When I was at the Kelsey Group conference ILM’08 I spoke with a number of different companies about the services that they provide. One of those was AgendiZe.  They provide some interesting options for small business, so I did some extra q&a with Alexandre Rambaud (founder and CEO) of AgendiZe. …

The economy is the big news these days. Most everyone I have spoken with, is dealing with it one way or another. I have read a number of articles on how online marketers, such as myself, could deal with the current economic situation. Definitely good articles but I thought what …

Sorry for the late notice-just got back from camping with my sons’ Boy Scout Troop. Tomorrow, October 21, 2008 at 2 PM Eastern, my good friend Dick Larkin will be having another one of his great webinars on Developments in Interactive Local Media. Matt Booth, Peter Krasilovsky and Mike Boland …

Got some nice reading for everyone: Yesterday: Looking Back AtThe Summer Of Local by David Mihm Today: Tips for a Local Business to Compete in Local Search By Mary Bowling Tomorrow: The Future of Local Revisited by Greg Sterling Thought these were worth your read. Have a great weekend!

After some searching and experimenting, I have put together a nice (IMHO) local business profile & submission service for small businesses. I have come across a lot of small businesses that are not on-line and do not want to invest the time or resources into a full fledged web site.  …

Yes, you need to be doing search engine marketing always! You do not have to do a ton of it but you need to doing something, even in this economy. Found a great article Search Marketing in a Recession you should read. “Traditionally, marketing budgets are cut during a recession. …

The big news this week has been the U.S. Government’s proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. MerchantCircle has conducted a survey through a random sampling of its members, to see how small business felt about the whole thing. Results of the complete MerchantCircle survey will be made available …

You own a small business, are in a smart market, the economy is weak, and you do not have a lot of money for marketing. What do you do? First off, you need to spend some money. You cannot avoid that, but you can control some of it. In a …

Wanted to bring your attention to a long but good article over at Ben Saren’s blog. The title of the article is Local 1.0. I found his insights and thoughts on where local search is very good. I wanted to focus on the numbers. for this post. You probably heard …

Paul O’Brien just dropped a note by telling me about how Zvents, has secured $24 million in funding from Nokia Growth Partners, AT&T and NAVTEQ. That is a ton of cash!  From their press release, it says: “Zvents will use the proceeds to expand the reach of its local listings …