Category Archives: small business marketing

The Best Models are Closed-Loop

Listening to Neil Salvage, EVP of CityGrid Media, speaking at the Local Search Association Conference on selling marketing services to SMBs. The advantages of the closed loop model (OpenTable, Groupon, etc.) – The advertiser knows it’s wor… Continue reading

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Yext Tags Cracks Self-Serve SMBs? #ILMEast

I am sitting on the floor near a power outlet with Howard Lerman of Yext who just walked me through the self-serve UI for Yext Tags. Howard claims that since the service launched on Jan 1, 2011 they have signed up over 1,000 self-service advertisers for Yext Tags. While we were talking he showed me [...] Continue reading

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The Tortoise, The Hare And Your Local Business

You’ve undoubtedly heard Aesop’s famous fable, The Tortoise And The Hare … If not, or if it’s been a while … here’s a 10-second recap: The tortoise, ridiculed by the hare for his slow plodding, challenges the hare to a race. At the onset, the hare bursts into the lead and, confident he’s got the [...] Continue reading

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