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This week I got an unsolicited telephone call from Google, which started me thinking. Why is Google, who is unquestionably the king of online marketing, engaging in telemarketing? What I discovered was surprising. Here are five marketing lessons small business owners can learn from Google.

We asked 29 business owners the following question: “If you would have known then what you know now, what would you have done differently and why?” Their answers are not only insightful, but inspiring. Find out what they have to say…

1) Learn From Your Own Blog
Do you check out your blog posts to see which posts are getting the most re-tweets or comments? You should. Every week, I go through my posts and take notes about what worked and what didn’t. If you don’t know what your audience liked in the past, you won’t be [...]

Google recently announced that Facebook results will be integrated into real time search results. This means that having a Facebook Fan page can become a huge opportunity for business owners to increase their visibility and get found by new customers. But if you don’t have a Facebook Fan page for your business, you will miss out!

In this post, I’ve compiled a list of 7 Great Tips to market your business using your Facebook fan page. If you don’t know how to get your own Facebook Fan page, however, read this article first: How to create a Facebook Fan Page for Your Business.

Ready or not, Google is turning real-time. In the past week, Google has started including real-time listings on the first page of its results. The initiative is appropriately called “Real-Time Search.”
So, instead of just listing articles, images, videos, blog postings, etc. in its results, Google is now incorporating a list of rotating items from Twitter [...]

You can eat lunch in 30 minutes. You can watch a primetime TV show in 30 minutes. You can even organize your sock drawer in 30 minutes.
Given that an easy-to-use website is one that is much more likely to generate sales for your business, it would behoove you to take 30 minutes out of your [...]

Are you aware that Google offers a variety of tools to help you with your website performance and promotion? The pervasive search engine company has a library of information, support materials, blogs, videos and applications all at your fingertips.
Here are some of the essential Google tools for your website to ensure that your website is [...]

Running your own business? Looking for new ways to market your products or services online? Then read through The Internet Marketing Checklist for Small Business below, and see if you should be adding a few more tactics to your marketing toolbox.
THE INTERNET MARKETING CHECKLIST FOR SMALL BUSINESS

Website
You have a website, right? If not, create one. [...]

You want to get in front of your target audience online. You want to drive more traffic to your website. You want to generate more leads through your website. And you want to do all of this cost effectively.
To that end, try the following three quick & easy Internet marketing tactics to give your online [...]

According to the Domain Name Industry Brief by VeriSign, 24 million new domain names were added in 2008. A 16% increase over 2007’s numbers. In case you haven’t noticed, the web is getting crowded. Just imagine 24 million more websites out there all competing for a click-thru on Google. So how do you stand out [...]