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Well ILM09 is in the books. This year I was not able to attend but from what I have seen and read, it looked like an awesome meeting. Over the next few days, I hope to review over some of the presentations and info provided and give you some recaps. …
Read More »Guiaslocal.com – Bilingual Local Directory
Today we have an interview with George Ramos, CEO and Founder of Guías Local, Inc. Q. What is guiaslocal.com? A. GuiasLocal.com is a new, non-yellow page, bilingual start-up that connects consumers to major U.S. cities and millions of businesses. Guias Local translated in English means “Local Guides” (a logical name …
Read More »Running Your Small Business Online
With the state of the economy today, what can a small business do to help itself? Marketing online is definitely one thing, I would recommend. LOL Over the last few months, I have been pulling together articles on the subject and over the next few posts, I will be reviewing …
Read More »Interactive Local Media 2009
Just wanted to remind folks that in two weeks, ILM09 or Interactive Local Media 2009 put on by the Kelsey/BIA group will be going on in LA. Looks to be a great meeting. “ILM:09 focuses on the rapid innovation in local online, search and mobile – the Web’s “last frontier.” …
Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
Just want to wish all of our US readers a happy and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Despite all of the difficulties, we have a lot to be thankful for. 🙂
Read More »New Merchant Circle Survey-Sentiment Low but Glimmers of Hope
Kevin Leu of Merchant Circle sent me info on a survey that Merchant Circle had recently done. I thought the results were interesting. More than 12000 business members participated in the survey. Just over 10% of those responding businesses classified themselves as retailers, while 90% fell into other categories. For …
Read More »How To Dominate Page One of Google So Your Competitors Don’t Stand a Chance – Part II
Today we finish up the article by Tim Conley. If you have any questions, please post them here and Tim or myself will be more than happy to discuss them. Now…. Dominating Local Searches on Google First you need to do basic search engine optimization on every page of your …
Read More »How To Dominate Page One of Google So Your Competitors Don’t Stand a Chance – Part I
Today and tomorrow we have a guest author -Tim Conley from LocalMarketingMastery.com (Thanks for the article Tim.) What if there was a way for you to get more than the average 50+% of visitors from a number one Google ranking? I don’t know about you, but I really dislike paying …
Read More »Twitter And My Blogging
Every time I sit down to work on a post, something comes up. Yeah, I know “a likely story”. LOL I have been reading so many articles that I like and think are worthwhile but I have been keeping them to myself. So to fix this situation, I am planning …
Read More »SEM 09 Final Results
Hope everyone is well. Yes I am still around- got too much on my plate now. Got lots of post ideas to work on.. Well if you remember, I set up a fantasy baseball league earlier in the year. Thankfully that league and the main baseball season is over. It …
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