Business Intelligence

Thousands of hopeful individuals take a shot at starting their own internet marketing business each and every month of the year. Why is it that the majority of these individuals end up failing or simply give up on their dream of online business success?

This short article does not deal so much with the technical reasons why this happens but rather is more so meant to be an encouragement to all those who are trying to start that internet home business but are not seeing the results they expected when they started out.

You may ask “who am I to give any advice on this subject?” I have been involved with internet marketing in one way or another for the past eight years. I happen to own and operate a online business specializing in helping others succeed online by providing information, advice and tools that they need to realize their internet marketing dreams.

I have been on both sides of the coin so to speak. I have seen days where I saw no progress at all. Then I have also seen times when I have reaped all of the rewards that online business can produce. read more »

When you meet a Golden Retriever they will no doubt come up to you and try to lick your hand, offer to shake your paw or try to jump up on you to say hello, come and play with me.

Golden Retrievers are very friendly and they want to get to know you from the very moment that you are first introduced to them.

Do you take the time to get to know your Facebook friends? Do you say hello to each new friend? Or are you in too big of a hurry to add friends in massive numbers so that you can increase your numbers in order to make you look good? What happens when a Golden Retriever sees a large group of people? The friendly dog will go to each person and wag its tail, roll over and wait to be petted, jump up or extend its paw of friendship. Do you do the same thing with your Facebook friends? What can you do to make sure that you let each friend know that you care about and appreciate them?

What about this sweet and innocent face of a baby golden retriever? Do you really want to get to know your friends and to develop relationships with them? Or do you just see a $ because you want to sell them something or recruit them into your business? read more »

When you’re in business for yourself, you’re constantly looking for new ways to let people know you exist and what services or products you provide. With the mobile lifestyles we lead today and our reliance on internet searches to research the things we buy (even locally), being found in the search engines is an absolute must. And being found in Google in particular is especially critical.

As a small business owner or entrepreneur, you often have to do this all yourself as well. Unlike larger businesses, you probably don’t have employees to dedicate to search engine or online marketing. So by learning these 3 Google local search customization tips, you’ll put your business on the map in Google and put yourself ahead of your local competition.

Getting Started in Google Local Search

The first thing to understand about local search is that it’s a completely different game than normal search engine optimization (SEO). The success of your local search efforts depends on three things. read more »