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How Australia’s Largest Leisure Operator Unified and Scaled Local Marketing for 259 Venues

Overview

Belgravia Leisure is part of the Belgravia Group, one of Australia’s largest private companies. Across 250+ facilities in Australia and New Zealand – from aquatic centres and gyms to holiday parks, sports centres and spa retreats, – Belgravia employs more than 8,000+staff and serves millions of community members every year. 

Managing this scale meant walking a fine line: maintaining brand governance nationally while enabling authentic engagement locally.

Industry

Fitness, Travel

Size

259 venues

Geography

Australia and New Zealand 

Products used
  • Social
  • Reviews
  • Local SEO
  • Analytics
100%
locations live
66%
of venues publishing monthly
35%
Google Business Profile conversion rate
5.5X
faster review replies

The Challenge

Fragmented Marketing

Often size adds complexity and Belgravia faced the challenge of aligning hundreds of Facebook, Instagram, and Google pages across 250+ venues. HQ teams were stretched scheduling campaigns across accounts, state teams lacked transparency, and guest reviews often sat unanswered for more than a week. The result was an inconsistent guest experience across a national network.

“Managing multiple profiles and permissions across every venue was a nightmare. We needed one place where central teams and local managers could finally work together,” shares Felix Tang, Head of Digital at Belgravia Leisure.

The Solution

A Shared System

Belgravia selected PromoRepublic to unify marketing, reviews, and analytics in one platform. The rollout was structured and deliberate to ensure adoption:

  • White-labeled Social Hub centralized publishing, assets, and analytics under Belgravia’s own brand. 
  • Phased launch started with national campaigns, then moved to state teams, and finally to local venues.
  • Content at scale: meant HQ launched seasonal and safety campaigns, while venues added their own local flavor.
  • Reviews rollout was made in iterations: venues replied first, HQ stepped in when needed, and automation pilots supported consistency.
  • Cross‑team alignment brought marketing, digital, and guest experience into the same workflow for the first time.

“The hub solved the complexity of posting and replying. Our marketing team is happy, and guest experience is more consistent than ever.” – Felix Tang

The Results

Belgravia transformed fragmented operations into measurable adoption and visibility

The shift was visible quickly — not only in numbers, but in how teams worked together.

“Now we see structured activation across every layer of the business.” – Felix Tang

Balancing Control and Local Voice

Belgravia Leisure proved that national networks don’t need to choose between brand control and local authenticity. With PromoRepublic, they achieved both — governance at scale and genuine local engagement, delivered through controlled rollout, measurable adoption, and stronger guest engagement.

  • 259 venues live, 481 users onboarded
  • 60% of all content now published through the hub
  • 66% of venues posting everymonth, compared to ~30% industry average
  • Google Business Profile conversions at 35% which is 3× industry benchmark 
  • Review replies cut from 11 days to under 2

“PromoRepublic has become the backbone of our marketing – balancing national governance with true local activation.”

Felix Tang
Head of Digital at Belgravia Leisure
See how unified marketing can scale.
PromoRepublic gives retail networks the tools to stay visible, engage local audiences, and drive more local traffic.
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How Metcash Drives Local Growth in Local Communities Across 300+ Retailers https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/metcash-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/metcash-case/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:07:52 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=20201 HQ used IndiMATE to standardize and automate campaign distribution across brands, while retailers personalized content to keep it authentic to their communities. Stores stayed active with pre-approved campaigns, scheduled posts, and accurate business listings, ensuring customers always had the right information online.

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How Metcash Scaled Local Marketing Across 300+ Stores

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Overview

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Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesaler, operating across Food, Liquor, and Hardware sectors with the widest retail distribution network in the country reaching 95% of population. Our partnership focuses on the Food & Grocery and Liquor divisions, supporting over 400 independent retailers under the IGA, IGA Local Grocer, IGA Plus Liquor, and Supa Valu brands.

Unlike corporate-owned chains, Metcash retailers are independently run. Their independence builds strong community ties, but it also creates fragmented digital visibility that makes consistent, scalable marketing a challenge. PromoRepublic provided the solution to close that gap.

Industry

Retail

Size

4 brands, 400+ locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The Challenge

Metcash supports hundreds of independently owned stores across Australia, each with different levels of marketing maturity and digital presence.

This made it hard to maintain a high level of engagement and keep a consistent, on-brand presence across the network.

