Internet Image Copyright Confusion… Over the weekend, I was putting a website up for a client and had a friend popping in and out of Skype keeping me company as it got late (yes, I am that dedicated!) Every now and then I would ask him to load the site and comment. One of the […]
Google Local Listing Tips – What Are Citations?
Note that Google Places/+Local Pages now come under the umberella of Google My Business. Google My Business is a one stop way of creating your Google Plus Local Business Page, listing on Google Maps and access to small business Google tools. For simplicity, I’ll call it Google Local listings. I had a great Google Local […]
Local Business Owners: Stop Moaning and Start Marketing
A message to local business owners… A rather harsh title, for which I make no apologies… I read my local paper this morning (don’t die in shock, I don’t read everything online!) On page 4 there’s a headline “Falling profits are on a road to nowhere”. Keeping it brief, a road was closed while the […]
Why Isn’t My Small Business Website in Google Search?
Can You Find Your Website in Google Search Results? It’s been a busy week for questions about small business websites and how promoting your business online actually works. Well more to the point, why just having a website doesn’t work! The worldwide web is too big and far to busy to simply put up a […]
Blogging for Local Business – Dare to Be Different?
There is a problem with blogging for local business… …and it’s twofold. First, local business owners aren’t bloggers, they often feel uncomfortable with the process and look to local business marketers for direction and advice. Secondly, these local business marketers may have done the latest internet marketing course, learnt all about search engine optimisation and […]
How Do You Get Traffic To Your Website?
No Traffic to Your Website? Ahh, the information super highway, the place of dreams, the answer to all business problems… A few clicks and fortunes are made and businesses switched on to the web gold rush will never need go prospecting for customers again. -NOT! Let me guess, your business website is looking a bit […]
Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses That Won’t Break the Bank You know your small business needs to be online. The problem is promoting your business online can be confusing and overwhelming. Where do you start? Do you need to pay for internet advertising? Are there alternatives? The internet is a great tool for promoting your […]