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		<title>&#160;&#160;&#160;Let Word of Mouth &amp; Google &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Skyrocket Your Sales</title>
		<link>http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/search-engine-optimization/let-word-of-mouth-google-skyrocket-your-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Word of Mouth Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that word-of-mouth advertising is one of the most powerful and cost effective ways to get more sales for your business. Now you can turbocharge your existing word-of-mouth advertising by getting it out to a MUCH larger audience on the Internet. Our unique and simple systems gather testimonials from your satisfied customers and post [...]]]></description>
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<td><img class="alignnone" title="Green Check" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/images/greencheck.jpg" alt="Local Business Marketing = More Sales" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td>Everyone knows that word-of-mouth advertising is one of the most powerful and cost effective ways to <strong>get more sales for your business.</strong></td>
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<td><img class="alignnone" title="Green Check" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/images/greencheck.jpg" alt="Word-of-Mouth Advertising is BEST" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td>Now you can<strong> turbocharge your existing word-of-mouth advertising</strong> by getting it out to a MUCH larger audience on the Internet.</td>
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<td><img class="alignnone" title="Green Check" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/images/greencheck.jpg" alt="Satisfied Customers - Online Reviews = TRUST" width="32" height="32" /></td>
<td>Our unique and simple systems gather testimonials from your satisfied customers and post them online as Rave Reviews&#8230;<strong>which builds TRUST so people choose YOUR Business instead of Your Competitors.</strong></td>
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<p>As a recent <strong>Nielsen Research</strong> survey proves, these days people are turning to the Internet and Online Reviews to decide who to trust to spend their money with.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-841" title="trust_in_advertising-reviews" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/images/trust_in_advertising-reviews.jpg" alt="Trust in Advertising Reviews - Nielsen" width="525" height="394" /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PLUS</span> Online reviews now push Businesses up the Google  rankings</strong> which means even more sales. That&#8217;s because Google and other high traffic sites now use Online Reviews as a major factor in deciding who gets to the top.</p>
<p><strong><a href="free-report">Get Started Now</a></strong></p>
<p>Is your business on the front page of Google with positive reviews?<br />
Are your potential customers choosing YOU instead of Your Competitors?</p>
<p><strong>If NOT, we can help</strong>, with guaranteed results&#8230;even if you don&#8217;t yet have a website.</p>
<p><strong>Simply order</strong> one of our RaveMouth word-of-mouth marketing systems today&#8230;<strong><br />
OR<br />
Request</strong> a Free Consultation Research Report.</p>
<p>If you run a local business, we&#8217;ll research and analyze your market and your business&#8217; Online Marketing situation and send you the FREE Research Report with recommendations.</p>
<p><a href="about/videos">Watch the Video</a> for details about how we can help your Business get more sales.</p>
<p><a title="Free SEO Consultation and Reports" href="free-report"><img class="aligncenter" title="Get Your Free report and Bonuses Now" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/images/free-seo-report.jpg" alt="Get Your Free report and Bonuses Now" width="200" height="45" /></a></p>
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		<title>Intro to Local Search Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Business Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably the single most powerful FREE Internet Marketing and presence creation tool that ALL small brick and mortar business owners can and should take advantage of&#8230;regardless of their online skill level. Like it or not, Google is the most prominent search engine on the web (by far) and they&#8217;ve created a tool specifically [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="post_image_link" href="http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/local-search/intro-to-local-search-marketing/" title="Permanent link to Intro to Local Search Marketing"><img class="post_image alignnone" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/google_logo-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Google" /></a>
