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  • Basic Places Practices Update: How do you claim an owner-verified listing? May 17, 2012
    A common issue that arises in the forums is the business owner that is unable to change or enhance their listing because they no longer have access to the account that it is in, perhaps because they lost the password , the employee that had claimed the listing is no longer employed or they had [...] No related posts. […]
    Mike Blumenthal

RSS Direct Creative

  • The Importance of Being Trivial May 2, 2012
    Do you like the title of this article? I stole it from chapter 3 of The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch. Back in the 40s and 50s, Flesch was hailed as the guru of clear, direct writing. His advice remains powerful and relevant today. When Flesch recommended being “trivial,” he meant you should […]
    Dean Rieck

Local Search

Local Search Environment Growing Fast For SMB’s

December 25, 2010
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Local search buffet for small business.

Ran across another good article by David Mihm, local search guru, that underscores the positive direction our business model has been taking for some time now, specifically the transition from “print shop” to “marketing services provider” or MSP.  In his article he has identified 14 channels that all have direct and major impact on...
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Local Search vs. Natural Search vs. Paid Search

November 9, 2010
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Local Search vs. Natural Search vs. Paid Search

Search engine marketing is the single most effective way to drive local traffic to your business Web site. When you have dominated a Google search, rest assured you have driven most of the Internet traffic to your business’ Web site. There are three main types of searches: a local search, a natural search, and...
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How to Rank Well for Local Search

November 4, 2010
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How to Rank Well for Local Search

Local businesses using search engine marketing to promote themselves should know that, instead of optimizing their websites for the more general Google search, they should focus on the local search. Marketing, after all, works only if you have a specific target market and focus on getting your message across to them. It only makes...
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Canadian Ad Agency Finds New Partner

September 15, 2010
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Situation A leading Canadian agency, Juniper Park, needed someone in the Dallas, TX area to help them complete an eleventh hour project. A clients’ account team was flying to Dallas in less than 24 hours to rehearse a formal presentation to a multi-million dollar prospect account that evening, and local Canadian partners were not...
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