Shop Where I Live has two main goals. The first one is to get small locally-owned businesses to start selling online. The second goal is to help local customers more easily find and shop online from local businesses. However, the second goal cannot come to fruition without first getting small businesses selling online together. We've noticed, though, through the years that it is hard to get … [Read more...] about Local Retail Industry Is Among The Last To Adopt Change
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What Does My Business Directory Listing Need?
There are several online business directories that business professionals and owners can utilize to brand, market and advertise their company. Often, creating a profile and publishing is free. The two most well-known online business directories are free and can garner several views on a daily basis. This is a great way to drive local traffic to both your website and physical location. Once you … [Read more...] about What Does My Business Directory Listing Need?
The Impact Local Marketing Tools Can Have on Your Small Business
It's difficult for small businesses to compete with their larger corporate counterparts who have seemingly limitless pockets when it comes to marketing and business development. However, small business owners can still leverage local marketing tools to help impact and to drive leads to their businesses. Working with your local chamber of commerce is one example that can make generating new … [Read more...] about The Impact Local Marketing Tools Can Have on Your Small Business
Why Local Businesses Should Sell Online Too
Small businesses are the heart and soul of their local communities. They play a vital role in stimulating the local economies they are embedded within. Many of these great businesses don't have a way for customers to buy their products online or aren't aware of their existence in the community Many Consumers Prefer Online Shopping More and more consumers are opting to have goods delivered to … [Read more...] about Why Local Businesses Should Sell Online Too
5 Reasons You’re Not Getting Online Sales and What to Do About It
If you're relying on customers to come flocking to your online products without ever telling anyone they're online to buy, you're definitely missing out on potential orders. We've seen first hand the power of good SEO (Search Engine Optimization -adding text and keywords to products to help customers discover them through a search engine like Google). However, SEO takes time and may not result … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons You’re Not Getting Online Sales and What to Do About It
What Potential Customers Are Thinking When They Order Online
With so many online shopping options out there, it can be difficult to not only attract customers to your website but also to keep them on the page long enough to make a purchase. The key to turning potential customers into actual customers is understanding the psychology of consumers and how they make decisions. Here are three things that customers are thinking about when they order a product or … [Read more...] about What Potential Customers Are Thinking When They Order Online
