Because this is my last post here at Mike’s Biznology blog for 2010, I am going to do something that I never ever do—make some predictions for upcoming year. I…
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Frank Reed
What Groupon showed us about Google
This week we watched Google, the search engine monster with the mountain of cash from Mountain View, be rejected by Groupon, the little startup that could (as in “could” be…
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Location marketing for the SMB
Local Internet marketing is getting a fair amount of attention these days, and for good reason. People search for stuff to do, places to go, and things to buy on…
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Should SMBs care about Yahoo Local and Bing Local?
As the local component of the online space continues to heat up, it is starting to get very crowded. There is Google, Facebook, Groupon, foursquare, Gowalla, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, IYP,…
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Is digital marketing becoming location, location, location?
Everywhere you turn these days, the news is about location-based services in the online space—and how to get deals as a result of this location craze. It was rather quaint…
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Google Place Pages: Beyond the ranking
In the Internet marketing world, we tend to get hung up on rankings and pure numbers. Of course, that is one of the beauties of the Internet in that it…
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The importance of Google Place Pages in the B2B space
In recent months, there’s been no shortage of attention heaped upon the importance of local advertising online. Mobile marketing is starting to blossom, allowing people to look for services in…
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Is Mayer’s move to Local for Google a demotion?
I have written in a few places this week about the move that Google announced as Marissa Mayer, their front facing VP of search products, was leaving that position and…
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Living the local life on the road
I am not a good traveler whether it’s in business or personal life. I mean this to say that I do travel, but it’s not my favorite thing to do….
Read MoreSmall biz starved for Internet marketing knowledge
This week I had the privilege to be a panelist at the first Local Marketing Exposition (LMX), held in Virginia Beach, VA. The idea behind this first-time event was to…
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