Become the
local brand
mums trust first.
Trust is the one thing money can't buy and competitors can't copy. We help local businesses earn it — through authentic community, trusted word-of-mouth, and real-life brand activations.
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View packages & pricing ↓Local marketing has changed.
If you haven't changed with it, you'll be left behind — and your competitor will win the customers who should have been yours.
Local businesses are investing more time and money into social media than ever before — yet earning trust has never been harder. Audiences scroll past, tune out, and quickly forget. And the moment the content stops, so does the visibility.
Facebook & Instagram fatigue
Audiences are constantly bombarded and scroll past most marketing content.
Declining trust in advertising
People are surrounded by AI — they don't trust what they're seeing anymore.
Paying more, or posting more, to reach fewer people
Whether it's ad spend or your own hours, the cost of being seen keeps climbing.
Consumers ignore businesses they've never met
Strangers don't choose strangers.
Communities crave real human connection
Especially mums, especially now.
You can't rely on ads and social media alone for local marketing anymore. You have to build trust — because trust compounds into sales. It's the most important thing you can be doing in your local marketing right now.
Mums talk. Friends listen.
Want the biggest impact in your community? Go direct to the most influential consumer group in Australia — mums. And they buy on recommendation, not ads.
control 80%+ of household spending.
came directly from a trusted recommendation.
of mums consult other mums before they buy.
If you're not actively building trust with mums, you're leaving money on the table.
And not just new mums either. Our communities are full of mums of all ages and stages: new babies, teenagers, career changes, moving towns, perimenopause, caring for ageing parents, becoming a grandmother. Which means influence over every household spend of every kind.
Most local businesses want that trust but don't have the time, or the local reach, to build it alone. We don't manufacture it for you — we create the opportunities to connect with your community, and teach you how to make them count. The trust is yours. You earn it.
Source: Mumpower, “Australian Mums Today 2025”
"Local marketing is no longer about trading attention — it's about trading trust. We now live in a trust economy."
Humans trust humans.
And mums trust other mums more than anyone. When a mum recommends a business to her circle, that recommendation carries weight no paid ad can buy. We help local businesses earn that trust — not rent it.
So what are you doing right now to build authentic trust with your community — and with the customers you haven't met yet?
Why community marketing outperforms social media alone.
A fast-growing community of local mums.
We spent six years building this trust one local community event at a time. We know you would love that kind of trust for your business too, but you don't have time to build it. So we allow a small number of local businesses to partner with us to earn it with us advocating for them the whole way.
On track to connect 100,000 mums by 2030
“Nobody else in Australia is connecting local businesses with their community in such a targeted, authentic, and in-person way.”
Connect. Activate. Advocate.
A simple, repeatable framework for turning local visibility into trusted recommendations — and trusted recommendations into long-term growth.
Connect
We introduce your business to the mums in your local community — both online and in real life, through our local events, social platforms, Facebook groups, emails and community ecosystem.
Activate
We create opportunities for mums to experience your brand and get to know you, through regular in-person activations and community engagements. This builds familiarity, emotional connection and trust.
Advocate
When mums trust a business, they recommend it. Word spreads naturally through conversations, school gates, sporting clubs, workplaces, families and feeds.
Trust is built through repeated exposure.
We don't just help mums see your brand — we help them experience it repeatedly across six trusted touchpoints. One sighting is forgettable. Six is familiar. Familiar is what gets chosen.
"She's seen them on Insta, at the event, in the Little Pink Book, and her best friend already raves about them. Of course she's booking."
Social Media
Branded content across our local club channels
Facebook Groups
Featured in the conversations mums are already having
Email Newsletter
Weekly updates delivered to thousands of engaged mums
Community Events
Real-life brand activations where mums experience your business
Little Pink Book
The trusted local directory mums look up first
Mums Recommend Mums
Word-of-mouth that spreads organically through the community
Plus category exclusivity in your club, monthly branded content created with you, and access to the Local Brand Network — our growth community for local business owners. We organise, market and host the activations, and they work best when we plan them together.
In-person activations can become your moat.
A social post can be copied in ten minutes. A trusted community presence cannot. Real connection creates deep trust — and deep trust is very hard for a competitor to take from you.
Face-to-face builds memory.
A real moment with your brand sticks in a way a digital ad never can. Algorithms can't replicate that.
People buy after experiencing.
Trying, tasting, meeting — physical experience converts at a multiple of digital advertising.
Mums share with mums.
One activation seeds dozens of conversations — which grow into community-wide referrals.
Recommendations compound.
Trust earned today still works in twelve months. Content stops the day you stop posting.
One business per category, per club.
When your category is taken in your community, it's taken. We won't partner with your competitor down the road.
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"The connection we receive to the community is unmatched. Kirsty and the team bring excitement and expertise to organising fundraisers, events and local get-togethers. As a proud sponsor we have received more foot traffic, more events and functions, and increased revenue overall. They are a great asset to our venue."
The Manly Hotel
Partner since Jan 2025 · Manly, Brisbane
We love collaborating with Social Mums Club because we share so many values — contribution, health, service, support, and business promotion is almost just a natural side effect.
Beth
Empire Accountants
Just had a surge in online views and a phone call to book in — from someone who had 'seen something online'…!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou
Mia
Aim Psychology
Six months from now.
- A mum asks the local Facebook group for a recommendation — and three people name you.
- Customers walk in already knowing who you are, because they met you at an event.
- Your competitor is still paying for clicks. You're the one people bring their friends to.
Simple, transparent local pricing.
Two partnership levels for full integration into your local community. Two standalone options if you're just getting started.
Sponsor
Category exclusivity, in-person activations, social content, email features and Little Pink Book listing in your local community.
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Premium Sponsor
Everything a Sponsor gets, plus expanded reach, increased activation frequency, and priority placement across all channels.
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Little Pink Book Feature
A 12-month listing in the directory mums look up first — with backlinks, offers and an exclusive profile seen by our community of 57,000+ mums.
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Local Brand Network
12 monthly in-person sessions covering your full customer journey — with a crew of local business owners beside you the whole way.
Learn More →Looking for a regional or national partnership?
Everything above is a local partnership — one business, one community. Multi-site, regional and national brands are built differently. Kirsty would love to talk through what earning that trust across several communities could look like for you.
kirsty@socialmumsclub.comAll prices + GST. Local partnership pricing varies by region and category. Book a coffee meeting to get a tailored quote.
Let's grow your local brand together.
Tell us a little about your business and where you're based — we'll connect you directly with your local club leader for a complimentary coffee meeting.
No pitch. No pressure. Just an honest conversation over coffee.
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Coffee with your local club leader
A conversation about your business and your community.
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Check your category is free
If it is, we'll tailor a partnership around what you want to achieve.
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We launch you into the community
Activations, content and introductions — we organise, you show up.
Kirsty Foster
Founder, Social Mums Club
Free Resource for Local Business Owners
Have you found our podcast yet?
The Trusted Brand Podcast is about the most powerful marketing strategy there is — human-to-human trust. Why it works, how to build it across every touchpoint, and how to turn it into word-of-mouth. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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