I wanted to know whether Albertsons was still open, so I did a Google Search. Here are the results: As you can see, Google saw that my search query had local intent, since I have a city name and state. And you can see they picked the two nearest Albertsons locations. So far, Albertson’s is […]
Albertsons’ botched local listings– are you making this mistake, too? Read More »
You’ve heard about the rise of Farmville on Facebook– 63 million users and growing, representing 20% of Facebook’s users, not to mention that Facebook represents 25% of pageviews in the United States. But have you considered how game dynamics are beginning to permeate your life and that of your friends in ways that aren’t directly
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Ever gone into AdWords and seen stuff you hadn’t seen before? Google likes to keep releasing these features and not telling anyone about them– maybe to keep us on our toes or to use the general public for beta testing? Anyway, a couple of days ago, I blogged about sitelinks in AdWords— that you can
Sitelinks in Google PPC Ads– You don’t want to miss this! Read More »
Borrell Associates predicts that in 2009 local online advertising will hit $14.2 billion, while in 2010 will be only $14.9 billion– a measly 5% increase. I would agree that local online ad dollars are not going to grow in the near term— the reason not being hyper-competitiveness, but the exact opposite. Ad dollars on Google
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There are 540 million directories printed in the United States each year. That’s 1.7 directories per person, assuming just over 300 million people living in the US. There is not one “yellow pages” company, so it’s many companies printing many books. The average yellow pages book weighs 3.62 pounds. Multiply that by the 540 million
Facts you probably didn’t know about the Yellow Pages Read More »
This is a guest post by Leigh Hanney, Head of Marketing at RetailMeNot.com and Blogger at semsamurai.com I talk to a lot of people about online marketing, some are super experienced and others are really only just starting out. But so often I hear the same story from both ends of the experience spectrum… and
Creating the Perfect Storm- A guest post by Leigh Hanney Read More »
(in other words, how to NOT have a blog that gets no traffic) Every few days I go into Google Analytics to see what’s driving traffic to my site. If there’s a sharp spike, it’s usually because of a guest blog post or speaking at a conference. If it’s a gradual increase, it’s because I’m
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This past weekend, ThinkTank attendees stayed at a beachfront hotel– a beautiful resort on the coast, north of San Diego. A perfect stay, except for the scene created by a rude hotel employee. In his defense, he’s got a stressful job– working 80-90 hours a week, primarily wandering about the bar and being social with
Shoemoney has no shoes. Don’t let this happen to you! Read More »
Bruce Forbes of Equation Audio sent us 3 sets of his awesome headphones for review. In his words… The RP-22Xs were developed after we had perfected the RP-21s as far as that design topology and material integration would allow. The thing that is selling these headphones is they compete extremely well with many competitive models
Need some high-performance headphones? Check these out! Read More »
You may have heard the phrase “Kill two birds with one stone”, regarding taking one action to produce two results. Twitter and Facebook have teamed up to create a highway directly to one another, allowing users to update one status and be published to both sites. Most people are aware of how you can have
The Twitter and Facebook Highway Read More »