Posts Tagged ‘business’

Top 5 Mobile Marketing Reads of the Week

{ Posted on Mar 18 2010 by admin }
There’s no denying that mobile marketing is the wave of the future. More and more people use their smart phones to locate products, stores and info on the go. Reaching people in this state of location-based immediacy is a retail ...Read More »

Yelp’s Trust Problem

{ Posted on Mar 12 2010 by admin }
ClickZ is running an article today about Yelp’s current legal troubles. I’m quoted in the article (at the end) and I come across as a staunch defender of Yelp. While I do admire the loyalty they’ve built up amongst users, ...Read More »

What Does Advertising on Yelp Get You?

{ Posted on Mar 10 2010 by admin }
That was one of the topics of Luther Lowe’s presentation Tuesday at the annual SearchFest conference in Portland. Lowe — Yelp’s Manager of Business Outreach — gave a generally clear description of what the company says are the benefits of ...Read More »

SearchFest 2010 Photos

{ Posted on Mar 10 2010 by admin }
The 4th annual SearchFest conference is in the books, and this one was a lot different than previous SearchFests. The venue was bigger, the crowd filled it, and — for the first time — there were three tracks running concurrently. ...Read More »

3 Takeaways from SMX West 2010

{ Posted on Mar 08 2010 by admin }
SMX West was a rollercoaster of highs, lows, twists and turns. The highs of adrenaline-fueled excitement, the lows of getting the lowdown from the search reps, and the twists and turns of going with the flow during such an activity-filled ...Read More »

SMX West 2010 Photos

{ Posted on Mar 07 2010 by admin }
Last week’s SMX West conference was a unique one for me. I didn’t get to sit in on many sessions as an attendee because we were a bit short-handed at Search Engine Land, and I was pretty much working constantly ...Read More »

Analytics Action Plans For PPC & SEO

{ Posted on Mar 04 2010 by admin }
Moderator: Christine Churchill, President, KeyRelevance.com Speakers: Rich Devine, Director of Search, ZAAZ Dennis Hart, Vice President, SE Jones, LLC Ryan Lash, Vice President, Search, ymarketing Ian Lurie, CEO, Portent Interactive My last lunch of SMX West hit the spot. This session is sure to do the ...Read More »

Welcome SMX West Attendees

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by admin }
If you’re reading this while at SMX West, a big welcome to you. Thanks for visiting SmallBusinessSEM.com. In my presentation, I mention a half-dozen web sites that you may not have had time to jot down while I was speaking. ...Read More »

SEO & Social Media Workshop – Next Week in Tri-Cities

{ Posted on Feb 08 2010 by admin }
If you’re in the Tri-Cities area, Spokane, Seattle, or even Portland, I hope you’re making plans to come out to Learn About Web next week in Kennewick. It’s happening on February 18th, and you can use code LAW0208 to register ...Read More »

How to Choose the Right Category in Google’s Local Listings

{ Posted on Feb 08 2010 by admin }
One of the most important things a small business can do with its listing in the Google Local Business Center is choose the right category(ies). In fact, “Associating LBL w/Proper Categories” scored very highly in last year’s Local Search Ranking ...Read More »