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If there’s one thing we always recommend, it’s responding to your local business’s reviews on Yelp, Google+, and TripAdvisor. A recent study from BazaarVoice now offers up some statistics on just what kind of effect responding to reviews has on potential customers. Read More

Local business owners need to know how to adapt to the ways their current and potential customers are accessing information on the go. We’ve identified three ways that mobile is becoming more important to local businesses, and offer some tips on how you can capitalize on this. Read More

Sticky content is one of today’s most cost effective tools for capturing reader eyes, sending traffic to your page or store and driving home branding. But how do you create it? Find out here. Read More

For a restaurant, great images can mean the difference between someone choosing your restaurant when searching online or going with one of your competitors. Here, we offer 5 tips to take professional-looking photos without expensive cameras or equipment. Read More

By Jenny Brennan

I have been threatening to write this post for some time, but I wanted to be sure that by sharing the points below that you would come away with actionable solutions that are easy and cost effective to implement and will help you to market your business on Facebook the right way Read More

In preparation for our Get Social Austin event on March 4th, we interviewed Gabrielle Tuschak, Co-Founder of Go Local Austin and sponsor of the upcoming event, to discuss the importance of local business. Read More

Are you on Google Plus? If no, what are you waiting for! If yes, the following checklist will help you bring more interaction to your posts! Read More

CRM Software exists to help you retain your existing clients and acquire new ones. Because of the efficiencies you will realize your team will be more productive resulting in higher earnings which can be used to grow your business. Read More

Twitter seems to be headed down the path towards creating their own suite of apps. You might want to bookmark their media blog as it’s gotten pretty active. Last week brought the @anywhere platform for developers and this week they introduced a simple little tool that allows you to republish tweets like a screen grab Read More

SBA Express Loans, also known as 7(a) Loans are part of the SBA’s primary program for helping start-up and existing small businesses, with financing guaranteed for a variety of general business purposes. This program provides small short term loans for working capital or the purchase of inventory, supplies, furniture, fixtures, machinery and/or equipment. The Micro Loan Program ranges from $35,000 to $50,000. The SBA Express Loan Program is designed for small businesses, it is there to help small businesses who need access to credit to move forward in this struggling economy Read More