Local marketing for franchise & multi-location brands

Every location gets its own AI Marketing Director

Evocalize directs each location’s marketing the way a marketing director would: it builds the plan from your approved playbook, launches it hyper-locally, shifts budget toward what each market responds to, and flags the gaps across your whole portfolio. Every location gets sophisticated marketing without doing any of the work.

Recommendation: 4 locations aren’t live in markets that are moving. Launch them, and shift budget toward Nashville.

Approved ✓ Launched

94 locations

  • Austin, TX Live
  • Nashville, TN Live
  • Birmingham, AL Live
  • Scottsdale, AZ Live

+90 more running the same plan

One plan, every activity

Google Search + Maps

Facebook + Instagram

Local creative

YouTube

Ratings badges

Direct mail

Every program on approved creative · personalized to each trade area

Trusted by multi-location brands

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A brand is built nationally.
Business is won locally.

Every location sits in its own market, with its own competitors, its own weather, and its own rhythm. The networks that grow fastest give each location real local marketing, and keep it unmistakably on brand. Here is what that looks like.

Make every location a growth engine.

The strongest networks grow store by store, with each location earning demand in its own trade area. That happens when real local marketing runs behind every location, without anyone there doing the work.

Show up the same everywhere.

The brands people trust look identical in every market. Approved creative, messaging, and offers travel with the program, so a location in its first month presents as well as your best one.

World-class marketing, done on their behalf.

Locations run a business, not a marketing department. Evocalize brings the marketing to them: expert plans built, launched, and optimized for each location, with nothing added to anyone’s week.

See the whole network in one place.

Growing brands can point to what the marketing fund produced, location by location, and repeat the wins. That takes one system rather than spend scattered across agencies and one-off tools.

How Evocalize works

Set the goal.
Evocalize builds and runs the plan.

Pick an objective below, or describe what you’re planning in plain language: a new store opening, a new membership program, a push to get your app downloaded. Evocalize already knows your brand, your locations, and your markets, and builds the plan from there.

Pick your objective

It plans

A local plan aimed at the people around this location who are ready to buy, book, join, or enroll. Built from what Evocalize already knows: your brand, your offers, and how this trade area behaves.

Your local plan Goal: Find new customers
  • Paid search + social Auto
  • Short-form video Auto
  • Landing page + follow-up Auto
  • Neighborhood mailer Optional

Built for one location · not a national program

Every location gets its own plan.

It generates

Every asset the plan needs, built from your brand book: video, imagery, headlines, and a page to capture the inquiry. Each one stamped with the location’s own name, offer, and neighborhood.

On-brand creative Auto-generated
4:5
★ 4.8
1:1
★ 4.8
9:16
★ 4.8

Headline

Now enrolling in your neighborhood

Brand colorsApproved logoLegal copyLocal details

Locked to the brand book · nothing off-brand can ship

Headquarters approves the template once.

It launches

Across Google Search and Maps, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, targeted to the trade area around that one location. Direct mail can drop into the same plan.

Launching Live
  • Short-form video Live
  • Google Maps listing Live
  • Search & social programs Live
  • Neighborhood mailer In print
  • Email to past visitors Sent
3 mi radius

Every activity · one trade area

Live in minutes, not weeks

It optimizes

Budget moves toward whatever is producing inquiries and away from what is not, without anyone watching it. Winners ramp up, underperformers get cut fast.

Budget optimization Automatic
  • Google Search Ramping up
  • Facebook + Instagram Holding
  • Short-form video Ramping up
  • Low-intent placements Cut fast

Machine learning moves spend toward what converts

Cost per result down 22% this month.

It reports

Inquiries land with the location that can act on them, and headquarters sees the cost per inquiry across the network. No spreadsheets stitched together at month end.

What’s working Live

New inquiries

148

This location, last 30 days

  • Austin, TX
  • Nashville, TN
  • Birmingham, AL

Each location sees its store · headquarters sees the network

Proof the marketing fund is working.

It learns

What works in one trade area becomes the starting point for every location that looks like it. Every program makes the next one smarter.

Network memory Every result

Learned

Weekday evenings out-perform weekends here

Learned

Short-form video wins in suburban trade areas

Suggested

Roll this program out to 12 similar locations

A win at one location becomes a template for all of them

Every program makes the next one smarter.

