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The conclusion of our interview with Jay Mallinckrodt  of Yokld.com Q. How are businesses added to the system?  via individuals? via on-line databases? A. Any business can be added by any member of the Yokld user community at any time. At this point we have opted not to purchase a …

Today I am speaking with Jay Mallinckrodt from Yokld.com. Q. What is Yokld.com? A. Yokld is a “Best Of” local business ranking social platform that is 100% compiled and commented on by users.  The idea is simple – the more times a business gets “Yokl’d” (voted for) the higher in …

Reading the post, Anatomy & Optimization Of A Local Business Profile, got me thinking about business profiles again. I had previously mentioned them  here.  Also Brian Wool, wrote about them in his post, Is One Good Web Site Enough for a Local Business? Brian said: “I don’t think these profile …

There are three articles I would like you to read (if you have not yet). Understanding the Needs of a Searcher by Gareth Davies over at Marketing Pilgram. This is a summary of a presentation given at SMX London in 2007. It is a long article but has some great …

I am not one to make predictions but I do set up resolutions or goals each year.  The “professionals” say not to go overboard and create too many goals simply because you can only get so much done. I decided to create four for right now and will add more …

At the end of any year, it is a natural thing to take a step back and review what has been done and see what is coming up. Every small business needs to do this; I definitely am working on my plan for 2008 based on 2007. I wanted to …

Search Engine Journal has posted their nominations for the Search Blogs Awards of 2007 and the voting has began! LocalBizBits has been nominated in the Best Local Search Blog category. If you can, please head to the polls and cast your vote. I, of course, would appreciated any support you …

Just wanted to take a second and wish everyone a great and joyous holiday season. Here is hoping your 2008 is even better that 2007. After a few days off, I will be back here, posting away! Merry Christmas to all and to all, a good night!

Today I take a few minutes from my normal posting to mention BloggerUnite. Today, December 17th 2007 is about Acts of Kindness. What is this about? “The Acts of Kindness theme aims at putting a human face on the bloggers responsible for so much good in the world. The goal …

I was not able to go to ILM conference this year but from what I have heard it was good. Just wanted to bring to your attention a couple of nice posts on the conference for those who could not make it. Closing The Book on ILM:07 by Peter Krasilovsky …