At the end of any year, it is a natural thing to take a step back and review what has been done and see what is coming up. Every small business needs to do this; I definitely am working on my plan for 2008 based on 2007. I wanted to …

Search Engine Journal has posted their nominations for the Search Blogs Awards of 2007 and the voting has began! LocalBizBits has been nominated in the Best Local Search Blog category. If you can, please head to the polls and cast your vote. I, of course, would appreciated any support you …

Just wanted to take a second and wish everyone a great and joyous holiday season. Here is hoping your 2008 is even better that 2007. After a few days off, I will be back here, posting away! Merry Christmas to all and to all, a good night!

Today I take a few minutes from my normal posting to mention BloggerUnite. Today, December 17th 2007 is about Acts of Kindness. What is this about? “The Acts of Kindness theme aims at putting a human face on the bloggers responsible for so much good in the world. The goal …

I was not able to go to ILM conference this year but from what I have heard it was good. Just wanted to bring to your attention a couple of nice posts on the conference for those who could not make it. Closing The Book on ILM:07 by Peter Krasilovsky …

Now for the exciting conclusion of my interview with Paul O’Brien of Zvents. Q. The Zvents website also mentions that one can add Zvents to their website – can you explain this? A. Certainly. One could consider using the Media Platform though that is really the right solution for major …

Local SEO with Event Promotion by Paul O’Brien is a very interesting articles talking about how local busines can use local events to promote and advertise their own business.  This is not a new concept but Zvents, now gives the local small business a way to do it on-line. “Zvents …

I have always been a big supporter/advocate for adding some general, related content on the small business web site. Why?…To provide keyword rich content, create another avenue into the web site and finally, to simply provide a resource to the visitor.  I definitely will work with someone who seems to …

ShowMeLocal.com Interview (continued) Q. Tell me about your Facebook and your other applications. A. This week we have released the Business Space application that allows business owners to integrate their blogs, coupons, specials and job posts with local Facebook Pages. Business owners will be able to control what type of …

ShowMeLocal.com is one of the better websites/directories where local business can create an online profile and promote themselves.  I came across the site when I did my post of local search in Facebook. They had a local search application, so I clicked over their website, did some review, and then …