Business Dev

An Entrepreneur’s crack is new businesses.

SO many ideas the avoid overdose trick is to pick only enough that you caan get them done.

What I have learned this year is only take on 1 until that one is SUCCESSFUL.

Once that 1 is successful and you can pull away and it keeps running…

Then you have graduated to have 2 projects.

Of course I bit off more than I could chew and have 2 and 3 at the same time.

But we are almost to launch on both 2 and 3 and then life will become normal again.

I thnk but I have 4 and 5 on the shelf ready to go as well.

Some where in there I plan to retire young.

Cheers,

Matt

Education

Education what is it.  There are some many educational systems out there but most lack the ideas to lead you to the desired success.

The past 3 years I have done so much education some of it total CRAP, some of it good and very little of it EXCELLENT.  But it is that excellent education that has made it worth it.

What has helped me is ask yourself what are you missing that is stopping you from achieving the desired end result.

Once you answer that you are able to go out and look for who has those answers.

Many will say they have those answers few will.

But once you find it well you have it.  You then expand and are closer to your desired results.

Wash, rinse and repeat.  Ask yourself again.  What am I missing that is stopping me from having the desired end result.

After you do this a few times you will have found the education you need.

See there is no one size fits all program.  You have to create your own way.

Education – Get some!

Matt Prados

123 Local Marketing is in the pipe line

Ok so a sneak peak at what is coming soon…….

Sorry too late video is gone.

Time Flies

August 2010 already wow!  This has been an incredible year so far and more to come.

I just finished a book called Crush It.  How to cash in on your passion.  By Gary Vay ner cuck aka @garyvee.

And it very much described to me my life.  2010 was about putting family first.  Doing what I love.  And working Hard as HELL!

And man is it paying off.

If you haven’t read that book go buy it.

2 years ago I asked myself what don’t I know that I need to know to be where I want to be.

I came up empty because I just didn’t know.

So I decided to ask what areas do I need to know more in to be where I wanted to be.

Then the doors opened as I studied everything I could on those topics.

Which lead to others topics.  Which guess what?

Yeah lead to other topics.

Some boring but needed most ABSOLUTELY needed.

And today I have met some many great people because of this learning.

And that is why I can truly say that I have never been happier.

Always be a student.  That is a huge lesson I learned in 2010.

Look for BIG things here in the coming weeks and months.

A few new sites launching.

But first some needed R and R in Hawaii in a few weeks.

Local Business Seo and Search Marketing Are you in? Or are you A Dork?

Recent Report Shows that internet usage grew 46% in 2009.  That is HUGE grow considering the massive numbers of people that are being referenced here.

It has been estimated that that over a half BILLION local searches are done each month on google which is about 60-70% of the search market.  That would mean that almost a Billion searches are done each month online.

How many are for your service in your area?

There are tools to check the answer to that question but rather than analysis paralysis I would suggest that you get started NOW!

What is the minimum you should do?

  • Have a good conversion optimized website
  • Get your site to rank 1 or 2 for your main keywords
  • Get ALL the possible local listings – Yelp, Google, Yahoo and Bing to start
  • Get some PPC Ads going

That is the minimum to get you started.

Of course I suggest hiring a professional that you can trust.

There is so much that a good marketing funnel and follow up system of stacked marketing can do.

Don’t be cheap and trip over a dollar to pick up or save a dime.

Matt Prados

Local Seo – businesses need front page coverage multiple times

As a small business seo has been something that has been low on the priority list of things to do.

A lot of people are thinking that google local map is google local seo.

But the truth is you want to show up multiple times on the front page of any search engine multiple times for the keywords related to your business.

First you go for the low hanging fruit keyword.

Then you go for the next best and so on.

Many companies pay per click and have great budgets but neglect to spend on seo to be able to get that organic traffic for free for years to come.

I would guess that is part of the instant gratification society we live in.

But mostly due to ingnorance.

What does your seo budget look like?

Matt Prados

Happy New Year!

rainbow_nz_plainsP8115509Hello Friends.

Here we are another year is passing by.

I hope that 2009 was a great year for you.

I was an incredible journey for me.

Many doors opened.

A few closed.

I enjoyed many old friends and made many new.

We helped hundreds of local businesses this year dominate the web.

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Esquire magazine goes to the iphone with its ads and all

esquireOk so for $2.99 you can get the latest edition of this popular magazine on your iphone ads and all.  In fact the ads are videos!  Hmm seems like the wave of the future.

I predict in less than 5 years print will be about dead.  Yes Dead gone just a thing of the past.

Hopefully all that junk mail will be gone as well.

And when reading this mag on your iphone you can copy and paste and post to facebook in just a few clicks…

Now how can you capitalize on this?

Happy Holidays!

Local Search Domination: Is video marketing Important? Part 1

google

Google recently hosted a webinar about video marketing for health care.

Hmmm…

Do you think that this is a massive movement that needs serious consideration from every small business owner?

Here are some highlights:

1.  77% of americans watched a video online last month

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Free Stuff for Using Social Media Marketing to Your Advantage

Almost every commercial today has facebook and twitter buttons at the bottom/addresses in them.  The newspapers are talking about them and TV/movie writters are adding these social media to their scripts…

Today many companies are trying to figure out how to use social media to expand their brand.

And most marketing agencies are telling these clueless companies to give stuff away for free.

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