The minute you hear the scampering of paws across the CitySquares’ office floor and the sound of excited panting, you know that the CitySquares canine entertainment is about to begin. Elmer is CitySquares’ co-founder Ben Saren’s 15-month old dog and of course an essential part of the CitySquares’ team – he comes to work every day and keeps [...] [...more]
Everyday, the CitySquares team recognizes each local business’ and website user’s contribution to the overall CitySquares community. We are working to create an online CitySquares Community Scrapbook where we will highlight one local business per week on our Facebook Fan Page. These are businesses that people have recently shown interest in and wrote positive reviews on [...] [...more]
Voting for the 2009 Dining & Entertainment All Stars begins this week! Summer is here and we bet you’re thinking about dining with friends, enjoying cocktails with a date and spending more time out and about at clubs and pubs. With that in mind, it’s time to vote for your favorite local dining and entertainment [...] [...more]
CitySquares is happy to announce that we now allow all small business owners with the opportunity to add coupons to their free business listings! There’s no gimmick, no catch, we just want you to see, first hand, the value that CitySquares is already delivering hundreds of small businesses. By adding your free coupon to your [...] [...more]
A small business website can measure success in numerous ways, but probably the most common is traffic. Everyone wants traffic. The more traffic you have the better, correct? I disagree. I would rather get 100 visitors to my site that are strongly interested in my services vs. getting 1000 visitors that really do not care. [...] [...more]
Unless you have been under a rock, you have heard of MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook. These sites are what is referred to as social online marketing. Social marketing is one of the key components of local search marketing. The question I am raising today, “Does today’s small business need to worry about it and if [...] [...more]
Part of CitySquares‘ mission is to give small merchants a voice. We’re still quite a ways from achieving that goal, but we’re getting closer and you’ll see more of that in the coming months. If one thing is certain though, it’s that consumers have lots and lots of ways to express themselves. You might even [...] [...more]
This guest entry contributed by Amanda Moshier, Staff Writer/Editor at Wpromote, Inc. Small business marketing is a tricky animal. When you’re starting out, money may be tight, and it may seem like a good idea to skimp on your marketing budget, but don’t. Without marketing, you don’t have customers, and without customers, your business will suffer. The [...] [...more]
I was reading an article the other day titled “Entrepreneurship — it’s in your blood” and it spoke about becoming and being an entrepreneur. The one line that stood out to me was: Clearly, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. I have a good friend who left his high-profile advertising job to start a company and a [...] [...more]
Just what is Public Relations? The simplest answer is this: Communications that help a person or business enhance and protect their reputation. PR can be something as simple as having a client or colleague talk you up in a business or social setting. For many companies, PR is a vital function that goes hand-in-hand with marketing [...] [...more]
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