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<p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-393  alignleft" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/google_logo-150x150.jpg" alt="Google" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p>This is probably the single most powerful FREE Internet Marketing and presence creation tool that ALL small brick and mortar business owners can and should take advantage of&#8230;regardless of their online skill level.  Like it or not, Google is the most prominent search engine on the web (by far) and they&#8217;ve created a tool specifically for local small businesses called the &#8220;Local Business Center&#8221;.   Long story short, it serves as a quasi-bare bones website, giving all the pertinent details about YOUR business&#8230;and even what others are saying about your business elsewhere on the Web. Hence, it is also becoming the prime &#8220;reputation management&#8221; tool that small entrepreneurs would be wise learn about and take control of, as reputation is one of the most critical assets that any business possesses.</p>
<p>I just happened upon a helpful and concise article written by one of our neighbors across the pond.  Here is a link to that article entitled:<br />
Set Up Google Local Business Center in 5 Steps</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-459 aligncenter" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Google-Local-Business-Center.png" alt="Google Local Business Center" width="763" height="392" /></p>
<p>One of those 5 steps involves choosing the most appropriate &#8220;categories&#8221; to list your business under. Please don&#8217;t make the mistake of choosing only one. You are allowed to choose up to five (5) categories&#8230;and they are choices worthy of careful consideration.  It&#8217;s like being given 4 (four) extra front doors to your business bringing traffic and customers you otherwise could&#8217;ve easily overlooked and lost forever.</p>
<p>Another respected writer went to the trouble of listing every single &#8220;category&#8221; on one page (a luxury not offered inside the Google Local Business Center) and posted his insight in this short article:<br />
<a title="Google Local Business Center Categories – The Complete List" href="http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/12/09/google-local-business-center-categories-the-complete-list/" target="_blank">Google Local Business Center Categories – The Complete List</a></p>
<p>Remember, you don&#8217;t need any special skills to fill out your business profile in the Local Business Center. All you need is a free <a title="Google Account - Free!" href="http://mail.google.com/mail/signup" target="_blank">Google Account</a> and an email address (GMail is free too) and you actually create both in one fell swoop when you use that link.  Now you&#8217;re ready to knock out the crucial hub of your online business presence.</p>
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		<title>POLL: Google Rejected by Yelp! Who Benefits Most?</title>
		<link>http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/local-search/poll-google-rejected-by-yelp-who-benefits-most/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t heard yet, Yelp seems to have come down with a case of cold feet at the alter with Google. Reasons, so far are in short supply according to TechCrunch and the NewYorkTimes. No doubt the story is far from over and similar advances on Yelp are in the fold. Meantime, here&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="post_image_link" href="http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/local-search/poll-google-rejected-by-yelp-who-benefits-most/" title="Permanent link to POLL: Google Rejected by Yelp! Who Benefits Most?"><img class="post_image alignnone" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Yelplogo-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" alt="Yelp" /></a>
</p><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-399" href="http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/local-search/poll-google-rejected-by-yelp-who-benefits-most/attachment/yelplogo/"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-399" title="Yelp logo" src="http://localsearchsanjose.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Yelplogo-150x150.jpg" alt="Yelp" width="150" height="150" /></a>If you haven&#8217;t heard yet, Yelp seems to have come down with a case of cold feet at the alter with Google.  Reasons, so far are in short supply according to <a title="Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/20/yelp-walks-away-from-google-deal-and-half-a-billion-dollars/" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a> and the <a title="Google’s Play for Yelp Just Screeched…to a Halt" href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/googles-play-for-yelp-just-gave-a-squeak/" target="_blank">NewYorkTimes</a>.   No doubt the story is far from over and similar advances on Yelp are in the fold.</p>
<p>Meantime, here&#8217;s a <a title="Google Rejected by Yelp: Good for...?" href="http://j.mp/YelpPoll" target="_blank">poll</a> at an online news community and local search site, Topix, asking&#8230;&#8221;Who benefits from Yelp&#8217;s rejection of Google?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Free SEO analysis with Website Grader</title>
