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New HometownLocal Resource Center & Support Portal [VIDEO]

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

HometownLocal was founded in 2008 with a vision of providing expert lead generation, effective local marketing, and exceptional personalized care to our home service contractor clients. As our product offerings and customer base grow, we want to continue to provide customized support and resources tailored to your specific needs. We invite you to check out our new Resource Center and Support Portal.

In the Resource Center, you’ll find:

  • answers to frequently asked questions about optimizing your HometownLocal account
  • articles and videos for helping you succeed and grow as a local service provider

The new Support Portal will let you access our Client Care Department instantly. You’ll be able:

  • update your account information
  • request changes to your HometownLocal services or service area
  • submit revisions to the content of your HometownLocal advertisements
  • ask questions about a charge or invoice

To learn more, check out the short video below:

DirectFeed – Your Business Needs This Service!

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Did you know over 40% of business listing information is incorrect across the internet.

This bad information is costing you customers and hurting your online marketing efforts. The simple way to start correcting this bad data is to use DirectFeed. DirectFeed is an enhanced owner-verified business listing service.

DirectFeed submits your accurate business listing to the four major data providers: Factual, Acxiom, Infogroup, and Neustar (Localeze). Together, these data providers are referenced by over 300 online listing directories.DirectFeed - Listing Distribution

Optimize your listings for four factors that impact local search rank:

  1. maximize the number of online citations (very important trust factor for search engines)
  2. ensure listings appear on public, trusted sources  (like Yelp, Google, YP, etc.)
  3. improved accuracy and consistency of business listing information
  4. increase direct website traffic from directories (i.e. get more new customers from online directories)

To see how DirectFeed works, check out this video.

Extra! Hometown Internet Marketing Launches New Service To Help Businesses Improve Their Local Online Visibility

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

HT-Local

Hometown Internet Marketing LLC Announces New Small Business Service Called HometownLocal, New Service Helps Small Businesses Get Found in Their Hometown

East Grand Rapids, MI (PRESS) March 18, 2014 – Hometown Internet Marketing, a leading national home services lead provider, is pleased to announce its expansion into local online advertising. This new service called HometownLocal makes it simple for businesses to succeed online by eliminating jargon like SEO, PPC, PHP, and Social and creating an effective local online marketing strategy. The new service offers a suite of products that help businesses improve their online visibility, including DirectFeed, PowerSite, and SociaLink. Read More