by David G. Johnson | Dec 7, 2012 | Get Strategic, Rants, Small Business Marketing, Social Media
From the very moment we began providing training to business owners and marketing executives to help them understand how search engines work, we have preached a very simple message: Create content that delivers value to people in your target market. And do it often....
by David G. Johnson | Dec 21, 2011 | Rants, Small Business Marketing
Recently, I was talking with a client who was reluctant to set up a profile on Google Places for his business. “What if people leave negative reviews?,” he asked. “You can’t do anything about it, can you?” A valid point. Unlike a...
by David G. Johnson | Nov 8, 2011 | Small Business Marketing, Social Media
Almost every time I speak to an audience of business owners, there’s at least one in the crowd. Someone (or their nephew) created a Facebook “profile” for their business instead of a business “page.” What’s the difference? A...
by David G. Johnson | Jun 30, 2011 | Small Business Marketing
According to Google: 97% of consumers search for local businesses online. If you don’t have a solid plan for creating visibility for your business, those people looking for your products and services will find someone else instead of you. So what can you do that...
by David G. Johnson | Feb 23, 2011 | Small Business Marketing
Last week we talked about someone who got ripped off by an SEO provider. And while not all SEO companies are as unscrupulous as the offender we mentioned, typically SEO isn’t the first place to start when trying to improve your marketing results. In fact…...