home Based Advertising Franchise UK CityLocal

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Bring The Local Online

Make money running your own online businessYour local pub that serves craft ale, the best hairdressers in town for highlights, the good value Italian restaurant around that serves amazing Carbona - good, local knowledge is invaluable.

Well actually it’s very valuable, and that’s where CityLocal comes in.

We’ve launched an online directory site, with local sites for each town and city around Britain and Ireland, and some areas are still available for franchising.

Are you interested if your town has this online platform where consumers can view useful adverts, exciting offers and vouchers promoting local businesses?

 
Own a CityLocal Business

With hundreds of thousands of pounds invested in the hardware and technology to keep this Web 2.0 platform running, as a CityLocal franchisee you will run a platform that promotes every type of business owner in your town, from the butcher, to the baker to the local app-maker.

You will work closely with the businesses to boost their profile amongst the community.

£5.18Bn Online Advertising in 2012.

The amount spent on online advertising has grown 12.6% in the first half of 2013 Internet Advertising Bureau UK.

Classifieds grew 7.2% and recruitment classifieds showed encouraging growth, at 149.8 million in H1 2012 compared to 135.4 million in 2011.

With continued investment and development in the CityLocal platform, the website received over 150 million hits in 2012. Local surfers can search for everything from a new home for their grown-up daughter, to Steely Dan tribute acts or the best restaurants in town.

Franchisees support their local business community, consumers love it, and businesses thrive on it!

But we don't keep this to ourselves; we help people share these offers with their friends online by email, on their mobile phone, using Facebook, Twitter and other social networks - helping good news to get around fast!

The Website

Help your career and local businesses with CityLocalContent is king, and your CityLocal site will not be a collection of soulless ads. With a customizable site, your visitors can enjoy:

  • Local news – updated daily.
  • Car Sales - Locals can place ads when they decide to sell their motor.
  • House Sales and Lettings – The property market is always fluctuating. Landlords and sellers can place free ads.
  • Free adverts – Members of the public can advertise here for free - local - safe - 100% free for the public.

Other attractions for your site will include local weather, local event listings, local job listings, cinema listings and local hotels.

CityLocal Franchisee Benefits

Our franchise is growing fast nationally, and with a powerful brand behind you, your town or village can soon have a CityLocal website. Our current franchisees, men and women in England, Scotland and Ireland started out just like you, viewing this ad online.

With our support, training and infrastructure you can also run your own successful website, earning a substantial income.

Other Benefits Include:

  • Demand - CityLocal combines online business promotion with a strong offline strategy, offering a service that's required by small to medium size businesses.
  • Low Risk – Once a customer is advertising, there’s little continual servicing required.
  • Respect – Become a hero of your community as you champion local goods and services.
  • Money – Cold, hard cash. There’s nothing quite like it. Once the work is done, you get paid, over and over again. Your customers' direct debits will return every month, creating a stable and reliable income.

Your overheads will be low, with no stock or goods to manage or store. You don’t need fancy offices, and have the ability to grow year after year.

Earn £54,000 with 100 customers

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Read recent testimonials from CityLocal Franchisees

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A home based franchise that capitalises on internet trends
David was browsing for home-based business opportunities when he found the CityLocal franchise through a search engine."What interested me in CityLocal was the way CityLocal capitalised on the trend towards more people using the internet to find local businesses and local information." David says. He was also amazed at "the impressiv...Read more...

Local man Anthony Francis embarks on a new business with CityLocal Lewisham
Anthony Francis, who has lived in Lewisham for more than 17 years, discovered City Local at a franchise exhibition at Earls Court, London. Having previously worked in Project Management for an international telecommunications company, Anthony was looking for a way into self-employment and says: "I have always wanted the opportunity of owning a...Read more...

CityLocal is the best website to be on
"Following some major changes in my life, I was looking for a good quality business that I could operate to suit my circumstances." says CityLocal Birmingham franchisee David Williamson. "After months of careful review, I decided on Citylocal because their proposition for businesses was simply the best in the market place."The C...Read more...

Successful Franchisee Billy Milton UK CityLocal
Billy Milton, the new franchisee for the territory of Hemel Hempstead, worked in corporate training before he came across the excellent business opportunity that the CityLocal Franchise offers. He was interested in finding a business model that was current and unique.Billy says "I worked in Corporate Training and was looking to get involved in...Read more...

Successful Franchises UK CityLocal Lee Rixon
Lee Rixon and Carol Green took the CityLocal Breckland Franchise at the beginning of April 2009.  Lee was previously working in construction and is now working on CityLocal full time.  The response has been so good that Carol, who is currently working for a heating oil company, is now looking to work more on CityLocal.Lee comments "Z...Read more...

Successful Franchises UK CityLocal Camden
"I started CityLocal Camden 9 months ago and from the training through to today, I have been assisted and helped throughout the whole time. I feel that with CityLocal, a franchisee does get the best of both worlds, as you are given the freedom and control in order to dictate in which direction you wish the business to follow. This has given me...Read more...

Franchises for Women UK CityLocal Southampton
I joined CityLocal to be self sufficient, manage my own time and manage my own business and income levels.  I was looking for something that would tie in with family commitments too.  When we first started running the business, it was time demanding, but now I have got to a point where I can run to my own time frame.CityLocal is a really ...Read more...

Franchises for Couples UK CityLocal Wolverhampton
“CityLocal is brilliant and I really enjoy it.  Every day is different and the support we get is great.  With all the new things coming out it is really interesting.  The look and feel of the site is really different from everything else out there and the site is really easy to use.  The price is right also for local busin...Read more...

