Interviews
New On-line Social Marketplace
Earlier this week, AskPoodle sent out a press release officially launching the web site. Just before this release, I caught up with Luis Pereira, the Founder & CEO of AskPoodle.com and interviewed him about the new site and service available to small business owners.
Here is part 1 of that interview:
Q. What is AskPoodle.com?
A. AskPoodle.com is an on-line [...]
Thoughts on Internet Yellow Pages
Today we will hear from my good friend Dick Larkin of WebListic, Inc. an Internet marketing firm focused on local online advertising. I asked Dick for his thoughts on IYPs today and small business. I asked Dick basically 4 questions and he put 1 great response to them all. I asked:
Who are the players in [...]
YellowBot (Part 2)
Today we finish our interview with Erron Silverstein, Chief Executive Officer of YellowBot.
Q. Do you think it is better for a small business to add their information themselves or go through a professional service?
A. The short answer is that they should do both. The human body needs oxygen, but you can’t live without both a [...]
Welcome YellowBot (No it is not an AutoBot)
I am always on the look out for new and additional ways to get small businesses listed locally on-line. A few months ago, YellowBot was created. From what I saw, it looked very interesting so I decided to do some more research. I contacted them and Erron Silverstein, Chief Executive Officer of YellowBot was kind enough to [...]
Local Search in Poland
Today I am going to finish up my interview with Mariusz Gasiewski. Mariusz worked with the biggest yellow pages website in Poland Eniro Polska and has since moved to a new company to work with AdWords campaigns.
Q. What is biggest difference in local search in US vs Poland?
A. The local search market currently is not [...]
Local Search Across the Way
The more I have learned about local search here in the US, the more curious I have become on how local search is in other parts of the world. So what did I do? Fly over to Europe…I wish. No I surfed the Net for information and asked questions. Over the next few posts, I [...]
Local Search + Craigslist = Results
About 2 weeks ago Matt McGee at SmallBusinessSEM posted, The No. 1 Local Search Query is…? He found that in 11 cities, where he did some local search keyword analysis, Craigslist kept popping up. For example:
New York
new york hotels (34,349)
craigslist new york (28,927)
new york car insurance (20,493)
new york city tours (5,216)
cheap flights to new york (4,942)
Matt concluded, [...]
