Strategies

Strategies

Most of the basic services that Americans rely on are provided by state and local governments and the vast majority of laws and regulations are passed, not in Washington, but in city halls and state capitals around the country.

According to the last Census, state and local governments outspent the federal government by over $30 billion. That’s why our focus is state and local exclusively. Whether we are assisting clients with legislative and regulatory tracking,developing legislation at the state level or determining how dollars will be spent in City Hall, our finger is always on the pulse of the key state and local trends that could affect your organization.

Our goal is to assist our clients in developing more effective state and local government strategies.

State and Local Lobbying

Whether you need to socialize important ideas with legislators and turn them into laws or block harmful bills that are emerging around the country, MainStreet Advocates is the firm for you. We start by thoroughly understanding our client’s goals and look for the opportunities or problems that have been overlooked. From there, our firm principals work hand-in-hand with you to focus your effort on the right locales, make the right hires, best utilize your resources and develop a winning overall strategy.

State and Local Consultant and Lobbyist Retention

Whether you need to socialize important ideas with legislators and turn them into laws or block harmful bills that are emerging around the country, MainStreet Advocates is the firm for you. We start by thoroughly understanding our client’s goals and look for the opportunities or problems that have been overlooked. From there, our firm principals work hand-in-hand with you to focus your effort on the right locales, make the right hires, best utilize your resources and develop a winning overall strategy.

State and Local Government Procurement

You never want to respond to someone else’s opportunity. If you were not on the ground floor in creating a procurement, winning that contract becomes increasingly more difficult. To that end, developing procurements is a fine science, one that involves broad up-front research to determine the most likely markets interested in your service or product. All too often, companies don’t track available dollars to find the best opportunities but focus instead on where they believe the dollars must be. Opportunities abound for those that choose the right markets and create trusted relationships with the local stakeholders. We assist our clients in identifying those markets that are most ripe for our clients and developing strategies for success.

State Legislative and Regulatory Tracking

At MainStreet Advocates our comprehensive state legislative and regulatory tracking service covers all 50 states and is fully customizable to suit your needs. Our industry leading service combines the power of proprietary software and on the ground information to give you the best results possible in order for you to be proactive on the state issues affecting you. Unlike our competitors, MainStreet Advocates includes regularly scheduled interaction with firm principals, at your convenience, offering insight, strategy and guidance on the issues affecting you. We will also work with you to hire the right person on the ground from our vast network of consultants and lobbyists, many of whom are exclusive to MainStreet Advocates

In-House and Contract Lobbyist Training

We are experienced at training your in-house state and local team; as well as training and integrating your contract lobbyists from around the country to develop and support a top notch team to meet your state and local agenda. We can assist by setting up programs that:

  • Lay out the business justification for hiring lobbyists
  • Identify the right fit lobbyists and selecting the right one
  • Educate contract lobbyists and “on-board” them on to your team
  • Manage contract lobbyists
  • Develop in-house and contract lobbyist best practices
  • Draft goals for in-house and contract lobbyists