Unlock Your Member’s Potential: Interactive Maps and Itinerary
Local Explorers leverages its extensive tech industry experience to revolutionize the way guilds and associations connect with their users. We understand the unique challenges faced by user-driven organizations and offer tailored digital solutions to enhance engagement, streamline operations, and amplify your mission. Our team specializes in creating intuitive platforms that foster community interaction, facilitate knowledge sharing, and showcase the value of your organization. From members-only portals to event management systems, Local Explorers delivers innovative tools designed to boost participation, retention, and growth. Let us help your guild or association thrive in the digital age with our expertise in crafting immersive, user-friendly experiences that resonate with your audience.
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Bespoke, Branded Solutions
Local Explorers provides guilds and associations with a versatile suite of branded digital platforms designed to strengthen the connection between your organization and its members. Our customizable web and mobile solutions showcase your guild’s unique identity, highlight member achievements, and promote upcoming events. With features like interactive member directories, skill-sharing forums, and real-time notifications, Local Explorers empowers your organization to create a vibrant, engaged community. Our platform facilitates networking opportunities, knowledge exchange, and professional development, driving value for your members while boosting retention and attracting new talent. From craft guilds to professional associations, Local Explorers helps you curate meaningful experiences that resonate with your members’ interests and goals. Elevate your guild or association’s digital presence with Local Explorers – where community spirit meets technological innovation.
Custom Passport
Local Explorers offers guilds and associations a dynamic passport program that can be tailored to fit their unique member needs. This customizable digital platform allows organizations to create engaging reward systems, challenge-based activities, and interactive experiences that align with their specific goals and interests. Members can earn stamps, points, or badges for participating in events, completing skill-based tasks, or visiting designated locations, fostering a sense of achievement and community engagement. The passport program seamlessly integrates with mobile devices, enabling real-time tracking of progress and instant rewards redemption. Organizations can use this versatile tool to incentivize professional development, encourage networking, or promote local exploration, all while reinforcing their brand identity. With Local Explorers’ passport program, guilds and associations can transform ordinary member activities into exciting, goal-oriented journeys that boost participation, retention, and overall member satisfaction.
Advertisements & Sponsors
Local Explorers offers an innovative sponsorship model that allows local and regional businesses to directly support our applications through targeted in-app advertisements. This feature creates a win-win scenario for guilds, associations, sponsors, and users alike.
Sponsors can showcase their products or services to a highly engaged audience of tourists and locals actively seeking experiences in the area. These tastefully integrated ads can include interactive elements, special offers, or location-based notifications, enhancing user engagement while providing measurable ROI for sponsors.
Guilds and associations will value this sponsorship system as it provides: A sustainable revenue stream to support and enhance member services
Users benefit from discovering relevant local businesses and exclusive deals, enriching their exploration experience. With Local Explorers, DMOs can create a self-sustaining digital ecosystem that promotes local commerce while delivering an unparalleled visitor experience.
Empower Your Members: Data-Driven Analytics
Local Explorers equips guilds and associations with a sophisticated analytics dashboard, offering unprecedented insights into member engagement and organizational performance. This powerful tool transforms raw data into actionable intelligence, allowing leadership to make informed decisions and optimize their strategies.
The dashboard provides real-time metrics on:
- User engagement levels
- Popular features and pages
Guilds and associations can track user demographics, geographic distribution, and membership tenure, helping to tailor programs and improve resource allocation. The platform also offers sentiment analysis from member feedback, enabling quick responses to enhance satisfaction and retention.
With customizable reports and visualizations, leadership can easily share key performance indicators with stakeholders and board members. Local Explorers’ analytics capabilities empower guilds and associations to:
- Understand their user base better
- Measure the impact of initiatives and programs
- Identify trends and emerging needs within the industry
- Optimize recruitment and retention strategies
- Demonstrate value to current and prospective members
By leveraging data-driven insights, guilds and associations can continuously refine their approach to member services, ultimately driving increased engagement, growth, and organizational impact.
Success Stories
When the Texas Craft Brewers Guild partnered with Local Explorers to create a mobile passport app aimed at drawing craft beer enthusiasts to its member breweries, the initial objective was to increase foot traffic to Texas taprooms. However, with the onset of COVID-19, the guild adapted and utilized the app to boost take-out sales and enhance brand visibility for its members. Founded in 2009, the Texas Craft Brewers Guild represents over 300 craft breweries and related businesses across the state. Recognizing the success of similar apps elsewhere, they saw this as an opportunity to support their members, especially during the pandemic when in-person visits were limited. Local Explorers’ Trail App platform provided a cost-effective solution, allowing breweries to update information in real-time, helping users find nearby breweries, plan tours, and earn rewards. Launched in September 2020, the app was well-received, with 4600 downloads and over 19,000 passport stamps by November 2021, proving effective in promoting sales and offering valuable marketing insights to participating breweries.
Read a case story to learn more.
Texas Brewery Passport available in iOS and Android
The Ohio on Tap app, developed by Local Explorers for the Ohio Craft Brewers Association, has become a popular tool for craft beer enthusiasts in Ohio. Launched in May 2017, the app has been downloaded by an impressive 38,000 users. Its main feature is a virtual passport that allows users to collect stamps as they visit different breweries across the state. The app gamifies the craft beer experience, offering various rewards for completing challenges, including plaques for those who visit all participating breweries. Additional features include a map of breweries, tour information, and detailed pages for each location. The app’s success demonstrates how digital passport programs can effectively engage locals and tourists alike, encouraging exploration of regional attractions while supporting local businesses.
Ohio on Tap App available in iOS and Android
When the Rhode Island Brewers Guild partnered with Local Explorers to create a mobile passport app, their initial goal was to encourage craft beer enthusiasts to visit their member breweries. However, the app took on greater significance during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to boost take-out sales and enhance brand visibility for the state’s breweries. The original app, launched in 2020, allowed users to check in to each brewery on their phones instead of using a physical passport. Despite its popularity, the guild noted that most users tended to stick to local breweries. To address this, the app was recently updated to offer additional features, such as double points for visits during Rhode Island Craft Beer Week and new incentives to reward regular visitors. The rebooted app has already seen an uptick in engagement, with about 3,500 active users. The guild’s executive director praised Local Explorers as a great partner, citing their responsiveness and openness to evolving the app to meet the changing needs of the craft beer community.
RI Brewery Passport App available in iOS and Android
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