http://r3r.com/blog/2009/1-isnt-good-enough-why-you-need-to-own-the-top-10-spots-on-google/ R3R Consulting | Internet Marketing | Project Management | Lead Generation | Affiliate Marketing | Email Marketing Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:32:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://r3r.com/blog/2009/1-isnt-good-enough-why-you-need-to-own-the-top-10-spots-on-google/comment-page-1/#comment-7256 Does Your Business Appeal to Picky Consumers? | R3R Internet Marketing & Consulting Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:09:47 +0000 http://www.r3r.com/?p=2580#comment-7256 [...] With so many larger chain businesses vying for the same customers as you, it is important to have a presence online in order to gain credibility in the eye of the consumer. You don’t need to compete head to head with the Fortune 500 - it isn’t necessary to have the flashiest and most complicated website or try to have a site that is on par with the big dogs - but  more and more consumers consider is a deal breaker if you don’t at least have some online presence legitimizing your existence. But you can’t stop there. Do you serve a local audience? You better make sure you’re responding to managing comments on your Yelp and CitySearch profiles. Make sure you’re listed in Google Local. Create profiles for your company on Twitter and Facebook if appropriate. It’s ok if you don’t have time to actively manage all these accounts all the time - just having them is better than nothing. Plus it can help you snag several spots on the 1st page of Google. [...] [...] With so many larger chain businesses vying for the same customers as you, it is important to have a presence online in order to gain credibility in the eye of the consumer. You don’t need to compete head to head with the Fortune 500 – it isn’t necessary to have the flashiest and most complicated website or try to have a site that is on par with the big dogs – but  more and more consumers consider is a deal breaker if you don’t at least have some online presence legitimizing your existence. But you can’t stop there. Do you serve a local audience? You better make sure you’re responding to managing comments on your Yelp and CitySearch profiles. Make sure you’re listed in Google Local. Create profiles for your company on Twitter and Facebook if appropriate. It’s ok if you don’t have time to actively manage all these accounts all the time – just having them is better than nothing. Plus it can help you snag several spots on the 1st page of Google. [...]

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