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October 2008

Local And Mobile Search Boost – Free WiFi Nationwide for iPhone Users

October 29, 2008

Searching for local goods and services – from your mobile device – just got easier. AT&T announced today that iPhone users can get Free Wi-Fi at their hot spots nationwide. This includes Starbucks, Hotels, Airports and many other places. What does this mean for small business owners? Well, given that there are upwards of 10 [...]

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More Benefits Of Using WordPress For Your Website

October 23, 2008

We’re big believers in what a great tool WordPress is to power your small business website. WordPress doesn’t have to look like a blog, and it provides a way to manage your content and update your website effortlessly. One of the other benefits of using WordPress for your website of course, is that you have [...]

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How To Play Offense While Everyone Else Is Playing Defense

October 19, 2008

Talk of the economy has been dominating the headlines recently. What is going to happen? It is going to get worse? Will I be laid off? What will it mean to my business? These are very real questions that worry all of us. I’m challenging myself to look for opportunities in this situation. I’ve been [...]

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RingCentral Podcast Interview – RingMe And Call Tracking

October 15, 2008

Last week I was able to get Jay Blazensky, VP of Business Development at Ring Central on the phone for an interview. In the interview, Jay addresses common questions that I hear from small business owners like: What is a virtual phone system? What is a RingMe or Click-To-Call button, and how can it provide [...]

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Video Interview With RingCentral VP

October 11, 2008

I recently discovered a great new web site called TalkTech.tv. In a recent video on the site, Kristin White interviewed RingCentral’s VP Strategy, Praful Shah. The interview did a nice job of summarizing what a “virtual phone system” is, what RingCentral does, and how small business owners are using the service as a more flexible, [...]

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A Review Of Local Search Changes

October 10, 2008

David Mihm just posted a great article on SearchEngineLand – Looking Back At The “Summer of Local” reviewing the many changes in the local search space. The article reviews changes in the space over the last six months or so, and there have been a lot. He breaks the developments into four areas: 1. Increase [...]

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Your Google Local Business Listing – Look What Happens If You Don’t Claim It!

October 9, 2008

Take a look what happens if you don’t claim your Google Local listing. I was doing some research for a client, and found that many Google Local profiles and being pointed to business directories. Take a look at this local search result for “hair salons saratoga,ca” Notice how the website address for many of the [...]

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