ArchivesCategory: Marketing

22Nov

Just when you thought you had a handle on the latest wave of geo social networking services like FourSquare and Gowalla, Facebook has jumped into the business of letting people “check-in” to their favorite locations. Actually, our guess is that you have not heard of FourSquare or Gowalla. These services and the new Facebook Places Continue Reading

22Nov

Google launched a completely new search experience called Google Instant this month. Google Instant not only provides suggested search phrases but dynamically updates the results as you search. According to Google, the new Instant service saves 2-5 seconds for each search. During our tests, we noticed that the recommendations used our geographic location and previous Continue Reading

22Nov

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is on a role with important alliances. This month they are finalizing the roll-out of Yahoo and Bing paid search ads (more on that below) but more importantly Microsoft is launching a new alliance with Facebook. For a few months we have been looking at the growing number of sites adding Continue Reading

22Nov

TMP Directional Marketing / 15Miles publish a annual report on the state of Local Internet Marketing. Whether you are a small business trying to optimize your marketing spend or a consumer, it is a amazing to see how quickly people have changed the way they search for local business information. Need carpet cleaning SEO ? Continue Reading

22Nov

Most Yahoo paid search accounts were transitioned to Microsoft adCenter this month. As reported in last month’s newsletter, the new expanded Microsoft adCenter provides more reach. Even with Microsoft and Yahoo together, however, the combined platform accounts for less than 20% of the US search market. This means that for most advertisers they will need Continue Reading

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11Apr

With so many highs and lows of the modern day economy, marketing can be a rewarding yet painstaking task. At Cleaner Designs, our goal is to make the marketing process one with far more rewards than frustrations for your company. We specialize in enabling carpet cleaning companies to put their best foot forward in terms of Continue Reading