Local Online Marketing 2012 Predictions

Here are my Local Online Marketing 2012 Predictions, to help give small businesses marketers out there a heads up. Some of these are not only for the local business marketer, but do affect them:

Adapt or die in order for small businesses to survive and grow, they are no longer just competing with the sole [...]

Why Have A Facebook Business Page

Facebook when done right can works very well as a measure to force traffic and sales to a domain such as your hub website.

Below, are just a few reasons why your business simply has to have a Facebook Business Page as an element of its online and social media campaign.

More Exposure – Facebook [...]

5 Small Business Online Marketing Mistakes

5 Small Business Online Marketing Mistakes to avoid when planing your online marketing campaign.

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The Web is a great source for leads – but also a fast an expensive way to make mistakes. Here are six common mistakes companies make when trying to drive leads using their websites:

1. Relying on [...]

Online Presence vs The Phone Book

Ten, fifteen, even twenty years ago when someone wanted to find a professional or business they would turn to…the yellow pages phone book. Remember those great paper back phone books, which contained these great splashy ads, which companies and professionals used to give their business exposure to their prospective leads?  These were the prospects that [...]

Today’s Economy and Business

What is happening to some of the Familiar brands over the next 1-2 years?  We are seeing some businesses crash in today’s economy.  It is not all just because of the economy, some of it is because they are not keeping up with today’s technology or simply losing customers.  Some businesses such as A&W Restaurants, [...]

Social Media ROI

I have worked with small businesses for years, first in the printing industry and over the past several years in the online Internet industry and I have noticed a large trend recently focused on Social Media ROI. I understand and find the concept of ROI in Social Media being a needed part of a social [...]

Social Media Marketing

What is the big deal about Social Media Marketing? I have been listening to a lot of people who think they need to use Social Media Marketing for there small business however they do not really know what all the hype is about.  When you think about Advertising and bringing in more customers, what kind [...]

Why Should I Keep Posting Content?

If you are one of the many business owners who are trying to market your own business online and are having trouble getting seen it might have to do with not posting content.  Some people make their website and just leave it expecting it to work for them with out any effort.  These are just [...]