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Local U New Orleans: 14 Things You’ll Want to Know
About a month ago, my team and I attended Local U – an online marketing seminar held at Tulane University. It was an extremely valuable, very energizing half-day! Various industry leaders in local SEO have dedicated their time and resources to helping small businesses learn the basics. It was more …
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Company Profile: Culture Shock LLC
One of the reasons I love New Orleans is that living local is part of everyday life. People love shopping and eating at local businesses. Thankfully, you won’t find many chains in the New Orleans zip codes (you need to go out to Metairie for that)! My friend Christine Alex …
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5 for Friday — Links, Stories, & Posts for Your Weekend
1. Who is Winning the Apple vs. Google iPhone Driving Directions Battle? Too Close to Call — Mike Blumenthal Even if you don’t keep up with the war between Apple and Google, you’re probably familiar with Apple Maps and it’s not-so-impressive emergence last fall. Well, since then, the app’s gotten its ducks …
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New Orleans: A Growing Tech City
For those of you who don’t know, before Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf South, New Orleans was on a steady rate of decline. However, the city we love to call home here at Search Influence is in the middle of a major renaissance. News sources across the nation have …
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Think Before You Post: Facebook, Chris Owens, and My Grandma
I had an unexpected conversation with my Grandma on Christmas Day. You see, a while back my parents got her an iPad, and she uses it to get on Facebook pretty much every day. This has been a really great development for her, as it allows her to instantly see …
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New Orleans T-Shirts & More: Two Local Businesses Lure Culture Bearers with Loyalty Marketing
I am a New Orleans t-shirt and jeans kind of person, and our eclectic “come as you are” culture certainly lends itself to dressing comfortably while slurping oysters, swigging Abita beer, or bobbing your head to the stylings of Kermit Ruffins or the Hot 8 Brass Band. Two (of many) …
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Infographic: New Orleans Hotels on the Parade Route
The Mardi Gras Survival Guide and New Orleans Hotels on the Parade Route, Courtesy of NewOrleans.com It’s your first time in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, you say? Oh, dear. It’s likely that you’ll be overwhelmed by the spectacle, even if you’ve seen many celebrations in many other countries …
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Results Pagination in Google Places View
For a while now, Google has been showing “Related Places” AKA “The Competition in places view. While looking at the results for one of our clients who has recently opened a new office for his law practice in a New Orleans LA suburb I came across this. Clearly Google is …
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Small Business SEO Basics: Rank for Your Own Name!
Have you ever searched for a business by its own name and come up empty-handed? What about searching for its own name PLUS the city it’s located in and still no luck? It happens! Google definitely makes stupid choices at times, but most of the time this happens when we …
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No Drip (GNODRP) – Hurricane Preparedness and Hurricane Recovery Partnership
“No Drip” (GNODRP) – Hurricane Preparedness and Hurricane Recovery Partnership Greater New Orleans Disaster Recovery Partnership (GNODRP) Formed in November of 2005 Gulf coast residents know all too well what June – November mean: Hurricane Season! Thankfully all has been calm out in the ocean water but that does not …
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