small business

The New Reality for Small Business Owners

The world has changed for business owners that have to interact with real people all day long. Here is a cautionary tale of a cupcake shop.

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5 Quick & Easy SEO Fixes

Five things every new site needs to avoid if you want to be seen in the search results.

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Local Search Can Increase Profits

According to a local search study at SBI+M: * 97% of American internet users use the internet to shop * 90% of online commercial searches result in offline bricks and mortar purchases * 82% of local searchers follow up offline via an in-store visit, phone call or purchase * 80% of budgets are spent within [...]

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Small Business SEO Homework

Hopefully you read the Small Business SEO Checklist and now you’re ready for your homework. If you spent any amount of time typing search queries looking to see if your business, or your competitors show up, you’ve noticed something. There are a lot of “directories” out there that just list businesses. They range from Yellow [...]

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Small Business SEO Checklist

When you decide to build a website, yes I’m talking to you mister small business owner, you probably hired someone who showed you a cool mockup of what your site would look like. A few weeks later, when your site was up, you were happy because it looked just like she promised. Then you waited [...]

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Why Small Businesses Can't Ignore the Web

If you own a small business, you probably have a website that you either made yourself, or paid as little as you could for. What that generally gets you is a site that may function, but was it worth even the small amount of cash you paid for it? What type of ROI are you [...]

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