With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I found myself needing to take a moment to reflect on my own thankfulness for the amazing past year! Our Partners: We have the amazing honor and privilege to be partnered with hundreds of like-minded individuals across the country who are devoting their lives to rebuilding their local economies in order to help their communities...

One of the most intriguing studies I found when preparing to launch RelyLocal was a research paper out of the Leopold Center at Iowa State, titled “Checking the Food Odometer: Comparing Food Miles for Local Versus Conventional Produce Sales“. In short – the average carrot travels 1,838 miles before it reaches your table. Think about that for a...

One of the biggest reasons that we love our collaborative “open source” business model is because we get to be constantly amazed by the talent, creativity, and passion of our partners all across the country. This latest inspiration comes from our partner Judy McKnight in Hendersonville, NC. Great work, Judy! Keep it up! Share or...

Help Wanted: We keep growing so fast that we can't keep up! We need to find the right people to help support our network of amazing partners across the country. If you have the general technical and communication skills needed and want to grow with RelyLocal by making our customer's day a great day, we want to hear from you!

"We can pay the farmer, or we can pay the hospital..." - Birke Baehr

One of our territory owners in California sent over this link last night that I thought I’d share, relating specifically to how RelyLocal fills the needs of local businesses who are now meeting the twenty-first century (a little late). How Social Media Won Me a Free Haircut http://howdoimarketmybiz.com/179/social-media-won-free-haircut/ I think that the comment...