Discover Bradenton Business Network
Be the business locals think of first
Get in front of the locals who browse Discover Bradenton every week, and into a network of local owners who show up for each other.
20,000
Facebook followers
3,900+
email readers, 60%+ open
250,000+
Google search appearances / month
You smile. Inside, you’re doing the math on how many people still don’t know.
You post on Facebook and a few dozen people see it. You go to a networking event, hand out 20 cards, and nobody remembers your name by Friday. Marketing is supposed to happen somewhere between payroll, the schedule, and actually doing the work.
Locals can’t choose a business they’ve never heard of.
Getting known locally takes two things most owners can’t build on their own: an audience that already pays attention, and people in your corner who know what you do. That’s what Discover Bradenton was built to be.
Get Seen
A full directory listing with SEO backlinks, a welcome post on the DBBN pages, unlimited event posts on the community calendar, your offer on Local Offers, and chances to be featured.
Get Connected
Members-only rooms you won’t find anywhere else, Ditch the Pitch and Business Unfiltered, plus free entry to Speed Networking and our monthly Happy Hours.
Get Supported
An onboarding checklist so you know what to do first, a member assistant for quick questions, and other members who show up for each other.
The audience you get in front of:
too busy to network?
You never have to go to a single event.
Plenty of owners can’t make a 5pm happy hour, and that’s fine. Your membership keeps working while you run your business. The rooms are there when you want them, never required.
Every member, no events needed
Your directory listing with photos, booking links and SEO backlinks
A welcome post on the DBBN Facebook and Instagram pages
Your offer on the Local Offers page
Your events on the community calendar
Want us to do it all? Ultimate
We write and optimize your listing
We post and promote your events. Tell us where they live.
A featured article about your business
A monthly check-in. Reply with your news and we promote it.
When you want to be in the room
The rooms you won’t find anywhere else
Members only · Once a month
Ditch the Pitch
A small-group mastermind lunch for 6-12 owners.
No pitching, no topic of the week. Each person brings something real they’re working on, and the table helps solve it. You leave with ideas you can use that week, and a few people who now know your business well.
“Takes networking out of the ’30 second elevator speech’ box.”
DBBN member
Members only · Once a month
Business Unfiltered
A morning for women business owners.
Honest conversation about business and life, with women who get it. No polish required, no pretending it’s all going great. It’s small on purpose, so it can be real.
“A smaller, more intimate group of ladies being real, honest and supportive in a safe space.”
DBBN member
Open to everyone · Free for members
Speed Networking
A fast, friendly way to meet a lot of local owners in one morning.
Open to everyone · Free for members
Happy Hours
Once a month at a different local spot. Casual, fun, and come-as-you-are.
What members say
Hi, I’m Beth. I’ve lived in Bradenton for almost 30 years, and I built Discover Bradenton because finding a great local business here was harder than it should be. Seven years later, thousands of locals use it every month to do exactly that.
When you join, you’re not buying ad space from some agency. You’re getting a spot in a community I’ve built one happy hour, one blog post, one introduction at a time. I read every new member application myself, and I’m always available to offer help.
What Members ask before Joining
Be the business locals think of first.
Get seen by the locals who browse Discover Bradenton, and connected with owners who show up for each other. From $35 a month or $350 a year.
Not sure which one? Start with the one that fits today. You can switch anytime with one email.