Aye right, you just want to help local companies out of the kindness of your heart!
what she means is - can you recommend local companies so I can pitch to them and ask for a job/freebies. If I can tell them my insta audience are fans and I have a captured market for them, they’ll be more likely to pay me/affiliate link me/give me freebies. Plus the recommendations will have the added bonus of increasing her engagement stats. Ultimately she’s asking her audience to do the work for her - she doesn’t have to spend money or time to test products or source local businesses and give advice - she gets her audience to do it for her.
she’s been begging for the last couple of weeks, which is why I’m so cynical. She’s also been plugging her photographer husband like there’s no tomorrow now wedding season is over. clearly they are keen to start their attic conversion and want the funds ASAP.