With the economy the way it is right now a lot of local business are looking for ways to spend their advertising dollars where they see a measurable return on investment.
Traditional mediums like TV & Radio are expensive & it’s difficult to track the performance of the ads in terms of revenue generated.
And the old reliable Golden pages/Yellow pages (depending where you are in the world) have pretty much been replaced by a Google search.
So right now small & medium local businesses in your area are crying out for internet marketing help! But what services can you provide them & how can you implement these services for those businesses.
Well probably the most obvious service which can really help local businesses right now is search engine optimization. If you can get a local business to #1 in Google for keywords that are relevant to them & will bring them in revenue then you’ll earn a customer for life.
One of worlds foremost SEO experts John Limbocker has released a course in conjunction with Ryan Deiss where he shows exactly how to outsource all the processes needed to get local businesses to the top of Google & exactly how to go about getting clients including all the marketing materials you need to get them. You can listen to an interview with John below:
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Click here to start doing search engine optimization for small & medium businesses in your area
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Another service you can provide to local businesses is managing their social media properties like Facebook & Twitter. Businesses use these services to build their brand, interact with their customers more, build a relationship with them & of course the ultimate goal is to make more sales because of it.
You can listen to an interview below with social media manger Kate Buck where she talks about how she started out as a social media manager
Kate also has a course about becoming a Social Media Manager so if you’d like to learn how to become a Social Media Manger & learn how to start your own Social Media Management Business I recommend you take a look at this video by Ryan Deiss where you can get access to Kate Bucks step by step videos on becoming a social media manager.
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Click here to become a social media manager
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Hi Mark,
What a great opportunity for people to branch out in their local areas. There most certainly will be a need for this in todays unsettled market however I’m still in the early stages and am concentrating on building my business up so i won’t be taking advantage of the opportunity.
Catch up soon Mark,
Barry
Hi again Mark, i’ve just tried to tweet this for you and its -43 on the characters.
I’ll tweet it manually but thought you should know.
Barry
Hey Barry, Good to hear from you again. Yes it’s certainly a great opportunity & something I’m researching extensively at the moment in my local area. Thanks for the tweet as well!
Mark