With Thanksgiving fast approaching (tomorrow), I found myself needing to take a moment to reflect on my own thankfulness for the amazing past year! Our Partners: We have the amazing honor and privilege to be partnered with hundreds of like-minded individuals across the country who are devoting their lives to rebuilding their local economies in [...]
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Help Wanted: Technical & Customer Support Team Member
Help Wanted: We keep growing so fast that we can’t keep up! We need to find the right people to help support our network of amazing partners across the country. If you have the general technical and communication skills needed and want to grow with RelyLocal by making our customer’s day a great day, we want to hear from you!
What is wrong with our food system? Ask an 11 year-old…
“We can pay the farmer, or we can pay the hospital…” – Birke Baehr
Social Media Marketing – Why RelyLocal Works
One of our territory owners in California sent over this link last night that I thought I’d share, relating specifically to how RelyLocal fills the needs of local businesses who are now meeting the twenty-first century (a little late). How Social Media Won Me a Free Haircut http://howdoimarketmybiz.com/179/social-media-won-free-haircut/ I think that the comment from Patti [...]
New Site – Very Soon!
After months of research and hard work, it’s almost here!!! Stay tuned!!! Share or Bookmark Hide Sites
Like Us, Like Us! Please, won’t you like us?!?!?!
Among our hundreds of local RelyLocal campaigns across the country, we have tens of thousands of Facebook Fans. However, we’ve never really done much to promote the national brand and campaign. Please visit this link and “like” us! Also, please use the link on the left side of our page to “Suggest To Friends”. (And, [...]
Women Entrepreneurs : The RelyLocal Anomaly
I was flipping through my latest copy of The Week this morning and came across a snippet from Scott Shane’s article in The American, Why Are There So Few Female Entrepreneurs? The article is based on a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that women are 60 percent less likely to start [...]
My Latest Nightmare: All staplers are NOT created equal
I don’t make it a habit of sharing my most personal experiences or dreams with strangers on the web, but my latest nightmare seemed relevant enough – only because there is a high probability that it might turn into a reality. The Dream: My wife and I were out driving around when we remembered that [...]
America’s Greatest Weapons: Innovation and Perspiration
Enough of this vociferation and hesitation! Now is the time for hallucination, innovation, and perspiration! (aka dreams, creativity, and hard work…) Many thanks to the Rev. Jesse Jackson for the inspiration on the opening line. To further play on the themes of some of our great African American orators (even though I am probably the [...]
Goal #1 : Making local marketing affordable and effective for small business
If you are a small business owner, you understand the challenges inherent in marketing to obtain new customers. First, of course, is the expense. From one-time run in local newspapers costing at least $250, to a minimum billboard contract costing several thousand dollars, local marketing can be a very expensive investment for any small business. [...]