Recent Franchise News Articles from CityLocal

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CityLocal launches individual marketing sites for every franchisee
20-Nov-2012 - In these trying economic times, business owners are always looking for ways to create extra business. Almost every company in the UK is struggling due to the recession.There is good news though - CityLocal franchisees can help. However, with no information available on their local site to help them, businesses had to wait until their local franchis...Read more...

CityLocal offer cast iron money back guarantee for new franchisees
20-Apr-2012 - We are willing to give you a 100% money back guarantee that you will make in the first year the sum you paid for the franchise.  (terms and conditions do apply)We know that CityLocal is one of the best franchises available today and we are 100% confident that you can make money.   To take advantage of our guarantee, follow the steps ...Read more...

CityLocal due to launch mobile product for SMEs
14-Mar-2012 - Due to the popularity of mobile hand held devices, CityLocal is adding a new product for all franchisees to sell to their customers alongside all the other digital marketing products that franchisees can offer. Zak Daud, Director of CityLocal comments “More and more people are using their mobiles to find local services.  In fact, as an...Read more...

CityLocal Launches New Website
6-Apr-2011 - Established brand CityLocal has successfully launched their new feature rich website to the UK market. Packed full of dynamic content it provides an unparalleled user experience and powerful business opportunity. CityLocal has created a network of Local sites that span every single village, town and city in the UK and Ireland. Each of these indepen...Read more...

Isle of Man CityLocal Franchise Going Gone!
26-Apr-2010 - The CityLocal franchise for Isle of Man is now being launched by Richard and Karl. Richard Delaney was interested in franchise opportunities for years within the online sector and had spent a lot of his time searching for the right business. Richard says "When I came across CityLocal, it really intrigued me after seeing what else is out there&...Read more...

Will Williams Buys CityLocal Franchise for Plymouth
30-Mar-2010 - Will Williams had been searching for a franchise opportunity for some time when he came across CityLocal. Will says "City Local interested me immediately, Plymouth has not got anything like this and I believe that it will make a difference to the local people. Local businesses will soon realise that this site has a lot to offer and will soon b...Read more...

CityLocal Bexley Franchise Acquired by Paul Chapman
19-Mar-2010 - Paul Chapman has been looking for a local franchise that works really well and researched the market place thoroughly. Paul says "After looking at all the franchises in this area, I kept on revisiting CityLocal and finally decided that this is the one." Paul continues "The idea of helping local businesses get more customers, which ...Read more...

CityLocal Eastleigh Franchise Snapped up by Ryan Hanna
11-Mar-2010 - Ryan Hanna had been looking into franchise opportunities for about three months before he came across CityLocal. Ryan says "This franchise was particularly attractive to me because it is an affordable business model that also complements my home and family life. After researching the opportunity I concluded that the business itself seemed a we...Read more...

Leeds Franchise launched by Paul Lilley
3-Mar-2010 - Paul Lilley, the new franchise owner for Leeds North, has previously worked with major software houses in both Corporate and SME markets as a Sales Marketing & Business Development Director.With a business improvement focus both domestically and internationally, he has sold Internet Banks, CRM and Resource Management solutions as well as develo...Read more...

Internet Franchise for Waterford Snapped Up
24-Feb-2010 - Kieran Sheil, the new franchise owner for the territory of Waterford in Southern Ireland, has been a retail manager in Tesco for the last 6 years. His current job is hard work and means working long hours. He is now ready for a change in direction.Kieran says "The reason I have joined the CityLocal community websites is because of the ease of ...Read more...

Farzana Parkar takes the CityLocal Ealing Franchise
15-Feb-2010 - Farzana Parkar, the new franchisee for the London borough of Ealing was formerly a succesful journalist working for Fabulous Magazines before she came across the fantastic opportunity that the CityLocal  Franchise offers.Farzana says "The CityLocal franchise is a great concept and I love the idea of helping local businesses. I worked ...Read more...

Billy Milton takes the CityLocal Hemel Hempstead Franchise
18-Jun-2009 - Billy Milton, the new franchisee worked in corporate training before he came across the excellent opportunity that the CityLocal Franchise offers. Billy says “I worked in Corporate Training and was looking to get involved in a marketplace that was growing.  I came across CityLocal and it was almost an instant decision to take the franch...Read more...

How Your Small Business Can Outmanoeuvre the Sharks
29-May-2009 - Should every small business owner have big ambitions? Certainly almost anyone who enters into the world of the entrepreneur or starts up their own, whether based at home, the high street or the web, has dreams of becoming a future success. After all, every large high street store, every national or international chain and every top name on the web ...Read more...

Videos about CityLocal

CityLocal Franchise Video

Would you be interested in running your own business, with the backing of an award winning, highly experienced and dedicated support team? CityLocal is an exciting and dynamic franchise where you help promote local businesses using our new Web 2.0 platform and targeted marketing materials. Franchisees are given everything that they need to begin he

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Franchise Events and Discovery Days information on CityLocal

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CityLocal Discovery Day
CityLocal Discovery Open Day21st December 2012 1pm-4.30pm24 Woodfield RoadOadbyLeicesterLE2 4HP CityLocal are pleased to invite you to a Franchise Discovery Open Day on the 21st of December. The event begins at 1.30pm and is expected to finish no later than 4.30pm. Discovery Days are a great way to research the franchise a...Read more...


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