The company was asking if I wanted to be found on the first page of Google. Did you know you could buy local search engine optimization in a mall??? Since I like to instigate a bit I thought it would be fun to quiz the person in the booth about getting my business found on the first page of Google. My wife thought it best to walk away before it started for some reason...
read moreOne of the things I see come up over and over (and over) again when people are discussing various domains and developments is that websiteA.com does not rank for the keyword websiteA. This typically shows me that someone is not familiar with the targeted marketing that is possible with SEO, and specifically how important that targeting is now that local search is growing faster than ever and will continue to become more important with the growth of smartphones and location based services.
read moreI have been using Foursquare for sometime now and have recently started to see quite a few more people start to join the fast growing social/location based game/app/service. With most of my attention being focused on local search for local businesses and local online advertising on Missouri.me, apps like Foursquare pique my interest and I like to watch their evolution and the way people use them and they evolve. It is important to not necessarily watch how the early adopters use them since they tend to be power users and their day to day usage will be much different than the mass of users that come in later and are less techie. When I my wife using Foursquare everyday I start to see how people will really use the service and the power that small businesses will have if they use the service to help draw people into their doors.
read moreAs much as I love all the hyperlocal buzz and things going more and more community focused I have reasons to love larger geographic regions as well, seems Google has some love for them too. Over at SearchEngineJournal there was an interesting post analyzing Googles latest local search changes. Now they show local results for...
read moreI wanted to do a quick announcement concerning the "soft launch" of HyperlocalSEO.com. I had been contemplating launching a separate blog focused more on local seo and local search in general but wanted to make sure that I could put in the time necassary. Well, the great news is thanks to George Pickering from LocalExperts.com I have a solid partner in this new blog who will be doing posts as well. George is a true success story in the development of geo targeted niche sites that generate real business for his customers. Between the two of us plus a some articles some of my team will be doing I expect this blog to do quite well and provide valuable information to small businesses looking to grow their business online and take advantage of local search growth and the trend towards more hyperlocal content.
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My time is spent evangelizing Unified Communications and WebRTC to companies looking to lead the way in enhancing the way their employees and customers communicate through making app enablement more efficient.
Along with that small task I also drive online marketing efforts with SEO and Social Media for small businesses through our efforts at LocalTek where I am Founder but just a small part of a larger team these days.
But most importantly I am a husband, Father and Step-Father of 4 GREAT kids and a wannabe hack triathlete.
