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[VIDEO] What Is An Enhanced Business Listing & How Can It Help My Business?

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Every business should have an “enhanced business listing”. Why? Search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing rely on signals from well respected directories to build trust, so HometownLocal created DirectFeed.  DirectFeed is an enhanced business listing service that removes the hassle of manually inputting your business information across the many search engines and directories.

DirectFeed sends your business information to over 125 directories for greater visibility to potential customers.  This tedious task can take hours and sometimes days to find and add your business information. DirectFeed can handle this task seamlessly, so you can get back to running your business.

How does DirectFeed work? Check out this video to see DirectFeed in action.

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FREE SEO Audit Tool – Is Your Website Helping Your Business? Find The Answer Here [VIDEO]

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

The ability of your website to draw traffic depends almost entirely on the strength of your SEO content. As a website owner who relies on revenue from your site, you should be very interested in how your SEO content is performing on the various Internet search engines.

The most effective way to determine whether or not your SEO content is effective is to utilize our SEO audit tool free of charge. This is a powerful tool that will let you know if you are reaching your audience and if your message is being read.



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Is Your Website Mobile Responsive? – Top 3 Reasons To Go Mobile!

By Local Search, Mobile Responsive, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

Is your website mobile responsive? If not, should you care?

Mobile Responsive Website

Mobile Responsive Website – Looks great on all devices

Unsure what mobile responsive design is? Here is a quick and simple definition – “Mobile responsive web design is a web design approach aimed at crafting websites to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from mobile phones to desktop computer monitors)”.

Interested in how your website looks on mobile devices (smartphones & tablets)? Check out this FREE tool, enter your website address (www.yoursite.com) to see how your website displays. If it doesn’t display correctly, your visitors will most likely migrate to another competitor website. That should get your attention! Here are a few more reasons highlighting the importance of a mobile responsive website.

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Free SEO Audit Tool – What Can It Tell Me About My Website?

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

Free SEO Audit Tool

Looking for help to increase your local online visibility? Check out our Free SEO Audit Tool, this tool allows you to compare your site to your competitors.

Our SEO Audit tool will give you a score based on how effective your site is optimized for your key phrase and if it displays properly on mobile devices. A high score reflects a better optimized website; a lower score means more work is needed.
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Is Having a Good Website Enough to Generate New Customers?

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

PowerSite is a full featured mobile responsive websiteThis question was recently asked by a new client.  Not knowing much about this client nor their website, I answered, “It all depends on what your definition of what a good website is?” Or perhaps what the definition of is is?

Long gone are the days of putting up a good website, optimize that website with a few choice keywords and BAM, listen for the phone to ring. Read More

Your Customers Are Talking About You – Online Reputation Management

By Online Reviews

yelp review logo - local online marketingWhether you like it or not, your customers may be talking about you in unflattering ways.  Remember the old adage: a happy customer tells one person; an angry customer tells ten. In today’s fast paced online world, this unhappy person can tell hundreds, if not thousands of people in one well-placed rant.

If your business isn’t engaged with these unhappy customers or you are turning a blind eye to these reviews, your business will eventually feel the wrath of this relatively new phenomenon.  Read More

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

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

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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