Please join us for our next local summit, being held in Indianapolis next Monday. Vikram and I will be presenting internet marketing basics and strategies to local business owners. Topics will include:
- creating a successful website
- implementing powerful search marketing strategies
- measuring your online results
- monitoring your online reputation
- maximizing your online revenue
It will be casual, informative and applicable to any business.
This seminar is the second in our series of local Internet Marketing Summits. Our Jacksonville audience had a great time and appreciated all the information they received. Read Jacksonville seminar reviews and more about the Indy Summit.
WHERE AND WHEN
Monday, June 23 10:00–11:30 am
The Monon Center
Conference Room West
1235 Central Park Drive East
Carmel, Indiana
We still have a few seats left… if you’ll be in town, send an email to suzanna@evisionworldwide.com to reserve a spot.
See you in Indy!
10 Apr 2008
Posted by Ronnie at 3:55 PM to Local Search Marketing
The universal go-to website for driving directions, MapQuest has been challenged in recent years by the explosion of Google Maps and the unique information that Google began offering on their local business/map listing platform.
New MapQuest Features
However, MapQuest consistently tops the charts as the MOST visited website in the travel sector. In addition, it has quietly been updating its website to include some very nice new features such as:
- Advanced local search listings and information, in addition to directions
- Updates on the latest gas prices in your area
- MapQuest Navigator, a navigation system for your mobile phone (competing with Google Maps for Mobile)
More Local Business Searches
Recent Nielsen-WebVisible Data findings indicated that 86% of those interviewed generally use the Internet to find a local business. 78% use the Internet more frequently today than they did 2 years ago to find a local business. This further explains why local search has exploded in recent years. It is more crucial than ever to target your business location and harvest the local traffic that is being generated.
MapQuest is also taking advantage of its content network partnership with Google. They should appreciate the amount of traffic and the advertising dollar potential they are sitting on.
In addition to the improvements they have made, they are doing a good job not getting sued like Google maps!
Are you promoting your business locally?
