As a local business owner who doesn’t sell anything online and depends on customers living in their area, it’s easy to assume you don’t need to focus too much energy on building your SEO. That’s more for online or worldwide businesses, right? Wrong. Even as a local business that makes profit from local trade primarily (hairdressing salons, coffee shops, electricians) … [Read more...]
One of the biggest challenges in online marketing comes from following the trends. Things change a lot. The latest trend is voice search. Is this something you should focus on, or is it just a fad? The Search Engines are Focusing on Voice Search The major search engines are investing heavily into voice search as a technology. This is as true for Bing as it is for Google. … [Read more...]
The reason so many marketers suggest that your marketing strategy should be mobile-centric is due to the fact that we live in a mobile-centric world. About one-third of the entire human population has access to a mobile phone but there are other, more relevant statistics to justify such a massive shift in the mindset. Namely, since 2015 there are more searches through mobile … [Read more...]
For a lot of people, business and community leadership are like water and oil — they just don't mix. This preconception is unfortunate because, in fact, small business owners have the power to become excellent local leaders and effect positive changes in their communities. Running a small business in your neighborhood gives you more than practical knowledge of administration … [Read more...]
“Locavore” is a term that has been around for about a decade now. It refers to those individuals who prefer to consume food that has been grown or raised locally. It’s a trend that has been steadily growing year after year. “Locavore” was even the Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2007. Restaurants and grocery stores catering to locavores have been springing up … [Read more...]
Is bigger always better in business? Not necessarily when it comes to specialty services like locksmith work. One locksmith company in Fallbrook, California, is intentionally keeping their service area small and focusing on their local community, in order to provide faster, better service to their customers. Fallbrook Local Locksmith services the city of Fallbrook as well as … [Read more...]
In this edition of Monday Morning Radio, host Dean Rotbart interviews Mark Grisafe of M. Grisafe Architect about the challenges facing small business owners who operate on a local level. In the interview, Mark talks about how his business has evolved since he opened the doors ten years ago and how remaining agile allowed his business to survive the economic downturn that put … [Read more...]
Gone are the days when the Yellow Pages was the sole business directory to find local business listings. With the need to gain widespread exposure on the Web, it is essential for a business to be listed online in order to be easily found. People now tend to search online first when looking for a product or service, so being listed on multiple trusted online business directories … [Read more...]
No, I’m not suggesting you start a brewery (necessarily, but if you do, please let me know!) and I’m not suggesting you start drinking lots of craft beer (necessarily, but if you do, please let me know!). What I am suggesting is that there are commonalities we can be proud of as niche-based, small businesses with the craft beer culture (note I avoided the term, … [Read more...]
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