Brandwatch, their previous platform, wasn’t built for distributed workflows. Without localized support, many retailers found it hard to engage in campaigns or stay active online, which limited their ability to attract and convert local customers.

Metcash needed a plug-in solution that fit existing workflows, distributed content flexibly, and gave HQ clear oversight with the ability to act on insights.

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PromoRepublic’s IndiMATE is the perfect match for empowering our network of independent retailers online. Our store owners love how easy it is to use – it takes the stress out of social media and lets them focus on running their business.

The platform does the hard work for them, delivers great results, and keeps everything on-brand and consistent across the network. The platform is a no-brainer for a lot of our retailers!”

Robbie Allison-Young
Robbie Allison-Young,
Digital Product Manager at Metcash

The Solution

Metcash introduced IndiMATE, a white-labeled digital marketing platform for independent retailers, and rolled it out region by region to give stores time to adapt.

HQ used IndiMATE to standardize and automate campaign distribution across brands, while retailers personalized content to keep it authentic to their communities. Stores stayed active with pre-approved campaigns, scheduled posts, and accurate business listings, ensuring customers always had the right information online.

Role-based access and one-click distribution simplified governance, replacing fragmented processes and giving HQ confidence that hundreds of stores were on brand and on time.

leaderboard metcash

The Results

With IndiMATE, Metcash shifted from one-size-fits-all marketing to tailored local activation, keeping every store visible and active on Facebook, Instagram, and Google.

Built-in listing management helped achieve accuracy, boosting trust and driving store visits. By making each store consistently discoverable and active across key channels, IndiMATE turned digital visibility into foot traffic — and foot traffic into revenue.

This decentralized model gave every independent retailer the tools to build their local presence while HQ ensured brand consistency and oversight needed to scale.

Visibility impact
  • 70.5% adoption rate vs. previously low adoption rates
  • Social followers increased 72.7% QoQ.
  • On Instagram, engagement soared 155%, with impressions up 393% QoQ.
  • Facebook engagement climbed 36.7%, and impressions were up 29.9% QoQ.
  • Organic impressions alone jumped 28.8% QoQ.
  • Google visibility also grew: search views +5% QoQ, maps views +10% QoQ, and direction requests +15.3% QoQ.
Sales Impact
  • Higher ROI on promotional campaigns, thanks to consistent multichannel activation.
  • More timely seasonal campaigns, as HQ could deploy them across all stores without delays.
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70.5%
Platform adoption rate
See how decentralized marketing can scale.
PromoRepublic gives retail networks the tools to stay visible, engage local audiences, and drive more in-store traffic.
See it in action

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From Fragmented Marketing to a Unified System That Franchisees Actually Use https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/fastest-labs-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/fastest-labs-case/#disqus_thread Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:51:03 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=20156 Fastest Labs partnered with PromoRepublic to bring order and visibility into their social marketing.

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How Fastest Labs Scaled Social Across 200+ Locations in Record Time

Overview

Fastest Labs is a U.S. franchise specializing in drug, alcohol, and DNA testing. With more than a decade in business and nearly 240 locations nationwide, the brand works with individuals, small businesses, schools, government agencies, and enterprise employers.

In an industry where trust, accuracy, and speed define the customer experience, Fastest Labs needed its local marketing to match the same level of professionalism.

Industry

Healthcare

Size

237 locations

Geography

United States

Products used
  • Social
  • Content Bundles
  • Analytics
30 days
HQ rollout complete
99%
Of all content now published through the platform
130%
Higher social engagement across the network QoQ
91%
Audience growth QoQ

The Challenge: Growth Outpacing Control

Fastest Labs expanded faster than its marketing could keep up.

Some labs went silent on social media for months, while others posted off-brand content that risked confusing customers. HQ had no visibility into what was happening across locations — no way to see which posts engaged communities or drove conversions.

Leadership realized the brand’s digital presence no longer reflected its reputation for speed and professionalism. To fix it, they set clear priorities to bring order without slowing franchisees down.

  • Clean up digital inconsistencies and build a unified social presence
  • Locations to post locally while staying on-brand
  • Make social a turnkey system that works across all labs
  • Establish a cohesive content strategy for sustainable growth
Short-term goals
  • Create and connect local pages for each lab
  • Get the initial content strategy lined up
  • Onboard franchisees into a unified system
Long-term goals
  • Strengthen marketing as a core franchise offering
  • Keep brand presence consistent everywhere

The Solution: Building a System Franchisees Could Actually Use

Fastest Labs partnered with PromoRepublic to bring order and visibility into their social marketing.
HQ rollout in 30 days established standards, dashboards, and workflows.

