Comments for Tenacious Frog http://tenaciousfrog.com means [small] business Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:11:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on “post to your place page” - Google Local Business Center turning into a small business blog dashboard by All You Need Is .. Google – Hear the Buzz | BPWrap http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/01/post-to-your-place-page-google-local-business-center-turning-into-a-small-business-blog-dashboard/comment-page-1/#comment-111 All You Need Is .. Google – Hear the Buzz | BPWrap Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:09:40 +0000 http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=556#comment-111 [...] of the Internet scene were aware, as Taiyo Johnson reported, that local businesses no longer need a website. In its Local Business Center, Google works hard to [...] [...] of the Internet scene were aware, as Taiyo Johnson reported, that local businesses no longer need a website. In its Local Business Center, Google works hard to [...]

]]> Comment on “post to your place page” - Google Local Business Center turning into a small business blog dashboard by taiyo johnson http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/01/post-to-your-place-page-google-local-business-center-turning-into-a-small-business-blog-dashboard/comment-page-1/#comment-91 taiyo johnson Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:00:09 +0000 http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=556#comment-91 <strong>@ Matthew</strong> Thanks! I totally agree with you, especially on the wordpress use. There are so many advantages to wordpress for small businesses I doubt they could be numbered. Wordpress, even for the less technical, is fairly intuitive. And that is one of the greatest advantages of it. I advocate small businesses holding the reigns of their own websites and having an active hand in their marketing. (Their marketing has to be an extension of them and what makes them unique) It seems to me that more than any other solution wordpress enables this. And best of all when they need help there is a sea of developers, designers, and marketers experienced with wordpress that they can engage. As an internet marketing consultant I am trying to establish myself in the minds of my clients as their "trusted advisor" instead of a one-stop shop. I want to point them in the direction of the best solution or service provider to meet their needs/budget/etc. From having a close relationship with them and deep market knowledge I know what they need and the best place to get it from. It is an ongoing relationship. <strong>@Stephen,</strong> Thanks for your comment. Of course, I was only suggesting that a startup might forgo a website at the early stages. Absolutely they will need a website as they grow their marketing and they will need a website that ACTUALLY MARKETS THEIR BUSINESS! Most websites don't. They just sit there. Expensive, flash-heavy, paperweights! This is NOT what a small startup needs. Actually no one needs a website, what they need is marketing. And, if done right, a website is [part of a] marketing [strategy]. From your website I can see that this is what you are talking about too (a website as marketing) and I agree with you. Yes, it is just like an offline analogy. Yes, a website is a store. And what is a store? <strong><i>overhead</i></strong>! So, for a small startup service business (for example) you probably would be better off starting without a storefront! In the days before Google you would put an ad in the yellow pages. Customers would call you and you would go to them. No expensive storefront necessary in the startup stages. Once you have some cashflow, THEN you buy the storefront. That is bootstrapping. It builds your small business marketing muscles and ingenuity. Ironically your comment is an example of marketing that small businesses can do online and they wouldn't even need a website. Small businesses can comment on local and industry specific websites and list their google place page in the url. My point is this: if you are a small business, start as simply (and personal) online as possible and then grow from there. So many small business try to "look professional" by creating highly polished websites. It seems to me that they would be better off making highly <em>personal</em> websites. Tell your story. Showcase your staff. Engage your customers and the community. Be human. It's ok if it is small at the start. It's ok if it looks unpolished and personal. You are growing and it will grow with you. And your customers will enjoy watching your story (and your success) unfold. @ Matthew
Thanks!
I totally agree with you, especially on the wordpress use.
There are so many advantages to wordpress for small businesses I doubt they could be numbered.
Wordpress, even for the less technical, is fairly intuitive. And that is one of the greatest advantages of it. I advocate small businesses holding the reigns of their own websites and having an active hand in their marketing. (Their marketing has to be an extension of them and what makes them unique)
It seems to me that more than any other solution wordpress enables this. And best of all when they need help there is a sea of developers, designers, and marketers experienced with wordpress that they can engage.
As an internet marketing consultant I am trying to establish myself in the minds of my clients as their “trusted advisor” instead of a one-stop shop. I want to point them in the direction of the best solution or service provider to meet their needs/budget/etc.
From having a close relationship with them and deep market knowledge I know what they need and the best place to get it from. It is an ongoing relationship.

