How to Speak Your Customers' Language With Localized Websites
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How to Speak Your Customers' Language With Localized Websites

10y Christian Arno

How to Speak Your Customers' Language With Localiz...

While English is the most commonly used language online, most Europeans prefer to buy things in their own languages. Here are three ways to localize f...

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Local Misdirection - Would You Give a Customer a Wrong Address?
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Local Misdirection - Would You Give a Customer a Wrong Address?

10y Gregg Stewart

Local Misdirection - Would You Give a Customer a W...

While you wouldn't think to give a customer an incorrect physical address, you need to make sure your digital "addresses" are correct, too. Read More...

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Local Innovation - What's the Next Big Thing?
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Local Innovation - What's the Next Big Thing?

10y Gregg Stewart

Local Innovation - What's the Next Big Thing?

A look at a few promising items on the "bleeding edge" of technology that could very well be the "next big thing" in local: wearables, multi-touch att...

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VIDEO: Localizing Groupon for Indonesia
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VIDEO: Localizing Groupon for Indonesia

10y Adaline Lau

VIDEO: Localizing Groupon for Indonesia

Indonesia's landscape is possibly the most attractive in the world. In this video, the Groupon Indonesia chief executive explains why and how the dail...

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SXSW 2014: Mobile Saturday - Location-Based Marketing
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SXSW 2014: Mobile Saturday - Location-Based Marketing

10y Jason Burby

SXSW 2014: Mobile Saturday - Location-Based Market...

A panel at this year's South By Southwest prompted discussion about many facets of mobile location-based marketing, including relevancy, technology, p...

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10 Ways to Localize Digital Marketing in China
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10 Ways to Localize Digital Marketing in China

10y Gordon Choi

10 Ways to Localize Digital Marketing in China

These 10 marketing tips include everything from how to build a local website to running localized keyword research, using local yellow pages, and more...

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Avoid These 6 Common Mistakes in Global Marketing
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Avoid These 6 Common Mistakes in Global Marketing

10y Christian Arno

Avoid These 6 Common Mistakes in Global Marketing

It's easy to overlook the details in internationalization that could make or break your campaign overseas. Consider these potential mistakes when revi...

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When Is a 4-Star Rating Better Than a 5-Star Rating?
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When Is a 4-Star Rating Better Than a 5-Star Rating?

10y Gregg Stewart

When Is a 4-Star Rating Better Than a 5-Star Ratin...

The answer? "Almost always." The reason is simple; consumers do not expect a business to be perfect. The key the consumer is looking for is how the bu...

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The Power of Location-Based Offers and Relevance
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The Power of Location-Based Offers and Relevance

10y Jason Burby

The Power of Location-Based Offers and Relevance

Marketers are starting to take advantage of information available to them and instead of doing blanket vanilla marketing for everyone, they are starti...

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Facebook "Can't Buy Me Love" - Now "Likes" on the Other Hand...
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Facebook "Can't Buy Me Love" - Now "Likes" on the Other Hand...

10y Gregg Stewart

Facebook "Can't Buy Me Love" - Now "Likes" on the ...

Can Facebook's own advertising and promotion products be beneficial for local businesses? Here's a look at one business' campaign, and the results. Re...

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Bridging Digital & Physical – The Potential of Leveraging Beacons
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Bridging Digital & Physical – The Potential of Leveraging Beacons

10y Jason Burby

Bridging Digital & Physical – The Potential of Lev...

The future looks bright for the marketers who will enjoy a more holistic view across channels and greater ability to take action, thanks to beacon tec...

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2014 Local Marketing Checklist
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2014 Local Marketing Checklist

10y Gregg Stewart

2014 Local Marketing Checklist

2014 will be a breakout year for integration across all aspects of the consumer engagement path to purchase. Are you ready? Read More...

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Dear Santa: A Google Wishlist for Local Marketers
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Dear Santa: A Google Wishlist for Local Marketers

10y Gregg Stewart

Dear Santa: A Google Wishlist for Local Marketers

Columnist Gregg Stewart has a few suggestions for Santa this year, to help local marketers get more out of Google+, Google Maps and Places. Read More...

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Will Recent Google Updates Help or Hurt Your Holiday Marketing Plans?
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Will Recent Google Updates Help or Hurt Your Holiday Marketing Plans?