Network rollout in 60 days
All franchisees are onboarded, receiving support for creating and connecting local Instagram and Facebook pages.
A central content library
Every lab has on-brand and ready-to-go assets and templates, while still leaving space for local additions.
99% of all content go through PromoRepublic
HQ can finally see activity across the network and measure results.
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PromoRepublic gave us more than a posting tool — it gave us structure. Franchisees have a baseline of content to create their own hyper-local content to customize and publish.”
Cat Koehler,
Head of Marketing at Fastest Labs
Cat Koehler

The Results: From Fragmented to Unified

Franchisees now had an easy way to stay active online, while HQ gained the visibility and consistency it needed to guide growth. In the first quarter after rollout, the impact was clear:

  • +139% impressions
  • +119% engagement
  • +91% audience growth
  • 127 Facebook and Instagram pages set up and launched

Crucially, the results held. Even after two years, Fastest Labs continues to post positive quarter-over-quarter growth — proof the system is built for sustainability, not just a quick lift. 

Fastest Labs proved that rolling out a social system nationwide doesn’t have to take months. In weeks, they unified their brand presence and kept franchisees active locally. Consistent publishing across locations gave HQ full visibility into impressions, engagement, and audience growth — turning scattered execution into measurable ROI.

Fastest Labs Results case study
Your franchise network could see the same results.
PromoRepublic gives franchise leaders one system to unify locations, prove ROI, and drive visibility that converts.
Let’s talk

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How Retail Franchise Transformed Its Fragmented Local Marketing Into a Unified System https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/learning-express-toys-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/learning-express-toys-case/#disqus_thread Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:37:34 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=20081 Learning Express Toys transformed its fragmented local marketing into a unified system with PromoRepublic. In just weeks, the brand achieved 75% adoption, a 25% lift in engagement, and consistent activity across 68 locations — proving that local creativity and brand control can thrive together.

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How Metcash Scaled Local Marketing Across 300+ Stores

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Overview

case study promorepublic metcash

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesaler, operating across Food, Liquor, and Hardware sectors with the widest retail distribution network in the country reaching 95% of population. Our partnership focuses on the Food & Grocery and Liquor divisions, supporting over 400 independent retailers under the IGA, IGA Local Grocer, IGA Plus Liquor, and Supa Valu brands.

Unlike corporate-owned chains, Metcash retailers are independently run. Their independence builds strong community ties, but it also creates fragmented digital visibility that makes consistent, scalable marketing a challenge. PromoRepublic provided the solution to close that gap.

Industry

Retail

Size

4 brands, 400+ locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The Challenge: Fragmentation at Scale

As Learning Express Toys grew, marketing became increasingly fragmented. National campaigns often fell flat because assortments varied store by store, while while busy, hands-on store owners needed assistance managing their social presence.

Some locations went weeks without posting, leaving HQ blind to what was working and unable to connect activity back to ROI. The result was varied marketing efforts, a need for greater franchisee support, and a digital presence that lacked the cohesion of the in-store experience.

digital asset manager
PromoRepublic gave us a system to scale marketing while still keeping it local to each store and simple for owners to use. Now stores are more consistent and have a stronger, more cohesive online presence.”
Reilly Bailey,
Marketing & Communications Manager, Learning Express Toys
Reilly Bailey

The Results

With IndiMATE, Metcash shifted from one-size-fits-all marketing to tailored local activation, keeping every store visible and active on Facebook, Instagram, and Google.

Built-in listing management helped achieve accuracy, boosting trust and driving store visits. By making each store consistently discoverable and active across key channels, IndiMATE turned digital visibility into foot traffic — and foot traffic into revenue.

This decentralized model gave every independent retailer the tools to build their local presence while HQ ensured brand consistency and oversight needed to scale.

The Impact: A Unified, Measurable System

With PromoRepublic, Learning Express Toys quickly established a repeatable system that worked for both HQ and franchisees. The combination of consistency and local relevance translated directly into better visibility and stronger customer connections.

Sustained adoption
~75% active franchisees every month.
Content consistency
60–68% of all posts published via PromoRepublic, month after month.
Greater online discovery
Mobile views QoQ +19,8%, Website clicks QoQ growth 24,5%, Calls QoQ +28%.
Faster service response
Response time +12.3% QoQ.
Deeper community engagement
25% jump in social media interactions.