@Stephen,
Thanks for your comment.
Of course, I was only suggesting that a startup might forgo a website at the early stages. Absolutely they will need a website as they grow their marketing and they will need a website that ACTUALLY MARKETS THEIR BUSINESS! Most websites don’t. They just sit there. Expensive, flash-heavy, paperweights!

This is NOT what a small startup needs. Actually no one needs a website, what they need is marketing. And, if done right, a website is [part of a] marketing [strategy].

From your website I can see that this is what you are talking about too (a website as marketing) and I agree with you.

Yes, it is just like an offline analogy.
Yes, a website is a store. And what is a store? overhead!

So, for a small startup service business (for example) you probably would be better off starting without a storefront!
In the days before Google you would put an ad in the yellow pages. Customers would call you and you would go to them. No expensive storefront necessary in the startup stages.
Once you have some cashflow, THEN you buy the storefront.
That is bootstrapping. It builds your small business marketing muscles and ingenuity.

Ironically your comment is an example of
marketing that small businesses can do online and they wouldn’t even need a website.
Small businesses can comment on local and industry specific websites and list their google place page in the url.
My point is this: if you are a small business, start as simply (and personal) online as possible and then grow from there.
So many small business try to “look professional” by creating highly polished websites. It seems to me that they would be better off making highly personal websites. Tell your story. Showcase your staff. Engage your customers and the community. Be human.
It’s ok if it is small at the start. It’s ok if it looks unpolished and personal. You are growing and it will grow with you. And your customers will enjoy watching your story (and your success) unfold.

]]> Comment on “post to your place page” - Google Local Business Center turning into a small business blog dashboard by Stephen Hall http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/01/post-to-your-place-page-google-local-business-center-turning-into-a-small-business-blog-dashboard/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Stephen Hall Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:48:37 +0000 http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=556#comment-90 Your Website is your store. You can leave the store and try to sell to other people in other places, but you don’t always have everything in your store with you at the time. There is just too much to carry!!! So sending them to a website means many many more sales for you. My partner and I design websites. We will build you a first page for free. You can see what it looks like and go from there. No obligation at all. To see our site go to http://gaeta.ws Thanks! Steve Hall Donna Gaeta Your Website is your store. You can leave the store and try to sell to other people in other places, but you don’t always have everything in your store with you at the time. There is just too much to carry!!! So sending them to a website means many many more sales for you. My partner and I design websites. We will build you a first page for free. You can see what it looks like and go from there. No obligation at all. To see our site go to
http://gaeta.ws

Thanks!

Steve Hall
Donna Gaeta

]]> Comment on “post to your place page” - Google Local Business Center turning into a small business blog dashboard by Matthew Hunt http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/01/post-to-your-place-page-google-local-business-center-turning-into-a-small-business-blog-dashboard/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Matthew Hunt Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:48:22 +0000 http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=556#comment-88 Found this morning today working on a clients site. I like the new feature. I like your concept of "Bootstrapping", a SMB could potentially get away without a "website" in today's local marketplace, but I still think its important to have a homebase for the SMB to drive customers and searchers back to that they ultimately control. A good wordpress site works perfect for most SMB's. G-Maps + Wordpress + a little Social Media + some basic SEO strategies = some great ROI for most small businesses. BTW, got you on my G-reader now! Found this morning today working on a clients site. I like the new feature.

I like your concept of “Bootstrapping”, a SMB could potentially get away without a “website” in today’s local marketplace, but I still think its important to have a homebase for the SMB to drive customers and searchers back to that they ultimately control. A good wordpress site works perfect for most SMB’s. G-Maps + Wordpress + a little Social Media + some basic SEO strategies = some great ROI for most small businesses.

BTW, got you on my G-reader now!

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]]> Comment on PurpleSlurple lets you add anchors where they are lacking for better linking by taiyo johnson http://tenaciousfrog.com/2009/09/purpleslurple-lets-you-add-anchors-where-they-are-lacking-for-better-linking/comment-page-1/#comment-81 taiyo johnson Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:48:59 +0000 http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=245#comment-81 Hi Matt, Thanks for the comment. That is a great analogy for what PurpleSlurple does (i.e. facilitates precise citations.) And it is a genius idea, by the way, so we owe you one ;-) Hi Matt,
Thanks for the comment. That is a great analogy for what PurpleSlurple does (i.e. facilitates precise citations.)

And it is a genius idea, by the way, so we owe you one ;-)

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