LocalBizBits Local Search Marketing Information and Resources
Q. Where do you get your listings from, what database/sources? A. We obtain our listings from several different sources. The bulk of our listings have come from Acxiom, but we do have several other sources from which we obtain listing information. The fact that we are powered by Network Solutions …
Read More »Think, Think, Think
Today we are happy to have Julia Dalton Manager, Marketplace & Directory Services from ThinkLocal.com Q.Tell us a little about yourself. A. I began my experience in the internet industry working for MonsterCommerce, an Ecommerce company that is now part of Network Solutions. My background is focused mainly in online …
Read More »Finding a Parking Place
Got an email a while back from a new website/local search, ParkingHunter.com. The purpose of the website is to help folks find places to park their cars. From their press release: ParkingHunter.com has created a marketplace for monthly parking spaces and currently has 2500+ parking spots available. The goal is …
Read More »Small Business Stuff (Part 2)
Email marketing can be a very effective means of communicating on-line but one needs to be careful. With all the spam out there, it can be difficult. I recently sat down with the CEO of mobileStorm email and mobile marketing, Jared Reitzin and picked his brain. Q. Tell us a …
Read More »Linking Advice
Another quick post on a few articles on link building that I thought deserved your attention: Link Building Secrets Revealed by Top Linking Experts put together by Pole Position Marketing. You can even download a pdf file. No Recession For Link Building by Eric Ward How Social Media Becomes Link …
Read More »Defending Your Reputation On-line
There have been a number of informative posts on the subject over the last few months, so I decided to share those I liked. It is getting more important these days to have some idea of what is being said about you and your company. More and more business are …
Read More »I dream of Genie..Local
Today I have the privilege of speaking with John A.Manning, SVP Business Development of GenieKnows. Q. Can you tell us a little about yourself? A. My background is in Clinical Therapy and Educational Psychology which I practiced as a private practioner until 2004.I am one of the founding partners of …
Read More »Local.com – the Quiet Local Search Giant?
When everyone is speaking /writing about local search engines, usually they mean Google and Yahoo, but what about Local.com? They seemed to be in the news every other week last year, (check out their press releases) and just recently this year – Local.com Wins Hitwise U.S. Top Ten Award. I …
Read More »Linking Locally
I read a great article today over at Convert Offline, It’s No Secret Link Building In Local Search Is Different. Tim talks about link building for the local business. I have talked about this subject a while back at Building small business websites for today. In that post I link …
Read More »Local Search Insights
I am always interested in hearing what others have to say about local search. I have been following a number of very good interviews with those in local search marketing that I wanted to share with you. SEO Igloo has been running a series. So far there has been: Andrew …
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