The network now runs on a unified, measurable marketing engine — proof that even mid-sized specialty brands can modernize tools, sustain adoption, and drive ROI across every location.

single social calendar
Your franchise network could see the same results.
PromoRepublic gives franchise leaders one system to unify locations, prove ROI, and drive visibility that converts.
Let’s talk

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The Franchise Playbook Behind Westside Pizza’s 55% Lift in Conversions https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/westside-pizza-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/westside-pizza-case/#disqus_thread Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:28:45 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=20030 In one of the most competitive restaurant categories, Westside Pizza activated its entire network in just six weeks. See how centralized listings, consistent reviews, and local ad campaigns turned fragmented marketing into measurable growth — with a 55% lift in Google conversions and 2× more store visits.

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How Metcash Scaled Local Marketing Across 300+ Stores

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Overview

case study promorepublic metcash

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesaler, operating across Food, Liquor, and Hardware sectors with the widest retail distribution network in the country reaching 95% of population. Our partnership focuses on the Food & Grocery and Liquor divisions, supporting over 400 independent retailers under the IGA, IGA Local Grocer, IGA Plus Liquor, and Supa Valu brands.

Unlike corporate-owned chains, Metcash retailers are independently run. Their independence builds strong community ties, but it also creates fragmented digital visibility that makes consistent, scalable marketing a challenge. PromoRepublic provided the solution to close that gap.

Industry

Retail

Size

4 brands, 400+ locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The Solution

Metcash introduced IndiMATE, a white-labeled digital marketing platform for independent retailers, and rolled it out region by region to give stores time to adapt.

HQ used IndiMATE to standardize and automate campaign distribution across brands, while retailers personalized content to keep it authentic to their communities. Stores stayed active with pre-approved campaigns, scheduled posts, and accurate business listings, ensuring customers always had the right information online.

Role-based access and one-click distribution simplified governance, replacing fragmented processes and giving HQ confidence that hundreds of stores were on brand and on time.

leaderboard metcash
PromoRepublic gave us a system to scale marketing while still keeping it local to each store and simple for owners to use. Now stores are more consistent and have a stronger, more cohesive online presence.”
Reilly Bailey,
Marketing & Communications Manager, Learning Express Toys
Reilly Bailey

The Results

With IndiMATE, Metcash shifted from one-size-fits-all marketing to tailored local activation, keeping every store visible and active on Facebook, Instagram, and Google.

Built-in listing management helped achieve accuracy, boosting trust and driving store visits. By making each store consistently discoverable and active across key channels, IndiMATE turned digital visibility into foot traffic — and foot traffic into revenue.

This decentralized model gave every independent retailer the tools to build their local presence while HQ ensured brand consistency and oversight needed to scale.

The Impact: A Unified, Measurable System

With PromoRepublic, Learning Express Toys quickly established a repeatable system that worked for both HQ and franchisees. The combination of consistency and local relevance translated directly into better visibility and stronger customer connections.

Sustained adoption
~75% active franchisees every month.
Content consistency
60–68% of all posts published via PromoRepublic, month after month.
Greater online discovery
Mobile views QoQ +19,8%, Website clicks QoQ growth 24,5%, Calls QoQ +28%.
Faster service response
Response time +12.3% QoQ.
Deeper community engagement
25% jump in social media interactions.

The network now runs on a unified, measurable marketing engine — proof that even mid-sized specialty brands can modernize tools, sustain adoption, and drive ROI across every location.

single social calendar
Your franchise network could see the same results.
PromoRepublic gives franchise leaders one system to unify locations, prove ROI, and drive visibility that converts.
Let’s talk

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Empowering 54 Franchisees to Turn Online Reputation into Measurable Growth https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/propertyguys-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/propertyguys-case/#disqus_thread Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:33:59 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=20006 By centralizing review management with PromoRepublic, PropertyGuys.com empowered 54 franchisees to respond faster, stay consistent across markets, and turn online reputation into measurable growth — cutting response time 13× and lifting conversions by 20%.

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How Metcash Scaled Local Marketing Across 300+ Stores

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Overview

case study promorepublic metcash

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesaler, operating across Food, Liquor, and Hardware sectors with the widest retail distribution network in the country reaching 95% of population. Our partnership focuses on the Food & Grocery and Liquor divisions, supporting over 400 independent retailers under the IGA, IGA Local Grocer, IGA Plus Liquor, and Supa Valu brands.

