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Google, Is This Restaurant Busy Now?

Google is constantly trying to make life easier for business owners & consumers alike – and their latest venture has been to offer you a way to see your wait time at a specific business so you can avoid long lines by being aware in advance. Google has introduced this new functionality via a “Popular […]

Are You Making Use of Email Marketing For Your Business?

Everyone sends me emails. People ask questions, and tons of businesses send over their promotions, sales, and news. However plenty of my local restaurants, bars, lounges, and small businesses send me absolutely nothing. In-fact I’m expected to go out of my way to figure out whats new with them – and frankly this doesn’t make […]

A Closer Look At Place Tips & The Facebook Bluetooth Beacon

Back in May I got my first look at the Facebook Bluetooth Beacon – and since then I have had several of them setup at various locations and have slowly been testing them out. While I was doing that – it seems more and more business owners and marketers out there were invited to try […]

Verizon Buys AOL for $4.4 Billion

There’s been some speculation lately in the tech community that Verizon may acquire AOL – and this week that speculation was proven to be correct as Verizon announced it has purchased AOL for $4.4 billion, or $40 per share. Verizon’s vision is to provide customers with a premium digital experience based on a global multiscreen […]

Facebook To Launch Live Chat Support for Small Business Advertisers

Looking to dive into the world of Facebook advertising for your own small business but have no clue where to start? In the past you were left contacting outside ad-specialists like myself, or reading through various blogs and help articles to get the answers you needed – however Facebook is determined to change that by […]

Adobe & Microsoft Team Up For An Integrated Marketing Solution

I feel like we’re talking about new partnerships here all day today. Google & Twitter, Google & Apple, and now Adobe & Microsoft who announced the integration of Adobe’s Marketing Cloud Solutions with Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM. The partnership will offer businesses an integrated CRM-marketing solution across a range of industry segments including financial services, travel and […]

Skype For Business Has Launched

Skype is currently used by more than 300 million people these days and it many rely on it for more than just personal use. I can think of a few people, cough Illicit cough, who practically refuse all other sorts of communication methods especially for business use. Well, Illicit and everyone using Office 365 and Office […]

How To Deal With Negative Reviews?!

Negative reviews SUCK! We all know this. We hate getting them and the majority of us don’t enjoy writing them. However as a business owner, how do we deal with them? Do we ignore them? Do we respond to them all? Do we take it personally? In the latest video release over on our YouTube channel […]

Understanding Online Reviews as a Business Owner

Customer reviews are absolutely crucial when it comes to developing an online presence for your business – alas it’s an area that many business owners shy away from for a variety of reasons. Some simply do not believe in the importance of online reviews; others don’t know how to properly respond to their reviews or […]

4 Basic Yet Critical Social Media Tactics

In another video release on the Rapid Purple channel I go over 4 basic yet extremely important social media tactics that unfortunately get overlooked way too often when new webmasters and business owners kick off their social media marketing campaigns.

FTC Closes Investigation Into Yelp’s Business Practices

Working hand in hand with a plethora of small businesses on a daily basis I have heard both sides of the Yelp experience. There are business owners who swear by it, and business owners who swear AT it. Fact is there’s always been some questions regarding the way Yelp treats non-advertisers and how they handle […]

Save $10/yr/user of Google Apps for Work

Google Apps for Work is a phenomenal way to organize your entire business, ensure the stability of your emails, and maintain quick and constant communication with your partners and staff. With that in mind I figured that kick-starting the new year with a custom email address for your business, 30GB of online storage space to […]

Business Tips for the Holidays from Google

Jade Wang, a member of the Google Business Help team, made a new post over at the Google Business Help forums with a set of tips for businesses to make the most of the holiday season. There’s some good tips in here and I thought it would be appropriate to share them here: Got special […]

Media Temple Launches Google Apps for Work

Media Temple has partnered with Google to offer Google Apps for Work to its customers, the company announced Wednesday of this week. Through the new partnership, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Hangouts will be fully integrated with Media Temple’s premium web hosting and cloud services, and supported by its 24/7 phone […]

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Google Launches New Features to Improve Online Shopping Campaigns

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and Christmas and New Years coming up soon after Google wants to make sure their eCommerce advertisers can make the most of the holiday season through their shopping campaigns. As such they have introduced a slew of new features specifically designed to help users boost their marketing campaigns. First up […]