Connect Augusta's Trusted Partner Program
The Opportunity
Connect Augusta is one of the most active local community groups in the region, with nearly 150,000 engaged members who regularly rely on the group to find trusted local service providers. Each day, members request recommendations across a wide range of service categories, from lawn care and home repair to legal and automotive services.
As an admin-endorsed Trusted Partner, your business gains something traditional advertising cannot replicate: a direct, personal recommendation from a trusted community authority to an audience that is actively searching for the services you provide.
The Real Numbers Are
This unique approach boasts the passive impressions from a scrolling ad as well as a DIRECT advertisement towards active buyers who posted because they need your service right now.
Current Active Members
Local Consumers
Estimated Group Reach
Your Front Row Advantage
When you become a Trusted Partner, you are assigned an exclusive seat for your service category. This means:
- Exclusive category placement — You are the only business recommended in your service category. No competitors.
- Admin recommendation posts — When a group member posts a request that matches your service category, an admin will personally comment on that post recommending your business by name.
- Your preferred contact method — Each recommendation includes the contact information you choose: phone number, Facebook page, website, or any combination.
- Your business statement — You provide a brief, consolidated statement about your business that the admin will attach to each recommendation. This is your elevator pitch, delivered by a trusted voice.
Pricing Structure
Agreed Rate
Your monthly or annual rate is based on the historical lead volume and value at the time yourpartnership begins. This is your locked-in rate for the agreement period.
Growth Works in Your Favor
As has been the case in past years, if your service category sees increased interest and lead volume during your partnership, you receive the full benefit of that growth at no additional cost. Your rate stays the same — meaning we are over delivering value to you. A rising tide lifts your boat, and we don’t raise the dock.
Growth Works in Your Favor
We conduct an end-of-year audit to assess actual lead volume and value delivered against your agreement. If your seat experienced a dramatic decline in value compared to what was projected:
- Advertising credits may be extended to you on our other platforms to make up the reasonable difference, at the seller’s discretion.
- This protection is particularly relevant for high-value but infrequent service categories (such as legal services, major home renovation, or specialty trades) where month-to- month volume can be unpredictable, even though the per-lead value is substantial. The seller determines what constitutes a reasonable difference based on the audit findings. The goal is a fair partnership where both sides see value.
What Your Seat is Worth
The seller determines what constitutes a reasonable difference based on the audit findings. The goal is a fair partnership where both sides see value.
- How many qualified service requests are posted per month in your category
- The estimated job value each request represents to a service provider
- The overall monthly value of having exclusive access to those leads
This gives both you and us a transparent, data-driven basis for pricing your seat fairly.
What counts as a qualified lead?
Our assessment process filters out unqualified and irrelevant activity to ensure your seat value reflects only genuine business opportunities. The following are excluded from your lead count:
- Competitors advertising their own services in the group
- Posts asking about a specific provider by name (not open to recommendations)
- Job postings or hiring requests (looking for employees, not contracting a business)
- Requests for free, charity, or non-standard work that does not represent a viable job
- Supply or material questions with no service component
- Requests that fall outside your service category