Small Business

How To Dominate Page One of Google So Your Competitors Don’t Stand a Chance – Part I

Today and tomorrow we have a guest author -Tim Conley from LocalMarketingMastery.com (Thanks for the article Tim.) What if there was a way for you to get more than the average 50+% of visitors from a number one Google ranking? I don’t know about you, but I really dislike paying a lot of money to [...]

The Key to Small Business Success Online – SEO

With more and more consumers searching online, it is critical for small business to get online themselves. With the current state of the economy, it is more important than ever to work on building your online presence. Right now I am seeing more business “giving up” being online and trying to “save money” but not [...]

Articles on Social Media and Small Business

Social media is growing-a day does not go by when I do not see an article or two about it.  Here are some articles I have read and bookmarked, which I wanted to pass on to you guys. After putting this list together, I realized they all have to do with Twitter. LOL  Twitter is [...]

Do Small Biz Need Smartphone?

It has been about eight months since I got my Blackberry Storm and I am lovin’ it.  Getting this phone and an unlimited data plan has changed how I do business, period.   Not sure how I survived without it. So the question I have is – Do small business owners need a smartphone? In [...]

Why Re-branding can Breathe New Life into Your Business

Today I decided to take a break – we have a guest author, Ben Johnson of Logoinn. They provide custom logo design services and are based in the UK.  As a side note, if anyone else is interested in being a guest blogger here at LocalBizBits, just let me know. Ben was also kind enough [...]

Twitter and Local Business

There have been a number of excellent articles on Twitter and how local business can and are using Twitter to connect and promote.  Here are the ones that I recommend: Can Twitter Be Useful For Business? by Dave Wallace. Dave provides 5 points he believes Twitter can help small business.  They are: Puts a Human [...]

Some Thoughts on Twitter

If you are using Twitter, what do you consider to be its pros and cons?  Having been twittering for about 7 months, here are my thoughts: Pros quick to do are limited in how much you can say plenty of apps for mobile devices and desktop computers to make it easy to search, follow, find [...]