LocalCoin--Simple, Short

 a—A Simple Plan To Help Locally-Owned Businesses

b—Use ‘airline miles’ for local  business building

c—WIR (long-time Swiss plan), Kenya community currencies, MiamiCoin/City Coins donsidered and rejected

d—Jeremiah Time

c’—Hopkins’ ‘Scientific Advertising’ service, Unlimited Checkbook (FB Group) as 2 examples

b’—City Council, Chambe of Commerce, Gold Bond Stamps, Medieval Cities?

a’—More at Hartman Marketing link (FB)

 

When we want to help local businesses,  MTTT is very good. Media, Telephone Directory, Tour, Text. ‘… create, sell, and support effective local advertising solutions so our customers win more business…’  Optima, Home Pages, CloseBy, Virtual Tours.

Having a ‘buy local’ incentive ‘currency’ would complement these AND help expand sales over a MUCH larger area, in many communities.

The basics already exist in airline miles. To adapt this, we’d use an affinity credit or debit card that gives ’LocalCoin’ for purchases. (Another example, stamps given in 1950s for buying at a grocery store, e. g., redeemable at a store that ONLY took those stamps.) Participating stores could allow ‘LocalCoin’ use for all or part of purchases. Credit/debit card companies may help.

Swiss businesses have been using WIR for decades, Kenya is using community currencies with Bancor, MiamiCoin exists—the Mayor says they may be able to eliminate local taxes. There are many other such, but the  ‘airline miles’ analog is simpler.

This is working ‘for the good of the city,’ as Jeremiah commanded. In the past decades I have been working on my ‘plot of land’, The Next Thousand Years, based on the work of Jordan, and Rosenstock (Harvard, Dartmouth, Peace Corps).

Claude Hopkins in ‘Scientific Advertising’ recommends service selling, The ‘Unlimited Checkbook’  Facebook group emphasizes getting things without spending the  money. Jay Abraham is very wise.

Berman’s ‘Law and Revolution’ mentions that charters for medieval cities gave them authority to mint coins. Thus, City Council (my doctor is a member of the city council). Chambers of Commerce might be another avenue. Also, companies might initiate such a ‘LocalCoin’ plan.  (Another example, stamps given in 1950s for buying at a grocery store, e. g., redeemable at a store that ONLY took those stamps.)

See Hartman Marketing Facebook Page for more. Also contact Charles Howard Hartman, 1404 Broadway, Pella, IA 50219, edencity@aol.com 641-621-0184 for a good sales representative.

PS: Lolli gives rewards in Bitcoin. This doesn’t YET help. (1) Most local businesses don’t YET take
Bitcoin. (2) This doe NOT YET drive people to the local business community.