A recent PEW Internet survey reports that people are increasingly using the Internet, search engines, specialty websites and social networks to search for local businesses.

In the Fast Company article, E.B. Boyd summed it up nicely, “Not being online today is the equivalent in earlier eras of not having a storefront or a Yellow Pages listing. It’s effectively impossible for potential customers to find you.”

In this post we offer a definition,additional reasons why it’s important to optimize and ten tips to ensure that businesses can be found through local searches.

Tis The Season for Holiday Cheer, Seasonal Soirees and Shopping, Shopping, Shopping!

In order to understand how social media impacts savvy shoppers, we checked in with 25+ social influencers.
Highlights from the GigCoin check-in:

80%+ felt that holiday …

MVP Health Care is launching a survey on the Healthy Family Living needs of Moms!
It’s a Family Battle Out There
It’s no surprise that moms are on the front line fighting to keep their families healthy. …

In a world of Twitter frenzy and Facebook fanaticism, it’s no surprise that app developers have entered the world of social media in an effort to showcase their brands and drive app sales. In a …