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Local Online Advertising is Perfect for Home Business



More and more people are starting to run their own businesses out of their home. While this saves on overhead costs, it can mean less publicity overall. Home businesses are ideal candidates for local online advertising.

With the right type of publicity your home business can really take off. People in your area may be looking for exactly what you offer, but simply aren´t able to find you! Since more and more people are looking online to find the services and products they need near them, this is the ideal medium to advertise in for any small business that is on a budget. Local advertising is often more cost effective than print advertising and can be an excellent method to get your home business publicity campaign off the ground.

Local advertising is a way to draw some attention to your business and bring in more clients on a local basis. Many small business owners don´t realize the amazing potential of local online advertising. If you haven´t tried it yet it is something worth looking into as it works with any budget to grow your business on a local level.

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Posted in Local Online Advertising - Tagged home business, Local Online Advertising
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Google Local Maps: Get Your Hospitality Reviews On Their Results



Do you run a local hospitality business? If so, then you need to check out this post by Miriam Ellis on where Google Local Maps are sourcing their reviews. This is great news if you have your own local business in the hospitality industry . . . send your happy customers to one of the following websites to review your hotel or restaurant and you have a far better chance of getting some great reviews showing up on Google local maps.

10best.com
Aol.com
ChefMoz.org
Citysearch.com
Dine.com
DiningGuide.com
Dinnerbroker.com
Frommers.com
Gayot.com
Giatamedia.com
Greenopia.com
Holidaycheck.com
Holidaycheck.de
Holidaycheck.es
Holidaycheck.fr
Holidaycheck.it
Holidaycheck.nl
Holidaycheck.pl
Holidaycheck.ru
Hotelchatter.com
HotelGuide.com
Hotelguide.net
Insiderpages.com
Menupages.com
Mytravelguide.com
Priceline.com
RestaurantRow.com
Travelocity.com
Travelpost.com
Tripadvisor.com
Virtualtourist.com
Yahoo.com
Yelp.com
Zagat.com

All of these are from Miriam´s research of over 1,000 Google local map reviews. While some of these websites may not be very well known, they are obviously interesting to Google and should be watched carefully. Others, like Tripadvisor and Yahoo, are obviously already huge. Using these websites to your advantage can be a very intelligent move!

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Posted in Local Search Engine Optimization - Tagged Google Local, reviews, websites
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