The internet age has changed the way that business communicate and compete with one another. Internet review
s can have a drastic effect on your brand, whether positive or negative. Google hasn’t missed this. This is why they offered $550 million to buy Yelp, which contains about nine million local reviews of various businesses.
Local business reviews are a new kind of social media, in which customers review their experiences with brands over the internet. Business directories such as Yelp, Citysearch, and Yellowpages.com allow for customers to post what they think of the businesses that they have dealt with.


As discussed last week, social media can be used to your advantage when promoting your business. However, it is all well and good using social platforms as a means for marketing, but you also need to monitor your activity to clearly identify how successful you really are. The tools below can help you achieve this.
In a nutshell, social media is the online trend for small businesses searching for that extra mile in their advertising campaign. However, this can be dangerous territory if you aren’t really comfortable with the tools available at your expense.
A successful website combines an appealing design with an influential navigation for its visitors. The majority of websites serve a primary purpose, to capture users and their data. To achieve this, a website has to structure to suit a user’s needs. This can be done via a user journey.