Unlike corporate-owned chains, Metcash retailers are independently run. Their independence builds strong community ties, but it also creates fragmented digital visibility that makes consistent, scalable marketing a challenge. PromoRepublic provided the solution to close that gap.

Industry

Retail

Size

4 brands, 400+ locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The Challenge

PropertyGuys.com set out to strengthen its local presence by making review management and local SEO a strategic focus. While national awareness was strong, the team recognized that real estate decisions happen locally, where visibility, trust, and responsiveness matter most.

To reach that goal, the Resource Centre focused on several key areas of improvement:

Inconsistent review management
Review workflows differed by location and required manual monitoring across platforms. A centralized inbox would bring consistency, reduce manual effort, and let franchisees focus on clients.
Fragmented Google Business Profiles
Local listings weren’t yet uniform across markets, making it difficult to maintain a cohesive brand presence.
Slow responsiveness
Reviews took an average of 13 days to answer; reducing this gap would help strengthen customer trust and improve local ranking signals.
Limited visibility into ROI
The Resource Center lacked a single view to connect reputation and local SEO activity with leads and conversions.
Need for data-driven insights
The team aimed to track keywords and correlate disciplined review management with higher visibility and discovery.

The Solution

Metcash introduced IndiMATE, a white-labeled digital marketing platform for independent retailers, and rolled it out region by region to give stores time to adapt.

HQ used IndiMATE to standardize and automate campaign distribution across brands, while retailers personalized content to keep it authentic to their communities. Stores stayed active with pre-approved campaigns, scheduled posts, and accurate business listings, ensuring customers always had the right information online.

Role-based access and one-click distribution simplified governance, replacing fragmented processes and giving HQ confidence that hundreds of stores were on brand and on time.

leaderboard metcash
PromoRepublic gave us a system to scale marketing while still keeping it local to each store and simple for owners to use. Now stores are more consistent and have a stronger, more cohesive online presence.”
Reilly Bailey,
Marketing & Communications Manager, Learning Express Toys
Reilly Bailey

The Results

With IndiMATE, Metcash shifted from one-size-fits-all marketing to tailored local activation, keeping every store visible and active on Facebook, Instagram, and Google.

Built-in listing management helped achieve accuracy, boosting trust and driving store visits. By making each store consistently discoverable and active across key channels, IndiMATE turned digital visibility into foot traffic — and foot traffic into revenue.

This decentralized model gave every independent retailer the tools to build their local presence while HQ ensured brand consistency and oversight needed to scale.

Your franchise network could see the same results.
Centralize review management, shorten response times, and give every location the visibility it deserves.
Let’s talk

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How Archadeck Simplified Social and Increased Engagement, Visibility, and Posting Consistency https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/archadeck-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/archadeck-case/#disqus_thread Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:06:29 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=19949 The post How Archadeck Simplified Social and Increased Engagement, Visibility, and Posting Consistency appeared first on PromoRepublic Blog | Insights for Franchise & Multi-Location Marketers.

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How Metcash Scaled Local Marketing Across 300+ Stores

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Overview

case study promorepublic metcash

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesaler, operating across Food, Liquor, and Hardware sectors with the widest retail distribution network in the country reaching 95% of population. Our partnership focuses on the Food & Grocery and Liquor divisions, supporting over 400 independent retailers under the IGA, IGA Local Grocer, IGA Plus Liquor, and Supa Valu brands.

Unlike corporate-owned chains, Metcash retailers are independently run. Their independence builds strong community ties, but it also creates fragmented digital visibility that makes consistent, scalable marketing a challenge. PromoRepublic provided the solution to close that gap.

Industry

Retail

Size

4 brands, 400+ locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The Challenge

PropertyGuys.com set out to strengthen its local presence by making review management and local SEO a strategic focus. While national awareness was strong, the team recognized that real estate decisions happen locally, where visibility, trust, and responsiveness matter most.

To reach that goal, the Resource Centre focused on several key areas of improvement:

Inconsistent review management
Review workflows differed by location and required manual monitoring across platforms. A centralized inbox would bring consistency, reduce manual effort, and let franchisees focus on clients.
Fragmented Google Business Profiles
Local listings weren’t yet uniform across markets, making it difficult to maintain a cohesive brand presence.
Slow responsiveness
Reviews took an average of 13 days to answer; reducing this gap would help strengthen customer trust and improve local ranking signals.
Limited visibility into ROI
The Resource Center lacked a single view to connect reputation and local SEO activity with leads and conversions.
Need for data-driven insights
The team aimed to track keywords and correlate disciplined review management with higher visibility and discovery.

