3 Tips for Small Business Local Search Marketing

On August 18, 2010, in Search Marketing, SEO, by Brett Duncan

What is local search marketing you ask?

Have you ever done a Google search and seen that map in the middle of the results? You know what I’m talking about… it looks something like this:

Want to know how to get to the top of that list?

Read on to learn more about Local Search Engine Optimization techniques, and why it’s important to ‘localize’ your business.

First off, let’s quickly discuss what we mean by local search marketing.

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5 Stellar Articles on SEO Basics

On February 26, 2010, in SEO, by Brett Duncan

Search Engine Optimization articles that clearly explain the basics of SEO. Learn from great teachers such as SEOmoz, SEOBook.com and Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net

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Case in Point: Yet Another Lesson from Pastry Photography

On February 11, 2010, in Target Marketing, by Brett Duncan

Pastry photography again? Believe it or not, I keep finding marketing lessons from pastry photography.

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Freakin’ Awesome Reading to End the Year With

On December 28, 2009, in Weekend Reading, by Brett Duncan

5 great posts to end 2009 with. Get your New Year’s Resolutions in gear by reading through these 5 inspiring articles.

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Gobbledygook, Bananas and Hallways: 9 Links Worth Your Time This Week

On April 14, 2009, in Weekend Reading, by Brett Duncan

9 Links for marketers, direct sellers, content marketers, entrepreneurs and PR professionals. Great marketing posts from April 2009.

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Marketing Heroin, Guitars and Medicinal Marijuana

On January 11, 2009, in Weekend Reading, by Brett Duncan

A varied and entertaining list of reading from the past week:  SEO Copywriters: How to make an extra $61,880 this Year: Yuwanda Black’s post on Copyblogger does what too many blog posts fall short of doing: giving you actionable steps that are specific and relevant. Her business website, New Media Words,  is surpringly and refreshingly [...]

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Google Content Network Ads Pay Off for Murad (Case Study)

On July 22, 2008, in Search Marketing, by Brett

Often the red-headed stepchild of pay-per-click advertising, AdWord placement in Google’s content network is often frowned upon and shied away from. Not so for skincare distributor Murad. This article from Internet Retailer details how Murad was able to increase sales by 15% via ads on Google’s content network. The campaign’s success had lead Murad to [...]

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Google News Not So Newsworthy?

On July 18, 2008, in Uncategorized, by Brett

I just googled ‘news,’ expecting Google News to be the first link on the page. It wasn’t. CNN.com takes the cake. What does that tell ya about Google? Mixed reaction? Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

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Web Views and Traffic Mean Nothing

On January 8, 2008, in Business, Web Marketing, Word of Mouth, by Brett

Just because something is easy to measure doesn’t make it the most important thing to measure. Both Ron and Fleet Street PR have interesting rants on the overreaction to views of viral video campaigns, questioning if the views really mean that much. And if they don’t, what does? Here’s my take: Views mean something only [...]

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A New Website is No Field of Dreams

On December 28, 2007, in Internet Marketing, Marketing, Website Design, by Brett

Shoeless Joe Jackson and Terrance Mann might’ve known a thing or two about getting people to a new ballpark in the middle of an Iowa cornfield. But they don’t know jack about driving traffic to a new or redesigned website. If you build it, they still probably won’t come. So what do you do? Here [...]

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