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Local U Presents the Celia Bell Scholarship

Local U Sponsors the Annual Celia Bell Entrepreneur Awards At Local U, our top priority has always been to help small businesses thrive by equipping them with the tools and knowledge needed to succeed online. Since 2011, we have had the immense honor of working in Austin, TX alongside local businesswoman and small business mentor […]

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Video: Last Week in Local September 17th, 2018

Every week we bring you a brief 15 minute video and the links of the best articles in Local Search. OK. It’s not always 15 minutes but we are never off by more than 10 minutes or so.; Last Week in Local is now available as a podcast. Sign up here for your regular Local […]

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Video Deep Dive Is it harder to run an Agency in 2018?

This is our Deep Dive Into Local from September 10th, 2018. In our Deep Dive series, we take a closer look at one thing in local that caught our attention and deserves a longer discussion. If you have a special topic you would like us to discuss for the Deep Dive in Local, please reach […]

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