Businesses in Australia need to re think their local marketing strategy

Mar 15
11:16

2011

Francis Lee

Francis Lee

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In advertising, things have been changing very quickly for the last few years. More and more Australian consumers are choosing to find product and services as well as businesses who supply these online

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Things are changing very quickly in the last few years within the advertising industry Consumers are slowly but surely moving towards searching for things online such as product,Businesses in Australia need to re think their local marketing strategy Articles services and businesses. Here is some food for thought, 6 or 7 years ago, students needed to find information by scanning through books and speaking to teachers. From these six to seven years, the internet has grown exponetially with people getting access to information on the internet more and more over the years. To simply put it, almost all research done today, regardless if its business, entertainment or education, is done online. Are you actually gettnig found online? If you are online, are you just sitting and hoping people can find you out of billions of websites? Regardless, there is no need to worry, the internet does bring a wealth of information and simple online research will show that local search marketing can help. Luckily for local businesses, local search marketing is actually very cheap and easy to develop. Below are five things that are highly effetive if implemented appropriately: Start a paid search campaign to target your product and services within your local region Submit your local business details to relevant business directories online Get your partner or supplier to link to you Write articles relevant to your industry and submit to blogs and forums Register your details to major local search engines and maps (Google Places) By taking your offline marketing and integrating it with your online marketing mix, you'll be able to drive almost immediate resutls to your business. Take some time to look at how your marketing is working for you and if it is effective or not, you may realise that it is time to refresh your approach and come up with a new strategy.You will likely find that your marketing strategy is actually doing fine but if you are able to incorporate local search marketing into your strategy, it'll give you that boost in business you've been looking for. The growth of your business is only a simple step away and will likely you cost you no more than a dime. As more and more consumers go online, businesses must understand that its here to stay and catch up with times. Are you leverage the power of local search to grow your business? http://www.locafy.com.au