Tag: marketing

Small Business Owners: You Need the Google My Business App

If you own or manage a local business, a business with a physical store front or a local service area, the new Google My Business app will help you control your business’s Google Maps listing! Here’s Google’s hype video on the newly updated app: Key Google My Business App Features Ensure business info is accurate… Continue reading Small Business Owners: You Need the Google My Business App

How to Defeat Mondays

Why are Mondays rough? I meditated on this, and as an 8-5er I determined Mondays are especially difficult because there are five days ahead of work (duh, right?!). Five days of people or responsibilities asking things of oneself. As the week progresses, the amount of time belonging to others or tasks dissipates, both naturally as… Continue reading How to Defeat Mondays

Yelp Won’t Save Itself, So Consumers Have To

(This article in an opinion piece on how Yelp or new Yelp users can work to improve Yelp as a service.) Yelp is fledgling. They’re advocating for antitrust action against Google in Europe and the US. They’re even participating in an anti-Google lobby which recently served this author a LinkedIn ad. These regulatory pushes are… Continue reading Yelp Won’t Save Itself, So Consumers Have To

How to Send People Directly to Your Business’s Google Review Page

Are you a business owner or manager of a Google My Business (GMB) listing who wants to send people directly to your review page on Google so they can leave a review? Here’s how: Step 1: Build a link to send folks directly to the GMB ratings page: Put the business’s “place ID” in this… Continue reading How to Send People Directly to Your Business’s Google Review Page

Why I Decided to Use WordPress.com for Oakfive.com

Edit: In January 2019, I switched this site to “self hosting” using hosting provider BlueHost, and wordpress.org as the site structure. This new configuration is dramatically cheaper, and gives me more control. No regrets! Here’s the write up on the switch to a self hosted wordpress site. Original Article On Selecting WordPress.com for this Site:… Continue reading Why I Decided to Use WordPress.com for Oakfive.com

10 Marketing Skills to Improve in 2018 via Digital Marketing Sage Larry Kim

If you’re a marketer, I recommend you give WordStream and Mobile Monkey founder, Larry Kim, a follow. He is a prolofic writer covering the latest digital marketing techniques in concise and digestible infographics, articles, and listicles. Here’s a great example of one of Larry’s articles: 10 Skills Every Marketer Should Master in 2018 10 Skills… Continue reading 10 Marketing Skills to Improve in 2018 via Digital Marketing Sage Larry Kim