Franchisee Sales and Marketing Summit, FranSummit, includes guest speaker Melih Oztalay of SmartFinds Marketing. 2012 Series Of Virtual Summits, Workshop and Webinars exclusively designed for the web marketing for the franchising industry.

March 15, 2012 (Birmingham, MI): SmartFinds Marketing (www.SmartFindsmarketing.com), an Internet Marketing [...]

Google Adwords Certified Partner Program Awarded To SmartFinds Marketing for the successful management of Google Adwords. New company level Google Adwords certification for meeting Adwords management requirements.

Google Places results which provide local business listing results before national results now received the instant preview feature too and are displayed on the first page of the search results. This is a new functionality that will further encourage and require businesses to take control of their Local Business Listings to insure local customers get the geographic marketing information the business wishes to provide.

Lead generators for local automotive dealership stores are losing their effectiveness and are replaced by local business marketing tools on the web to reach local consumers using local business listings.

How Social Media Changed Branding. Are there any tactics we should use specifically for social media vs. traditional media? How do brands become memorable through social media? What makes a brand successful on social media?

Geographic Marketing is an important tool not only for local businesses looking to attract consumers through local business listings, but also for the large companies who host such local business listings for local business marketing to target local consumers geographically.

October 10, 2011 (Birmingham, MI): SmartFinds Marketing (http://www.SmartFindsmarketing.com ), an Internet Marketing [...]

Geographic web marketing as a solution for national multi-location stores and franchises from SmartFinds Marketing expands not only beyond Google, but also encompasses other elements that include Geo Tagging, Citation Marketing, QR Code Marketing, Consumer Rating and Reviews Management along with a Mobile Locations Finder mobile application.

Consumer ratings and reviews have become a very important part of local store marketing for national companies. This the new public relations and reputation management for any size business that reaches into social communities and mobile marketing.