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Local Business Center is Now Google Places

Google decided to change the name of the Local Business Center to Google Places. The idea behind this change was to better connect the people searching for places on the web to the actual businesses they are searching for. WIth the name change there was also an aesthetic change as well. As you search for… Continue reading Local Business Center is Now Google Places

51 Ways to Promote Your Local Business Online | Local Online Marketing

Advertising and promoting your local business online can seem like a daunting task. However, we have compiled a comprehensive and effective list of things you can do as a business owner to drive new customers online to your company. If you apply and focus on at least 25% of what is on this list, you… Continue reading 51 Ways to Promote Your Local Business Online | Local Online Marketing

Start a Blog for Your Local Business

Starting a blog is one of the easiest ways you can start taking advantage of being found on the search engines. A blog about your business also helps you stay connected with your customers and it provides them valuable insight about your company. With that said one of most difficult part of starting a blog… Continue reading Start a Blog for Your Local Business

R.H. Donnelley – An Open Letter to the CEO – Yellow Pages End Game

An open letter to Mr. David Swanson “It’s business as usual at R.H. Donnelley today and it will be (in the future.)” David Swanson, CEO No it’s not David and you should have listened to us over the past few years. Your statements do not sit well with me. “I wish it would have turned… Continue reading R.H. Donnelley – An Open Letter to the CEO – Yellow Pages End Game

Small Businees can Beat the Recession with Local Online Marketing

Small Businesses Can Beat the Recession and Thrive With the New ePowerPackage

Why Market Online?- Part 1. Small Business & Email Marketing

We spend allot of time working with small and medium size business’s and something that comes up quite frequently is the misconception that Online Marketing is only for larger companies with huge budgets. While in the beginning this was somewhat true as it was only the larger companies that really had any kind of web… Continue reading Why Market Online?- Part 1. Small Business & Email Marketing

Welcome to the Local. Putting SEO to work for Small Business

The trends they are changing. With more and more businesses of all shapes and sizes realizing how important it is to have visibility on the world wide web the case for more targeted way of web site optimization has gotten stronger. This year at one of the major industry expos all the buzz was on… Continue reading Welcome to the Local. Putting SEO to work for Small Business

Softline Solutions launches ePowerPackage.com – Small Business Marketing Services is a Go!

In response to great interest in our ePowerPackage service that we created specifically for small and local business owners we have launched our new ePowerPackage website. This service is specifically geared to help small business in their local online marketing efforts. We have had an amazing success rate helping these businesses out and thought it… Continue reading Softline Solutions launches ePowerPackage.com – Small Business Marketing Services is a Go!

Search Engine Demographics – Why it matters to your business

Its commonplace in today’s internet age to for people to assume that all search engines, portals and internet directories essentially all do the same thing. While all of these services are designed to gather and present information to the end user the way the deliver results and how the get them are different. After all,… Continue reading Search Engine Demographics – Why it matters to your business

An Open Invitation to All Small Business Owners (can your customers find you online?)

Recently I conducted a telephone survey of 200 local business owners in and around Seattle, WA. I compiled a list of electricians and then Googled them to see if they had any ranking in OneBox. For example: “Electrician Kirkland, WA” and if they weren’t listed I called them. Now I wasn’t trying to sell them… Continue reading An Open Invitation to All Small Business Owners (can your customers find you online?)