Local University Group Photo in Baltimore (photo courtesy of Thomas Ballantyne) I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the Mid-Atlantic InnKeepers Trade Show and Conference about using website analytics to make better business decisions. I was particularly excited because I used to own and operate a few small B&B’s myself (technically mine were vacation rentals, but […]
The following is a guest post from Chris Ratchford who is the founder of Prodentite, an online marketing firm specializing in dentist web design and local search marketing. I spent last weekend in Baltimore at a Local U Advanced training session. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Local U Advanced session, it’s geared […]
Here at LocalU, we breathe, eat and sleep Local Search. But what exactly is Local Search? Here, I’ll go through some of the explanations of Local Search in hopes of making it more understandable for everyone. When you view Local Search from the perspective of a business owner, it’s all about having their company found […]
We just finished a LocalU seminar for people attending the MidAtlantic Innkeepers Conference, a regional conference dedicated to helping and training operators of inns and B & Bs. We conducted a survey to help these folks better understand how people were finding them. You can download a copy of this report in PDF format here. […]
We’re just a week away from the next workshops on Local U’s schedule! We have two events planned for Baltimore, MD next week: Local U Baltimore (regular workshop) on Friday, March 8th. This will run from 9 am to 1 pm, with check-in starting at 8:30 am. You can register online – the price is […]
A reader recently sent in this question that’s relevant to service providers that work from home: I know that for local businesses that do not have an office Google requires that the address be hidden on Google+ Local. In light of this, what is the correct way to list the business info on a website […]