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Why should I care about local marketing?

Wednesday, November 2, 2011   |   by Pete Gombert   |   0 Comments »
Let’s face it, local marketing is a really hard work.  It’s an operational nightmare with too many parties involved, bad cost efficiency, laced with small media companies all with different standards and highly fragmented audiences.  It’s easy to look at all of these challenges and simply relegate...
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Search is #1 driver of in-store sales; being "found" online is imperative.

Thursday, October 27, 2011   |   by Susan Tormollen   |   0 Comments »
Really interesting article based on research conducted from GroupM Search, with research partner Kantar Media Compete. Also includes statistics from Forrester.

Main Idea:
Online search is now an integral part of the consumers' sales process, and its importance continues to grow.

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Google Takes Page From Sunday Newspaper With New ‘Circulars’ Ads

Monday, October 3, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
 I ran across this article on Bloomberg today:  Google Takes Page From Sunday Newspaper With New ‘Circulars’ Ads.  This is an interesting approach for Google as they continue to struggle to figure out local internet marketing for national brands.  

There's really no substantitive information on what...Read More »

Three ZMOT Questions National Brands Need to Ask

Monday, September 19, 2011   |   by Susan Tormollen   |   0 Comments »
This summer, Google released an eBook entitled ZMOT. Winning the Zero Moment of Truth.


Whether we're shopping for corn flakes, concert tickets or a honeymoon in Paris, the Internet has changed how we decide what to buy. Today we're all digital explorers, seeking out online ratings, peer reviews,...
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7 Consumer Behavior Trends to Consider with your Search Strategy

Tuesday, October 5, 2010   |   by Marcie Blagden-Ellison   |   1 Comments »
Take a second to think about the last time you "Googled" something you were interested in buying.

Did you type in the name of a specific business or product?

Based on a recently revealed survey (conducted by TMP Directional Marketing's local social and mobile marketing arm 15miles) if you were...Read More »

Groupon and Local Marketing

Friday, September 17, 2010   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
Are you familiar with Groupon?

If not, here's the short description: Groupon is a deal-a-day website that is localized to individual markets. Each day a new "Groupon" comes out specific to a location. If a certain number of consumers sign up for the deal, then it becomes available to everyone. If the...Read More »

Google Instant - An Instant Classic

Thursday, September 9, 2010   |   by Matt Borud   |   0 Comments »
Yesterday Google announced Google Instant - their unbelievably cool search functionality that allows users to view results instantly by posting and refining links as the queries are literally typed. I'd like everyone to stop reading and go try it right now. Seriously.

One of the big initial...Read More »

Vote for the Boise Bicycle Project Pepsi Refresh Project!

Thursday, September 9, 2010   |   by Betsie Richardson   |   0 Comments »
Alright Boise-ites, time to warm up your voting buttons! We need to help the Boise Bicycle Project win the Pepsi Refresh Project. Click here to view the BBP's voting page in their run for $250,000 to create a sustainable bicycle education center.

There has been quite a bit of buzz in the advertising...Read More »

Local Online Marketing Works - Take it from Groupon

Friday, August 27, 2010   |   by Betsie Richardson   |   0 Comments »
Being in the business of local advertising, we at Balihoo are often asked by our small business owner clients about how to utilize local internet marketing. They hear buzz that their customers are overwhelmingly adopting online media. But the internet appears to our business owners as, well, the worl... Read More »

Let Us Organize Your Skittles

Wednesday, August 18, 2010   |   by Paul Price   |   1 Comments »
Imagine a big jar filled with Skittles.  The Skittles are randomly distributed throughout the jar; a jumbled mishmash of red, green, yellow, purple and orange. The jar is on a machine that shakes it vigorously.  Now, imagine that this shaking action is captured on a video and played in reverse. There...Read More »