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One or Many? 
For several years most successful digital marketers with multiple 
locations or franchises have &#8220;gone local with social&#8221; and built a social
 media page or account for each location. This continues to be the 
winning strategy with Facebook.
But a trend I&#8217;m seeing from brand marketers is to merge multiple 
local Twitter accounts into one account for all brand awareness, news, 
and customer feedback for the entire brand. The areas <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-twitter-now-jack-monson?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=a-twitter-trend-for-franchise-brands-4567" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">where Twitter is currently most useful</a> are increasingly being housed centrally instead of for each individual location.
What about all of the other platforms and channels? Which are best 
for a local presence versus a global / national brand voice? &nbsp;Here&#8217;s my 
recommended number of pages your system should have:
Facebook: 1 brand page + 1 page per location
Google+: 1 brand page + 1 page per location
LinkedIn: 1 company page per brand
Instagram: 1 account per brand
Snapchat: 1 account per brand
YouTube: 1 channel per brand
Twitter: 1 account per brand
Why is there a difference for Facebook and Google+? Why should these 
two &#8211; and only these two &#8211; have multiple pages? It&#8217;s the local or 
regional presence that is resonating on Facebook with local engagement 
and converting search results on Google to local store traffic. Think of
 Facebook and Google+ pages in the same way you would think of websites 
for each individual location or franchisee. &nbsp;Even for service brands 
like cleaning and maintenance services without a storefront, 
conversations and conversions are happening locally through these two 
platforms. But, the other platforms are skewing to centralized, national
 brand engagement and conversations.
Multiple Departments?
What about multiple Twitter accounts for multiple departments or 
functions within a brand? No - not even a separate account for &#8220;customer
 service.&#8221; Your brand on Twitter is your entire brand. Customers don&#8217;t 
care about your fiefdoms!
The multiple Facebook and Google+ pages should only be 
location-specific and nothing else. From a national level there should 
only be one page. Far too many franchisors still employ separate 
Facebook pages for consumer marketing and franchise sales marketing. As 
discussed at this year&#8217;s IFA convention in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-franchise-development-jack-monson?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=a-twitter-trend-for-franchise-brands-4567" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook for Franchise Sales session</a>,
 don&#8217;t have a separate page for Fran Dev! &nbsp;Use targeted ads and boosted 
posts to hit candidates with specific messages about owning a franchise.

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