		<link>http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/search-engine-optimization/free-seo-analysis-with-website-grader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Grader]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you already have a website, there&#8217;s a free tool that you can use to analyze how well it has been set up to promote your Business. Now like all tools, it has its limitations and doesn&#8217;t necessarily relate to exactly how you&#8217;ll sit on the search engines. It is however based on some of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://usa.cagora.com/files/Free-SEO-Analysis.jpg" alt="" width="144" height="86" />If you already have a  website, there&#8217;s a free tool that you can use to analyze how well it has been set up to promote your Business. Now like all tools, it has its limitations and doesn&#8217;t necessarily relate to exactly how you&#8217;ll sit on the search engines. It is however based on some of the well accepted principles of Search Engine optimization and Internet Marketing.</p>
<p>You simply type in your URL and submit. It will then calculate a report and give your site a score out of 100. If you get a Website Grader score of less than 50, then chances are we can help you get more traffic.</p>
<p>More often than not, we find the best solution is to set up an additional keyword rich Blogsite that can assist drive traffic to your current website.</p>
<p>When you read the report you&#8217;ll find the sorts of things that most SEO consultants will suggest are important, including the importance of having an integrated marketing system that creates inbound links to your site.</p>
<p>This tool is provided by HubSpot a company that provides consulting and resources to SEO Consultants like us, so that we can help you stay ahead of your competition.</p>
<h1><a href="http://websitegrader.com" target="_blank">See how you rank  with a Free Website Grader Report</a></h1>
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		<title>Busting The Internet Marketing Jargon for Newbies, not Dummies</title>
		<link>http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/local-search/busting-the-internet-marketing-jargon-for-newbies-not-dummies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogsites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Dominator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you being regularly pitched by &#8220;website companies&#8221; that don&#8217;t seem to really understand that all you want is an affordable way of getting the most new business from the Internet? &#8230;.without being bombarded by the jargon and techie goobledegook. Why do they have to make it so hard and talk to you as if [...]]]></description>
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<p>Are you being regularly pitched by &#8220;website companies&#8221; that don&#8217;t seem to really understand that all you want is an affordable way of getting the most new business from the Internet? &#8230;.without being bombarded by the  jargon and techie goobledegook.</p>
<p>Why do they have to make it so hard and talk to you as if you&#8217;re a Dummy and not just an Internet Marketing Newbie?</p>
<p><strong>Well here&#8217;s a short guide to some of the jargon&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>&#8230;and by getting us involved you shouldn&#8217;t ever really need to get on top of all the  jargon.  We pride ourselves on being Marketing Consultants that will do all that techie stuff for you, so you can get on running your main Business, rather than trying to master the fast changing industry of Internet Marketing yourself.</p>
<p>(Rather than listing these alphabetically, we have arranged them in a logical flow order)</p>
<p><strong>Community Marketing </strong>: an integrated online and offline marketing system that connects you with customers in your Community.</p>
<p><strong>Blogsites</strong> :  Websites that combine the best of a <strong>Blog </strong>with an easy-to-use web<strong>site</strong>, with a blog and direct response marketing system that gets potential customers to take action.</p>
<p><strong>Search Marketing : </strong>the catch all expression that covers Search Engine Optimization, Paid Search Engine Marketing (Pay-Per-Click) and Local Search.</p>
<p><strong>Search Engine Optimization :</strong> Getting your website designed so that it is optimally configured for the Search engines for the keyword phrases you want to be ranked for AND ALSO building offsite &#8216;backlinks&#8217; that push you up the search results.</p>
<p><strong>Backlinks :</strong> Where an external website links to your website.  Having backlinks from well respected websites is one of the MAIN THINGS that Google and the other Search Engines look for when deciding how far to push your website up the search results page.</p>
<p><strong>Local Search : </strong>Getting your Business found on the local maps that feature at the top of  many of the search results pages of  the leading search engines. This is a whole science unto its own in a very competitive part of the search results pages.</p>
<p><strong>Pay Per Click (PPC) </strong>also referred to as<strong> Search Engine Marketing (SEM)</strong> : Having a paid ad for your Business shown on the right hand side of the Search Engine Results Page. Typically you bid a price against other advertisers and only pay each time your ad gets clicked.</p>
