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Google Places Best Practices

Useful links related to using Google Places Google Places Link to Google Places account login page. Google Places User Guide Link to Google Places User Guide. Quality Guidelines Business listings in Google Places must have correct information about physical, local businesses, as they appear in the real world. Adhere to these guidelines for best results. […]

Internet Marketing Tools for Small Businesses

Internet marketing small business techniques are about much more than creating a website and taking it online. You cannot just carefully create a website and expect it to be a success overnight. Creating a successful website requires careful planning and strategic decisions. Without this, your website is almost guaranteed to fail. But this doesn’t mean […]

How to Make Yourself Stand Out When Applying for Marketing Jobs

While it is true that the marketing employment sector is tight these days, by no means does it mean that there isn’t room for a dedicated and driven young marketer to find huge success. However, if you do expect to make your mark as a marketer, when looking for jobs you are going to need […]

How to Market a Small Business Online

Small businesses don’t have limitless advertising budgets. In fact, in this day and age even the large corporations no longer have unlimited funds to spend on advertising and marketing. However, the limitations are amplified when looking at the challenges faced by a small business. This is why learning how marketing small businesses online works can […]

Considering the Internet as a Valid Way of Marketing

It is very common for business owners to dismiss the internet. Many people still hold to the old beliefs in marketing, and are convinced that only ads on TV, the Yellow Pages, radio, or print media are valid ways of promoting their business. This couldn’t be further from the truth. What has really happened in […]

Online Reputation Management for Local

When a good client of mine took on an account that become a problem account, before they knew it they were receiving 28 voice mails very two hour of yelling and screaming. I was told “FIX IT”. Upon my initial research, I uncovered that this is expensive and that the right systems should have been […]

Pros and Cons of Yellow Pages vs. Internet Advertising

A small business is only going to have so much available money to devote to their advertising. This is why small business owners quite often do a lot of research before purchasing advertising. Because they have limited funds, they want to make sure that they are going to get the best return on their investment […]

How to Make Yourself Stand Out When Applying for Marketing Jobs

While it is true that the marketing employment sector is tight these days, by no means does it mean that there isn’t room for a dedicated and driven young marketer to find huge success. However, if you do expect to make your mark as a marketer, when looking for jobs you are going to need […]

Current Trends in the Marketing Job Market

For several years now, the marketing job place has been one which has been quite competitive. If you’re considering going to school or training yourself for jobs in marketing, you should make sure that you’re informed first about what the job place looks like right now. If you know what you’re getting into in terms […]