Dennis Yu: local search engine marketing
Blog URL http://www.dennis-yu.com
Tags local, lead generation, adwords, sem, seo, ppc, reachlocal, yodle, local advertising
Blog of Dennis Yu: CEO of BlitzLocal. Read local search news, affiliate marketing, and lead generation. Plus personal reflections on running a startup.
Latest Blog Posts
- This is why you don’t gossip on the Internet on Nov 17, 2009 in affiliate marketing facebook spamming facebook whitelist account jeremy shoemoney con man shoemoney gossiper
Some affiliates are losing millions per month, I’m told, as a result of my TechCrunch post. And Shoemoney has not been shy about his willingness to write blog posts for money. If someone is about to ‘topple an industry’ (highly...
- Watch out! An army of local entrepreneurs is coming on Nov 7, 2009 in facebook marketing and advertising local advertising facebook small business local franchise marketing local online advertising stats stay at home jobs
Borrell Associates predicts that in 2009 local online advertising will hit $14.2 billion, while 2010 will be only $14.9 billion– a measly 5% increase. I would agree that local online ad dollars are not going to grow in the near term–...
- TechCrunch post on Facebook: What people are saying on Nov 3, 2009 in Featured facebook marketing and advertising
Between my personal blog and that of BlitzLocal, we’ve gotten about 23,000 hits in the last 24 hours. The TechCrunch Effect is when TechCrunch covers your site, typically on launch day, and brings it down from massive traffic. And you often...
- FarmVille = ScamVille on Nov 1, 2009 in facebook marketing and advertising anu shukla facebook ad networks farmville farmville scam farmville tips social ad networks
It’s bad enough that there are over 60 million users (including me) wasting real time and real money growing virtual crops to earn virtual points. A new article in TechCrunch blows the doors on an industry that is set to generate…...
- Facts you probably didn’t know about the Yellow Pages on Oct 26, 2009 in Featured local advertising advertising books directories environmental issues offline online print revenue yellow pages
There are 540 million directories printed in the United States each year. That’s 1.7 directories per person, assuming just over 300 million people living in the US. There is not one “yellow pages” company, so it’s many compa...
- Creating the Perfect Storm on Oct 20, 2009 in Guest Posts social media audience engagement interaction ppc ROI SEO social strategies targeting viral
This is a guest post by Leigh Hanney, Head of Marketing at RetailMeNot.com and Blogger at semsamurai.com I talk to a lot of people about online marketing, some are super experienced and others are really only just starting out. But so often…...
- Blogging tips: Let Google tell you what topics to write about on Oct 16, 2009 in Featured search engine optimization Analytics blog blogging facebook Google hits keywords Readers Tips Topics Traffic Users
(in other words, how to NOT have a blog that gets no traffic) Every few days I go into Google Analytics to see what’s driving traffic to my site. If there’s a sharp spike, it’s usually because of a guest blog…...