It plans

A plan built around what this location needs right now: a slow daypart, a new item, a seasonal offer, a grand opening. Describe the moment, and the plan comes back ready to approve.

Your local plan Goal: Drive traffic
  • Paid search + social Auto
  • Short-form video Auto
  • Landing page + follow-up Auto
  • Neighborhood mailer Optional

Built for one location · not a national program

Every location gets its own plan.

It generates

Offer creative in every format the channels need, stamped with each location’s own details, and the promotion, dates, and legal copy already correct.

On-brand creative Auto-generated
4:5
★ 4.8
1:1
★ 4.8
9:16
★ 4.8

Headline

This week only, at your local store

Brand colorsApproved logoLegal copyLocal details

Locked to the brand book · nothing off-brand can ship

Headquarters approves the template once.

It launches

Into the few miles that actually walk through the door, timed to the hours you want busier. Google Maps placements included, through each location’s connected Business Profile.

Launching Live
  • Short-form video Live
  • Google Maps listing Live
  • Search & social programs Live
  • Neighborhood mailer In print
  • Email to past visitors Sent
3 mi radius

Every activity · one trade area

Live in minutes, not weeks

It optimizes

Spend concentrates on the placements and times that move visits, so the promotion works harder as it runs.

Budget optimization Automatic
  • Google Search Ramping up
  • Facebook + Instagram Holding
  • Short-form video Ramping up
  • Low-intent placements Cut fast

Machine learning moves spend toward what converts

Cost per result down 22% this month.

It reports

You see the lift against the weeks before it, so boosting same-store sales stops being a guess. Headquarters sees which markets the offer landed in.

What’s working Live

Weekly sales lift

30%

This location, last 30 days

  • Austin, TX
  • Nashville, TN
  • Birmingham, AL

Each location sees its store · headquarters sees the network

Proof the marketing fund is working.

It learns

The offers and timing that lifted sales here get suggested to the locations most like this one.

Network memory Every result

Learned

Weekday evenings out-perform weekends here

Learned

Short-form video wins in suburban trade areas

Suggested

Roll this program out to 12 similar locations

A win at one location becomes a template for all of them

Every program makes the next one smarter.

It plans

An always-on awareness plan for the neighborhoods each location wants to own. Give it anything worth talking about: a new program, an app worth downloading, a milestone worth celebrating.

Your local plan Goal: Build brand
  • Paid search + social Auto
  • Short-form video Auto
  • Landing page + follow-up Auto
  • Neighborhood mailer Optional

Built for one location · not a national program

Every location gets its own plan.

It generates

Brand creative that is unmistakably yours in every market, built from the assets you approved. Local touches land automatically, like a ratings badge on your best-reviewed locations.

On-brand creative Auto-generated
4:5
★ 4.8
1:1
★ 4.8
9:16
★ 4.8

Headline

Your neighborhood’s favorite, since 2011

Brand colorsApproved logoLegal copyLocal details

Locked to the brand book · nothing off-brand can ship

Headquarters approves the template once.

It launches

Steady local reach across the feeds and sites your customers already spend time on, plus mailers on the right doors.

Launching Live
  • Short-form video Live
  • Google Maps listing Live
  • Search & social programs Live
  • Neighborhood mailer In print
  • Email to past visitors Sent
3 mi radius

Every activity · one trade area

Live in minutes, not weeks

It optimizes

It doubles down on the creative and placements people actually respond to in each market.

Budget optimization Automatic
  • Google Search Ramping up
  • Facebook + Instagram Holding
  • Short-form video Ramping up
  • Low-intent placements Cut fast

Machine learning moves spend toward what converts

Cost per result down 22% this month.

It reports

Reach, frequency, and how recognition is building market by market, not just one national number.

What’s working Live

Local impressions

1.2M

This location, last 30 days

  • Austin, TX
  • Nashville, TN
  • Birmingham, AL

Each location sees its store · headquarters sees the network

Proof the marketing fund is working.

It learns

It remembers what each kind of market responds to, so the next quarter starts ahead of the last.

Network memory Every result

Learned

Weekday evenings out-perform weekends here

Learned

Short-form video wins in suburban trade areas

Suggested

Roll this program out to 12 similar locations

A win at one location becomes a template for all of them

Every program makes the next one smarter.

