Turn Local Business InterestInto Better Conversations
Give interested local businesses one simple place to understand how you can help them become more visible, trusted and preferred locally, and raise their hand when they're ready to talk.
No new software to learn. Nothing to build. Nothing to manage.
We built the system.You keep building relationships.
When a Business Shows Interest,Where Do You Send Them?
Every networking conversation, social post, email, referral, event, advertisement and introduction creates awareness.
This system was designed specifically for growing Area Directors to turn local business interest into educated and qualified conversations that become long-term Preferred Business relationships.
Preferred Business Connect gives Area Directors one simple place to send local businesses to learn how they can become locally preferred through your program.
You share your personalized link. The system guides the business, captures their interest, and sends branded emails that introduce you and keep the conversation moving until you connect.
Smart Notifications let you know who's interested, remind you to follow up, and include quick-connect buttons to reach out or schedule an appointment.
You keep building relationships. Preferred Business Connect handles the little steps that help turn interest into quality conversations.
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Your personalized page gives local businesses one clear path:
Instead of simply collecting more names, Preferred Business Connect helps businesses understand the opportunity and qualify their own interest before you talk.
Your Job Is Simple — You Only Do 2 Things.
1. PROMOTE
Share your personalized link or QR code with local businesses.
2. RESPOND
Get notified the moment a business raises its hand.
Reduce the clutter and focus on what your best at.
We handle what's in between.
WHAT HAPPENS
BEHIND THE SCENES?
While you are out meeting people and building relationships, Preferred Business Connect works quietly on your behalf.
A local business owner finds your personalized Preferred Business Connect page through your link or QR code.
They understand how you can help their business become more visible, trusted and preferred locally.
Interested businesses complete a short Preferred Business Interest Form and tell you what they are interested in.
They receive confirmation, are introduced to you and understand what happens next.
You receive their information and interest so you know who to contact and why.
Helpful follow-up notifications make it harder for a genuinely interested business to get lost.
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More Leads isn't the Goal.More Conversations with the Right People is.
A large number of curious Facebook leads that declines in time doesn't lead to sustainability.
A smaller consistent number of local businesses who understand the opportunity and genuinely want to talk to you can be far more valuable.
Preferred Business Connect intentionally helps educate before the conversation. So when you connect, both of you have greater clarity.
Built Around How You Already Work
You're meeting businesses, networking, attending events, building referrals, publishing, following up, and creating relationships throughout your community.
Preferred Business Connect doesn't ask you to change any of that. It simply gives all of that activity one destination.
Share Your Personalized Business Connect Link Through:
One Page. One Destination.
However someone discovers you, they have somewhere to go to understand the opportunity and take the next step.
Capture The Right Businesses With Your Current Meta Ad Campaign
Already promoting your publication or Preferred Business opportunity through Meta? Give interested businesses a business conversion page to go at the end of your lead gen form.
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Your Meta ad creates awareness.
Preferred Business Connect helps convert that awareness into an informed conversation.
Preferred Business Connect Doesn't Replace PubHero
It Does Something Different.
PubHero
PubHero is a well-curated CRM that gives Area Directors tools for managing contacts, communicating with residents, promoting events and supporting other relationship and outreach activities.
Like any CRM, it's a tool you learn to use and build with. PubHero helps you manage relationships.
Preferred Business Connect
Preferred Business Connect is different. It's already built for you. No conversion forms to create. No marketing workflows to build. No follow-up emails to write. No automation to figure out. No additional software expertise required.
Business Connect helps interested businesses become relationships.
Built by People WhoUnderstand Your Business
Preferred Business Connect wasn't designed around a theoretical sales funnel.
It has been developed, refined and tested over several years through the real-world experience of successful veteran Area Directors across multiple brands.
It addresses a challenge experienced by both new and veteran Directors: How do you help interested businesses understand the opportunity, qualify their interest and make sure a valuable connection doesn't get lost?
Building a More Enjoyable N2 Business
Trent & Michele Soles
Founders & Veteran N2 Area Directors
For more than 13 years, Trent and Michele Soles have had the privilege of working alongside, leading, learning from and coaching Area Directors across N2.
During the first half of their N2 journey, they ramped up several Stroll publications of their own while supporting many other Area Directors along the way. They later helped launch one of the first BeLocal programs in Columbus, Ohio.
Today, Michele continues to lead their BeLocal business while Trent supports their agency team of 10+ people working every day to make the lives of entrepreneurs better.
Several years ago, Trent built a simple system for their own business to help them stay organized, follow up consistently and make sure good business opportunities didn't get lost.
Other Area Directors began asking if they could use it too.