The Solution

Metcash introduced IndiMATE, a white-labeled digital marketing platform for independent retailers, and rolled it out region by region to give stores time to adapt.

HQ used IndiMATE to standardize and automate campaign distribution across brands, while retailers personalized content to keep it authentic to their communities. Stores stayed active with pre-approved campaigns, scheduled posts, and accurate business listings, ensuring customers always had the right information online.

Role-based access and one-click distribution simplified governance, replacing fragmented processes and giving HQ confidence that hundreds of stores were on brand and on time.

leaderboard metcash
Platform usage nearly doubled last quarter, indicating more franchisees were able to connect with their communities and foster engagement.
Lucia Villegas,
Brand Manager of Archadeck
Lucia Villegas

The Results

With IndiMATE, Metcash shifted from one-size-fits-all marketing to tailored local activation, keeping every store visible and active on Facebook, Instagram, and Google.

Built-in listing management helped achieve accuracy, boosting trust and driving store visits. By making each store consistently discoverable and active across key channels, IndiMATE turned digital visibility into foot traffic — and foot traffic into revenue.

This decentralized model gave every independent retailer the tools to build their local presence while HQ ensured brand consistency and oversight needed to scale.

Ready to activate your franchise network?
See how PromoRepublic can help your brand empower franchisees, centralize social content, and boost local engagement.
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How Worldwide Unified 35+ Locations with Social, SEO, and Reputation Management https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/worldwide-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/worldwide-case/#disqus_thread Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:54:34 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=19861 WorldWide unified 35+ franchise locations with PromoRepublic in just 10 days — boosting Google conversions by 67%, cutting review reply time by 93%, and driving 31% more local calls through Google.

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Worlwide location

Overview

Worlwide location

Worldwide is one of Australia’s most established print and marketing services franchises. Founded in 1995, the brand has grown into a national network of 35+ Centers supported by one of the country’s largest commercial print hubs. Each year, the network produces over 22 million products, holds ISO 9001 certification, and was one of the first in the industry to achieve carbon-neutral status.

With services spanning design, print, digital technology, and marketing, Worldwide supports thousands of SMEs and enterprise clients nationwide.

Industry

Print, Design & Marketing services

Size

35 locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Local SEO
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

For us, calls and quote requests are the most important actions. PromoRepublic helps ensure
every local profile is optimized to drive them.

Sarah
Sarah-Jane Stefano
National Marketing and Communications Coordinator
at Worldwide

The Challenge: Delivering Local Visibility at Scale

As a franchise system with dozens of locations, Worldwide faced challenges common to national operators:

Inconsistent local marketing
Franchisees posted sporadically, often outside brand guidelines.
Reputation risks
Customer reviews sat unanswered for an average of 8+ days.
SEO pressure
Competitors were highly visible in Google Maps and search, while Worldwide’s local profiles showed uneven performance.

We promised our franchisees consistent content, but delivering eight posts a month across all pages was almost impossible without a central system.

Sarah
Sarah-Jane Stefano
National Marketing and Communications Coordinator at Worldwide

The Solution: Unified, AI-Powered Platform

Worldwide turned to PromoRepublic to centralize and automate local marketing. The rollout was fast and structured:

Central and local publishing: Corporate supplied branded content while franchisees added local flavor, reaching 8–12 posts per month.

Reply Assistant responded to reviews within 24 hours to ensure no review went unanswered, protecting customer experience.

Local SEO dashboards tracked visibility, rankings, and conversions at the brand, region, and location level.

Activation support: Monthly digests and adoption nudges kept franchisees accountable and engaged.

Worldwide shows how a national franchise brand can unify governance with local activation.The marketing team noted that they could now show franchisees exactly how their social activity and reviews compared with peers — a clear and motivating way to lift adoption.

Platform usage nearly doubled last quarter, indicating more franchisees were able to connect with their communities and foster engagement.
Lucia Villegas,
Brand Manager of Archadeck
Lucia Villegas

The Solution

Metcash introduced IndiMATE, a white-labeled digital marketing platform for independent retailers, and rolled it out region by region to give stores time to adapt.

