Monthly Archives: April 2010

Foursquare Guidelines for Small Businesses

By Nate Griffin | Published: April 8, 2010
If you’ve paid any attention to your Twitter and possibly Facebook feeds, you’ve seen an influx of “I’m At….” updates courtesy of Foursquare, Gowalla and possibly some others. Location-based social-gaming (where users are rewarded with virtual points and badges based on checking into venues) has exploded in use with Foursquare poised to reach 1 million [...]
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Tracking AdWords Sitelinks

By timothyn | Published: April 5, 2010
Back in November, Google launched a new feature in AdWords called Sitelinks. This addition is intended to promote choice and relevancy for searchers. Considering that many searchers will use a navigational search to get to a site, willing to do all the work themselves to get a product or services they are already aware of, [...]
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Claiming a Local Business Listing

By timothyn | Published: April 2, 2010
Your mid morning meeting over coffee has been going great. The prospect, soon to be client, throws one last question on the table; “Can you get my business in that map thingy on the Google?” You say; “You know it!”. Shake hands, you’ve picked up a new local business client. A few days have passed [...]
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