For The Local SEO DIYer’s—What It Takes To Get In The Local Results In 2010

06.07.2010

Don’t want to hire a pro to get yourself ranked in the Google Local listings? With some time, elbow grease, and a willingness to learn, it’s certainly possible—like most things nowadays, all the information is on the web for your digestive pleasure.
A great place to start is here: David Mihm’s annual local results search engine [...]

Read the full article →

What Is An RSS Feed And How To Use It…AKA The Geatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

06.01.2010

RSS Feeds—Have you heard this buzzword?  If not or if you don’t know what it means, you’re missing out on a great tool, and it’s not just one more thing to keep track of.  It’s actually many, many less things rolled into one!
Think of every blog and news site you like to check daily, or [...]

Read the full article →

Social Media Marketing: Interruptions Not Allowed

05.25.2010

If you haven’t already been sold on the idea that social media will be a major key to growing your business now and even more so in the coming years, watch this 3-minute video. (Even if you are convinced, watch it anyway; it’s well-produced and thought provoking).
While the video wedges in a lot of interesting [...]

Read the full article →

Opportunity Knocks: Internet Marketing For Local Business

05.18.2010

Have you had a thought along these lines: “Wow, if I could have seen the internet boom coming in 1994, I would be a billionaire!”   While I can’t promise you private islands or tuxedo’d butlers, I can help point you in the direction of growing your business far and away faster than your competition.
While the [...]

Read the full article →

The Second Most Popular Search Engine

11.05.2009

Most know that Google is the undisputed top dog in search, but who’s number two?  Take a guess!
My small unscientific survey of about 10 friends or family members yielded incorrect answers.  Most people guess Yahoo or Microsoft/Bing. However, the answer lies in a site that may be associated with videos of funny cats, rather than [...]

Read the full article →

How To Choose A Web Designer — 3 Crucial And Overlooked Considerations

10.29.2009

Maybe I should title this post “Blatant Conflicts of Interest,” instead.  I suppose someone like myself writing this article and trying to be objective, is like McDonald’s publishing a guide entitled “How To Have A Delicious Lunch,” but I feel I have some important ideas to add to the subject that are easily and often [...]

Read the full article →

Getting More From Yelp

10.14.2009

Previously, I talked about the importance of online reviews on sites like Yelp. Yet, Yelp has even more to offer which I’ll be covering right here, right now!
If I had to choose, I would say Yelp is closer to Facebook than it is to Yellowpages.com.  Yelp allows reviewers to create profiles detailing everything from their [...]

Read the full article →

Yelp! – The Future Of Local Search And How To Get Your Business On Board

09.18.2009

Have you heard of Yelp?  Most have not, but among a few early adopters, Yelp has a cult-ish following that is about to become mainstream.
Yelp is like any other yellow pages site, with one big difference: there are heaps upon heaps of reviews of just about any kind of consumer oriented business that you (or [...]

Read the full article →

Comment Cards Of The Future

08.27.2009

At one time or another, you have been handed a little piece of card-stock and a golf pencil and were asked to fill out a survey, and leave some comments about your experience as a customer of whatever business you just patronized.
With enough of these completed surveys, the business owner found out what went right [...]

Read the full article →

99% Of Small Businesses Do Not Know To Do This

08.20.2009

Driving down I-290 yesterday, I noticed a billboard from Google. It was advertising their “Google Apps” for business program (which is great, by the way) and it made me think: what other tricks does Google have up its sleeve that most businesses ought to know about?
The first thing that came to my mind is a [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries