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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

I typed in my brothers zip code and ton of houses popped up in his area and I was able to search out on a map view. And there are a ton of dog sitters in Sacramento so I’m sure we’ll be able to help.” I don’t own dogs so I wasn’t already a user. I registered. and upload that. ” Booked it.

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What You Need to Know About Google Local Services Ads

Duct Tape Marketing

Local search is one of the last places left for Google to wring a little more ad spend out of small businesses. The local map listing today is pure gold for mobile searches for certain types of businesses and Google knows it so they are expanding their Local Service ads accordingly. Sacramento, CA. Los Angeles, CA. San Jose, CA.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

RideAlong has an initial pilot with Seattle, where officers previously had to search their email inboxes (while driving) for similar information stored in .pdfs Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. pdfs sent to the entire force.

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What’s the Difference Between Small Business and Large Enterprise SEO?

Duct Tape Marketing

It’s important to note that just because the approaches to SEO are different, this doesn’t mean that small- and large-sized businesses can’t compete in search rankings together. The goal is the same for both: reach that first search engine results page (SERP) and increase your profit while doing so. In Search of SEO Success.

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New Year, New & Improved NextView Accelerator

View from Seed

What success you’re searching for is on you to determine. The thing is though…numbers don’t lie and patterns are important. You want to see some signals of success before signing your name on the dotted line. For example, we’re incredibly proud of our accelerator alumni who have gone on to raise additional dollars.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

If you’re in Sacramento, go to the Sacramento Ruby Meetup and go to the San Francisco Ruby Meetup as well. Use Google and search for “ruby&# or “python&# of “php&# and “meetup&# or “interest group&# or “user group&# and your city (or the nearest big metro area or technology center).

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I did a lot of soul searching about what inspired me. Then, I Googled my potential business name to determine the context of it and to ensure it wasn’t so generic that I could never rank for specific searches of it. I did a lot of research into my target client’s lifestyle, likes, dislikes, habits.

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