Behind the beard—what people are saying about Bham Now
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We love being your next-door neighbor voice, giving you the inside scoop on what you need to know and do around Birmingham. But, we can’t do that without you! Thanks to our 313K monthly visitors, 160K social followers and 180+ local clients, we cover all the positive energy around town. And, there’s a lot to go around!
If you’re a business leader or marketing director, you might wonder how you can tap the giant marketing muscle of Bham Now; let’s chat. In the meantime, keep reading for 16 fire testimonials right from the mouths of our clients and some additional info on our large, powerful audience.
Hear From Some of Our Local Partners
We love our clients, but we’re not just another pretty face. We work hard to be WORTH your marketing investment:
- 95% of Bham Now’s clients said their experience working with us is SUPERB or very good *blushing*
- 90% said their bang for their buck is EXCELLENT or very good.
If that’s not some stellar feedback, we don’t know what is.
What Do We Do Anyway?
Here at Bham Now, we like to keep the good vibes rolling. We’re on a mission to create a smarter, happier, healthier, inspired, involved and prosperous Birmingham.
We’re invested in making our wonderful Magic City better by publishing positive, engaging and useful content. It’s not your typical press releases. Psst—we can get a little sassy when we need to.
You could consider us the highlight reel for the hottest and latest things going on in the Birmingham area. From start-ups, local jobs and education to restaurant openings, local breweries, arts and events (at a safe distance). Whatever it is we’re on it like white on rice.
Oh, we’re not just beer drinkers
Hey, we love a cold, local brew just like the next guy. But, our audience includes the up and comers of our gorgeous region. They are local leaders, business starters, movers and shakers, artists and travelers.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Did you know that you and your business can work with us? Our team of 19 creative and marketing pros can crush it with a digital campaign to accomplish your goals, whether that be with a story, video, photography, social campaign or all of the above.
Bham Now’s massive social network of over 160K followers consistently exceeds 5% engagement on every channel. Plus, our sponsored content scores even higher engagement than our non-sponsored content.
Marketing directors, consider this your heads up that our audience has some extra change in their pockets.
Is that a jingle you hear? It’s probably that extra cha-ching waiting to be spent at your local business.
- 68% of our audience reported at least $50k in household income with almost 30% cashing in at a $100k household income or more.
- 72% of our audience has a Bachelor’s degree of higher
With all that extra money, they’re going to need somewhere to spend it and we can help bring awareness to your brand.
We LOVE local and our audience does too.
Supporting local businesses is kind of our thing here at Bham Now. After all, we’re a locally owned business too.
In our audience survey this past July 2020, you told us that supporting local is more important to you than ever. You also told us that you’re digging what we’re putting out and showing it with your pocketbook. Our audience continues to prove that they speak through their actions and not just their words.
85% of our audience is more likely to support a business they see on Bham Now (Audience survey, July 2020)
During the pandemic, we wanted to do all we could to support Birmingham locals. We created a directory where you can input your business (or non-profit) for FREE. You can even include deals, curbside pickup and online ordering info.
You can ping our growing directory of over 800 small businesses and non-profits to get a sense of our love for small businesses. Little bites from the directory are promoted in our content and newsletters every week.
How you can get involved
Shoot us an email at hello@bhamnow.com to get the conversation started. In the meantime, you can sign up for our FREE newsletter and find us on our social channels bringing you the buzziest stories at lightning fast speed.