It plans

A hiring plan for the specific roles this location is short on, running quietly in the background. Tell it “Nashville needs two coaches by June” and that is the plan it builds.

Your local plan Goal: Recruit employees
  • Paid search + social Auto
  • Short-form video Auto
  • Landing page + follow-up Auto
  • Neighborhood mailer Optional

Built for one location · not a national program

Every location gets its own plan.

It generates

Recruiting creative and an apply page that sound like your brand, not a generic job board post.

On-brand creative Auto-generated
4:5
★ 4.8
1:1
★ 4.8
9:16
★ 4.8

Headline

Now hiring at your local team

Brand colorsApproved logoLegal copyLocal details

Locked to the brand book · nothing off-brand can ship

Headquarters approves the template once.

It launches

Where local candidates actually are, targeted to the radius people will realistically commute.

Launching Live
  • Short-form video Live
  • Google Maps listing Live
  • Search & social programs Live
  • Neighborhood mailer In print
  • Email to past visitors Sent
3 mi radius

Every activity · one trade area

Live in minutes, not weeks

It optimizes

Spend shifts toward the sources producing applicants who show up, and away from the ones that do not.

Budget optimization Automatic
  • Google Search Ramping up
  • Facebook + Instagram Holding
  • Short-form video Ramping up
  • Low-intent placements Cut fast

Machine learning moves spend toward what converts

Cost per result down 22% this month.

It reports

Applicants go straight to the person doing the hiring, with cost per applicant visible network-wide.

What’s working Live

Qualified applicants

64

This location, last 30 days

  • Austin, TX
  • Nashville, TN
  • Birmingham, AL

Each location sees its store · headquarters sees the network

Proof the marketing fund is working.

It learns

Staffing stops restarting from zero, because the pipeline that worked last time is already built.

Network memory Every result

Learned

Weekday evenings out-perform weekends here

Learned

Short-form video wins in suburban trade areas

Suggested

Roll this program out to 12 similar locations

A win at one location becomes a template for all of them

Every program makes the next one smarter.

Who does what

Built once at headquarters.
Personalized at every location.

  1. 01

    Headquarters sets the guardrails

    Your marketing team builds the program templates: approved creative, messaging, offers, budget ranges, and which channels are in play. Rules like budget floors and channel minimums are enforced by the platform itself, so nothing out of bounds can ever go live.

  2. 02

    Every location goes live in a few clicks

    A location goes live with a goal, a trade area, and a budget, and Evocalize does the rest. No media buying, no agency brief, no marketing background required, because the expertise is built into the program itself.

  3. 03

    Programs run and optimize automatically

    Each program runs across Google Search and Maps, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, targeted to the area around that location. Machine learning shifts budget toward what is converting and cuts what is not.

  4. 04

    It directs the whole portfolio

    Operators see their own results; headquarters sees the network, down to the outcomes you actually care about. And Evocalize keeps watch like a marketing director: it flags locations that should be live but are not, recommends budget shifts market by market, and rebalances the portfolio once someone with the right role approves.

Network rollout Live

Approved by headquarters

Local traffic program

CreativeMessagingOfferBudget rangeChannels
  • Austin, TX $14 / inquiry
  • Nashville, TN $17 / inquiry
  • Birmingham, AL $21 / inquiry

Same template · every location personalized and measured

Real results from real multi-location brands

Redline Athletics, CEO

35% lower CAC

Customer acquisition costs down as much as 35% at top locations, 13% lower across the network.

Chance Pearson

Chance Pearson

Redline Athletics, CEO

90+ locations

30% more sales

Locations running automated local programs saw a 30% lift in weekly sales.

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe

90+ locations

90+ locations

179% of target

Their first local program hit 179% of its sales goal, the most successful one they had run.

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe

90+ locations

Redline Athletics
Chance Pearson “Partnering with Evocalize has positioned our franchisees to maximize their marketing investment. We have more than just a marketing partner, we have a team that understands their success is tied to ours, and they continually prove it.”

Chance Pearson

Redline Athletics, CEO

One platform. Both sides of the system.

