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From the same highly successful ORCA Websites team, the ORCA Local franchise enables you to start and run your own internet business helping local businesses promote themselves to local people.
Dean Watmough, Managing Director
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Your role as an ORCA Local franchisee is to work with local business owners to arrange exclusive offers that they are
willing to make available only to ORCA Local website members and ORCA Local Key Card holders.
As more people visit your ORCA Local website and register as subscribers, or register their ORCA Local Key Cards, they opt-in to receive regular emails from you about the latest offers your clients are advertising on your ORCA Local
site.
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The Key Card is simply a plastic card that attaches to a key ring. Key Card holders are then able to claim the exclusive offers that your clients (local businesses) are promoting on your ORCA Local site and to make life even easier, your clients display the ORCA Local Key Card window sticker to ensure that Key Card holders know which businesses are participating.
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Magnus De Woul, Business Development Director
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People still spend in recessions, they just become more bargain conscious and more prudent about what they buy. And
where is the best place to find bargains? The internet! |
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Although the majority of local business owners are aware of the internet and even use it in their personal lives, they simply haven’t incorporated it in to their business lives. Dramatic as it sounds, the internet is the future of business and those not using it effectively are fighting a losing battle.
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John Walker, The Federation of Small Businesses |
The timing for this venture is absolutely perfect. Small businesses need customers now and ORCA Local gives them the
opportunity to reach local people fast.
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The ORCA Head Office Business Development Team contact local business owners on your behalf to offer them a free listing on your ORCA Local website. |
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You then send them the ORCA Local letter and brochure to introduce them to the site and the ORCA Local Key Card scheme. |
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The Business Development Team then follow up your letters with telephone calls to set meetings with the business owners so you can talk them through their ORCA Local opportunities in more detail. |
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Your two-day residential training programme has been designed to give you a thorough insight in to the principles behind the ORCA Local internet business model and it is an extremely rewarding and enjoyable experience.
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Your earnings potential is substantial, with your first year’s turnover expected to be between £25,000 to £40,000.
With the very limited overheads you will carry, the majority of this is profit! The original ORCA Local Skipton pilot site www.orcalocalskipton.co.uk) was generating over £1000 per week within just 7 weeks!
What’s more, business owners were calling us to see how they could get on board!
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Stuart Harling, ORCA Local Franchisee |
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“It’s great to be working for myself and as an added bonus, it has allowed me to become more involved with my local community.”
Chitra Srinavasan
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“I really feel as if I’m finally in control of my own career and I’m loving it!”
Graham Youd
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“I looked at other opportunities before I came across ORCA, and decided against them
for a variety of reasons, but so far this has met all of my expectations.”
Nic Hemingway |
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“All of my appointments have been made by the ORCA business development team who are working their collective socks off to really good effect.”
Peter Mann |
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“The business model really works, the back up and support from ORCA has been second to none and after only four weeks I started making money.”
Robert McRae |
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“I’m delighted to be helping firms take on the big brands by using the internet as a truly effective business tool”
Alison Henderson |

Steve Elles, Creative Director
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