Many of those early AD partners remain with them today, and their experiences, feedback and results have helped Trent and Michele continually improve the system into what is now:
Preferred Business Connect
Powered by Local Lead Capture
It was built from real Area Director experience and has been refined through years of actual use.
The philosophy behind it has never changed: Technology should reduce the work of an Area Director, not create more of it.
Built by Area Directors, Tested by Veteran Leaders
Here is how Business Connect is transforming everyday prospecting into predictable, educated conversations.
"I've used this system for several years, and I'm excited about the new improvements. My sales conversion rate has been over 50% on quality leads generated through my Preferred Business Connect page. It communicates on my behalf, sends helpful notifications with the lead's information, and reminds me to follow up if we haven't connected yet. Thank you for handling those steps so I can focus my time on creating awareness and building relationships!"
Michele
BeLocal Southwest Columbus, OH
BeLocal Southwest Columbus, OH"Local Lead Capture has been a major reason my monthly commission increased roughly 40% last year. I love how it connects my leads to relevant content to genuinely help their business grow."
Ed Volovlek
Greet East Grand Rapids, MI
Greet East Grand Rapids, MI"This has been a huge game changer for my business. If I had this system 9 years ago when I started, I would be much farther along and more organized."
Traci Pasquelone
Stroll & BeLocal Area Director
Stroll & BeLocal Area Director"Hands down the best investment I have made to market my BeLocal and Stroll publications! Trent and his team is excellent to work with and the program is exactly what I was looking for."
Kina Dutro
N2 Area Director, TN
BelocalKingsportBristol.com"Highly recommend this. Local Lead Capture helps me communicate with leads and clients with prebuilt components and I can let the CRM system run itself."
Jennifer Cubas
BeLocal Outreach Manager
BeLocal Outreach Manager"I find value in combining my Meta ad campaign with my Lead Capture system that allows me to text, call or email a quick message right away to begin the relationship building process that is non-negotiable for my business model. Thank you Trent for nudging me forward."
Janalee Grainer
Stroll Oakhurst Magazine
Stroll Oakhurst Magazine"I love having one simple place I can point local businesses to that helps them understand how I can help them become locally preferred. The branded emails introduce me, continue guiding the business and keep the conversation moving until we're able to connect. One of my favorite parts is the Smart Notifications. They let me know when a business is interested, keep reminding me so a good opportunity doesn't get lost, and give me quick-connect buttons so I can easily reach out or schedule a follow-up. Preferred Business Connect helps me stay connected and follow up without having to manage all the little steps myself."
Laura Terry
BeLocal Georgetown, TX
BeLocal Georgetown, TX"I've used this system for several years, and I'm excited about the new improvements. My sales conversion rate has been over 50% on quality leads generated through my Preferred Business Connect page. It communicates on my behalf, sends helpful notifications with the lead's information, and reminds me to follow up if we haven't connected yet. Thank you for handling those steps so I can focus my time on creating awareness and building relationships!"
Michele
BeLocal Southwest Columbus, OH
BeLocal Southwest Columbus, OH"Local Lead Capture has been a major reason my monthly commission increased roughly 40% last year. I love how it connects my leads to relevant content to genuinely help their business grow."
Ed Volovlek
Greet East Grand Rapids, MI
Greet East Grand Rapids, MI"This has been a huge game changer for my business. If I had this system 9 years ago when I started, I would be much farther along and more organized."
Traci Pasquelone
Stroll & BeLocal Area Director
Stroll & BeLocal Area Director"Hands down the best investment I have made to market my BeLocal and Stroll publications! Trent and his team is excellent to work with and the program is exactly what I was looking for."
Kina Dutro
N2 Area Director, TN
BelocalKingsportBristol.com"Highly recommend this. Local Lead Capture helps me communicate with leads and clients with prebuilt components and I can let the CRM system run itself."
Jennifer Cubas
BeLocal Outreach Manager
BeLocal Outreach Manager"I find value in combining my Meta ad campaign with my Lead Capture system that allows me to text, call or email a quick message right away to begin the relationship building process that is non-negotiable for my business model. Thank you Trent for nudging me forward."
Janalee Grainer
Stroll Oakhurst Magazine
Stroll Oakhurst Magazine"I love having one simple place I can point local businesses to that helps them understand how I can help them become locally preferred. The branded emails introduce me, continue guiding the business and keep the conversation moving until we're able to connect. One of my favorite parts is the Smart Notifications. They let me know when a business is interested, keep reminding me so a good opportunity doesn't get lost, and give me quick-connect buttons so I can easily reach out or schedule a follow-up. Preferred Business Connect helps me stay connected and follow up without having to manage all the little steps myself."
Laura Terry
BeLocal Georgetown, TX
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