Interviews

Guiaslocal.com – Bilingual Local Directory

Today we have an interview with George Ramos, CEO and Founder of  Guías Local, Inc.

Q. What is guiaslocal.com?
A.  GuiasLocal.com is a new, non-yellow page, bilingual start-up that connects consumers to major U.S. cities and millions of businesses.  Guias Local translated in English means “Local Guides” (a logical name for Hispanics and search algorithm [...]

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.
Q. Tell us a little about [...]

The New fone book

One reason smartphones were created were to hopefully make some things in life easier and give us access to important information or resources quickly. This week, a new app for the Blackberry Storm, is coming out, the fone book, from BlindingRain, a small start up company here in the US.  This is an app that [...]

iLPS-YellowSpaces iPhone App Launch

Today marks the official launch of the YellowSpaces iphone app, iLPS. With that I continue my conversation with Constantin S. Manta of YellowSpaces.
Q. Why did you decide to make a mobile app also?
A. I believe mobile is the purest form of local.  I also noticed that the IYPs rushed to the marketplace basic mobile apps.  [...]

YellowSpaces-a new local search engine

If you have spent anytime reading the search engine marketing blogs or tweets, you undoubtedly have heard of YellowSpaces- a new local search engine that recently went live. Greg Sterling had a nice post/interview on the site.
Well, Constantin S. Manta, the man behind this site,  was gracious to give me some time for this interview [...]

Getting to the Poynt with Andrew Osis of Multiplied Media

In addition to getting a copy of Poynt, I was able to sit down with Margaret and Andrew Osis, CEO of Multiplied Media.  Here is some of what we spoke about:
Q. Andrew what is the story about GPS in Blackberry phones and Verizon?
A. The short answer is before the Storm, Verizon has locked the GPS [...]

Looking in at Outside.in (Part II)

Today we finish my conversation with Mark Josephson of Outside.in
Q. How can a small business profit or help themselves with outside.in?
A. We can geotarget an ad campaign to a specific place, address, intersection or latitude/longitude.  We can create a simple fixed campaign for an advertiser looking to reach customers within a very defined radius from [...]