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Someone clicks on it. Maybe they complete a transaction, maybe they don’t. After that, the customer goes away. Once your paid campaign stops, so do your interactions. If you want to re-engage, you need to start at Square One with yet another digital ad. - ###### Mike Raleigh ## [The Local Brew #83: Driving Local Relevance With Nextdoor](https://www.longitude73.com/blog/local-relevance-with-nextdoor) The point of Nextdoor is neighborhood. To leverage this emerging platform, make sure that your content is relevant to that local audience. 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