As the planet see ever-more-significant impacts from Climate Change, the concerns are rapidly shifting from we'll deal with it "next century" to we need to start mitigating and redirecting resource and efforts NOW. Because of the impacts on weather, wildlife, and water quality & quantity, Investors are looking for better disclosure of how companies are of like mind. This concern…
Our New Year's newsletter sent to regular businesses: Let’s look back at 2018 & What EVERY BUSINESS should do in 2019 While it may seem to some that we are competing with local web design, web marketing, and SEO firms, we are working to make EVERYONE in the industry more effective and efficient. We are sharing our lessons learned on our…
Let’s look back: BIG changes over 2018 on FoundLocally.com and what EVERY BUSINESS should be doing for SEO and web marketing success in 2019 Let’s LOOK BACK at 2018 FoundLocally.com did a major redesign for a more “responsive” design, which provides the same interface for desktop, tablet, and smartphone users. We moved all the menus to the top of the…
We've been working hard in the webspace since 1999 (and Mark Ruthenberg our founder, since 1995), and realize we can ALWAYS get better! The new site tells a better story and About Us, and better showcases our 20 years of Internet experience and our Webmarketing & SEO services using megamenus, all with a very consistent look, branding, and message! Starting…
We made a couple of changes that speed up the site, and make our dual purpose more obvious: Search for local info & businesses Add your business, to post your news, sales, events, and jobs We put those two features together in the upper-right of all pages, regardless of screen size or reolution. This redesign made the content and city…
This will be an ad auction for EXCLUSIVE position, in seven sections per city: Community, Shopping, Business, Travel, Home, Entertainment, Auto (starting at $100 per month per city & section). Let us know about your business and your marketing GOALS. Travel providers (hotel chains, airlines) can also choose, where to be featured on TransCanadaHighway.com by province. Show up in all searches in that…
One-Size-Fits-All "citations" company Can a single One-Size-Fits-All "citations" company do handle all your links, directory listings, and citations? Are they Canadian-based, and have top-flight geographic knowledge, to separate listings in Windsor, Ontario from Windsor, Nova Scotia, and Victoria, BC from Victoria, PEI. Do they know why side of Toronto (the "GTA") that Orangeville, Ajax, Cobourg, and Port Colboourne are? OR,…
We have added shortcuts to make text-navigation faster form commonly used features (and on smartphones!). The notes below link to the CALGARY website, for illustrative purposes. Select Closest Community... Barrie Calgary Charlottetown Edmonton Etobicoke Fraser Fredericton Halifax Hamilton Kitchener London Mississauga Niagara NorthYork Oakville Okanagan Oshawa Ottawa Regina Rockies Saskatoon Sault Scarborough StJohns Sudbury ThunderBay Toronto Vancouver Victoria Winnipeg York…
The Olympics are over (thank goodness) As people stop being glued to their televisions at all hours of the day or night, their attentions will shift back to their own community, their regular lives. And to local businesses like YOURS, and like OURS. And it challenges all of us to also be the BEST that we can be! Why Re-Design?…
We have completed a Pareto Review (80/20 rule) of issues we deal with from week to week. Here are some tips that help you -- THE WEB MARKETING PROFESSIONAL -- get the greatest visibility, with the least amount of effort, while minimizing rejected submissions on FoundLocally.com. And speed the review & approval process for your clients' listings. 1) Each bricks & mortar…