Posts Tagged ‘starting-as-low’

Get $50 Off GetListed Local University – Cleveland

{ Posted on Jun 21 2010 by admin }
GetListed Local University hits Cleveland next week, and there’s still time to register with a $50-off early-bird discount. More on that below. The workshop happens next Wednesday, June 30th in Valley View, OH, with two identical half-day seminars. Each one ...Read More »

More Examples: Small Businesses Using Twitter

{ Posted on May 28 2010 by admin }
You may get tired of seeing articles that detail how small businesses are using Twitter, but I don’t. I love finding new examples of SMB success, and the New York Times published an article this week with several ...Read More »

Google Weighs In on Query Length; Long Tail Alive & Well

{ Posted on May 25 2010 by admin }
I have a soft spot for data relating to how users search. I think it’s imperative to understand how people search if we want to optimize our content so it’s visible when they do. Typically, data about query length comes ...Read More »

Creative Small Business Marketing, Episode 5

{ Posted on May 10 2010 by admin }
This is pretty cool, not to mention very clever. Hopefully I’ll explain it all well enough that it makes sense. Ready? 360SEE is an art/furniture gallery in Chicago. The owner’s dog, Homer, hangs out in the front window, plainly visible to ...Read More »

Personal Note: 1- and 2-Hour Consulting Blocks Now Available

{ Posted on Mar 29 2010 by admin }
We interrupt your regularly scheduled blogging to share a small announcement: I’m now offering consulting services in one- and two-hour blocks of time. I hope this is helpful for the business owner who doesn’t need (or can’t afford) a larger, more ...Read More »

Google LBC Adds Tools for Service/Home Businesses

{ Posted on Mar 24 2010 by admin }
We’ve talked before about the failure of Google’s Local Business Center to provide a way for service-based and home-based businesses to use Google Maps without … well, cheating. A couple weeks ago at SMX West, Google’s Carter Maslan was asked ...Read More »

College Hoops: SEO Madness 2010 is Here!

{ Posted on Mar 14 2010 by admin }
Your office pool is fun, but how about competing against fellow search marketers far and wide? It’s time for the 4th Annual “SEO Madness” College Hoops Pool, where we all make our March Madness picks, and the winner gets the ...Read More »

U2 Validates Benefits of SEO

{ Posted on Mar 11 2010 by admin }
My worlds are colliding. I mean my “U2 world” and my “SEO world.” I try to keep them separate, but this story makes that impossible. Check it out on the Somerset County Gazette web site. Apparently, a local/small business owner recently ...Read More »

Welcome SearchFest Attendees

{ Posted on Mar 09 2010 by admin }
If you’re reading this while at SearchFest 2010, a big welcome to you. Thanks for visiting SmallBusinessSEM.com. In my presentation, I mention a few web sites that you may not have had time to jot down while I was speaking. ...Read More »