Posts Tagged ‘Local Internet Marketing’

Reach a Local Audience Through Online Marketing

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

User interest changes at the same pace as web trends, as the two are relevant in terms of consistency. When online users tend to search for key phrases more frequently than others, websites and businesses change their online strategies to adapt. One thing that you can expect from web marketing trends is how to reach your specific audience during the holiday season. As consumers are turning toward products and services more during the holidays, there are a few ways you can reach a more localized
audience through online marketing.

Be specific with your products and what region they are readily available. Of course, the wonders of the internet allow you to connect to a global market, but sometimes that just isn’t possible for what you offer. Include local keywords to your region so that people close to you can easily find your products and services when searching. Likewise, you can use the Google Merchant feature to blend in with local competitors and offers web users an option for buying locally.

Use the names of holidays to relate to your customers on a more personal level. The generic term “holiday” may seem more politically correct from a broad standpoint, but your customers will probably use words like “Christmas,” “Hanukkah” or “Kwanza” when looking for specific deals on products. Include any terms that may be relevant to your region, making sure you reach a full potential of local consumers.

Offer special deals on in-store or localized products and services. Encourage people to visit your location during the holidays, because your store is one of your best marketing tools. Customers still enjoy shopping in a brick and mortar store because they can try out products before they buy. There’s no denying the power of Internet superstores, but face-to-face customer service wins in many areas. Advertise your deals on your website to engage customers, boosting your holiday reach.

Internet Advertising now Available on Google News

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Well, we all knew this was coming, didn’t we?

In addition to new Internet advertising for services like Google Mobile and Google Images, the leading search engine now appears to be implementing Internet advertising into one of its most popular services—Google News.

As of now, the new Internet advertising features only appear for randomly-selected users, but if this is like any past ad services, all users can begin to expect to see Internet advertising services on Google News pages soon.

The ads will appear after news search queries. Search for news articles about “Twitter,” and you’ll get Twitter-related ads. Search for “Ford” and you’ll likely get ads for a variety of online car dealerships. And just like all Internet advertising on Google’s services, the Google News Internet advertising features can be purchased through an AdWords account.

As of now, the Internet advertising is only text-based. But Google announced in a blog post that that they’ve been experimenting with things like overlay ads and even embedded video from the AP.

So what does this mean for AdWords clients? It means another huge area where your ads can be viewed. After that, there’s no telling what opportunities this new service will open up for Internet advertising specialists.

Can Local Internet Marketing Save Newspapers?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

It’s official. Just as online search recently surpassed the Yellow Pages as the most popular method for finding online businesses, so have online newspapers surpassed print newspapers as the source where most Americans get their information. Of course, this shouldn’t surprise people who have been following trends in local Internet marketing.

In December 2008, the Pew Research Center found that 40% of people get most of their news from online sources, up from 25% in September 2007.

This doesn’t sound like good news for the struggling newspaper industry. Right now, revenues for local Internet marketing are not nearly enough to make up for the revenue lost from their print advertising. But there is a silver lining for the papers and local Internet marketing professionals.

According to a report from the Online Publishers Association, more than half of the users of local sites trust ads that appear there, and that user satisfaction with content on those local sites is high.

Local news media is in for some serious restructuring in the near future, but local content is too important to most Web users to disappear. Look to see ad revenues for local media sites increase steadily, and look for local Internet marketing to boom.