As 2011 comes to a close, it is instructive to reflect on the massive changes to small business marketing that occurred during the year and to look at their implications. These changes were driven by a number of landmark events that spawned innovations. One of the key drivers of the changes that small business marketing […]
Free Public Domain Images from Pixabay for your Blog
Pixabay.com provides free public domain images that you can use in your blog without the requirement to acknowledge the source. You are free to use Pixabay images for commercial use, without seeking permission. There is no cost for these high quality images. The range of public domain images is not as extensive as you […]
Are Your Listings in Local Business Directories Accurate?
I was checking the search results for my business name, Merit Solutions Australia, in Google and was surprised with the results from local business directories. A lot of the entries in the first two pages of Google results were listings from local business directories. These directories create business listings (much like Google and Facebook have done […]
Small Business Marketing: A Personal Odyssey
Our small business was created in 1996 and following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008, we found that we had to become actively engaged in online small business marketing. Up until the GFC, our gross income had been growing at around 20% per year and we did not have to actively market our small […]