Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Local Search Marketing And Advertising
San Ramon community has an outstanding business growth curve. Thousands of new homes are being built in the Dougherty Valley, many at prices starting at over one million dollars. With the proliferation of High Speed Internet throughout and the addition of these new homes, plus the executive lifestyle of many of the homeowners, the market is ripe for local businesses to seriously consider the Internet as a means of marketing and advertising their products and services online. Sending out postcards, flyers, or advertising in the local newspaper and radio is not enough to increase market presence for local businesses today. Improving brand awareness needs to be the number one goal of every single small business owner, utilizing all the Ecommerce marketing tools at their disposal. The Internet has been known for the large search market base that can drawn thousands of website visitors from around the globe. Up until recently the target market for Ecommerce websites on the Internet was more of a wide spread spectrum that could not target the local community. But, that is starting to change with the search engines implementing Local Search. Local search will become more important for every community throughout America and the World. Local real estate services, automotive repair, restaurants, movie theaters, doctors, dentists, accounts, lawyers, house cleaning, gardening services, and more will be in a position to take advantage of this marketing and advertising medium. Placing a B2B or B2C website online is only the beginning point in the quest to establish your brand in the hearts and minds of the local consumers. A website can not be simply a static tool to obtain new sales. It requires updates and new content on a regular basis; not only to improve sales and brand awareness but also to properly portray the company products, services, and prices from a legal, ethical, and FTC advertising guidelines perspective. See: Advertising And Marketing On The Internet - Honesty. Additionally, Online advertising (Pay Per Click Advertising) geared toward the Local Search community is also necessary to improve the market reach of the business. Content Manager To truly be effective, the online approach must incorporate a relationship between what is known as the content manager and the business owner. A good content manager can take information supplied by a business owner and optimize it for the Web. This is known by some as SEO, Search Engine Optimization. In effect, the content is written and edited for good web form. If you are interesting in finding out more information or for a Free No Obligation website analysis contact us by phone or E-mail Professional Web Services today. Improve Your E-Business Marketing Message Labels: Advertising, Marketing, Search |