HQ used IndiMATE to standardize and automate campaign distribution across brands, while retailers personalized content to keep it authentic to their communities. Stores stayed active with pre-approved campaigns, scheduled posts, and accurate business listings, ensuring customers always had the right information online.

Role-based access and one-click distribution simplified governance, replacing fragmented processes and giving HQ confidence that hundreds of stores were on brand and on time.

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Behind Empower Brands’ Organic Growth: A Strategic Partnership with PromoRepublic https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/empower-brands/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/empower-brands/#disqus_thread Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:58:11 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=19634 Over a 24-day rollout, Empower Brands activated 560 locations, built brand-specific workflows, and launched coordinated campaigns for 9 of their brands across the network.

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How Metcash Scaled Local Marketing Across 300+ Stores

Worlwide location

Overview

Worlwide location

Worldwide is one of Australia’s most established print and marketing services franchises. Founded in 1995, the brand has grown into a national network of 35+ Centers supported by one of the country’s largest commercial print hubs. Each year, the network produces over 22 million products, holds ISO 9001 certification, and was one of the first in the industry to achieve carbon-neutral status.

With services spanning design, print, digital technology, and marketing, Worldwide supports thousands of SMEs and enterprise clients nationwide.

Industry

Print, Design & Marketing services

Size

35 locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Local SEO
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The Challenge

Before PromoRepublic, local marketing at Empower Brands was fragmented.

Teams used different tools, posted on different schedules, and operated in silos. Franchisees had little visibility into what was being published on their behalf, and HQ could not track performance, run A/B tests, or optimize across brands.
The corporate marketing team, led by Jane Campbell and Annika Mitic, recognized the need to centralize efforts and give every brand and franchisee the tools to execute confidently and consistently.

PromoRepublic didn’t just integrate into our system — it helped us rethink how everything connects. Now, we have one platform that brings together every brand, every team, and every location with clarity and structure.
Annika Mitic, Director of Digital Marketing, Empower Brands

The Solution: A Scalable Activation Framework

At PromoRepublic, this is our framework for location activation, our proven recipe for helping multi-location businesses turn strategy into consistent local performance.

What does it mean to activate a location? It’s not just activity, it’s consistency and visibility. Key indicators include:

  • Profile completeness of 85% or more
  • Appearance in the Local 3-Pack
  • Timely review responses
  • A steady stream of fresh, relevant content on social media

For home services, local relevance is critical. Most engagement comes from neighborhood-level visibility — meaning high local content volume, fast responses, and consistent presence. While the mix of local and mass-localized content may vary by brand, the principle stays the same: consistent, on-brand local execution drives results.

This activation framework guided the rollout at Empower Brands and shaped their partnership with PromoRepublic.

Centralization
PromoRepublic became the single hub for managing digital presence, content, campaigns, and performance data across all 9 brands. Instead of scattered tools, Empower Brands now has unified workflows, brand-safe governance, and one place for head office and franchisees to get things done.
Customization & Flexibility
Each brand had different goals and maturity levels. PromoRepublic allowed Empower Brands to tailor dashboards, access levels, and KPIs by brand. Whether the goal was awareness, engagement, or lead generation, each team had what they needed to execute and measure effectively.
Hands-On Activation
PromoRepublic provided more than software. Our team worked side-by-side with Empower Brands marketing leadership to onboard brand by brand, support franchisees with playbooks and training, and continuously optimize post-launch. Adoption was never left to chance.

Scaling Local Relevance Without Losing Brand Control

To drive consistent performance, we also helped Empower Brands activate franchisees around content and campaigns. They encouraged local owners to post fresh, relevant content tailored to their communities, not as a side tactic, but as a key part of their growth strategy.

Empower adopted a 40/40/20 content model: 40% local, 40% localized, and 20% national. PromoRepublic made it easy to execute with brand-approved assets, suggested content plans, and a simple, guided publishing experience.

