Marketing guides for local businesses
Practical guides for owners of salons, restaurants, garages, gyms and home-service businesses, grouped by the problem they solve. Pick the one closest to what you want to fix this week.
Reply to your Google reviews
- Google review reply templates: Copy-ready replies for 1 to 5 star Google reviews in English and Hinglish, plus WhatsApp messages to ask every customer for a review, by trade.
- Hinglish review replies: Polite, ready-to-copy Hinglish replies to Google reviews, sorted by situation: thanks, waiting, price, staff, wrong order, cleanliness and more.
Use an AI marketing assistant
- AI marketing assistant guide: What an AI marketing assistant can and can't do for a local business, how it differs from a CRM, a scheduler, an agency or a review tool, and a checklist.
Promotions and ads
- Instagram and Facebook ads guide: What it really takes to promote an offer on Instagram and Facebook: setup, boost vs Ads Manager, budgets, ad rejections, account bans and WhatsApp leads.
Guides by type of business
- For salons and parlours: Salon and parlour marketing for India: rebook before the client leaves, WhatsApp reminders, festive and wedding season, photos and no-show replies.
- For restaurants and cafes: How restaurants and cafes can reply to order and delivery complaints on Google, set up menu and photos, and handle festive rushes and group bookings.
- For AC repair, plumbers and home services: A 15-point Google Business Profile checklist for AC repair, plumbing, electrical, RO, pest control and cleaning businesses, plus no-show review replies.
- For car and bike garages: How car and two-wheeler garages can prevent and answer price disputes on Google, build trust with old parts, and send service reminders on WhatsApp.
- Gym marketing ideas: 14 practical gym marketing ideas for India: Google profile, class timetable and trainer posts, trial passes, WhatsApp referrals and member replies.
What Vera does
Vera is magicpin's AI marketing assistant for your business, and you work with it on WhatsApp.
- On Google, it replies to your new Google reviews and helps keep your Google Business Profile up to date; Google posts and offers publish only after you approve them.
- It can post to your Instagram, where posts publish only after you approve them.
- It can run paid Instagram and Facebook ads that bring customers to WhatsApp.