Mobile

TXTio.com Mobile Text Marketing for Local Business

Target Local Customers with TXTio.com Mobile Text Marketing My good friend Eugene Belenky, has let me know that he is launching a new service to help small business market to local customers. It is called TXTio.com.  Another good friend, Andrew Shotland commented on TXTio a little while back and I too was able to try [...]

Hotpot – How To Video

Saw this video on the Google LatLong blog today.  Another new service from Google, to work with Google Places.  Take a look and let me know what you think. Has anyone been using it? I have played around with it a bit but need to spend some more time on it, myself.  

Bing and Yahoo – What you Need to Know

Recently I switched over from Blackberry to Android–holy cow what a difference the OS can make on a mobile phone.  I am loving my new Android based phone!  What does one do when you get a new phone? Look for apps of course! So I am playing around and see there is a new app [...]

Schmap – Intersection of Local – Social (Part 2)

Today I finish my interview with Paul Hallett, CEO of Schmap.com Hopefully this interview will give you a little insight of what is happening on mobile-social-local front. Twitter is just one of the many areas online where small business can interact and reach out to potential new clients. Q. What is schmap.me? A. Schmap.me is [...]

Schmap – Intersection of Local – Social

Twitter is becoming a very powerful tool for individuals and small business. Recently I have found myself spending more time on Twitter, trying to keep up with the new trends and ideas on local search marketing, as well as sports scores, trades, rumors, the latest Android phones and more etc. Mobile-local and social-local are growing [...]

Mobile Coupons – 8Coupons

I recently got word from 8Coupons.com that their service is going nationwide. You can the press release on their blog here. “When a user visits 8coupons.com, the map on the homepage will automatically populate the Top 8 most popular deals based on his or her IP address. This ensures that anyone who visits the site [...]

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 search offering, while maintaining its [...]