Our Story
WE’RE VENUE PEOPLE WHO GOT TIRED OF BAD OPTIONS.
Local Buzz Agency was built by venue operators who’ve spent 20+ years running wedding and event venues across the country. DC. Chicago. New York. The Bay Area.
We’ve paid The Knot more than we’d like to admit. We’ve hired agencies that created more dependency than results. We’ve felt the frustration of running beautiful venues that nobody could find on Google.
So we built what we wished we’d had.
01.
WHERE IT STARTED
THE KNOT ERA
We ran venues. Beautiful ones. The kind of places that made couples cry happy tears during site visits. But when people searched Google, they found our competitors first.
So we did what everyone does: we paid The Knot. Then WeddingWire. Then both. The leads came in. Some of them even booked.
But every year, the fees went up, and the lead quality went down. We were renting our visibility, and the landlord kept raising the rent.
02.
The Frustration That Changed Everything
THE AGENCY EXPERIMENT
We tried hiring it out. Found an agency that promised “comprehensive digital marketing solutions.” (That phrase should’ve been the red flag.)
Six months and $15,000 later, we had a monthly report full of impressions and click-through rates, and precisely zero additional bookings we could trace back to their work.
They’d never set foot in a wedding venue. They didn’t know the difference between a “lead” and a couple who’re actually ready to book. We were just another client on a spreadsheet.
03.
What We Built Instead
LOCAL BUZZ
We figured it out ourselves. Took three years of testing, tracking, and occasionally failing. But we cracked it.
Turns out, for venues in secondary and destination markets, it comes down to three things: Google Business Profile, reviews, and a website that doesn’t lose couples before they inquire. That’s it. Everything else is noise.
Now we help other venue owners skip the three years of trial and error.
THE TEAM
A small team that actually does the work.
No marketing account managers. No junior staff learning on your dime. When you work with Local Buzz, you work with people who’ve run venues, planned weddings, and built the systems we’re offering you.
THE DIFFERENCE
What We’re Not
We’re not a faceless agency with a sales team and a fulfillment team that never talk to each other. We’re not generalists who “also do” wedding venues. And we’re not going to disappear after you sign the contract.
Built by venue operators. For venue operators.
BECAUSE experience matters.
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