Headquarters keeps control of the brand. Every location gets marketing that actually runs in its market. And the split is yours to set: some brands run fully top down, others hand regions or locations the keys, and Evocalize supports any mix.

For the brand

  • Deploy approved programs across every location without adding headcount.
  • Lock creative, messaging, and offers so nothing off-brand can go live.
  • See network-wide performance in one place, location by location.
  • Show every location exactly what its marketing contribution produced.
  • Get director-level recommendations: dark locations flagged, budgets rebalanced market by market.
  • Roll out a proven local program to every market in one move.

For every location

  • A real local program running in minutes, with no marketing work required.
  • Every program is on brand before it ever goes live.
  • Budget and trade area stay local decisions.
  • Inquiries go to the location that can act on them, not a shared corporate inbox.
  • Plain numbers on what was spent and what it produced.

Built for how franchising actually works

Brand standards stay with the brand, and the local decisions stay local. Evocalize runs local marketing for more than a million local operators, so the controls, the reporting, and the rollout are built for a network, not for one location at a time. It is white-labeled to your brand, and support is proactive: the platform monitors every program and resolves issues before a location ever notices.

Got questions?

Frequently asked questions

What is an AI Marketing Director for franchise and multi-location brands? +

An AI Marketing Director is a system that does what a marketing director would do for every location in a network: build the plan, launch it locally, optimize the budget, and watch the whole portfolio, automatically.

Evocalize is the unified marketing platform behind it: headquarters gets the controls (creative, messaging, offers, budget ranges, channels) while Evocalize directs the marketing for each location: programs personalized to each trade area, budget moved toward what each market responds to, and portfolio-level recommendations like which locations should be live and where spend is misallocated. Powered by machine learning and years of digital marketing expertise, so nobody at a location has to become a marketer.

How does Evocalize keep local marketing on brand? +

Locations can only launch what headquarters has already approved.

Your marketing team defines the program templates: the creative, the messaging, the offers, the budget ranges, and the channels. A franchisee chooses a goal and a trade area, not a design. Guardrails like budget floors and channel minimums are enforced deterministically by the platform itself, never left to judgment, so nothing out of bounds can go live. That is what makes it possible to run local marketing across hundreds of locations without brand drift or an approval queue.

Do franchisees need marketing experience to use it? +

No. A location can launch a full program in a few clicks without any marketing background.

A location goes live with a goal, a trade area, and a budget, and the platform handles the rest: building the program, running it across channels, and optimizing it. That is the point of the platform. It is an AI Marketing Director for every location, so nobody has to hire one.

Which channels do the programs run on? +

Programs run across Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, targeted to the trade area around each location. That includes Google Maps placements through each location’s connected Google Business Profile, so locations show up where people actually look for them.

Direct mail is available through our partner Corefact and is coordinated inside the same plan, with each mailer carrying a QR code to a landing page so responses stay measurable.

Can it help with hiring and recruiting for locations? +

Yes. Recruiting is one of the most common program goals for multi-location brands.

Locations run local hiring programs for the specific roles they are short on, and can keep them running in the background so the applicant pipeline does not restart from zero every time someone leaves.

Who pays for the media, the brand or the locations? +

Programs run through the brand’s own connected accounts on each channel, so media costs pass straight through to the brand and its locations. Evocalize is the technology that orchestrates it, never a middleman marking up the media.

Billing is flexible: a location can pay by card when a program launches, or the brand can settle by invoice and reconcile with locations afterward. Most networks run a mix of both.

What kind of results do multi-location brands see? +

Results vary by brand and market, but the published numbers give a sense of the range.

Redline Athletics saw customer acquisition costs fall by as much as 35% at their top locations and 13% across the network. Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe, with more than 90 locations, hit 179% of the sales goal on their first program and saw a 30% lift in weekly sales at participating locations.

How is this different from what Evocalize does for real estate and mortgage? +

The engine is the same; the programs are built for a different business.

Evocalize runs local marketing at scale for more than a million local operators. For housing that means real estate agents and loan officers. For franchise and multi-location brands it means programs built around store traffic, membership and enrollment, local brand awareness, and hiring, deployed from headquarters to every location. The underlying platform is the same.

Drive loyalty, brand awareness, and revenue.
In every market you operate.

See what your network looks like when every location is running local marketing that headquarters already approved.