Marketing for Small Business - Recent Articles by Local SEO, SEM, SMB Expert

This blog is all about Google Places, but while Google Places is very likely to be your most important marketing resource in 2011, it Google Places should not be your only marketing tool.  Randy Kirk and Associates does far more than provide state-of-the-art optimization of Google Places.  We actively work on YouTube videos, press releases, articles, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, websites, email blasts and much much more.  Here are some recent articles that have been published by EzineArticles.com covering various aspects of SMB SEM and local SEO.

• Google Places - Eight Tips to Using the New Tags and Posts at This Top Local Search Engine
• Google Places 2011 - Eight Predictions For the Very Unpredictable Local Search Engine Leader
• Google Places Business Listings - How to Respond to a Negative Review
• Google Places Business Listings Gets News Flash Option For Local Search
• Google Places Categories and the New Instant Search Tool - How to Maximize Your Business Impressions
• Google Places Optimization - When Does Hiring A Professional SEM Expert Make Sense?
• Google Places Shock - Why Your Local Business Has Been Suspended, Reviewed Or Dropped Off the 7-Pack
• Google Places Tags Offer Small Businesses a New Advertising Option to Help With Internet Marketing
• Google Search Loves YouTube - YouTube and Business Internet Marketing
• Internet Online Business Reviews Drive Results on Google Places
• Local SEO - Ten SEM Secrets On Local Business You Won't Find Anywhere Else
• Local SEO and SEM for SMB's - Ten 2011 Predictions Effecting Your WOM Marketing Effort
• Local SEO, SMB and Google Places - Tips You Won't Find Elsewhere
• Local Small Business Can Mine E-Mail Gold - Emails Have the Highest ROI of Any SMB Marketing Tool
• Setting Up Google Places - Make Sure You Set Up a New Account For Each Business Listing
• Seven Secret Weapons to Getting Reviews on Google Places, Yelp, and Other Business Review Sites
• Ten Things I Hope Google Places Fixes in 2011 - Be Careful What You Ask For
• Ten Tricks to Maximizing Your Google Places Business Listing
• Ten Ways to Turn Google Places Business Listing Impressions Into Conversions
• Top Ten Local Business Review Sites, Directories and Search Engines
• Watching Changes at Google - Places Replaces LBC in Late April - Search Gets Face Lift in Early May
• Website Design and Development for Local SMB's - Ten Tips for SEO and SEM in 2011
• Word of Mouth Referral Networks - Making Business Friends Is a Great Way to Increase Traffic
• YouTube Information Give Away - Grow Your Small Business Using Expert Videos
• YouTube on Your Small Business Website - Building Trust and Increasing Stickiness
• YouTube Videos - Double Click Rates For Local Businesses Using Google Local, Yelp and CitySearch