<p><strong>Google Analytics : </strong>Free tracking software that can be added to a website so that you can monitor data such as how much traffic the pages of your website get, how long people stay on pages and where they come from.</p>
<p><strong>Social Networking : </strong>Hanging out on <span style="color: #333333"><strong>Social Networks</strong></span> like Facebook and Twitter and <span style="color: #888888"> </span><strong><span style="color: #333333">Business Networks</span> </strong>like LinkedIn and Cagorabiz to network and socialize with other users<strong>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Social Marketing : </strong>Promoting your Business within the Social Networks, by networking and establishing &#8216;Pages&#8217; and Groups to build a following or fan base for your Business. Having established a fan base, you can then communicate with them using systems provided by these networks.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Social Bookmarking : </strong>Where people &#8216;favorite&#8217; or &#8216;bookmark&#8217; a website so they can return to it, and by doing so they share that link as a recommended website with other users of the Social Bookmarking site (e.g. delicious, digg, StumbleUpon)<strong>. </strong>This has the additional benefit of  being a good source of backlinks.<strong><br />
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<p><strong>Article Marketing :</strong> Writing  brief articles like this one, that give away valuable free information and in exchange help brand you as an Expert.  They also are a good way to  get you free traffic and backlinks from the Article Directories, so that your business gets pushed higher up the search results.</p>
<p><strong>Video Marketing : </strong>similar to Article Marketing, but they are instructional videos that give you exposure as an Expert on  high traffic websites like YouTube.</p>
<p><strong>Content Marketing : </strong>General term for Article Marketing, Audio Marketing and Video Marketing where you get traffic by giving away free &#8216;content&#8217;.</p>
<p><strong>Email Marketing :</strong> Building a list of newsletter subscribers who have given permission for you to email them about your Businesses products and services. It&#8217;s a low cost and very effective way to communicate, educate and build relationships with existing and potential customers.</p>
<p><strong>Relationship Marketing : </strong>Building relationships with customers and potential customers so that they Know, Like and Trust you to a point where not only do they want to spend their money at your Business, but that they might also recommend your Business to their contacts.<strong> </strong>This can also extend to forming <strong>Joint Ventures </strong>and <strong>Strategic Alliances.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Offline Marketing : </strong>Traditional marketing that does not involve Internet marketing (aka Online marketing<strong>)<br />
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		<title>How to Get High Search Engine Rankings in San Jose</title>
		<link>http://LocalSearchSanJose.com/search-engine-optimization/how-to-get-high-search-engine-rankings-in-san-jose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front page google search ranking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Business should be aiming to have multiple Search Engine Optimized webpages sitting on the front page of Google and the other leading search engines, not just your website&#8217;s main page&#8230;. PLUS you want to be listed on the multiple phrases that people are searching, not just your main Business category. By doing this you [...]]]></description>
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Your Business  should be aiming to have multiple Search Engine Optimized webpages sitting on the front page of Google and the other leading search engines, not just your website&#8217;s main page&#8230;.</p>
<p>PLUS you want to be listed on the multiple phrases that people are searching, not just your main Business category.</p>
<p>By doing this you can have multiple search  positions each acting like  a billboard driving people through the doors of your Business.</p>
<p><strong>The 7  key steps to achieving this are:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Research the keywords you want to rank for, e.g. Plumber San Jose, Blocked Sewer San Jose and How Water Installation San Jose</li>
<li>Get a Local Search listing professionally submitted so you get onto Google Maps and the maps at Yahoo and Bing</li>
<li>Get a Search Engine Optimized site built around your keywords</li>
<li>Get that site and its site map submitted to the key search engines</li>
<li>Get multiple other websites from the Social Web linking to your site</li>
<li>Create some fresh blog posts to keep the search engines coming back</li>
<li>Create articles and videos and get them distributed all over the Internet on autopilot using RSS technology</li>
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<p>Find out how the Local Search Dominator products can get this done for you, quickly, easily and affordably</p>
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