Now for the exciting conclusion of my interview with Paul O’Brien of Zvents. Q. The Zvents website also mentions that one can add Zvents to their website – can you explain this? A. Certainly. One could consider using the Media Platform though that is really the right solution for major …

Local SEO with Event Promotion by Paul O’Brien is a very interesting articles talking about how local busines can use local events to promote and advertise their own business.  This is not a new concept but Zvents, now gives the local small business a way to do it on-line. “Zvents …

I have always been a big supporter/advocate for adding some general, related content on the small business web site. Why?…To provide keyword rich content, create another avenue into the web site and finally, to simply provide a resource to the visitor.  I definitely will work with someone who seems to …

ShowMeLocal.com Interview (continued) Q. Tell me about your Facebook and your other applications. A. This week we have released the Business Space application that allows business owners to integrate their blogs, coupons, specials and job posts with local Facebook Pages. Business owners will be able to control what type of …

ShowMeLocal.com is one of the better websites/directories where local business can create an online profile and promote themselves.  I came across the site when I did my post of local search in Facebook. They had a local search application, so I clicked over their website, did some review, and then …

In keeping with holiday spirit -I am offering a Cyber Monday special. If you are a small business or know of one and needing some local search or general marketing help, contact me (larry at localbizbits.com) and for a free web site evaluation. Use the code LBB-1107. This expires on …

Let the shopping begin! As I mentionedin my last post, I made my big purchase /holiday shopping last week and am still enjoying it!  This is a big time of the year for businesses and yours need to be ready. Now, I am not one who loves to brave the …

For the past week or so, I have been doing more local search than writing about local search! It was my wife’s birthday and I wanted to do something special. I got her (and the family) a new widescreen TV. It is awesome! we previously had a 27 TV and …

Continuing our conversation…. Q. How does UniversalBusinessListings.org (UBL)  differ from many of the other sites/services that offer business listings? A.  Primarily this is an industry initiative, where the data is not owned by anybody other than the non-profit .Org and will never be sold. Our understanding is that other companies …

A new service for local business, UniversalBusinessListing.Org was started recently. I got a copy of their press release so I decided to do some investigating. I read over their website and it seemed pretty good but I wanted some more information. I  caught up with Chris Travers and was able …