Your Marketing Plans Should be Warming Up!
The majority of the U.S. is covered by record-breaking snow and cold weather, but smart business owners and marketers are starting to have “warmer thoughts”… Several months ago I wrote about those...
View ArticleCaution! Unrealistic Internet marketing claims coming your way!
NOTE: this is not me. I’ve been in the “local search” business since the earliest days. From selling IYP on BigYellow.com, the Yahoo! Yellow Pages and InfoSpace in the 90′s, to SEM, SEO and more...
View ArticleLocal Online Success: “it’s a journey, not a destination”.
To achieve a high-level of online visibility and internet marketing success, local businesses need to consider multiple factors… So what’s the definition of “online success”? For most local...
View ArticleIt’s that time of the year again – are you ready?
Local businesses have less than one-month to prepare for the upcoming spike in online search, researching and buying. As discussed here last year, certain local service and retail type businesses need...
View ArticleDo the math: Google Place Pages + Google+ Pages = Google+ Local Pages.
The inevitable merging of Google’s Place pages and Google+ pages has taken place. The result? Google+ Local Pages. Search Engine Land calls this “the center of gravity for local search“. 20% of...
View ArticleFree Internet Marketing Seminars for Local Business Owners
Celebrating over 100 hibu local Internet marketing seminars held to-date!- Next Up on the schedule: Seattle, WA. Columbia, MO. Lubbock & Austin, TX. Long Island, NY Springfield, MA. Maumee, OH...
View Article10 Great SEO Articles Every Local Business Owner Should Read…
These local SEO blog posts contain valuable information on local SEO and how small and local businesses can learn, apply, and eventually reap the rewards of local search marketing, posted this...
View ArticleLocal Search Ranking Factors – Volume 5. A “Must Read”!
It’s that time of the year local-search marketers! David Mihm’s annual Local Search Ranking factors is out (vol. 5). This is one of the most important and anticipated pieces of research released...
View ArticleLocal Search Source has moved…
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