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I think you're doing great.

As all the others are saying, content is king and the most you post real solid stuff, the more the search engines will spider your site. Of course, always build your...

Very small towns won't see much or any difference, so he'll be fine without the local social marketing stuff.

It's the smaller businesses in the larger cities that are going to get the best bang...

Once he sees the stats and starts reaping the benefits, he'll jump on-board. If not, his competitors are doing it and taking his profits ;)

Foursquare recently hit 4 million members.

What makes...

Yes, it does connect to Facebook.

When you check in, you have the option of:

Letting your Foursquare followers know
Posting your check-in to Facebook or posting it to Twitter
Doing a shout...

On Foursquare, you can also leave people tips and do shout outs. You've just checked in at a local deli and you leave them a tip, "You HAVE to try their roast beef sandwich! It's to die for!" Look...

Here's a few tips from someone 11 yrs in the industry:

Learn to code in CSS. It's sought after and will be very valuable to you.

Learn all about doing keyword research for any site you create....

Good for you! ;)

There are a good amount of geo-targeting apps that you can get for your phone that can help you find all sorts of local merchants and vendors when you're out and about.

Just...

Totally agree. ;)

This Black Friday weekend is Small Business Saturday, a grass-roots effort to promote small businesses in your communities.

They are pushing this weekend event via the social networks, so this is...

I am a huge fan of Market Samurai for my non-Site Build It sites. My two big web sites are through Site Build It, who uses a modified version of WordTracker, which is very nice.

The only issue...

A really good resource to keep handy is http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Hi, gang....

The Site Build It Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer has been extended until January 4th, 2010!

This is the only time of year this special deal is offered and it's quite an opportunity to...

I agree. It's hard enough conducting business, day-to-day, without someone who feels the need to take short cuts making things more difficult.

GG, Google. No wonder my love for you is deep. ;)

There is another terrific resource to help you make the most of your Twitter adventures at http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Mashable is a fantastic site for so many things social...

GraphicWorks has been around for quite a while. It's a graphics tools made for those wanting to design for CafePress....takes much of the guess work out of doing it.
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I use the online Media Converter at http://www.mediaconverter.org/

For me, Twitter is a big winner!

I've found and been offered freelance jobs, built new business relationships and have a lot of people in my niches truly interested in what I have to say. It's a...