When you’re trying to create a marketing campaign for a small business, you need to think about the best ways to generate the maximum effect for the minimum effort. While this is surely a truism which applies to all types of marketing, for all types of businesses, it is especially important in the case of […]
Is Google Really Calling Local Businesses?
You happen to receive a phone call from someone that identifies himself or herself as being a Google representative. Don’t jump to the conclusion that it’s a phone scam. It has been confirmed by Mike Blumenthal (of Google) that these phone calls are an element in Google’s venture to tidy up local business records and […]
Obtaining Customer Reviews on the Internet
When you’re selling products, whether only online, or in the real world, reviews are important. If you’re trying to sell SEO services for example, before anyone buys your service, one of the first things they are going to do is try and Google reviews for your particular service. This allows them to get firsthand information […]
Networking With Small Business Owners
For anyone running a small business, it is difficult to operate in a vacuum. The more you isolate yourself, the more you have to do everything alone. Instead, it is much more productive to network with other small business owners to see if there are ways that you can help each other. For instance, one […]
Why Small Business Marketing Should Include the Internet
Small businesses need to use every cost effective method that they can to market themselves. Large corporations have endless dollars to throw at marketing campaigns but this is a far cry from how most small businesses operate. These smaller companies need to find ways to let their potential customers know about their organization without effectively […]
Google’s Focus on Local Search
Google is a company that is constantly changing. For years now, the strength of the most popular search engine in the world has been that it is constantly improving. The owners of Google are never complacent, and work hard to constantly change the algorithms of the search engine in order to provide their users with […]
Effective Use of a Blog for Local Business
Many people who run a smaller local business are not getting even close to touching on how effective they can market their small business online. When just getting into small business internet marketing online, the error that many small businesses make is that they focus on just one method of internet business promotion, such as […]
Why It Is Critical To Define Your Online Service Area for Local Businesses
When thinking about marketing a business online, too many people overlook the actuality of their real geographic location and their service area. The notion that because they are online that they can simply offer service to everyone is a useful one to some extent, but it can also make it difficult to focus your marketing […]
How to Sell Internet Marketing
When you approach a business offering them local business marketing services, what do you think the first thing on their mind is? Believe it or not, it’s not always money. The first thing that most people want to know is just how much you can offer them in terms of knowledge and leverage against their […]
Reviews Make (or Break) Online Local Marketing
Businesses can rely on online local marketing for growth and expansion. The Internet, being a medium that can reach millions of people around the world, is a great marketing tool. It can be used to efficiently disseminate information, process business orders, and as a way for corporate communication. Promotional media can be sent to a […]
