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Dealing With Online Customer Reviews
One of the big things any small business needs to handle is customer reviews. It can be a bit harder online since pretty much anyone, at any time can put a review up about you without your knowledge. The best thing you can do, as a small business is to monitor your online reputation. Spend [...]
Missed Opportunity
A couple of weeks back, my wife was hit while driving my car. Nothing major and no one was hurt but we needed to have some body work done on the car. I took it to probably one of the better known shops here in town. They did a great job and I have no [...]
A Cool Way to Follow Conferences
Have you been to any conferences lately? Can’t go because of time or money? No problem. There are number of conferences that are going on, have gone on, or coming up and a great way to find out what is happening is to follow them on Twitter. I have been following a number of them [...]
Who You Gonna Call?
Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Tim Tracey of YouGottaCall.com Q. So Tim, lets start with the basics, what is YouGottaCall? A. YouGottaCall.com is a free, web-based word-of-mouth referral service that benefits consumers, the local businesses they trust and the community. Our unique process has pending patent protection. Q. When and why develop the [...]
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 [...]
Don’t Waste Time in Haste-Social Media Tips & Tricks
Today we have a guest post from 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. Thanks for the article Ben. ========= Can you really make a [...]





