photo credit: Google via photopin (license) Everyone uses search engines to find products and companies these days. About 60% of all consumers use Google search to find businesses, and over 80% of online searches result in direct sales or in-store ...

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Marketing Podcast with Mark Z. Fortune and Kevin Jordan Every local-based business wants to improve their local lead generation process. Leads are the life-blood of your marketing efforts. The best salespeople can convert those leads into sales, but without leads ...

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Marketing podcast with David Mihm In answer to the question in the title of this post, chew on a few of these stats: 82% of local searchers follow up offline via an in-store visit, phone call or purchase (TMP/comScore) 74% ...

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This post is one in a series of tips designed to guide small business owners through the challenges of today’s startup environment and is sponsored by Canon MAXIFY – the printer lineup designed to help small business owners increase productivity ...

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Friday is “Question of the Week” day here at Duct Tape Marketing. Each Friday I’ll tackle a specific question I received via readers or in places where I’m speaking. Submit your question here and if we use it we’ll highlight ...

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Showing up in local search results is a pretty big deal if you’re any sort of local business. When people search online locally, but plan to buy offline locally, being the organization they find first and find when mobile could ...

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