ARCSI ‘Local Search’ Presentation for Cleaning Companies
First of all - A BIG ‘Thank You’ to ARCSI for a super conference and the opportunity to present!
Second - A BIG ‘Thank You’ to all the participants who attended Thunder’s ‘Local Search’ presentation!
Last Wednesday (September 10, 2008), I had a great time presenting to a dynamic group of cleaning company owners and executives from around the country at ARCSI national conference in Las Vegas. Below is the link to the ‘local search’ presentation which covered key points including (i) what is local search, (ii) why it matters to regional companies, (iii) step-by-step guide to ranking on the search engine ‘map results’ and (iv) ongoing tactics. Before me was the dynamic duo of Alison Ganz and Cheryl Freiburg of Hawkeye Search Marketing. You can view their pay-per-click presentation online. Please free to leave any comments or contact me directly with questions. Thanks again for a great afternoon! Best regards, Max
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Thunder - ARCSI Local Search Presentation
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