Local Search Marketing

Local Search Optimization by VizRED - Pollo TropicalLocal yellow page advertising is dead.  Since Google launched local search in April of 2011, it is possible for anyone to make a search and receive geo targeted information about a business that relates to their local area. Search engines are  the #1 resource people use to find local product and services .This is an opportunity for you as a local business, to get your website ranked higher and quicker in the search engines.

  • Google is the #1 resource people use to find local products and services
  • 67% of people searching online actually purchase offline
  • 43% of ALL searches on Google include local modifier like city or zip code & 61% of this group make their purchase within 24 hours.

Rebel Mouse and Storify WordPress Content Curation Plugins

This is the presentation I will be doing at  for Wordpress Miami (WP Miami) tomorrow . I will be focusing on Rebel Mouse first since I just installed it on my personal blog , Mi Caminar in a subdirectory. The free version of the plugin has links to the Rebel Mouse website and other people to … [Read More...]

Tools To Create Content For Blogging

I shared a Scoop It from Brian Firth from New Web Talk. I edited the title since he titled his Scoop It with my name (Thanks Brian :) ) and edited the title. I also changed the category since the default was not the one I wanted.  I am not sure how this works with SEO since it is scooping the exact … [Read More...]

Wordcamp Miami Day 2 Tweets

Here is a curation of tweets from Sunday at Wordcamp Miami. http://storify.com/blancastella/wcmiami … [Read More...]