Welcome Wilmington Small Business

Welcome to our Wilmington local business blog.

We look forward to your questions or discussions about the new “Google Places” in Wilmington.

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Wilmington Market Research

Recent Market Research indicates that 92% of local searches will eventually convert into a sale!

Local consumers are ready to buy when they search online and use a city modifier such as Wilmington florist, Wilmington dentist, Wilmington pool cleaning, etc. When people search locally, they are ready to engage (make a purchase). They aren’t looking to be informed, LOCAL CONSUMERS ARE READY TO BUY!

When searching local business consumers expect to find:

  • A Phone number
  • An address
  • Hours of operation

Make sure your website has all three and is mobilized so new customers can find you when searching from their mobile device.

 

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Free Barter Trade Service now available in Wilmington, NC

 Free Barter Trade Service now available in Wilmington, NC

If your phone is not ringing and you have skills, equipment and a desire to work but not enough customers. Why not trade your services in exchange for the services of another local Smart Guy member(WilmingtonBusinessNetworking.com) and get a FREE webpage that will rank in all the major search engines.

Many in this economy have more free time than disposable income. They have skills and talents being underutilized, and they want to get some value for that.

From marketing tools and business leads to printing, plumbing, fitness memberships or over 400 other Smart Guy categories of professionals might trade services with you.

The easiest way to see which businesses would consider trading services in your area is to find the closest City Business Network (view list) and click on “View Members” on the top right corner. (You will see the small blue “B” Icon next to businesses willing to consider bartering.)

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(if you are an existing member willing to consider Barter or trade for services, log into your account, select “Update Profile” under member resources, and select that option)

 

Please note: We are not a Barter exchange and will not get involved in the negotiation or managing or dealings between members (you do so at your own risk). We have simply added the ability for you to easily see which businesses might consider trading services with you.

 

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Wilmington Business Networking

Wilmington Business Networking

Looking for a local networking group that has many benefits?

It’s free to join, and they add you to their business network, directory, social network, referral network AND it automatically creates a web page that can rank on Major search engines like Google in as little as 2-3 weeks!

It only takes a couple minutes and you’re connected to other local professionals that agree to provide top quality service and refer each other.

Just click on the image below and look for the add your business for FREE link.
(Just an FYI that this is also available in any city)

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Recruitment in 2012

Recruiters| Read this!

  • Are you a recruiting or staffing agency that recruits locally for your candidates?

  • Do you want to show up on the first page of Google in your city or community when your candidates are looking for a full or temp job?

  • Did you know that Google has given you a free listing and most of your competition is unaware of this?

  • So, what am I talking about and why should you care?

I am also a recruiter that recently discovered that Google is giving away free listings to “local” businesses . Those businesses are now allowed by Google Places to place a free listing about their products or services that will appear in local search results in your city or community.

If this is not part of your online recruiting strategy, it should be because most of your competition probably doesn’t know about it.

I have been recruiting for over 12 years and am always looking for new ideas to get my company and jobs in front of the candidates online. Well, I can tell you that this is a great addition to whatever marketing  you are currently doing that will give you additional exposure online and in Google!

While going through the recent slow down in our industry, I discovered “Google Places” and decided I wanted to know more about it and how it may help me. I found out that not only was I able to list my business for free  but that I was also able to upload pictures, videos, etc. at no additional expense

I have been involved with the traditional SEO (search engine optimization) for several years and personally know how difficult and expensive it is to get a business on the first page of Google. A “Google Places” listing for your local business is by far the best thing since the original yellow pages.

You can read more about this thing called “Google Places” and how it can help you on my new business site, “Wilmington Local Mobile“. As you will notice, this is my new business consulting site that has been optimized for my particular community but is applicable anywhere you live.

By the way, yes, I was able to get my “recruiting” website on the first page of google for important keywords and can help you if you decide to use my consulting services.

If not, then you’ll still get plenty of free information at my new site. My contact number is 910-777-7447 and email is jim@wilmingtonlocalmobile.com.

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Mobile friendly websites and local customers

Does your Wilmington business need a mobile website?

Do you understand local consumer behavior?
Focus on getting new customers to choose you over your competition!

Apple iPhone 3GS, Motorola Milestone and LG GW60

Image via Wikipedia

Google did a recent survey of 5,000 US adult smartphone users and found this:

-95% of users said they use smartphones to perform a local search such as the location of a restaurant or other business.
-most of them(88%) use that information to take action within 24 hours.
-75% said the contacted businesses as a result of their search with 61% making a phone call and 59% going dirctly to the retail location.

So, what does this all mean?? If your business website is not “mobilized” then you could be losing potential customers that search for you from their smartphone.

Call me for a free demo of what your business web site will look like from a mobile phone.

If you would like to speak with me in regard to your business, please call me at
910-777-7447 or email me( jim@wilmingtonlocalmobile.com ) your contact information and we can discuss what you can do to get ahead of your competition in Google Places.

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Wilmington Internet Marketing For Small Business

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Fine Art Gallery Wilmington NC

Fine Art Gallery Wilmington NC

Please welcome our newest addition to our Wilmington Business Directory, Peacocks Fine Art. Jim Bettendorf has an Art Studio located in downtown Wilmington where he has a gallery of his paintings. Small works are painted on location and brought into the studio for larger works and contemplation.

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Wilmington small business advertising on Google

Online marketing on Google for your Wilmington business

If you’re like the many small business owners I have spoken with, either you have decided to drop your yellow page advertising or you already have.

So what’s out there that can give your more exposure at a much less cost. Here are some of your options:

1. Make sure you have claimed your free business listing Google has given you and optimized it yourself or consulted with someone that can.

2. Investigate Adwords advertising that is directly targeted at the customers you want. You control how much you want to spend on a daily/monthly basis. Ask me about our $100 free advertising gift in Google adwords for our new clients.

3. Lease a web site that is already on the first page of Google that is getting traffic for the keywords your customers are searching for on their computer or smartphone.

If you would like to speak with me about some of these options, please call or email me. also browse our site for much more information on how to market your Wilmington small business locally.

Jim Strickland
910-777-7747
jim@wilmingtonlocalmobile.com

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Emerging markets often bring confusion but…

Emerging Markets often bring confusion but they also bring opportunity.

Only 7 % of businesses have claimed their free “Google Places” listing. Why? Because this is new and 93% of businesses have no idea about this new opportunity to get their local business on the coveted first page of Google.

Want to learn more, browse our site and let me know if I can help.

Jim
http://wilmingtonlocalmobile.com

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What’s Your Competition doing?

Need more customers or just want to find out more about your competition?

Google Places separates you from your competition based on how your free GP listing is completed, how many reviews you have from your customers and how often your company is mentioned on other web sites.

Click here and search google with your business keyword (ex.restaurant, plumber, hair salon, etc) and find out if your competition is outranking you!

Any questions, call me 910-777-7447

Jim

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