Creative Internet Marketing Strategies

The Game of Life Live Wallpaper, an interactive and customizable Live Wallpaper, is based on Conway’s Game of Life March 30, 2012 (Ann Arbor, MI) : Tabus Nine Computing ( www.tabusnine.com ), a mobile application developer for the Android operating system, has announced a new Live Wallpaper for Android devices. The Live Wallpaper, Game of Life Live Wallpaper, is based on Conway’s Game of Life, and its aesthetics will appeal even to users who may not be familiar with the cellular automaton. In...

Magna Society Elite Award program honors the best of the best among all U.S. Audi dealers, who must meet customer service and business objectives Scottsdale, Arizona – March 21, 2012 – As a 2011 Magna Society Elite Award winner, Audi North Scottsdale has been recognized as one of 10 elite Audi dealerships in the United States and a leader in a year that saw the premium car brand achieve record nationwide sales of 117,561 vehicles. The Magna Society Elite Award acknowledges Audi dealers that...

New company level certification presented by Google to Smartfinds Internet marketing for meeting Adwords Management requirements March 15, 2012 (Birmingham, MI): Smartfinds Internet Marketing (http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com), an Internet Marketing pioneer for more than 20 years and leader in web marketing including Google Adwords Advertising Management has received the new company level partner certification by Google. Smartfinds Internet Marketing, a web marketing agency, has met...

2012 Series Of Virtual Summits, Workshop and Webinars scheduled starting March 26, 2012 through March 29, 2012 exclusively designed for the franchising industry March 16, 2012 (Birmingham, MI): Melih Oztalay, CEO of Smartfinds Internet Marketing is guest speaker at the first Franchisee Sales and Marketing Summit (FranSummit) started by FranSummit founders, Paul Segreto, President and CEO of franchisEssentials, and Jeremy LaDuque, President and CEO of Elements Local, announced that on March...

New website is an online meeting place for people who have made an online purchase or transacting business in a remote location with qualified agents located nearby who can check it out for them. March 14, 2012 – A new website, http://www.checkitoutupfront.com , will provide “eyes and ears, feet-on-the-street” for buyers, who cannot, physically, check out an item themselves before making a online purchase. The site will be an online meeting place for people who are interested in making an...

Courageous Persuaders program delivers youth-to-youth message about dangers of underage drinking State Farm Insurance adds Fan Favorite Award that benefits schools TROY, Mich., Feb. 3, 2012 – The Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) Education Foundation is reminding students that the deadline for entry into the Courageous Persuaders video competition is approaching quickly. The deadline for entry is February 9, 2012. The announcement was made by DADA President Bob Shuman. Shuman also...

New website targets online auctions that require Inspections or Appraisals from professionals in the local area of the seller. CheckItOutUpfront.com welcomes the Inspection and Appraisals industries. January 23, 2012 (Internet Industry): Industrial auction sites have become a booming sector on the Internet during the past decade, but many buyers still are skeptical. “If you are interested in a piece of equipment, how do you know if the darn thing still works, and if it has all the cables,...

Google has been allowing for web pages to be previewed before clicking on a search result for quite some time since 2010. Equally we have seen a number of changes taking place during 2011 in Local Business Listings from Google’s Places and Maps. These changes have include the removal of third party reviews, layout changes to what information is viewable and a strong focus on securing ratings and reviews. Google Places results which provide local results before national results now received...

We certainly agree with the comments made in LinkedIn groups wondering why car dealerships are not getting the volume of leads they used to or the quality of leads they used to from national lead generators. Our own experience with Penske car dealerships have seen very similar results from national lead generators. Leads from the OEM websites, the dealerships own website, Google Adwords far exceed that coming from national lead generators. We need to augment and expand on the discussions in...

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Geographic Marketing is an important tool not only for local businesses looking to attract consumers through local business listings, but also for the large online companies who host such listings. Have you noticed the number of commercials being run by high-profile tier one companies and websites that are in the local business listing industry? These companies are all trying to capitalize on the local business marketing industry, and are consistently fighting for top recognition and use. For...

Marketing Solution for National Businesses includes Mobile Locations Finder Application for customers to find the nearest store, follow Facebook and store coupons. October 10, 2011 (Birmingham, MI): Smartfinds Internet Marketing ( http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com ), an Internet Marketing pioneer for more than 20 years and leader in web marketing including geographic marketing has announced a new website property ( http://www.smartfindsgeographicmarketing.com ) dedicated to their Geographic...

Consumer ratings and reviews have become an integral part of every business’ public relations program, requiring many companies to develop a standard operating procedure to manage this process. Consumer ratings and reviews are posted on multiple local listing websites (search engines, communities, directories, etc.) and shared amongst these websites as well. Therefore, it is important to keep in mind that this should be an ongoing process that occurs over many different online listing...

“What’s the Online Buzz?” is the third and final installment of the DMCVB membership educational series focusing on business ratings and reviews by local customers September 26, 2011 (Birmingham, MI): Smartfinds Internet Marketing ( http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com ), an Internet Marketing pioneer for more than 20 years and leader in web marketing including geographic marketing has been invited as the guest speaker for the Detroit Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau’s (DMCVB,...

Geographic Marketing is the key to making your business stand out to local consumers, but are you taking advantage of these great business marketing tools? Are your stores dependent upon the local geography for your revenue? If you’re not using the full power of Geographic Marketing as an additional business marketing tool to reach local consumers, then you are missing out on a significant local business marketing opportunity. Considering that local business listings show up on the first page...