The official slogan for Google+ is “real-life sharing—rethought for the web”. Google+, is a social network operated by Google Inc, with integration across a number of Google products, including Google Buzz and Google Profiles. Started in June 2011 as a test version, its popularity has grown by leaps and bounds. Google+ notices are posted inside [...]

When it comes to location-based marketing and leveraging this new phenomenon of “so-lo-mo”, it can get complicating if you don’t know what you’re doing. Here are a few tips that will help you get started: Learn how location-based services work. First things first; your company must understand how location-based services work –not the nittygritty technology [...]

With sites like Foursquare, Gowalla, and Yelp growing in popularity, people are connecting, sharing, interacting, meeting up and recommending places based on their location. For this reason, many businesses are starting to incorporate location-based marketing techniques in their strategy –a smart move considering a lot of other companies (likely your competitors) are thinking along the [...]

Mobile local search is a technology that allows people to access the Internet on a mobile device to search for local businesses and services. According to eMarketer, an estimated 91 million US consumers will use the Internet on a mobile device at least monthly by the end of 2011, and research shows that much of [...]

Let’s assume you’ve decided that using QR codes may be a good marketing strategy for your business. Before you get started it’s a good idea to understand and follow some established best practices. Listed below are some best practices that will maximize your success rate with QR codes. Make your codes at least 1″ x [...]

I’m sure you’ve seen one by now, but my guess is that many of you may not know exactly what they are or how they are used. That postage stamp looking barcode (see pic at right) is a QR Code – QR stands for quick response. QR codes have been around for years but have [...]

According to new research from comScore, on the State of Local Business Search, search on mobile phones is growing. The study found that 22% of U.S. mobile phone users searched on their phone in January 2011. That’s an 8% increase from the 16% who reported searching via mobile in January 2010. Not only are more [...]

On February 23rd, Google released a search algorithm update dubbed “Farmer” (aka Panda) that affected some 11.8 percent of Google search queries in the United States.  This latest update was tagged “Farmer” because it impacted sites that specialize in junk content.  These ‘content farms’ flood the Internet with a never ending stream of low quality [...]

PPC has several advantages that make it arguably the ideal form of advertising in today’s environment. Despite the search engine or network used, PPC brings certain common benefits for businesses large and small. The first of these advantages is speed to market. While it can take several months for search engine optimization to bear fruit, [...]

Take notice of the latest smartphone application to hit the stage! Released in the U.S approximately 6 weeks ago - and more recently launched in Canada - Facebook Deals aims to connect consumers to discounts offered at nearby businesses. Subsequently, the application also allows businesses to actively insert themselves into their customers’ Facebook conversations. While the service is limited to iPhone and [...]