An excellent article for those starting a new business is 10 Lessions Learned from Starting a Small Business by Steve Woodruff. Great advise! I am in the process of setting up a website and Local Internet marketing to two new clients-one has a brand new business and the other, has …

Most everything that is done to a website to make it better is because of the search engines. They are what drive the Internet. That is why there are tons of websites/businesses specifically dedicated to search engines and marketing.  Years ago I found the website  Search Engine Showdown.com which gives …

Jennifer Laycock posted the other day “Don’t Overlook Reviews in Your Social Media Strategy” at Search Engine Guide. It was about a new report,  “Social Technographics” by Charlene Li at Forrester Research. I followed the link provided to the Forrester website but the report costs $279 to read so all …

I was really tired last night when I posted so I want to continue with some comments on the article from Chris Linnett, I mentioned (and linked to) yesterday. This article got me thinking.  As I mentioned the other day,  at the Rocky Creek Spring Fest, I had about 2 …

I really like the article written by Chris Linnett at Search Engine Land entitled Just Imagine: Local Search Without Maps. He really gets down to the core on local search. “Local search is about decision making.” says Chris. He goes on to say that maps are good and useful but …

Yesterday I took place part of the 2nd Annual Rocky Creek Spring Fest. It is a small business expo held outdoors, with the goal of promoting the southside of Augusta GA. There were a good number of businesses, service organizations, food vendors, music acts, and kids activities. It was a …

One of the things that really excites me about local search (and social, mobile, etc components)  is how much it can really help your website.  In addition to listing pertinent business information, it is a quick and easy way to get links pointing to your website. By now, I assume …

Jeremiah Owyang, Web Strategist posted a very informative piece on Corporate Media Strategy. Now if you run a small business, you probably will not have to deal with all that he discusses but one section I thought was relevant to us here: “Use Social Media as Sales Tools. “ He …

As I was doing my daily reading, I came across this article and had to comment on it. Trust is at the Core of the New Web Marketing by Eric Enge is a great article. The article talks about the web (particularly the marketing field) and how and why it …

As I said last time, as are the “experts” saying , social marketing can be a very good marketing and networking technique for small business. I did a bit of research this weekend and boy, there are a ton of social related sites and services out there, more than I …