Tag Archives: Local Marketing

Avalaunch Media Recognized Among MountainWest Capital Network Top 100

  For 34 years, MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has been a cornerstone for Utah businesses. As the largest business networking group in Utah, their mission is to offer “unprecedented opportunity and promote a unique synergy of intellectual, financial, and entrepreneurial capital.” Every year, MWCN recognizes the top fastest-growing companies in Utah. Avalaunch Media is honored […]

Don’t let Google catch you with your website’s pants down

I came across this website (pictured below) today while looking for a local business to help with a pool issue I am having. I wanted to give them my money, I wanted to pay them and become a loyal customer, but could never do so after what I saw. This problem goes way beyond this […]

Don’t do this, do that, with local landing pages

I thought I would share something with you that my wife (who is the perfect example of the target local audience in this example) shared with me the other day. I do my best to pay attention to the things that she gripes about with websites, especially local ones. I love the local market, and […]

What the Google+ and Google Places Merge Means To You

*Disclaimer – If you absolutely must tinker with your Google+ Local page right now – check out this little write up. I think we should all hold tight for a while to see what happens while a lot of the kinks are worked out so things don’t get really screwy. Anyway, if you are one […]

Google Adwords Express -The Pros & the Pests to Automated Local Advertising

Google Boost is now Adwords Express Local search marketing may be in it’s infancy for Google, but this baby is booming. In two short years they have grown through a 10-pack, to a 7-pack, to a mixed local and organic result. They have further added a revenue stream with Google Sponsored tags (Yellow tags) and […]

Why Local Businesses Can No Longer Ignore Foursquare

When reading this, picture Biff knocking on your head saying:  HELLO, McFLY?? You know the movie, its one of your favorites. Attention local business owners: location based services games checkins are here to stay. You need to stop worrying about people robbing you blind, or knowing where we are at all times, or any of the […]

A Nickels Worth Of Free Online Marketing Advice

As I was searching online for some information to one of my favorite Mexican food joints here in Arizona I ran across several problems with their website and wanted to share them here.  I also came across several areas where I thought they could capitalize on social marketing, increase traffic to their website and interact […]

Who Does Local Search Best?

I got distracted today and the result of that distraction is this post. I was curious about something dealing with local search and the SERPs – so I decided to do a little comparison. The four major search engines I compared are Google, Yahoo, MSN and ASK. I wanted to find out how their specific […]

China City Super Bufffett; Online Local Marketing Done Right

I love when I find local businesses that are doing things they need to be online.  It’s even better when I find businesses I use taking advantage of local marketing services that search engines offer that can save me money (and drive business to them)!  I just want to spotlight a company I feel is […]