Designed to make calling
local businesses more convenient, Places is powered by Hiya.
More and more people are opting to support
local businesses more than bigger corporations; they prefer the help of people they know and trust, rather than a faceless retail chain.
«Most rural places are culturally distinct from urban and suburban markets, where local competition is higher and where pressure from customers makes
local businesses more likely to adopt new business activities to stay ahead of the curve,» says Fortunato.
Nothing can spell disaster for
local businesses more than inaccurate citations and outdated details.
And 72 percent of consumers said that positive reviews make them trust
a local business more.
Research shows that 72 percent say that positive reviews make them trust
a local business more.
Not exact matches
With a focus on small
businesses,
Local Web Leads (No. 335) aims to drum up
more sales for clients using search, social, and display ads.
Research from Ballihoo found that 63 percent of consumers who search for
local businesses online are
more likely to use
businesses with information on social media sites.
Since Google merged
local searches with Google +, it's
more important than ever for
business owners to utilize Google +.
My hope is that you are now
more aware as to how this choice ultimately affects your
local businesses, and therefore you!
The community rallied, and Kepler's reopened later that year with a new
business plan and
more than $ 1 million invested by
locals who didn't want to see the family - owned
business perish.
More importantly, they can be leveraged to draw in
local business.
For the most part my clients fall into 3 categories: my peers — fellow YFE's looking for inspiration on how to incorporate
more visual elements into their web presence, seasoned creative entrepreneurs seeking out a stronger connection with the Millenniel mindset, and traditional
local business owners - searching for innovative ways to use the softer side of social media.
In fact, going from a 3 - star rating to a 5 - star rating gets a
business 25 percent
more clicks from Google
Local Pack.
A focus on quality,
local products can help a small
business succeed as communities are becoming
more and
more adamant about buying from small,
local businesses.
No resting on laurels.THE BAD KAT & amp; lt; / div & amp; gt; & amp; lt; div & amp; gt; @smbizdoitbetter To better serve our
local businesses and communities and help them accrue
more exposure, customers.
Bennett said small fish processors will be squeezed out of
business with
more local job losses to follow in outport communities.
Experts also advise pushing for
more personal finance in the school curriculum, lobbying both your
local schools for inclusion and area
businesses for sponsorship or teacher training funds.
«I think users are already searching for something online, this does create a rising tide for
local businesses and it makes them
more visible than they used to be,» Stoppelman said of Yelp.
With that comes the ability to hold bank accounts, register
businesses, sign contracts, and gain access to
more than 4,000
local services.
They suggest allowing
more foreign entrepreneurs to receive permanent work visas, letting foreign students in STEM fields to remain and work (particularly as they are twice as likely as native - born Americans to start
businesses), and have state and
local organizations and governments try new ways to encourage entrepreneurship.
These are just three of the many ways you can use search engines and other online services to boost your
local business, attract
more qualified visitors to your website, and turn them into customers
more easily.
According to marketing research,
more consumers trust the Internet to help them find
local businesses in their area and learn
more about them.
This points to one conclusion: online reviews are becoming
more popular, and
more consumers are referring directly to the Internet to seek out
local businesses.
Marketing research shares a lot of insights into the weight consumers give to
business reviews online: 72 % of consumers said that online reviews are as trustworthy as personal recommendations, and 52 % of them said that positive online reviews about a
local business make them
more likely to pay it a visit.
What's
more surprising, maybe, is the decision to close the
local business sites.
Between 2008 and 2010, the number of visitors to Lower Manhattan grew to nine million from seven million, according to the Downtown Alliance, the
local business improvement district, while the residential population has
more than doubled since 2000, to 56,000 from 22,904.
For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit
business incubator TechTown to help second - stage companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable
businesses has raised $ 278,750 in funds, pulled in five new partners (including Kiva Detroit), and served
more than 40
local entrepreneurs since June 2012.
If you run a
local B2B
business or you are a web professional working in this market, then you have an opportunity to achieve a high ranking and get
more business through your website.
The Executive team and I could not be
more excited about this acquisition, and the impact it will have on our ability to help empower millions of
local businesses while providing our team members with an amazing career opportunity.
Though rumors and bad publicity have recently plagued the project, it has to date invested in
more than 100
local businesses in a variety of sectors.
Features like Facebook Professional Services (a
local business directory), City Guides (an early - stage, travel planning feature),
more info on
business search results (price range, popularity, Call Now, etc.), and which friends have visited a specific
local business are all foreshadowing for what's to come at Facebook.
My first company had created inventory control software for small
local businesses — a safe bet that made me enough immediate income to pay for college and an apartment, but little
more.
This week, the FTC issued a warning letter to Google, Bing, Yahoo and
more than 20 other specialized shopping, travel and
local business search engines.
Businesses naturally become an integral part of the communities in which they do
business — they hire its people, contribute to the tax base, become points of
local pride, and much
more.
Mobile searches are designed to favor
local businesses, and
more than 60 percent of all searches are conducted on mobile devices.
We know that shoppers have used mobile devices to compare prices, research a
local store or
business or search for product information, and now it seems this is the year these shoppers will be making
more direct purchases.
With
more than 20 years of experience in U.S. Hispanic media, Puig served as VP and General Manager of Spanish Broadcasting Systems prior to joining Univision, where she directed all aspects of sales, marketing, promotions, and
business development on the
local and national level.
New
businesses are crucial to a healthy economy on both a
local and national scale, and
more entrepreneurs need to realize that the
local landscape plays a role for them that's just as important.
A recent poll conducted by my company, ReachLocal, showed that 73 percent of
local businesses have
more than one digital - marketing provider.
Or — if you're of a
more entrepreneurial stripe — there's definitely room in the bustling
local economy for your incipient service
business or Internet start - up.
A quarter (25 percent) of all Facebook users have made a purchase after clicking on a Facebook ad, and twice as many (49 percent) say they follow
local small
businesses on Facebook —
more than the 39 percent who follow major brands or companies.
More than half of American households with an Amazon Prime membership will bundle up and head to their
local mom - and - pop shops on Small
Business Saturday, according to the latest CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small
Business Survey, released Friday.
There is
more we must do to support the news industry to make sure this vital social function is sustainable — from growing
local news, to developing formats best suited to mobile devices, to improving the range of
business models news organizations rely on.
Of course, nabbing
local, state and federal grants involves
more than cutting and pasting your
business plan into an application.
However, the typical small
business is usually too concerned with its own expenses to buy off anyone
more important than a
local congressman.
But the majority are small
businesses in the
more traditional sense — small
local restaurants, bars, and beauty salons.
Just like Pickens County itself, NGAtops won't thrive if it remains little
more than a well - kept secret, so the Guidices are marketing the service throughout northern Georgia, meeting with
local businesses and handing out promotional decals at regional festivals.
It could be that this works best for
more local, brick - and - mortar style
businesses, or those that are very specialized.
Lafley's decision to consolidate
more power in «global
business units» left long - powerful brand and country managers struggling to apply
local insights.