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They show up July to September, film your story, polish it, slap your logo on it—boom. You look like Netflix money on a Blockbuster budget.
FAQ’s
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Description text goes hereNone. The Be Seen tier is deliberately priced at the cost of two lattes so every Main‑Street shop, nonprofit, or side‑hustle can stay visible. Operating costs are subsidised by higher‑touch packages (Soundbites & Echologues) and by grants that reward local‑media innovation. Your yearly fee keeps the lights on; the upside for us is a richer community feed.
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Our system pings your public RSS or social channel every hour and drops the newest item into one of 20 + curated categories (Eats & Drinks, Health & Wellness, etc.). Each category displays the freshest 50 posts, so you’re always near the top while your news is relevant.
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No. Be Seen only asks for one link (Facebook page, Instagram, X/Twitter, or blog). After that you can forget about HastingsNow—every post you publish in your normal routine will mirror automatically. If you ever get stuck, we’ll connect the feed for you during a five‑minute screen‑share, free of charge.
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Facebook pages & groups
Instagram business profiles
X/Twitter timelines
YouTube channels (community tab or video uploads)
TikTok
Any WordPress, Squarespace, Blogger, or Substack RSS feed
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Paid‑ad networks rent you attention in someone else’s feed and turn off the tap when you stop paying.
HastingsNow gives you a permanent lane inside a hyper‑local feed with zero third‑party ads crowding your story, so neighbours encounter you day after day at no extra cost. -
Every post is screened by an AI+human hybrid filter for profanity, hate speech, or deceptive claims. Offending items are quarantined; repeat offenders are removed. Your feed appears beside only clean, hyper‑local content.
HastingsNow.com turns everyday moments into memorable stories. By fusing text, photos, video, and 30-second Soundbites, we give local businesses, nonprofits, and residents a simple ladder—Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Remembered—to amplify their voices. Explore how our $11.95-a-year “Be Seen” feed, hourly-fresh community channels, and human-first storytelling forge deeper ties across Hastings, Minnesota.