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The sense of partnership was just as important as the platform. PromoRepublic didn’t just provide software, they became a true extension of our team.
Jane Campbell, VP of Marketing at Empower Brands
Jane Campbell

The Results: Fast Activation, Real Impact

Full rollout in just 24 days — brand by brand
  • 100% of locations activated
  • 78% of content now published via PromoRepublic
Franchisee engagement surged
  • Before: only 20% logged into the previous platform
  • After: 67% of franchisees active on PromoRepublic
Stronger performance across the board
  • +49.7% growth in social followers
  • +30% increase in website clicks from Google
  • +44% more direction requests from Google
  • Review response time improved from 5 days to 1
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How Pearl Home Care Built a Turnkey Marketing Solution For Its Franchisees https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/pearl-home-care-case/ https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/pearl-home-care-case/#disqus_thread Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:39:15 +0000 https://promorepublic.com/en/blog/?p=19180 The platform gave us the visibility and control we needed to help our franchisees with local marketing and gently guide things back toward consistency.

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Worlwide location

Overview

Worlwide location

Worldwide is one of Australia’s most established print and marketing services franchises. Founded in 1995, the brand has grown into a national network of 35+ Centers supported by one of the country’s largest commercial print hubs. Each year, the network produces over 22 million products, holds ISO 9001 certification, and was one of the first in the industry to achieve carbon-neutral status.

With services spanning design, print, digital technology, and marketing, Worldwide supports thousands of SMEs and enterprise clients nationwide.

Industry

Print, Design & Marketing services

Size

35 locations

Geography

Australia

Products used
  • Social
  • Listings
  • Local SEO
  • Analytics
70.5 %
Platform adoption rate
15.3%
QoQ increase in Google direction requests
155%
Jump in engagement
on Instagram
72.7%
QoQ growth in social followers

The need for brand control

In just five years, Pearl Home Care grew to 40 locations, but with growth came branding headaches.

Franchisees were using low-quality images, wrong sizes, off-brand colors, and even forgetting logos—creating a snowball of mixed messaging.

Fadi Awad, Digital Marketer at Pearl Home Care HQ, recalls regular meetings with the CEO, where the same issue kept popping up: there was no brand control. They quickly realized they needed a solution to bring everything back on track.

“That’s when PromoRepublic clicked in. The platform gave us the visibility and control we needed to help our franchisees with local marketing and gently guide things back toward consistency.”

Now, Fadi has a single view of all franchise activity, while franchisees benefit from a centralized content library and easy-to-use tools. This ensures everyone stays on brand with high-quality content.

For us, calls and quote requests are the most important actions. PromoRepublic helps ensure
every local profile is optimized to drive them.

Sarah
Sarah-Jane Stefano
National Marketing and Communications Coordinator
at Worldwide

Automated social media for local presence

Social media is Pearl Home Care’s main marketing channel, with HQ focusing on Facebook to reach its target audience of 35-65-year-olds.

“Before, it was a bit of a mess. Some franchisees had their personal accounts linked to business profiles, which blocked our ads. Others were stuck in password recovery, wasting time trying to access their accounts.”

To fix this and keep the brand consistent, Fadi teamed up with PromoRepublic to set up a child-parent structure on Facebook. Now, franchisees don’t have to start from scratch. Their pages are set up, and all past posts are neatly stored in a content library—ready to reuse and tweak.

“It gives us a unified look and control across all accounts. Plus, franchisees now have a go-to resource for content. Templates, like hiring posts, are a favorite,” Fadi explains. But it’s not just about setting them up. “We’re also coaching them on localizing,” Fadi adds.

“From social media best practices to company-wide training, we’re running regular sessions with PromoRepublic’s support to set everyone up for success.”

Instagram is now on the horizon for Fadi and his team. With PromoRepublic’s ability to manage multiple platforms in one place, expanding its digital footprint is a no-brainer.

Benefits of Implementing PromoRepublic

Easy to create and repurpose pages if a franchisee leaves
All messages to see and respond in one place
Easy graphic editor with built-in fonts, colors, and logos
Intuitive analytics per location
Holistic reports on brand performance

Using analytics to identify and resolve locations’ issues faster

Fadi has this knack for knowing when things are clicking. “I can tell things are progressing simply by analyzing the data and listening to the franchisees’ feedback,” he shares. “My confirmation comes when I observe people actively engaging with posts and see Google reviews coming in.”

Every other month, Pearl Home Care gets a report. Fadi uses the data to keep everyone in the loop and shares some details with the franchisees.

They spotlight a standout suburb, sharing the success story with the rest of the network. “It’s like, look, here’s what they did, here’s how they’re doing it, and here’s what you can do to achieve the same,” Fadi explains.

Franchisees often ask him for a magic formula like what’s the best time to post? Fadi redirects them to their social performance data. “I tell them to post a few things, and the analytics will tell you when to post. It’s all there once you start.”

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