11y Gregg Stewart

Will Recent Google Updates Help or Hurt Your Holid...

Recent changes by Google may have some impact on your holiday marketing campaigns. Gregg Stewart explains. Read More...

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Counting Offline Conversions from Online Advertising, Made Easy
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Counting Offline Conversions from Online Advertising, Made Easy

11y Gregg Stewart

Counting Offline Conversions from Online Advertisi...

Measuring online advertising’s impact on offline conversion is hard work, but not impossible. Once the exercise is completed, we end up with reliable ...

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Authenticity Through Mobile Marketing
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Authenticity Through Mobile Marketing

11y Jason Burby

Authenticity Through Mobile Marketing

As more and more online traffic is coming from mobile devices, marketers are scrambling trying to find ways to better expose people to their brands an...

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The Future of Local
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The Future of Local

11y Gregg Stewart

The Future of Local

All too often we get caught up reacting to the latest changes Google, Yahoo, and Bing throw at marketers as we race to gain advantage for our clients ...

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Where Will Google's Local Carousel Go to Next?
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Where Will Google's Local Carousel Go to Next?

11y Gregg Stewart

Where Will Google's Local Carousel Go to Next?

The new Google Carousel is part of the continuing evolution of Google's local offering, increasing user functionality and advertiser utility. Read Mor...

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Local SEO Strategy for the Multi-Location Marketer
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Local SEO Strategy for the Multi-Location Marketer

11y Andrew Beckman

Local SEO Strategy for the Multi-Location Marketer

It's important to get the foundational elements in place that will help you rank better locally, and be ready to embrace some of the more challenging ...

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Total U.S. PC Search Volume Down 6 Percent Year-Over-Year
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Total U.S. PC Search Volume Down 6 Percent Year-Over-Year

11y Gregg Stewart

Total U.S. PC Search Volume Down 6 Percent Year-Ov...

As more advertisers enter the search marketplace and the inventory of available searches begins to slow, one can expect a number of effects. Read More...

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Yahoo Launches Listing Management Tool for Small Business
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Yahoo Launches Listing Management Tool for Small Business

11y Mary Lisbeth D'Amico

Yahoo Launches Listing Management Tool for Small B...

Yahoo today announced the release of Localworks, a product that it says will help small businesses recapture sales they may be losing due to incorrect...

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Marketing's New Mandate: Invitation vs. Interruption
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Marketing's New Mandate: Invitation vs. Interruption

11y Jason Burby

Marketing's New Mandate: Invitation vs. Interrupti...

As mobile advertising continues its evolution to adapt to mobile, now is the time to prep for the new age of mobile loyalty and rewards. Read More...

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Are We Seeing the Resurgence of Internet Yellow Pages?
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Are We Seeing the Resurgence of Internet Yellow Pages?

11y Gregg Stewart

Are We Seeing the Resurgence of Internet Yellow Pa...

Consumers' satisfaction with local search on the portal search engines declined in 2012 while IYPs gained in terms of satisfaction with local business...

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New Orleans 'Follow Your NOLA' Campaign Seeks Adventurous Travelers
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New Orleans 'Follow Your NOLA' Campaign Seeks Adventurous Travelers

11y Mary Lisbeth D'Amico

New Orleans 'Follow Your NOLA' Campaign Seeks Adve...

A new interactive media campaign is helping New Orleans introduce people to the city beyond the French Quarter and Mardi Gras. Read More...

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Understanding Where People Are and Where They Are Going…
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Understanding Where People Are and Where They Are Going…

11y Jason Burby

Understanding Where People Are and Where They Are ...

If you haven't looked at how people in different geographies are accessing your content and tried to find ways to better communicate with them, you ha...

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Building the Optimal Local Online Media Plan
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Building the Optimal Local Online Media Plan

11y Gregg Stewart

Building the Optimal Local Online Media Plan

How to build a media plan that is finely honed, generates a desirable cost-per-action, and has low waste. Read More...

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Borrell: There's Money in Local Media
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Borrell: There's Money in Local Media

11y Susan Kuchinskas

Borrell: There's Money in Local Media

Traditional and pure-play local media companies are reaping healthy profits from digital sales, according to a new report from Borrell Associates. Rea...

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