Larry

Some Product Updates

Got some info about a couple updates, that I wanted to pass on. 1. MerchantCircle launches: Neighbors “Neighbors enables consumers to “follow” local businesses for the latest promotions, coupons and announcements.  Business owners can use the Neighbors “feed” as an easy way to communicate directly with their customer base and …

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Recommended Reading from Mike Belasco

About a month or so ago, my good friend Mike Belasco of seOverflow published a series of articles on Google Analytics for Local Search. These article are jam packed with excellent info for those wanting to know more about local search and analytics. Here are the links to those posts. …

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Local Video Display Ads Grow

I got a copy of a press release from Mixpo today that I thought was interesting. Local Video Display Ad Campaigns Grow More Than 300 Percent Year-Over-Year for Mixpo Thousands of video ads generating more than 1.2 million minutes of viewer engagement is fueling strong interest from advertisers looking to …

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Poynt – Updated Local Mobile Search App

I got notification today that Poynt, probably the best local search app for the Blackberry has official updated to include the addition of restaurant searches. I had reviewed Poynt, back in Feb 2009.  From their press release: “Poynt’s restaurant search feature rounds out the already robust business, movie and people …

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Web.com and MerchantCircle Expand Partnership

Got some info today from Kevin over a MerchantCircle. Web.com and MerchantCircle are expanding their partnership.  From the press release: In addition to MerchantCircle’s suite of easy-to-use online publishing services, MerchantCircle’s local business members will have access to Web.com-powered marketing products and services designed to help them successfully market their …

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LocalBizBits-Where Have You Been?

It has been a long time since I wrote.  Need to apologize. To put it simply, I have not had the time.   I have a ton of articles to review and post, got a good number of ideas on articles, but just like any small business, I  need to focus …

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The Methodical Marketer Interview

Today I have the pleasure of posting an interview I did with Jimmy Williams of TheMethodicalMarketer.com. Jimmy and I connected via Facebook and Twitter. After following him for a while, I thought my readers would be interested in what he has to say, thus the interview was born. LOL.  Enjoy. …

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Local Search Conferences

Got an email the other about a conference, so I thought I would put together the list of conferences that I know are going on later this year. 1.  Local Search Summit:09. This conference by Steve Espinosa was originally scheduled for this month but was reschedule for August 13th at …

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