LocalBizBits Local Search Marketing Information and Resources
One of the big things any small business needs to handle is customer reviews. It can be a bit harder online since pretty much anyone, at any time can put a review up about you without your knowledge. The best thing you can do, as a small business is to …
Read More »Missed Opportunity
A couple of weeks back, my wife was hit while driving my car. Nothing major and no one was hurt but we needed to have some body work done on the car. I took it to probably one of the better known shops here in town. They did a great …
Read More »A Cool Way to Follow Conferences
Have you been to any conferences lately? Can’t go because of time or money? No problem. There are number of conferences that are going on, have gone on, or coming up and a great way to find out what is happening is to follow them on Twitter. I have been …
Read More »Who You Gonna Call?
Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Tim Tracey of YouGottaCall.com Q. So Tim, lets start with the basics, what is YouGottaCall? A. YouGottaCall.com is a free, web-based word-of-mouth referral service that benefits consumers, the local businesses they trust and the community. Our unique process has pending patent protection. Q. …
Read More »Schmap – Intersection of Local – Social (Part 2)
Today I finish my interview with Paul Hallett, CEO of Schmap.com Hopefully this interview will give you a little insight of what is happening on mobile-social-local front. Twitter is just one of the many areas online where small business can interact and reach out to potential new clients. Q. What …
Read More »Schmap – Intersection of Local – Social
Twitter is becoming a very powerful tool for individuals and small business. Recently I have found myself spending more time on Twitter, trying to keep up with the new trends and ideas on local search marketing, as well as sports scores, trades, rumors, the latest Android phones and more etc. …
Read More »Don’t Waste Time in Haste-Social Media Tips & Tricks
Today we have a guest post from Ben Johnson of Logoinn. They provide custom logo design services and are based in the UK. As a side note, if anyone else is interested in being a guest blogger here at LocalBizBits, just let me know. Thanks for the article Ben. ========= …
Read More »Predictions….
Well 2010 is well under way. Why am I talking about predictions in Feb? LOL. There are a number of good articles that have been published I wanted to summarize them here. As a small business, you need to keep an eye on trends and patterns and see where and …
Read More »Articles on Social Media and Small Business
Social media is growing-a day does not go by when I do not see an article or two about it. Here are some articles I have read and bookmarked, which I wanted to pass on to you guys. After putting this list together, I realized they all have to do …
Read More »Local City-Specific Biz Coupons Through Twitter
Got a press release from Kevin Leu at MerchantCircle today about Merchant Circle now providing coupons via Twitter pages…very interesting. From the press release/blog: To further increase local business exposure online, MerchantCircle also announces the first-ever local city coupon Twitter feed. Merchant-built coupons are now automatically fed to city-specific Twitter …
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