Admit it...you've looked for your business on Google. Have you looked for your business on any of the online review sites however? Google Places? Citysearch? Yelp? Yahoo Local? Foursquare? If you haven't, your next assignment after reading this is to do so. According to RatePoint, over 76% of consumers consult online reviews
One of our favorite videos over the last several years are those put together by Erik Qualman, the author of Socialnomics. Here is his newest video showing the power and reach of social networks in 2011. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do (though we miss the Fat Boy Slim
Just how big is the social universe these days? It seems almost every site is growing by leaps and bounds as we adopt more and more of the technology presented to us. There are 5.3 billion mobile devices. That number is fast approaching the total global population. From Skype to Facebook....Yahoo to
Not long ago we discussed the increasing importance of both local and national review sites, including the need to spend some time keeping up with what your customers are saying about you. Whether you choose to use these reviews and comments as a way to start a dialog or as a way to measure
Those of you who remember the 80's, remember the Speaker of the House, Tip O'Neil's famous quote of "All politics is local". The same can be said of the tsunami change of online presence, the localization of the internet. From geolocation websites like Foursquare and Yelp, to online yellow page sites, to
