I just learned that 60-70% of all searches are local!

So now that we know that what should we do about it?

Advertise locally via Google. Go to Google Adwords and target your ads to a local area and in your ad copy write the city name.  Most local based business don’t advertise online so you can definitely use this to your advantage.

Feel free to ask me any questions on this strategy in the comments.

Talk to twitter users that are tweeting about the products you sell.  You can either search for your keyword on twitter via twitter search or auto follow people based on keywords using Twollo.

For example if you sell vegetarian vitamins search for the keyword “vegetarian vitamins” and jump in on the conversation!

Special Thanks to Anita at Small Bussiness Trends for prompting me to brainstorm about twitter and small business.

OMG!  You gotta check out this website.  People vote for the products they are totally in love with.  The products with the most votes hit the homepage.  I’m totally addicted to the site.  You should submit your products and/or products you are totally in love with.

I just got back from a family vacation in Mexico.  I brought back sand, a sun burned face, and a mild annoying cough.

Sooo…  I googled “How to Get Rid of a Cough?”  The first link was this page with an article by Jonathan Hatch.  One thing he recommends is Eucalyptus Oil.

What did I do?  I bought Eucalyptus Oil.

If you sell a product that can help fix something.  Research and write about it on different sites like Get Rid of Things. Then recommend the product you sell.

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