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8 Challenges To Overcome In The Growth Of Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

Most people have heard of Foursquare for local nightlife and Airbnb for rooms, but other nationally recognized sources for local services are still hard to find, including social media, local news, advertising, and event calendars. I still hear often the dream of a free service to users, supported by advertising, per the Facebook model.

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Twitter Link Roundup #80 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good post by @micah with tips for entrepreneurs demoing a product/service to investors – [link]. Time to move to Kansas City for faster Internet speeds? What Don Corleone Could Learn from @GuyKawasaki – [link]. 7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications – [link]. – [link].

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Tom La Vecchia, X Factor Media ! #2

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Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Google has started indexing local search results with phrases that accompany things like reviews.

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Open For Business: Everything You Need To Know About Brick And Mortar Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Merchandising, or display advertising, is still an effective way to market yourself. Roughly 76 percent of customers purchase more products based on a sales associate’s recommendation. So, keep it short, and sweet, and give your message a high-contrast. For example, use black text on a white or yellow paper stock. Merchandising.

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Why Paid Search Must Be Part of Your Mix

Duct Tape Marketing

Digital advertising isn’t a novel idea. From Google and Facebook ads to sponsored content on LinkedIn to banner ads on other websites, advertising online has been around for a while. If anything, the importance of advertising in general, and of paid search in particular, has increased in the past few years.

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2013’s Top 10 Small Towns For Mobile Entrepreneurs

Mike Michalowicz

You can live in a tent in a cornfield in Kansas and do business. It’s home to The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (now The Bastrop Advertiser) first published on March 1, 1853, giving it claim to being the oldest continuously published weekly (semi-weekly since September 5, 1977) in the state of Texas.

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