Describing Your Business In The Directories Part 2

Tweets:

• Your business has a personality. Show it. Your Local Business Directory description needs to show them who you are in voice and in words.
• Keywords make the listing. Make sure your description has your keywords in it. This gives search engines another way to serve your listing.
• When showing your personality, don’t be to flowery in your description. Too much marketing turns customers off they want you not, Big Corp.

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Describing Your Business In The Directories Part 1

Describing your business to your customers is important. Remember that if it is a service that you do and you don’t include, your customers will probably think you don’t do it.

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• Tell a story in your Local Business Listing. People often shop at small businesses because of their story. More to come on your story…
• Your story might be how got into the business or the story of how your business is family owned. But, your story is what makes you stand out
• Have a great weekend everybody. Take sometime off and do some good. Maybe even find a small way you can help the people in Myanmar.

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Getting The Most Out Of The Google Local Business Directory Part 2 (Pictures)

Tweets:

• Let them know your real. Show your customers pictures of you, your business, and your products in your google local business listing.
• Remember. A picture is worth a thousand words. Make those thousand words sell your business or service.
• Ex. If you’re a Dentist how about a pic of your office http://twitpic.com/wcy or staff http://twitpic.com/wd6 Its Simple & Personable.

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Getting The Most Out Of The Google Local Business Directory Part 1

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• It is more important to have a perfect local directory listing in Google & Yahoo than it is to have a website as a local service business.
• Don’t get me wrong, a website is very important, but if a local service business had to choose. They need a perfect Google Local Listing.
• If you haven’t, create a Google Local Directory listing today. http://tinyurl.com/ynvkjc Tips will follow to help improve your listing.
• It’s EXTREMELY vital to pick the right categories in your listing. Use this to tool help you find great keywords http://tinyurl.com/2n3etc.

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How To Be Patriotic & Make Money

Since it is election day in Indiana I thought of some ways to be patriotic while helping increase the revenue of your business.

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• While your being patriotic. Find ways to help customers spend their rebate check in your store. Ex: Match the refund up to a certain % off.
• Offer a discount or special to those who come into your store with an “I Voted Today” Sticker. especially in Indiana and North Carolina.

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140Local.com: An Introduction

140Local.com is a way for me to effectively start a blog and do it efficiently, since Twitter only gives me 140 characters to say something. So to have your Twitter stream full of insightful, easy to follow small business marketing ideas tips and tricks (along with the occasional informational link) follow me at twitter.com/140local. The blog will be used as a way to compile the best tweets and ad more context to what is being said. It also will work as a great place to drop your on thoughts and insights into the conversation.

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• Can twitter be used to effectively teach small business marketing principles. That is what this twitter account is about to find out. Enjoy!

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